Top rated slow and plodding movies with a riveting finish

Check out today’s highest ranked slow and plodding movies with a riveting finish! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best slow and plodding movies with a riveting finish, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Stranger (2022)

Two strangers strike up a conversation on a long journey. One is a suspect in an unsolved missing person’s case and the other an undercover operative on his trail. Their uneasy friendship becomes the core of this tightly wrought thriller, which is based on the true story of one of the largest investigations and undercover operations in Australia.

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2022-10-06 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris

Rating

rating icon 6.136
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    utterly absorbing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    credible performance
  3. Ranked #1 for
    dark and gloomy

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2 The Dry (2021)

Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.

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2021-01-01 | Crime / Thriller

Cast

Eric Bana, Genevieve O'Reilly

Rating

rating icon 6.774
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    world-class
  2. Ranked #2 for
    never flagging
  3. Ranked #2 for
    like Mr. Brooks

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The Dry trailer
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3 Watcher (2022)

As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.

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2022-06-03 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman

Rating

rating icon 6.504
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    sense of isolation
  2. Ranked #1 for
    feeling of isolation
  3. Ranked #1 for
    building tension

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Watcher trailer
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4 The Forgotten Battle (2021)

November 1944. On the flooded isle of Walcheren, Zeeland, thousands of Allied soldiers are battling the German army. Three young lives become inextricably connected. A Dutch boy fighting for the Germans, an English glider pilot and a girl from Zeeland connected to the resistance against her will, are forced to make crucial choices that impact both their own freedom and the freedom of others.

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2021-06-05 | War / History

Cast

Gijs Blom, Jamie Flatters

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    very well executed
  2. Ranked #1 for
    high-quality directing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    epic battle sequence

Trailer

The Forgotten Battle trailer
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5 Let Him Go (2020)

Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.

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2020-11-05 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Diane Lane, Kevin Costner

Rating

rating icon 6.821
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    control freak
  2. Ranked #1 for
    question authority
  3. Ranked #1 for
    wacko

Trailer

Let Him Go trailer
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6 The Good Nurse (2022)

Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth.

Info

2022-10-19 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne

Rating

rating icon 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    high caliber
  2. Ranked #2 for
    absorbing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    better-paced

Trailer

The Good Nurse trailer
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7 Lost Girls (2020)

When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered prostitutes.

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2020-01-28 | Drama / Mystery

Cast

Amy Ryan, Thomasin McKenzie

Rating

rating icon 6.08
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    left unsolved
  2. Ranked #1 for
    unexciting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    properly developed

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Lost Girls trailer
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8 The Vanishing (2019)

Three lighthouse keepers on an uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland discover something that isn't theirs to keep.

Info

2019-01-04 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan

Rating

rating icon 5.726
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    barely intelligible
  2. Ranked #2 for
    psychological mystery
  3. Ranked #2 for
    begging the question

Trailer

The Vanishing trailer
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9 The Shadow in My Eye (2021)

On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a school and more than 120 people were killed, 86 of whom were children.

Info

2021-10-28 | War / Drama

Cast

Bertram Bisgaard Enevoldsen, Ester Birch

Rating

rating icon 7.814
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    undeniably talented cast
  2. Ranked #1 for
    tragic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    erudite character

Trailer

The Shadow in My Eye trailer
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10 Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)

A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.

Info

2020-03-13 | Drama

Cast

Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder

Rating

rating icon 7.15
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    humane
  2. Ranked #1 for
    ample support
  3. Ranked #2 for
    resonant

Trailer

Never Rarely Sometimes Always trailer
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