Top rated perfunctory movies that are also intellectually stimulating

Check out today’s highest ranked perfunctory and intellectually stimulating movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are perfunctory and intellectually stimulating, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 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.

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2021-02-05 | Science Fiction / Romance

Cast

Owen Wilson, Salma Hayek

Rating

rating icon 5.561
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    blissful
  2. Ranked #1 for
    altered state
  3. Ranked #2 for
    feel cheated

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2 I Am Mother (2019)

A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.

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2019-06-07 | Science Fiction / Thriller

Cast

Clara Rugaard, Rose Byrne

Rating

rating icon 6.682
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    super-intelligent
  2. Ranked #2 for
    too many unanswered questions
  3. Ranked #3 for
    moral question

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3 Aniara (2019)

A ship carrying settlers to a new home on Mars after Earth is rendered uninhabitable is knocked off-course, causing the passengers to consider their place in the universe.

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2019-02-01 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Emelie Jonsson, Arvin Kananian

Rating

rating icon 6.051
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    interplanetary
  2. Ranked #1 for
    brightly lit imagery
  3. Ranked #1 for
    despaired

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4 Silent Night (2021)

Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.

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2021-12-03 | Comedy / Science Fiction

Cast

Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode

Rating

rating icon 6.124
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    soul-crushing
  2. Ranked #2 for
    practically non-existent
  3. Ranked #2 for
    dislikeable

Trailer

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5 Chaos Walking (2021)

Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.

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2021-02-24 | Fantasy / Science Fiction

Cast

Daisy Ridley, Tom Holland

Rating

rating icon 6.652
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    interesting concept
  2. Ranked #4 for
    unanswered question
  3. Ranked #6 for
    sound promising

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6 White Noise (2022)

Jack Gladney, professor of Hitler studies at The-College-on-the-Hill, husband to Babette, and father to four children/stepchildren, is torn asunder by a chemical spill from a rail car that releases an "Airborne Toxic Event" forcing Jack to confront his biggest fear - his own mortality.

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2022-11-25 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig

Rating

rating icon 5.634
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    nonsensical
  2. Ranked #1 for
    overlapping dialogues
  3. Ranked #2 for
    corrosive

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7 Crimes of the Future (2022)

With his partner Caprice, celebrity performance artist Saul Tenser publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. Timlin, an investigator from the National Organ Registry, obsessively tracks their movements, which is when a mysterious group is revealed... Their mission -- to use Saul's notoriety to shed light on the next phase of human evolution.

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2022-05-25 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux

Rating

rating icon 6.292
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    slowly evolving
  2. Ranked #1 for
    familiar theme
  3. Ranked #2 for
    interesting

Trailer

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8 Glass (2019)

In a series of escalating encounters, former security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities. Meanwhile, the shadowy presence of Elijah Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.

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2019-01-16 | Thriller / Drama

Cast

James McAvoy, Bruce Willis

Rating

rating icon 6.68
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    shocking climax
  2. Ranked #2 for
    distinct personality
  3. Ranked #2 for
    climactic

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9 The Room (2019)

Kate and Matt discover that a part of their house can grant wishes. In the wake of two miscarriages, what they want most is a child.

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2019-09-12 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Olga Kurylenko, Kevin Janssens

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    boundless
  2. Ranked #3 for
    sound promising
  3. Ranked #4 for
    like The Twilight Zone

Trailer

The Room trailer
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10 Parallel Minds (2020)

In the near future, technology firm Red-Eye is on the verge of developing a revolutionary contact lens that records human sight to replicate memories. When the company’s lead researcher is murdered, Detective Thomas Elliot, and researcher Margo Elson are drawn into searching deeper to apprehend an elusive digital shapeshifter. Soon, both are threatened by their past as they seek to uncover what this dangerous artificial intelligence is trying to consume.

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2020-09-24 | Science Fiction / Thriller

Cast

Greg Bryk, Tommie-Amber Pirie

Rating

rating icon 6.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fresh spin
  2. Ranked #1 for
    increasingly difficult
  3. Ranked #1 for
    bit lacking

Trailer

Parallel Minds trailer
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