Top rated serious movies on Criterion Channel

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

1 After Yang (2022)

When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.

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2022-03-04 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    peaceful
  2. Ranked #1 for
    futuristic vision
  3. Ranked #1 for
    for contemplation

Trailer

After Yang trailer
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2 Clara Sola (2021)

In a remote village in Costa Rica, Clara, a withdrawn 40-year-old woman, experiences a sexual and mystical awakening as she begins a journey to free herself from the repressive religious and social conventions which have dominated her life.

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2021-10-01 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Wendy Chinchilla Araya, Ana Julia Porras Espinoza

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    idealized
  2. Ranked #4 for
    innocence of youth
  3. Ranked #6 for
    jealous character

Trailer

Clara Sola trailer
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3 France (2021)

A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.

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2021-08-25 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Léa Seydoux, Blanche Gardin

Rating

rating icon 5.216
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    wooing plot
  2. Ranked #1 for
    drama queen
  3. Ranked #1 for
    beyond scopes

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France trailer
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4 Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)

An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.

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2021-04-11 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    vignette narrative
  2. Ranked #1 for
    as a topic of discussion
  3. Ranked #2 for
    triangular plot

Trailer

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy trailer
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5 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

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2004-03-19 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet

Rating

rating icon 8.099
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #54 for
    masterpiece
  2. Ranked #59 for
    sad
  3. Ranked #61 for
    exceptional

Trailer

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind trailer
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6 Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.

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2013-10-18 | Drama / Music

Cast

Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan

Rating

rating icon 7.198
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #22 for
    great soundtrack
  2. Ranked #64 for
    tremendously talented
  3. Ranked #66 for
    critically acclaimed

Trailer

Inside Llewyn Davis trailer
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7 Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.

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2016-03-31 | Adventure / Comedy

Cast

Sam Neill, Julian Dennison

Rating

rating icon 7.677
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #11 for
    cantankerous
  2. Ranked #39 for
    wayward
  3. Ranked #62 for
    hard-nosed

Trailer

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8 Tootsie (1982)

When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego - Dorothy Michaels - in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.

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1982-12-17 | Comedy / Romance

Cast

Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange

Rating

rating icon 7.22
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #12 for
    afterschool special
  2. Ranked #63 for
    critically acclaimed
  3. Ranked #77 for
    tremendously talented

Trailer

Tootsie trailer
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9 Volver (2006)

While a woman attempts to cover up her daughter's murder and reinvent her life, her sister is visited by their mother, who was thought to have died.

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2006-03-17 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura

Rating

rating icon 7.469
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #97 for
    masterpiece
  2. Ranked #141 for
    welcome return
  3. Ranked #168 for
    tour de force

Trailer

Volver trailer
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10 A Christmas Tale (2008)

When their regal matriarch falls ill, the troubled Vuillard family come together for a hesitant Christmastime reunion. Among them is rebellious ne'er-do-well Henri and the uptight Elizabeth. Together under the same roof for the first time in many years, their intricate, long denied resentments and yearnings emerge again.

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2008-05-16 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon

Rating

rating icon 6.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #62 for
    cogent narrative
  2. Ranked #80 for
    weak link in cast
  3. Ranked #100 for
    opaque

Trailer

A Christmas Tale trailer
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