Top rated movies with masterful directing that have smart writing
Check out today’s highest ranked movies with masterful directing and smart writing! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with masterful directing and smart writing, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Cicada Song (2019)
Karen is a tough, corn fed, outspoken, farm manager who cares about the people she works for and the migrant people who work for her. When one of her farmhands approaches her about a little girl that has recently disappeared, she becomes closer to her employees than she ever thought possible. But, when her lover, Annabelle, disappears, the bubble Karen lives in bursts and she begins an investigation only to uncover something dark in the little town she grew up in.
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- 2019-09-27 | Mystery / Thriller
Cast
- Lyndsey Lantz, Jenny Mesa
Rating
- 5.0
2 American Skin (2019)
A Marine veteran working as a school janitor tries to mend his relationship with his son after a divorce. When his son is killed by a police officer found innocent without standing trial, he takes matters into his own hands.
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- 2019-09-01 | Crime / Drama
Cast
- Omari Hardwick, Theo Rossi
Rating
- 7.199
3 Murina (2022)
A teenage girl decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.
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- 2022-04-08 | Drama
Cast
- Gracija Filipović, Danica Ćurčić
Rating
- 6.5
4 The Two Popes (2019)
Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.
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- 2019-11-27 | Drama / Comedy
Cast
- Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins
Rating
- 7.5
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5 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
- 7.11
6 The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
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- 2020-09-25 | Drama / History
Cast
- Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen
Rating
- 7.709
7 God's Crooked Lines (2022)
Alice Gould, a private investigator, pretends to be mentally ill in order to enter a psychiatric hospital and gather evidence for the case she is working on: the death of a patient in unclear circumstances.
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- 2022-10-06 | Drama / Mystery
Cast
- Bárbara Lennie, Eduard Fernández
Rating
- 7.349
8 Six Years Gone (2022)
Six years ago, single mother Carrie Dawson suffered every parent's worst nightmare. Now she seeks redemption.
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- 2022-08-29 | Drama
Cast
- Veronica Jean Trickett, Sarah Priddy
Rating
- 0.0
9 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
- 5.0
10 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
- 7.849