Top rated perfunctory movies that are also artistic
Check out today’s highest ranked perfunctory and artistic movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are perfunctory and artistic, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country. Maimovie provides context-aware recommendation based on extensive data gathered and analyzed by AI.
Last Update Apr 12 2021
1 Ran (1985)
With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.
Info
- 1985-06-01 | Action / Drama
Cast
- Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao
Rating
8.1
2 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.
Info
- 2006-09-13 | Crime / Fantasy
Cast
- Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman
Rating
-
7.3
3 2046 (2004)
Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life, over the course of a few years, after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.
Info
- 2004-05-20 | Fantasy / Drama
Cast
- Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Gong Li
Rating
-
7.2
4 Bliss (2021)
A mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is just a computer simulation. Doubtful at first, Greg eventually discovers there may be some truth to Isabel’s wild conspiracy.
Info
- 2021-02-05 | Science Fiction / Romance
Cast
- Owen Wilson, Salma Hayek
Rating
-
5.4
5 Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Alice, an unpretentious and individual 19-year-old, is betrothed to a dunce of an English nobleman. At her engagement party, she escapes the crowd to consider whether to go through with the marriage and falls down a hole in the garden after spotting an unusual rabbit. Arriving in a strange and surreal place called 'Underland,' she finds herself in a world that resembles the nightmares she had as a child, filled with talking animals, villainous queens and knights, and frumious bandersnatches. Alice realizes that she is there for a reason – to conquer the horrific Jabberwocky and restore the rightful queen to her throne.
Info
- 2010-03-03 | Family / Fantasy
Cast
- Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp
Rating
-
6.6
6 Parasite (2019)
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
Info
- 2019-05-30 | Comedy / Thriller
Cast
- Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun
Rating
-
8.5
7 Rocketman (2019)
The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
Info
- 2019-05-22 | Music / Drama
Cast
- Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell
Rating
-
7.4
8 Hugo (2011)
Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.
Info
- 2011-11-22 | Adventure / Drama
Cast
- Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz
Rating
-
7.2
9 Redacted (2007)
A fictional documentary discusses the effects the Iraq war has had on soldiers and local people through interviews with members of an American military unit, the media, and local Iraqis.
Info
- 2007-01-01 | Drama / War
Cast
- Izzy Diaz, Rob Devaney
Rating
-
6.2
10 The Night of the Hunter (1955)
In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Info
- 1955-08-26 | Crime / Drama
Cast
- Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters
Rating
-
7.9
