Top rated movies with smart writing that have a linear narrative

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

1 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

rating icon 7.349
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    rational
  2. Ranked #1 for
    mentally disturbed
  3. Ranked #1 for
    messing with head

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2 Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020)

A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.

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2020-02-19 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Jeon Do-yeon, Jung Woo-sung

Rating

rating icon 7.159
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    tight writing
  2. Ranked #2 for
    fully fleshed
  3. Ranked #2 for
    par excellence

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3 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

rating icon 7.709
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    depicting social justice
  2. Ranked #2 for
    with memorable moments
  3. Ranked #2 for
    dynamite

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4 Ferry (2021)

Before he built a drug empire, Ferry Bouman returns to his hometown on a revenge mission that finds his loyalty tested — and a love that alters his life.

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2021-05-14 | Action / Crime

Cast

Frank Lammers, Elise Schaap

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    solid
  2. Ranked #2 for
    watchable
  3. Ranked #2 for
    evening entertainment

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5 Detention (2019)

In the 1960s, two classmates go looking for their missing friends and teachers, all of whom took part in an illegal book club, only to come face to face with ghosts and deformed monsters that have taken over their school.

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2019-09-20 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Gingle Wang, Jing-Hua Tseng

Rating

rating icon 6.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    natural light
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fragmented narrative
  3. Ranked #2 for
    precious

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6 The Gentlemen (2020)

American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.

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2020-01-01 | Action / Crime

Cast

Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam

Rating

rating icon 7.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    top form
  2. Ranked #1 for
    with cockney accent
  3. Ranked #1 for
    gentlemanly

Trailer

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7 All the Old Knives (2022)

When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole with his former lover and colleague Celia Harrison.

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2022-04-08 | Thriller / Action

Cast

Chris Pine, Thandiwe Newton

Rating

rating icon 6.014
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    flashback sequence
  2. Ranked #1 for
    thrills and spills
  3. Ranked #2 for
    frenetic action

Trailer

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8 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

Drive My Car trailer
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9 Brian Banks (2019)

An All-American football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is falsely accused of rape and sent to prison.

Info

2019-08-09 | Drama

Cast

Aldis Hodge, Greg Kinnear

Rating

rating icon 7.229
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    with tear-jerking moments
  2. Ranked #2 for
    innocent man
  3. Ranked #2 for
    wide plot

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10 Archive (2020)

2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI, and his latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs—being reunited with his dead wife.

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2020-08-13 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Theo James, Stacy Martin

Rating

rating icon 6.232
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    twist at the end
  2. Ranked #1 for
    unexpected ending
  3. Ranked #1 for
    jealous

Trailer

Archive trailer
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