Top rated perfunctory movies that are also educational
Check out today’s highest ranked perfunctory and educational movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are perfunctory and educational, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Totally Under Control (2020)
This documentary puts a spotlight on the White House’s failed response to the global pandemic and how it could have been prevented. Featuring damning testimony from public health officials and hard investigative reporting, director Alex Gibney reveals a system-wide collapse caused by a profound dereliction of presidential leadership.
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- 2020-10-13 | Documentary
Cast
- Alex Gibney, Scott Becker
Rating
7.344
2 The Lost King (2022)
An amateur historian defies the academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.
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- 2022-10-07 | Drama / Comedy
Cast
- Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan
Rating
6.451
3 Unpregnant (2020)
A 17-year old Missouri teen discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that could follow.
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- 2020-09-10 | Drama / Comedy
Cast
- Haley Lu Richardson, Barbie Ferreira
Rating
7.153
4 The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."
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- 2021-03-31 | Music / Drama
Cast
- Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes
Rating
6.605

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5 Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.
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- 2020-06-12 | War / Drama
Cast
- Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors
Rating
6.558
6 Wasp Network (2020)
Havana, Cuba, 1990. René González, an airplane pilot, unexpectedly flees the country, leaving behind his wife Olga and his daughter Irma, and begins a new life in Miami, where he becomes a member of an anti-Castro organization.
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- 2020-01-29 | Drama / History
Cast
- Penélope Cruz, Edgar Ramírez
Rating
6.117
7 Gaia (2021)
A park ranger takes shelter with two survivalists after an attack by mysterious creatures in a primordial forest.
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- 2021-06-18 | Horror / Fantasy
Cast
- Monique Rockman, Carel Nel
Rating
5.97
8 Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.
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- 2021-02-12 | Drama / History
Cast
- Lakeith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya
Rating
7.377
9 Slaxx (2020)
When a possessed pair of jeans begins to kill the staff of a trendy clothing store, it is up to Libby, an idealistic young salesclerk, to stop its bloody rampage.
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- 2020-09-11 | Horror / Comedy
Cast
- Romane Denis, Brett Donahue
Rating
5.815
10 My Octopus Teacher (2020)
After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.
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- 2020-09-04 | Documentary
Cast
- Craig Foster, Tom Foster
Rating
7.923