Top rated for intellectual exercise movies with a captivating finish

Check out today’s highest ranked for intellectual exercise movies with a captivating finish! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best for intellectual exercise movies with a captivating finish, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Prototype (2022)

A government agent stumbles upon an alien conspiracy to conquer Earth. Using a blue liquid created by the aliens to make soldiers stronger, he becomes The Prototype-the only hope for mankind.

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2022-02-25 | Action / Science Fiction

Cast

Victoria De Mare, Theresa Tilly

Rating

rating icon 4.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    intricate plot
  2. Ranked #1 for
    painstaking detail
  3. Ranked #1 for
    keeping attention

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2 TÁR (2022)

Renowned musician Lydia Tár is days away from recording the symphony that will elevate her career. However, Lydia's elaborate facade begins to unravel, revealing dirty secrets and the corrosive nature of power.

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2022-09-23 | Drama / Music

Cast

Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss

Rating

rating icon 7.104
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    complex character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    musical genius
  3. Ranked #2 for
    creative genius

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3 The Artifice Girl (2023)

A team of special agents discovers a revolutionary new computer program to bait and trap online predators. After teaming up with the program's troubled developer, they soon find that the AI is rapidly advancing beyond its original purpose.

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2023-04-27 | Science Fiction / Thriller

Cast

Tatum Matthews, Sinda Nichols

Rating

rating icon 6.656
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    small-scale
  2. Ranked #1 for
    artificial intelligence
  3. Ranked #1 for
    for questioning

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4 The Two Popes (2019)

Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.

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2019-11-27 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins

Rating

rating icon 7.499
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    splendid
  2. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely magnificent
  3. Ranked #1 for
    for Catholic contemplation

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5 Alice and the Mayor (2019)

The mayor of Lyon, Paul Théraneau, is in a delicate position. After 30 years in politics, he is running out of ideas and is faced with a feeling of existential emptiness. To overcome this, Paul hires a young and brilliant philosopher, Alice Heimann. Then follows a dialogue between two diametrically opposed personalities who will turn their certainties upside down.

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2019-05-18 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Fabrice Luchini, Anaïs Demoustier

Rating

rating icon 6.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    philosophical insight
  2. Ranked #2 for
    disapproving character
  3. Ranked #2 for
    intellectual directing

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6 Saint Omer (2022)

A novelist attends the trial of a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, her own family history, doubts, and fears about motherhood are steadily dislodged as the life story of the accused is gradually revealed.

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2022-11-23 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda

Rating

rating icon 6.305
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fresh look
  2. Ranked #1 for
    providing answers
  3. Ranked #1 for
    empathetic character

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7 The Menu (2022)

A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

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2022-11-17 | Comedy / Thriller

Cast

Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes

Rating

rating icon 7.192
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    like Chef
  2. Ranked #1 for
    gastronomic
  3. Ranked #2 for
    snazzy

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8 Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)

A solitary scholar discovers an ancient bottle while on a trip to Istanbul and unleashes a djinn who offers her three wishes. Filled with reluctance, she is unable to come up with one, so the djinn tries to inspire her with his stories.

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2022-08-24 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba

Rating

rating icon 6.887
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    innocence and desire
  2. Ranked #1 for
    enthralling
  3. Ranked #1 for
    out of world

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9 Hatching (2022)

12 year old Tinja is desperate to please her mother, a woman obsessed with presenting the image of a perfect family. One night, Tinja finds a strange egg. What hatches is beyond belief.

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2022-03-04 | Horror / Fantasy

Cast

Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä

Rating

rating icon 6.244
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    coolest
  2. Ranked #1 for
    greatest
  3. Ranked #1 for
    misshapen

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10 Hold Your Fire (2021)

In 1973, four young African-American men stealing guns for self-defense in Brooklyn were cornered by the NYPD. A violent gun battle killed a police officer, beginning the longest hostage siege in NYPD history. The NYPD’s 130-year-old policy was to deliver an ultimatum, then respond with deadly force. Could visionary police psychologist Harvey Schlossberg convince his superiors to do the unthinkable – negotiate with “criminals” – and save twelve hostages from an impending bloodbath? In never-before-seen film and gripping interviews with survivors, HOLD YOUR FIRE uncovers what really happened in this landmark event with the potential to revolutionize American policing.

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2021-11-13 | Documentary

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Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fascinating portrait
  2. Ranked #2 for
    jaundiced view
  3. Ranked #2 for
    with crowning moments

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