Top rated perfunctory movies that are also for in-depth study
Check out today’s highest ranked perfunctory and for in-depth study movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are perfunctory and for in-depth study, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Apt Pupil (1998)
One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.
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- 1998-10-23 | Drama / Thriller
Cast
- Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro
Rating
6.6
2 West of Memphis (2012)
The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who lived it, the filmmakers' unprecedented access to the inner workings of the defense, allows the film to show the investigation, research and appeals process in a way that has never been seen before; revealing shocking and disturbing new information about a case that still haunts the Unitedstatian South.
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- 2012-12-25 | Documentary
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- Jason Baldwin, Julie Ann Doan
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7.4
3 Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960)
Set at the Newport jazz festival in 1958, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day to night and from improvisational music to Gospel. It's a concert film that suggests peace and leisure, jazz at a particular time and place.
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- 1960-03-28 | Documentary / Music
Cast
- Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson
Rating
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7.3
4 Footnote (2011)
Jerusalem, Israel. Professors Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik, father and son, have dedicated their lives to the study of the Jewish scriptures. Eliezer is a stubborn and methodical scholar who has never been recognized for his work; Uriel is a rising star, someone admired and praised by his colleagues. The fragile balance that has kept their personal relationship almost intact is broken in an unexpected way by a simple phone call.
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- 2011-05-25 | Comedy
Cast
- Shlomo Bar-Aba, Lior Ashkenazi
Rating
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7.2
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5 Gates of Heaven (1978)
A documentary about the men who run a pet cemetery, and the men and women who bury their pets.
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- 1978-10-01 | Documentary
Cast
- Lucille Billingsley, Zella Graham
Rating
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7.0
6 Awaydays (2009)
On the Wirral in the grim early years of Margaret Thatcher's premiership, the opportunities for thrill seeking young men looking to escape 9 to 5 drudgery are what they've always been: sex, drugs, rock n' roll, fashion, football and fighting.
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- 2009-04-01 | Drama
Cast
- Stephen Graham, Nicky Bell
Rating
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5.1
7 The Pawnbroker (1965)
A Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
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- 1965-04-20 | Crime / Drama
Cast
- Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald
Rating
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7.3
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8 Dog Bite Dog (2006)
A young Cambodian man who has been trained to fight for money in his country is hired to kill someone in Hong Kong. He performs the hit and then flees from Hong Kong police, who are wrestling with internal problems of a model cop and his son, who is also on the force and who was told by his dad not to become a police officer. The father goes into a coma after being shot, and internal affairs suspects him of dealing drugs on the side. The assassin then befriends a young girl who is molested and abused by her father. They both plan to get back on a ship to Cambodia but have to get past Hong Kong police, who do everything they can to catch him.
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- 2006-08-17 | Action
Cast
- Edison Chen, Sam Lee
Rating
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6.5
9 Amy (2015)
A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
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- 2015-07-03 | Documentary / Music
Cast
- Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson
Rating
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7.6
10 The Hours and Times (1991)
A fictionalized account of what may have happened when John Lennon and Brian Epstein went on holiday together to Spain in 1963.
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- 1991-09-07 | Drama
Cast
- Ian Hart, David Angus
Rating
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5.7