Top rated philosophical movies on Magnolia Selects

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

1 Melancholia (2011)

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

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2011-05-26 | Drama / Science Fiction

Cast

Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg

Rating

rating icon 7.196
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #83 for
    jittery
  2. Ranked #137 for
    like The Last Picture Show
  3. Ranked #171 for
    Apocalypse Film

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2 The Square (2017)

A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.

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2017-08-25 | Drama

Cast

Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss

Rating

rating icon 6.769
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #99 for
    Black Comedy
  2. Ranked #124 for
    diorama
  3. Ranked #129 for
    daunting challenge

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3 A Royal Affair (2012)

A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.

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2012-03-29 | Drama / History

Cast

Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander

Rating

rating icon 7.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #30 for
    Period Drama
  2. Ranked #55 for
    sad
  3. Ranked #89 for
    with marital problems

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4 I Am Not Your Negro (2017)

Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.

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2017-02-03 | Documentary

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin

Rating

rating icon 7.717
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #108 for
    juxtaposition
  2. Ranked #143 for
    archival footage
  3. Ranked #155 for
    timely reminder

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5 Mother (2009)

A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.

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2009-05-28 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin

Rating

rating icon 7.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #61 for
    like Mr. Brooks
  2. Ranked #72 for
    innocent man
  3. Ranked #105 for
    masterpiece

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6 Lucky (2017)

Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration.

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2017-09-29 | Drama

Cast

Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch

Rating

rating icon 7.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #96 for
    ambling
  2. Ranked #107 for
    cantankerous
  3. Ranked #156 for
    introspective

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7 I Am Love (2009)

Emma has left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.

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2009-09-05 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti

Rating

rating icon 6.83
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #81 for
    decadent
  2. Ranked #102 for
    gastronomic
  3. Ranked #143 for
    afterschool special

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8 White God (2014)

Failing in his desperate efforts to find his beloved owner, an abandoned dog eventually joins a canine revolt leading a revolution against their human abusers.

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2014-06-12 | Drama

Cast

Zsófia Psotta, Luke

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #53 for
    underacting
  2. Ranked #56 for
    cautionary tale
  3. Ranked #145 for
    pet-friendly

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9 A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)

An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses on man’s perpetual inhumanity to man.

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2014-10-24 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Holger Andersson, Nisse Vestblom

Rating

rating icon 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #53 for
    reverse shot
  2. Ranked #65 for
    diorama
  3. Ranked #95 for
    eschatological

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10 Mr. Nobody (2009)

Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.

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2009-11-06 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Jared Leto, Sarah Polley

Rating

rating icon 7.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #66 for
    multiverse
  2. Ranked #73 for
    time-loop
  3. Ranked #146 for
    intellectually stimulating

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