Top rated telling movies on Netflix

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

1 The Farewell (2019)

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.

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2019-07-12 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Awkwafina, Zhao Shuzhen

Rating

rating icon 7.436
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    veteran actress
  2. Ranked #2 for
    acute
  3. Ranked #2 for
    universal theme

Trailer

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2 Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022)

Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. But when a documentary filmmaker discovers them amongst the clutter of his Airbnb, the short film he posts online brings Marcel millions of passionate fans, as well as unprecedented dangers and a new hope at finding his long-lost family.

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2022-06-24 | Animation / Comedy

Cast

Jenny Slate, Dean Fleischer Camp

Rating

rating icon 7.684
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    adorable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    whimsical character
  3. Ranked #1 for
    directing with endearing quality

Trailer

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3 The Hand of God (2021)

In 1980s Naples, Italy, an awkward Italian teen struggling to find his place experiences heartbreak and liberation after he's inadvertently saved from a freak accident by football legend Diego Maradona.

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2021-11-24 | Drama

Cast

Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo

Rating

rating icon 7.579
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    slice of life
  2. Ranked #2 for
    stylistic flourish
  3. Ranked #2 for
    stylish camera work

Trailer

The Hand of God trailer
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4 Minari (2021)

A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.

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2021-02-12 | Drama

Cast

Steven Yeun, Han Yeri

Rating

rating icon 7.354
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    good visual
  2. Ranked #1 for
    good song
  3. Ranked #1 for
    good art directing

Trailer

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5 The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)

Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.

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2019-06-07 | Drama

Cast

Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    above average acting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    soulful acting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    elegiac

Trailer

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6 I Lost My Body (2019)

A story of Naoufel, a young man who is in love with Gabrielle. In another part of town, a severed hand escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.

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2019-11-06 | Animation / Drama

Cast

Hakim Faris, Victoire Du Bois

Rating

rating icon 7.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    everything fitting together
  2. Ranked #1 for
    tying loose ends
  3. Ranked #1 for
    totally drawn in

Trailer

I Lost My Body trailer
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7 Living (2022)

London, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless. Then a devastating medical diagnosis forces him to take stock, and to try and grasp some fulfilment before it passes permanently beyond reach.

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2022-11-04 | Drama

Cast

Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood

Rating

rating icon 7.032
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    able supporting actor
  2. Ranked #1 for
    telling
  3. Ranked #2 for
    low-key performance

Trailer

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8 American Factory (2019)

In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand blue-collar Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.

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2019-08-21 | Documentary

Cast

Junming 'Jimmy' Wang, Sherrod Brown

Rating

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    post-modernism
  2. Ranked #1 for
    very demanding
  3. Ranked #1 for
    hardworking

Trailer

American Factory trailer
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9 The Power of the Dog (2021)

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

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2021-10-25 | Drama / Western

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst

Rating

rating icon 6.791
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    Oscar nomination deserving
  2. Ranked #1 for
    shortlisted
  3. Ranked #1 for
    extraordinary

Trailer

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10 Marriage Story (2019)

A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.

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2019-09-28 | Drama

Cast

Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson

Rating

rating icon 7.745
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    workaholic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    with marital problems
  3. Ranked #2 for
    great acting

Trailer

Marriage Story trailer
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