Top rated movies with distinctive directing that have a straightforward narrative

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

1 Monos (2019)

On a faraway mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.

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2019-08-15 | Drama / Adventure

Cast

Moisés Arias, Julianne Nicholson

Rating

rating icon 6.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    uncomfortable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sumptuous cinematography
  3. Ranked #1 for
    visually pleasing

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2 Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)

At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.

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2019-09-06 | Drama / History

Cast

Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp

Rating

rating icon 5.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    disciplinarian
  2. Ranked #1 for
    barbaric
  3. Ranked #1 for
    distinctive directing

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3 Breaking (2022)

Desperate for money and running out of options, Marine veteran Brian Brown-Easley holds several people hostage inside a bank, setting the stage for a tense confrontation with police.

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2022-08-25 | Crime / Drama

Cast

John Boyega, Michael Kenneth Williams

Rating

rating icon 6.604
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    outstanding performance
  2. Ranked #2 for
    hitting on all cylinders
  3. Ranked #2 for
    good casting

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4 Vesper (2022)

After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the possibility of a future.

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2022-08-17 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Raffiella Chapman, Eddie Marsan

Rating

rating icon 6.404
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    post-apocalyptic future
  2. Ranked #1 for
    slimy cast
  3. Ranked #1 for
    plot hinges

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5 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 7.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    propulsive
  2. Ranked #1 for
    imaginative directing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sob story

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6 Neptune Frost (2022)

In the hilltops of Burundi, a group of escaped coltan miners form an anti-colonialist computer hacker collective. From their camp in an otherworldly e-waste dump, they attempt a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region's natural resources – and its people. When an intersex runaway and an escaped coltan miner find each other through cosmic forces, their connection sparks glitches within the greater divine circuitry.

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2022-06-03 | Drama / Science Fiction

Cast

Cheryl Isheja, Bertrand Ninteretse

Rating

rating icon 6.522
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    ambient
  2. Ranked #3 for
    oneiric
  3. Ranked #4 for
    eyes glued to screen

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7 I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.

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2020-08-28 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    scratching head
  2. Ranked #1 for
    obtuse
  3. Ranked #1 for
    analytical

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8 Shirley (2020)

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

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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
    academic
  3. Ranked #2 for
    creative directing

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9 A Hidden Life (2019)

Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.

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2019-12-11 | Drama / War

Cast

August Diehl, Valerie Pachner

Rating

rating icon 7.127
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    transcendent
  2. Ranked #1 for
    conscientious
  3. Ranked #1 for
    lush green scenery

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10 Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America (2022)

Jeffery Robinson's talk on the history of U.S. anti-Black racism, with archival footage and interviews.

Info

2022-01-14 | Documentary

Cast

Jeffery Robinson, Gwen Carr

Rating

rating icon 7.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    so ingrained
  2. Ranked #2 for
    succinct
  3. Ranked #2 for
    precise directing

Trailer

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