Top rated humble movies on Sundance Now

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

1 Short Term 12 (2013)

Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.

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2013-08-23 | Drama

Cast

Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr.

Rating

rating icon 7.768
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #54 for
    low-key approach
  2. Ranked #80 for
    wayward
  3. Ranked #91 for
    with daddy issue

Trailer

Short Term 12 trailer
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2 Monsieur Lazhar (2011)

During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teacher commits suicide. Bachir Lazhar, a charismatic Algerian immigrant, steps in as the substitute teacher for the classroom of traumatized children. All the while, he must keep his personal life tucked away: the fact that he is seeking political refuge in Québec – and that he, like the children, has suffered an appalling loss.

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2011-09-10 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Mohamed Fellag, Émilien Néron

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #43 for
    low-key approach
  2. Ranked #64 for
    good story
  3. Ranked #76 for
    consoling

Trailer

Monsieur Lazhar trailer
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3 Still Life (2013)

A council case worker looks for the relatives of those found dead and alone.

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2013-11-28 | Drama

Cast

Eddie Marsan, Joanne Froggatt

Rating

rating icon 7.529
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #59 for
    tour de force
  2. Ranked #108 for
    like The Last Picture Show
  3. Ranked #206 for
    most moving

Trailer

Still Life trailer
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4 My Darling Vivian (2020)

The story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters. Includes never-before-seen footage and photographs of Johnny Cash and Rosanne Cash, as well as footage featuring Reese Witherspoon, Joaquin Phoenix, Tim Robbins, Whoopi Goldberg, John C. Reilly and many more.

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2020-04-27 | Documentary

Cast

Johnny Cash, Reese Witherspoon

Rating

rating icon 7.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    indignant
  2. Ranked #1 for
    publically conscious
  3. Ranked #2 for
    regretful character

Trailer

My Darling Vivian trailer
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5 Styx (2018)

Rike is forty, a successful doctor whose job demands everything of her. She intends to use her much-needed annual holiday to fulfill her long-cherished dream of sailing alone from Gibraltar to Ascension, a small tropical island in the middle of the Atlantic. Her desire for a carefree holiday seems to be coming to pass but then, after a storm, her beautiful adventure suddenly turns into an unprecedented challenge when she spots a badly damaged, hopelessly overloaded refugee boat nearby.

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2018-09-13 | Drama

Cast

Susanne Wolff, Alexander Beyer

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #155 for
    confusing
  2. Ranked #165 for
    jam-packed
  3. Ranked #182 for
    heavy-handed

Trailer

Styx trailer
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6 José (2020)

José lives with his mother in Guatemala: a tough life in one of the world's most dangerous, religious, and impoverished countries. José is her youngest and favorite child, and her life is going to church and selling sandwiches. He spends his days on crowded buses and in the streets delivering food. Resigned and aloof, in free moments he plays with his phone and looks for random sex. When he meets Luis, José is thrust into a dimension of passion and pain and self-reflection that was previously unimaginable.

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2020-01-31 | Drama

Cast

Enrique Salanic, Manolo Herrera

Rating

rating icon 5.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unapologetic
  2. Ranked #2 for
    utterly captivating
  3. Ranked #3 for
    raw and gritty

Trailer

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7 Ida (2013)

Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.

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2013-10-25 | Drama

Cast

Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska

Rating

rating icon 7.24
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #27 for
    symmetry plots
  2. Ranked #84 for
    reverse shot
  3. Ranked #109 for
    masterpiece

Trailer

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8 Genesis (2019)

Three teenagers are shaken up by their first loves in the turmoil of their youth. At a time when others are conforming, they stand their ground and assert their right to love and be free.

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2019-03-16 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Noée Abita, Théodore Pellerin

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #143 for
    haywire
  2. Ranked #196 for
    scrawny
  3. Ranked #449 for
    left unexplained

Trailer

Genesis trailer
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9 Beats (2019)

Summer 1994, Scotland. Johnno and Spanner are best mates, but Johnno’s family are moving him to a new town and a better life, leaving Spanner behind to face a precarious future. In pursuit of adventure and escape they head out on one last night to an illegal rave before parting ways indefinitely.

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2019-05-17 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Cristian Ortega, Lorn Macdonald

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    liberating
  2. Ranked #1 for
    funnier
  3. Ranked #2 for
    giddy

Trailer

Beats trailer
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10 Wendy and Lucy (2009)

A near-penniless drifter's journey to Alaska in search of work is interrupted when she loses her dog while attempting to shoplift food for it.

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2009-04-08 | Drama

Cast

Michelle Williams, Lucy

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #30 for
    grease monkey
  2. Ranked #138 for
    social realism
  3. Ranked #166 for
    like The Last Picture Show

Trailer

Wendy and Lucy trailer
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