Top rated deliberately slow movies that are also abstruse

Check out today’s highest ranked deliberately slow and abstruse movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are deliberately slow and abstruse, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Green Knight (2021)

An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.

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2021-07-29 | Adventure / Drama

Cast

Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander

Rating

rating icon 6.595
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    chivalry
  2. Ranked #1 for
    epic story
  3. Ranked #1 for
    arthurian

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2 The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2019)

Decades after serving in WWII and assassinating Adolf Hitler, a legendary American war veteran must now hunt down the fabled Bigfoot.

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2019-02-08 | Drama / Adventure

Cast

Sam Elliott, Aidan Turner

Rating

rating icon 5.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    with impressive taglines
  2. Ranked #2 for
    escapist fantasy
  3. Ranked #3 for
    husky voice

Trailer

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3 Blood Quantum (2019)

The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi'kmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague.

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2019-09-05 | Horror

Cast

Michael Greyeyes, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Rating

rating icon 5.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    heartbreaker
  2. Ranked #1 for
    Apocalypse Film
  3. Ranked #1 for
    engulfing

Trailer

Blood Quantum trailer
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4 Unearth (2020)

The relationship between two neighboring farm families are strained when one of them chooses to lease their land to an oil and gas company. In the midst of growing tension, the land is drilled, and something long dormant and terrifying, deep beneath the earth's surface is released. "Unearth" is about the horrifying repercussions sown by short-sighted decisions, and what our children reap from our actions.

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2020-08-25 | Horror

Cast

Adrienne Barbeau, Marc Blucas

Rating

rating icon 3.905
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    real downer
  2. Ranked #2 for
    pretty picture
  3. Ranked #3 for
    falling asleep in the middle

Trailer

Unearth trailer
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5 Sator (2019)

Secluded in a desolate forest, a broken family is observed by Sator, a supernatural entity who is attempting to claim them.

Info

2019-07-21 | Horror

Cast

Michael Daniel, Rachel Johnson

Rating

rating icon 5.031
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    plodding
  2. Ranked #1 for
    slow
  3. Ranked #1 for
    minimal dialogue

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6 Ad Astra (2019)

The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.

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2019-09-17 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones

Rating

rating icon 6.108
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    interplanetary
  2. Ranked #5 for
    great sound effects
  3. Ranked #6 for
    very slow moving

Trailer

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7 Gaia (2021)

In the depths of an ancient forest, something has been growing. Something older than humanity itself, and perhaps greater too. When a park ranger discovers a man and his son living wild, she stumbles onto a secret that is about to change the world.

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2021-06-18 | Horror / Fantasy

Cast

Monique Rockman, Carel Nel

Rating

rating icon 5.937
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    bit shaky camera work
  2. Ranked #1 for
    expansive
  3. Ranked #1 for
    uneasy atmosphere

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8 You Won't Be Alone (2022)

In an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young feral witch accidentally kills a peasant. She assumes the peasant's shape to see what life is like in her skin, igniting a deep seated curiosity to experience life inside the bodies of others.

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2022-04-01 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Sara Klimoska, Anamaria Marinca

Rating

rating icon 6.609
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    stretch of imagination
  2. Ranked #1 for
    scintillating
  3. Ranked #1 for
    allusive

Trailer

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9 Hunt (2022)

After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other.

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2022-08-10 | Action / Mystery

Cast

Lee Jung-jae, Jung Woo-sung

Rating

rating icon 6.666
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    exciting finale
  2. Ranked #1 for
    bit convoluted
  3. Ranked #1 for
    volatile character

Trailer

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10 The Isle (2019)

1840 and another ship crashes on the rocks of an almost deserted island in Scotland. Three sailors survive the wreck and make it to shore where the few locals take them in as they wait for the mainland boat to come for them. But the sailors' survival story has only just started as they uncover the strange past of the once vibrant island.

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2019-02-08 | Thriller / Adventure

Cast

Conleth Hill, Alex Hassell

Rating

rating icon 4.722
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    awfully slow
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sluggish pace
  3. Ranked #1 for
    completely boring

Trailer

The Isle trailer
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