Top rated surprisingly sympathetic movies with an artistic approach

Check out today’s highest ranked surprisingly sympathetic movies with an artistic approach! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best surprisingly sympathetic movies with an artistic approach, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Stockholm (2019)

Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities, giving rise to the psychological phenomenon known as “Stockholm Syndrome.”

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2019-04-12 | Crime / Comedy

Cast

Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace

Rating

rating icon 5.863
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    with dramatic moments
  2. Ranked #1 for
    humorous
  3. Ranked #1 for
    surprisingly sympathetic

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2 Josep (2020)

February 1939. Overwhelmed by the flood of Republicans fleeing Franco's dictatorship, the French government's solution consists in confining the Spanish refugees in concentration camps where they have no other choice than to build their own shelters, feed off the horses which have carried them out of their country, and die by the hundred for lack of hygiene and water... In one of these camps, two men, separated by barbwire, will become friends. One is a guard the other is Josep Bartoli (Barcelona 1910 - New York 1995), a cartoonist who fights against the Franco regime.

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2020-09-30 | Animation / Drama

Cast

Sergi López, Alba Pujol

Rating

rating icon 7.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    somewhat limited acting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    precise directing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    director with artistic integrity

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Josep trailer
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3 White Lie (2019)

Katie Arneson is faking cancer. A university dance major, Katie's falsified diagnosis and counterfeit fundraising have transformed her into a campus celebrity surrounded by the supportive community she's always dreamed of. But now dependent on a bursary for sick students to maintain her ruse, Katie learns the funding is in jeopardy unless she can provide copies of her medical records within the week.

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2019-09-07 | Drama

Cast

Kacey Rohl, Amber Anderson

Rating

rating icon 6.606
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    multitalented director
  2. Ranked #1 for
    most talented
  3. Ranked #1 for
    abhorrent

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4 The Good Boss (2021)

Julio Blanco is the proprietor of Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company producing industrial scales in a provincial Spanish town, which awaits the imminent visit from a committee that will decide if they merit a local Business Excellence award: everything has to be perfect when the time comes. Working against the clock, Blanco pulls out all the stops to address and resolve issues with his employees, crossing every imaginable line in the process.

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2021-10-15 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo

Rating

rating icon 6.975
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    facetious lines
  2. Ranked #1 for
    flippant
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sarcastic tone

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5 Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)

At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.

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2019-09-06 | Drama / History

Cast

Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp

Rating

rating icon 5.928
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    barbaric
  2. Ranked #1 for
    distinctive directing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    disciplinarian

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6 Limbo (2021)

An offbeat observation of refugees waiting to be granted asylum on a fictional remote Scottish island. It focuses on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by the weight of his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.

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2021-04-30 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Amir ElMasry, Vikash Bhai

Rating

rating icon 6.844
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    sullen
  2. Ranked #1 for
    awaited
  3. Ranked #1 for
    melancholy mood

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7 Spencer (2021)

During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.

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2021-11-04 | Drama / History

Cast

Kristen Stewart, Jack Farthing

Rating

rating icon 6.832
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    vocal inflection
  2. Ranked #1 for
    painful
  3. Ranked #2 for
    sympathetic portrayal

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8 Lair (2021)

A fractured family are forced to face their demons, metaphorically and literally, as they unwittingly become embroiled in a man's attempt to prove the existence of the supernatural in order to overturn a friend's murder conviction.

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2021-11-09 | Horror

Cast

Corey Johnson, Anya Newall

Rating

rating icon 5.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    supernatural theme
  2. Ranked #1 for
    special kudos
  3. Ranked #2 for
    little bland

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9 The Two Popes (2019)

Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.

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2019-11-27 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins

Rating

rating icon 7.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    humanized
  2. Ranked #1 for
    for Catholic contemplation
  3. Ranked #1 for
    splendid

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10 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)

A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.

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2019-05-02 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Zac Efron, Lily Collins

Rating

rating icon 7.016
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely nailed it
  2. Ranked #1 for
    vile
  3. Ranked #1 for
    angelic

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