Top rated most ambitious movies on Kanopy

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

1 Red Rocket (2021)

Finding himself down and out in Los Angeles, ex porn star Mikey Saber decides to crawl back to his hometown of Texas City, Texas, where his estranged wife and mother-in-law are living. Just as this dysfunctional family seems to be making things work, Mikey meets a young woman named Strawberry working the cash register at a local doughnut shop.

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2021-12-10 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Simon Rex, Suzanna Son

Rating

rating icon 6.76
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    cult icon
  2. Ranked #1 for
    feeling incomplete
  3. Ranked #2 for
    seedy underbelly

Trailer

Red Rocket trailer
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2 Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)

An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.

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2021-04-11 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima

Rating

rating icon 7.11
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    vignette narrative
  2. Ranked #1 for
    as a topic of discussion
  3. Ranked #2 for
    boyish

Trailer

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy 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
    euphoric character

Trailer

Another Round trailer
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4 The Farewell (2019)

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.

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2019-07-12 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Awkwafina, Zhao Shuzhen

Rating

rating icon 7.435
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    veteran actress
  2. Ranked #2 for
    acute
  3. Ranked #2 for
    universal theme

Trailer

The Farewell trailer
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5 Her Smell (2019)

A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.

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2019-04-12 | Drama / Music

Cast

Elisabeth Moss, Cara Delevingne

Rating

rating icon 5.77
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    favorite actor
  2. Ranked #2 for
    drug-crazy character
  3. Ranked #3 for
    better-paced

Trailer

Her Smell trailer
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6 By the Grace of God (2019)

Alexandre lives in Lyon with his wife and children. One day, he discovered by chance that the priest who abused him to scouts always officiates with children. He then starts a fight, quickly joined by François and Emmanuel, also victims of the priest, to "release their word" on what they suffered.

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2019-02-20 | Drama

Cast

Melvil Poupaud, Denis Ménochet

Rating

rating icon 7.155
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    razzle-dazzle
  2. Ranked #1 for
    concurrent
  3. Ranked #1 for
    directorial flourish

Trailer

By the Grace of God trailer
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7 Apollo 11 (2019)

A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.

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2019-03-01 | Documentary / History

Cast

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin

Rating

rating icon 7.847
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    great cinematic achievement
  2. Ranked #1 for
    good sound
  3. Ranked #1 for
    staggering

Trailer

Apollo 11 trailer
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8 Judy (2019)

Thirty years after starring in "The Wizard of Oz," beloved actress and singer Judy Garland arrives in London to perform sold-out shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub. While there, she reminisces with friends and fans and begins a whirlwind romance with musician Mickey Deans, her soon-to-be fifth husband.

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2019-09-27 | Drama / History

Cast

Renée Zellweger, Finn Wittrock

Rating

rating icon 6.714
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    chilling portrayal
  2. Ranked #1 for
    career-defining role
  3. Ranked #1 for
    iconic

Trailer

Judy trailer
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9 Waves (2019)

A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injury. Their familial bonds are eventually placed under severe strain by an unexpected tragedy.

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2019-11-15 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Kelvin Harrison Jr., Taylor Russell

Rating

rating icon 7.392
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    imaginative directing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    propulsive
  3. Ranked #1 for
    picking up pace

Trailer

Waves trailer
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10 The Souvenir: Part II (2021)

In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.

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2021-10-11 | Drama

Cast

Honor Swinton Byrne, Richard Ayoade

Rating

rating icon 6.423
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    hubristic
  2. Ranked #3 for
    petite actress
  3. Ranked #3 for
    palatable

Trailer

The Souvenir: Part II trailer
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