Top rated generic movies that are also intellectually challenging

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

1 Yes, God, Yes (2020)

Alice, a young innocent Catholic girl, is tempted into masturbating after an AOL chat suddenly turns sexual, however is conflicted as the act would be considered a sin.

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2020-07-24 | Drama

Cast

Natalia Dyer, Timothy Simons

Rating

rating icon 6.342
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    Coming of Age
  2. Ranked #1 for
    never missing a beat
  3. Ranked #1 for
    religious

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2 Stars at Noon (2022)

In present-day Nicaragua, a headstrong American journalist and a mysterious English businessman strike up a romance as they become embroiled in a dangerous labyrinth of lies and conspiracies and are forced to try and escape the country.

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2022-10-14 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Margaret Qualley, Joe Alwyn

Rating

rating icon 6.006
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    omnipresent
  2. Ranked #1 for
    Multigenre
  3. Ranked #1 for
    committed performance

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3 Champions (2023)

A stubborn and hotheaded minor league basketball coach is forced to train a Special Olympics team when he is sentenced to community service.

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2023-03-09 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Woody Harrelson, Kaitlin Olson

Rating

rating icon 6.869
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    feel-good
  2. Ranked #1 for
    mirroring real life
  3. Ranked #2 for
    slam-dunk

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Champions trailer
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4 The Unhealer (2020)

A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to settle the score.

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2020-10-09 | Fantasy / Thriller

Cast

Natasha Henstridge, Lance Henriksen

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    jock
  2. Ranked #1 for
    familiar
  3. Ranked #1 for
    identifiable cast

Trailer

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5 Spontaneous (2020)

When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last.

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2020-10-02 | Comedy / Horror

Cast

Katherine Langford, Charlie Plummer

Rating

rating icon 6.865
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    out of nowhere
  2. Ranked #2 for
    unplanned
  3. Ranked #2 for
    for dramedy fans

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6 Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.

Info

2019-02-01 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

Rene Russo, Jake Gyllenhaal

Rating

rating icon 5.363
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    prissy
  2. Ranked #2 for
    high art
  3. Ranked #2 for
    hammy performance

Trailer

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7 Black Crab (2022)

To end an apocalyptic war and save her daughter, a reluctant soldier embarks on a desperate mission to cross a frozen sea carrying a top-secret cargo.

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2022-03-18 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Noomi Rapace, Jakob Oftebro

Rating

rating icon 6.217
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    semblance of reality
  2. Ranked #2 for
    unremitting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    insensible

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8 Meander (2021)

After getting a car ride from an unknown man, Lisa wakes up in a tube. On her arm is strapped a bracelet with a countdown. She quickly understands that every 8 minutes, fire burns an occupied section. She has no choice but to crawl into safe sections to survive. To know why she’s there and how to get out, Lisa will have to face the memories of her dead daughter…

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2021-07-01 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Gaia Weiss, Peter Franzén

Rating

rating icon 6.027
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    purgatory
  2. Ranked #2 for
    narrow
  3. Ranked #2 for
    mind twists

Trailer

Meander trailer
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9 Archive (2020)

2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI, and his latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs—being reunited with his dead wife.

Info

2020-08-13 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Theo James, Stacy Martin

Rating

rating icon 6.23
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    double twist
  2. Ranked #1 for
    twist at the end
  3. Ranked #1 for
    unexpected ending

Trailer

Archive trailer
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10 Vengeance (2022)

A journalist and podcaster from New York City travels to West Texas in order to report on the death of a girl he was hooking up with.

Info

2022-07-29 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

B.J. Novak, Boyd Holbrook

Rating

rating icon 6.638
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fish out of water
  2. Ranked #1 for
    insightful
  3. Ranked #2 for
    cultured

Trailer

Vengeance trailer
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