Top rated mildly annoying movies that are also intellectually challenging

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

1 How It Ends (2021)

A woman scores an invite to one last wild party before the world ends. However, making it there won't be easy after her car is stolen and the clock is ticking on her plan to tie up loose ends with friends and family.

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2021-07-20 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Zoe Lister-Jones, Cailee Spaeny

Rating

rating icon 5.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    for soul searching
  2. Ranked #2 for
    introspective
  3. Ranked #2 for
    most creative

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2 Shirley (2020)

A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

Info

2020-09-11 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    intellectual directing
  2. Ranked #2 for
    creative directing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    analytic

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3 Spontaneous (2020)

When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last.

Info

2020-10-02 | Comedy / Horror

Cast

Katherine Langford, Charlie Plummer

Rating

rating icon 6.864
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    out of nowhere
  2. Ranked #2 for
    unplanned
  3. Ranked #2 for
    for dramedy fans

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4 C'mon C'mon (2021)

Johnny and his young nephew forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they embark on a cross-country trip to see life away from Los Angeles.

Info

2021-11-19 | Drama

Cast

Joaquin Phoenix, Woody Norman

Rating

rating icon 7.25
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely terrific
  2. Ranked #1 for
    suiting role
  3. Ranked #1 for
    crisp cinematography

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5 Masking Threshold (2022)

Conducting a series of experiments in his makeshift home-lab, a skeptic IT worker tries to cure his harrowing hearing impairment. But where will his research lead him? "Masking Threshold" combines a chamber play, a scientific procedural, an unpacking video, and a DIY YouTube channel while suggesting endless vistas of existential pain and decay. Glimpse the world of the nameless protagonist in this eldritch tale, which is by no means for the faint of heart.

Info

2022-09-30 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Ethan Haslam, Johannes Grenzfurthner

Rating

rating icon 5.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    for self analysis
  2. Ranked #1 for
    stream of consciousness
  3. Ranked #2 for
    like antidote

Trailer

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6 The Humans (2021)

Erik Blake has gathered three generations of his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside and eerie things start to go bump in the night, the group’s deepest fears are laid bare.

Info

2021-11-24 | Drama

Cast

Richard Jenkins, Jayne Houdyshell

Rating

rating icon 6.104
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    heavy dialogue
  2. Ranked #1 for
    talky
  3. Ranked #2 for
    bumping at night

Trailer

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7 Emergency (2022)

Ready for a night of legendary partying, three college students must weigh the pros and cons of calling the police when faced with an unexpected situation.

Info

2022-05-20 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Donald Watkins, RJ Cyler

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    educated character
  2. Ranked #2 for
    thoughtless
  3. Ranked #2 for
    worth trying

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8 White Noise (2022)

Jack Gladney, professor of Hitler studies at The-College-on-the-Hill, husband to Babette, and father to four children/stepchildren, is torn asunder by a chemical spill from a rail car that releases an "Airborne Toxic Event" forcing Jack to confront his biggest fear - his own mortality.

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2022-11-25 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig

Rating

rating icon 5.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    nonsensical
  2. Ranked #2 for
    overlapping dialogues
  3. Ranked #2 for
    corrosive

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9 The Scary of Sixty-First (2021)

Two roommates’ lives are upended after finding out that their new Manhattan apartment harbors a dark secret.

Info

2021-12-03 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Betsey Brown, Madeline Quinn

Rating

rating icon 5.693
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    non-existent character development
  2. Ranked #1 for
    burnish
  3. Ranked #2 for
    chintzy

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10 Meander (2021)

After getting a car ride from an unknown man, Lisa wakes up in a tube. On her arm is strapped a bracelet with a countdown. She quickly understands that every 8 minutes, fire burns an occupied section. She has no choice but to crawl into safe sections to survive. To know why she’s there and how to get out, Lisa will have to face the memories of her dead daughter…

Info

2021-07-01 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Gaia Weiss, Peter Franzén

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    purgatory
  2. Ranked #2 for
    crawling along
  3. Ranked #2 for
    narrow

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Meander trailer
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