Top rated movies with deft directing that have smart writing

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

1 The Outfit (2022)

Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.

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2022-02-25 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch

Rating

rating icon 7.11
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    stagey acting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    crazy plot
  3. Ranked #1 for
    crafty

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2 Fortune Defies Death (2019)

The Woods family gathers at a cabin resort to hear the last will and testament of their wealthy patriarch George Woods ten years after his death. All vying for the much-anticipated Woods' fortune, the players include his greedy sister and her grandson, an eccentric niece and two ambitious nephews, his mistress, and his missing daughter's husband with their amnesiac granddaughter. Before the players can stake their claim to the family fortune, each must survive the family attorney's investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Woods' adopted daughter Mona. Why did Mona suddenly run away before the death of Woods? Will she show up to claim her fortune, or was her disappearance the result of a conspiracy? As the story unfolds, family members turn on each other and murder is the weapon of choice to reveal a dark secret.

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2019-03-26 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Julie R. Ølgaard, Justin Ray

Rating

rating icon 7.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    cleverly executed
  2. Ranked #1 for
    well-crafted
  3. Ranked #1 for
    cleverly crafted

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3 Maysville (2021)

In 1929 Appalachia, where people play by their own rules, 13-year-old Teddy Rogers is forced to pay a penance for a terrible accident. He is soon hunted and haunted by his past.

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2021-11-24 | Drama

Cast

Kevin R. James, Brian Sutherland

Rating

rating icon 5.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    perfectly crafted
  2. Ranked #1 for
    impelling and reinforcing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    gorgeous cinematography

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4 Sublet (2020)

A gay New York Times travel writer comes to Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The energy of the city and his relationship with a younger man brings him back to life.

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2020-04-15 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

John Benjamin Hickey, Niv Nissim

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    true gem
  2. Ranked #1 for
    deliberate pace
  3. Ranked #1 for
    immediately drawn

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5 The Quiet Girl (2022)

A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.

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2022-05-12 | Drama

Cast

Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley

Rating

rating icon 7.507
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    acclaimed director
  2. Ranked #1 for
    quiet
  3. Ranked #1 for
    foster father

Trailer

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6 Drive My Car (2021)

Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.

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2021-08-18 | Drama

Cast

Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura

Rating

rating icon 7.42
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    patient
  2. Ranked #2 for
    stoic
  3. Ranked #3 for
    with epiphany moments

Trailer

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7 Master (2022)

At an elite New England university built on the site of a Salem-era gallows hill, two black women strive to find their place. Navigating politics and privilege, they encounter increasingly terrifying manifestations of the school's haunted past… and present.

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2022-03-18 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Regina Hall, Zoe Renee

Rating

rating icon 5.314
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    enormously talented
  2. Ranked #1 for
    less than satisfying
  3. Ranked #1 for
    lingering question

Trailer

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8 Knives Out (2019)

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

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2019-11-27 | Comedy / Crime

Cast

Daniel Craig, Chris Evans

Rating

rating icon 7.849
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    large cast
  2. Ranked #1 for
    top-notch casting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    whodunit

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9 Minari (2021)

A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.

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2021-02-12 | Drama

Cast

Steven Yeun, Han Yeri

Rating

rating icon 7.356
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    good art directing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    masterfully crafted
  3. Ranked #1 for
    good song

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10 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.

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2021-01-14 | Drama / History

Cast

Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes

Rating

rating icon 6.877
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    first-rate cinematography
  2. Ranked #1 for
    interesting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    various plots

Trailer

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