Top rated heroic movies that are also challenging
Check out today’s highest ranked heroic and challenging movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are heroic and challenging, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Thirteen Lives (2022)
Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an unexpected rainstorm traps them in a chamber inside the mountain. Entombed behind a maze of flooded cave tunnels, they face impossible odds. A team of world-class divers navigate through miles of dangerous cave networks to discover that finding the boys is only the beginning.
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- 2022-07-18 | Drama / Thriller
Cast
- Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell
Rating
7.9
2 The Outpost (2020)
A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of Kamdesh, as it was known, was the bloodiest American engagement of the Afghan War in 2009 and Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV became one of the most decorated units of the 19-year conflict.
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- 2020-06-24 | War / Drama
Cast
- Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones
Rating
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6.876
3 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
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6.592
4 For Sama (2019)
A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.
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- 2019-07-26 | Documentary / War
Cast
- Sama Al-Khateab, Hamza Al-Khateab
Rating
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8.258
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5 Harriet (2019)
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
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- 2019-11-01 | Drama / History
Cast
- Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr.
Rating
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7.332
6 The Wandering Earth II (2023)
Humans built huge engines on the surface of the earth to find a new home. But the road to the universe is perilous. In order to save earth, young people once again have to step forward to start a race against time for life and death.
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- 2023-01-22 | Science Fiction
Cast
- Andy Lau, Wu Jing
Rating
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7.2
7 A Hidden Life (2019)
Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
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- 2019-12-11 | Drama / War
Cast
- August Diehl, Valerie Pachner
Rating
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7.133
8 The Report (2019)
The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to make public what many in power sought to keep hidden.
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- 2019-09-12 | Drama
Cast
- Adam Driver, Annette Bening
Rating
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7.038
9 Mr. Jones (2019)
In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe from getting out. Stalin’s forced collectivisation of agriculture has resulted in misery and ruin—the policy is tantamount to mass murder.
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- 2019-10-03 | Thriller / Drama
Cast
- James Norton, Vanessa Kirby
Rating
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6.755
10 The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.
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- 2019-02-14 | Drama / History
Cast
- Maxwell Simba, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Rating
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7.9
