Top rated heroic movies that are also thoroughly engaging

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

1 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

rating icon 6.876
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    authentic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    indefensible character
  3. Ranked #2 for
    Aerial Combat

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2 Richard Jewell (2019)

Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.

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2019-12-13 | Drama

Cast

Paul Walter Hauser, Jon Hamm

Rating

rating icon 7.427
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely first-rate
  2. Ranked #2 for
    reluctant hero
  3. Ranked #3 for
    innocent man

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3 How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023)

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

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2023-04-07 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth

Rating

rating icon 6.486
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    socially conscious
  2. Ranked #1 for
    genuinely exciting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    tragic backstory

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4 Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)

Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On August 18th, members of Delta Company will face the true horror of a ruthless battle among the trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tân. They are barely a hundred. The enemy is a human wave ready to destroy them.

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2019-08-08 | War / Action

Cast

Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey

Rating

rating icon 6.821
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    brave character
  2. Ranked #2 for
    chivalry
  3. Ranked #2 for
    heroic acting

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5 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

rating icon 7.903
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    on tenterhooks
  2. Ranked #2 for
    thrilling
  3. Ranked #2 for
    white-knuckled

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6 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.

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2019-12-26 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Omid Memar

Rating

rating icon 6.142
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    intense
  2. Ranked #1 for
    white-knuckled
  3. Ranked #1 for
    realistic

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7 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 6.59
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People's Taste Ranking

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

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8 Kalashnikov AK-47 (2020)

Tank commander Kalashnikov is severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor, Mikhail Kalashnikov, is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle — the AK-47.

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2020-02-20 | War / History

Cast

Yuriy Borisov, Olga Lerman

Rating

rating icon 7.42
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    evil tyrant
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fascinating insight
  3. Ranked #2 for
    hard-pressed

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9 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

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    traditional method directing
  2. Ranked #2 for
    unaccountable
  3. Ranked #3 for
    riled up

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10 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 5.394
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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
    worth buying

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