Top rated melodramatic movies that are also substantive

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

1 Parallel Mothers (2021)

Two unmarried women who have become pregnant by accident and are about to give birth meet in a hospital room: Janis, in her late-thirties, unrepentant and happy; Ana, a teenager, remorseful and frightened.

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2021-10-08 | Drama

Cast

Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit

Rating

rating icon 6.831
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    parallel story
  2. Ranked #1 for
    melodramatic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    masterly

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2 Sylvie's Love (2020)

When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father’s record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geography, and professional success.

Info

2020-01-27 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha

Rating

rating icon 6.319
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    romantic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    golden oldie
  3. Ranked #1 for
    demanding

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3 Rebecca (2020)

After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.

Info

2020-10-16 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Lily James, Armie Hammer

Rating

rating icon 6.31
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    dark and gothic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    dashing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    pretty

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4 Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.

Info

2020-11-09 | Drama

Cast

Gabriel Basso, Amy Adams

Rating

rating icon 6.72
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    hillbilly
  2. Ranked #2 for
    white trash
  3. Ranked #3 for
    hard

Trailer

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5 Bye Bye Morons (2020)

When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15. On her madcap bureaucratic quest she crosses paths with JB, a 50-year-old man in the middle of a burnout, and Mr. Blin, a blind archivist prone to overenthusiasm. The unlikely trio set off on a hilarious and poignant helterskelter journey across the city in search of Suze's long-lost child.

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2020-10-21 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Virginie Efira, Albert Dupontel

Rating

rating icon 7.204
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    non-sensical plot
  2. Ranked #2 for
    coquettish acting
  3. Ranked #3 for
    cynical view

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6 Dear Zoe (2022)

Tess enlists her biological father – a lovable slacker from the wrong side of the tracks – and the charming juvenile delinquent next door to help her come to grips with the death of her little sister.

Info

2022-11-04 | Drama

Cast

Sadie Sink, Theo Rossi

Rating

rating icon 6.241
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    boy next door
  2. Ranked #2 for
    most puzzling
  3. Ranked #2 for
    acting chops

Trailer

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7 Break Every Chain (2021)

Drowning in the depths of depression and sadness, burning with anger, and chained down by alcoholism, Jonathan couldn’t do it anymore. After the loss of his father as a young boy, facing countless horrific death scenes in the line of duty, and the death of his son, Jonathan turned to the world for answers — finding only darkness. Faced with the threat of losing all that is left to him, Jonathan turns to faith and finds hope and redemption.

Info

2021-03-07 | Drama

Cast

Ignacyo Matynia, Krystian Leonard

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    most powerful
  2. Ranked #3 for
    most gripping
  3. Ranked #3 for
    heart-wrenching

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8 The Dig (2021)

As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future‎.

Info

2021-01-14 | Drama / History

Cast

Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes

Rating

rating icon 6.872
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fine
  2. Ranked #1 for
    interesting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    historically important

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9 Pieces of a Woman (2020)

When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.

Info

2020-12-30 | Drama

Cast

Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf

Rating

rating icon 7.031
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    powerful
  2. Ranked #3 for
    unfinished
  3. Ranked #3 for
    deserving nods from Oscars

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10 Spencer (2021)

During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.

Info

2021-11-04 | Drama / History

Cast

Kristen Stewart, Jack Farthing

Rating

rating icon 6.821
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    clipped voice
  2. Ranked #1 for
    vocal inflection
  3. Ranked #2 for
    sympathetic portrayal

Trailer

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