Top rated highly intellectual movies that are also just plain awesome

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

1 My Octopus Teacher (2020)

After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.

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2020-09-04 | Documentary

Cast

Craig Foster, Tom Foster

Rating

rating icon 7.882
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely breathtaking
  2. Ranked #1 for
    noteworthy
  3. Ranked #1 for
    taking breath away

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2 Tiger 24 (2022)

A deep dive into who is responsible when animals kill humans in the Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve in India.

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2022-04-03 | Documentary

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rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    superbly crafted
  2. Ranked #1 for
    Multiple POV
  3. Ranked #1 for
    multiple viewpoints

Trailer

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3 Another Round (2020)

Four high school teachers launch a drinking experiment: upholding a constant low level of intoxication.

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2020-09-24 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen

Rating

rating icon 7.645
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    binge worthy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    mopey
  3. Ranked #2 for
    with marital problems

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4 Soul (2020)

Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.

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2020-12-25 | Animation / Family

Cast

Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey

Rating

rating icon 8.136
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    capturing imagination
  2. Ranked #1 for
    existential theme
  3. Ranked #2 for
    profound

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5 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.

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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

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6 Riders of Justice (2020)

Markus returns home to care for his daughter when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. However, when a survivor of the wreck surfaces and claims foul play, Markus suspects his wife was murdered and embarks on a mission to find those responsible.

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2020-11-19 | Action / Comedy

Cast

Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Rating

rating icon 7.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    reliable director
  2. Ranked #1 for
    full of surprises
  3. Ranked #1 for
    superb writing

Trailer

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7 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 / Action

Cast

Andy Lau, Wu Jing

Rating

rating icon 7.222
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    grand
  2. Ranked #1 for
    epic scale
  3. Ranked #1 for
    grand scale

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8 Nine Days (2021)

A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.

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2021-07-15 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Winston Duke, Zazie Beetz

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    close to perfection
  2. Ranked #2 for
    purgatory
  3. Ranked #2 for
    for soul searching

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9 American Skin (2019)

A Marine veteran working as a school janitor tries to mend his relationship with his son after a divorce. When his son is killed by a police officer found innocent without standing trial, he takes matters into his own hands.

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2019-09-01 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Omari Hardwick, Theo Rossi

Rating

rating icon 7.226
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    boggling
  2. Ranked #1 for
    conversation starter
  3. Ranked #2 for
    thought-provoking

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American Skin trailer
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10 I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.

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2020-08-28 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley

Rating

rating icon 6.588
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    scratching head
  2. Ranked #1 for
    obtuse
  3. Ranked #1 for
    analytical

Trailer

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