Top rated deliberately slow movies that are also lean

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

1 Old Henry (2021)

A widowed farmer and his son warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the money, the farmer must decide who to trust. Defending a siege of his homestead, the farmer reveals a talent for gun-slinging that surprises everyone calling his true identity into question.

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2021-10-01 | Action / Western

Cast

Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze

Rating

rating icon 7.251
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    hit out of park
  2. Ranked #1 for
    stellar
  3. Ranked #1 for
    with final twist

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Old Henry trailer
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2 Shiva Baby (2021)

College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.

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2021-03-26 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Rachel Sennott, Molly Gordon

Rating

rating icon 7.211
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    slightly irritating voice
  2. Ranked #1 for
    claustrophobic atmosphere
  3. Ranked #1 for
    nerve-racking

Trailer

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3 Emily the Criminal (2022)

Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.

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2022-08-12 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi

Rating

rating icon 6.705
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    easy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    with crime elements
  3. Ranked #1 for
    persuasive acting

Trailer

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4 Censor (2021)

A screener at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, begins to spiral out of control after viewing a low-budget horror with similarities to the disappearance of her sister.

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2021-06-11 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Niamh Algar, Michael Smiley

Rating

rating icon 5.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    severe editing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    increasingly violent
  3. Ranked #1 for
    going bonkers

Trailer

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5 The Vast of Night (2019)

At the dawn of the space-race, two radio-obsessed teens discover a strange frequency over the airwaves in what becomes the most important night of their lives and in the history of their small town.

Info

2019-06-01 | Drama / Mystery

Cast

Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz

Rating

rating icon 6.543
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    cranky
  2. Ranked #1 for
    like The Twilight Zone
  3. Ranked #2 for
    innovative camera angle

Trailer

The Vast of Night trailer
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6 How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023)

A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline.

Info

2023-04-07 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth

Rating

rating icon 6.496
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    cast of unknown actors
  2. Ranked #1 for
    genuinely exciting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    well-executed

Trailer

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7 The Outfit (2022)

Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.

Info

2022-02-25 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch

Rating

rating icon 7.104
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    plenty of twist
  2. Ranked #1 for
    chamber piece
  3. Ranked #1 for
    full of twists and turns

Trailer

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8 The Stylist (2020)

Claire is a lonely hairstylist who secretly murders and scalps her clients. When Olivia makes the well-intentioned mistake of asking Claire to style her hair for her wedding, she becomes dangerously obsessed, and her sanity starts to slip away with bloody consequences.

Info

2020-09-26 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Najarra Townsend, Brea Grant

Rating

rating icon 5.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    becoming obsessed
  2. Ranked #2 for
    tight editing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    swift pace

Trailer

The Stylist trailer
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9 Vortex (2022)

Lui, a struggling author with a heart condition, and his wife Elle, a retired psychiatrist, find their idyllic life shattered when Elle begins to succumb to the effects of dementia.

Info

2022-01-27 | Drama

Cast

Dario Argento, Françoise Lebrun

Rating

rating icon 7.165
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    innovative technique
  2. Ranked #2 for
    cross-cut editing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    unmistakable acting

Trailer

Vortex trailer
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10 7500 (2019)

When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.

Info

2019-12-26 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Omid Memar

Rating

rating icon 6.128
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    realistic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    extremely realistic acting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    intense

Trailer

7500 trailer
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