Top rated sobering movies with a gripping ending

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

1 The Mauritanian (2021)

The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a defense attorney for his release.

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2021-02-12 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster

Rating

rating icon 7.433
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  1. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely astonishing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    truly unforgettable
  3. Ranked #2 for
    asking questions

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2 Against the Ice (2022)

In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Danish expedition in ice-covered Greenland.

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2022-02-10 | Drama / Adventure

Cast

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Joe Cole

Rating

rating icon 6.77
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    hostile
  2. Ranked #1 for
    unfriendly character
  3. Ranked #1 for
    glacial pace

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3 Thirteen Lives (2022)

Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an unexpected rainstorm traps them in a chamber inside the mountain. Entombed behind a maze of flooded cave tunnels, they face impossible odds. A team of world-class divers navigate through miles of dangerous cave networks to discover that finding the boys is only the beginning.

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2022-07-18 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell

Rating

rating icon 7.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    on tenterhooks
  2. Ranked #2 for
    gripping start
  3. Ranked #2 for
    stellar

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4 After We Leave (2019)

A sci-fi drama about a man struggling to find his wife, who he abandoned six years ago, before their visa to emmigrate to an off-world colony expires.

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2019-05-20 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Brian Silverman, Clay Wilcox

Rating

rating icon 5.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    dreadfully boring
  2. Ranked #1 for
    brilliant shooting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    neatly wrapped up

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5 A Call to Spy (2020)

The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability and Noor Inayat Khan, a pacifist. These civilian women form an unlikely sisterhood while entangled in dangerous missions to turn the tide of the war.

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2020-10-02 | History / Crime

Cast

Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic

Rating

rating icon 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fearless
  2. Ranked #1 for
    brave
  3. Ranked #1 for
    big scale

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6 Groupers (2019)

A grad student kidnaps two homophobic high-school bullies to use as her subjects in an experiment performed at the bottom of an empty swimming pool.

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2019-03-09 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Nicole Dambro, Peter Mayer-Klepchick

Rating

rating icon 4.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    eagerly looking forward to
  2. Ranked #1 for
    topical issue
  3. Ranked #1 for
    virtually unknown cast

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7 David Crosby: Remember My Name (2019)

You thought you knew him. Meet David Crosby now in this portrait of a man with everything but an easy retirement on his mind. With unflinching honesty, self-examination, regret, fear, exuberance and an unshakable belief in family and the transformative nature of music, Crosby shares his often challenging journey.

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2019-07-19 | Documentary / Music

Cast

David Crosby, Jan Dance

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    beautifully illustrated
  2. Ranked #2 for
    Rockumentary
  3. Ranked #2 for
    still resonating

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8 Working Man (2019)

When the last factory in a small Rust Belt town closes its doors, an unlikely hero emerges in dutiful, quiet Allery Parkes. A career employee of the factory, the aging Allery can't reconcile how to live a life simply sitting at home doing nothing. Against the advice and pleas of his loving wife Iola, he forms an unlikely friendship with his charismatic neighbor Walter Brewer in order to revive the defunct factory.

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2019-02-02 | Drama

Cast

Peter Gerety, Billy Brown

Rating

rating icon 7.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    personal experience
  2. Ranked #3 for
    blue-collar
  3. Ranked #3 for
    disproportionate

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9 7500 (2019)

When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.

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2019-12-26 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Omid Memar

Rating

rating icon 6.139
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    most realistic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    brutally realistic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    realistic

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10 Argentina, 1985 (2022)

In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.

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2022-09-29 | Drama / History

Cast

Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani

Rating

rating icon 7.918
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    for historical research
  2. Ranked #1 for
    practically flawless
  3. Ranked #1 for
    nearly perfect

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