Top rated thoughtful movies on Netflix

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

1 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 7.499
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People's Taste Ranking

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

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2 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

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3 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
    sweet
  3. Ranked #1 for
    whimsical character

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4 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
    soulful acting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    above average acting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    elegiac

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5 I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.

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2020-08-28 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley

Rating

rating icon 6.586
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    scratching head
  2. Ranked #1 for
    analytical
  3. Ranked #1 for
    obtuse

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6 Passing (2021)

In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.

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2021-10-27 | Drama

Cast

Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga

Rating

rating icon 6.248
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    silky voice
  2. Ranked #1 for
    MTV style editing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    visually satisfying

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7 The Midnight Sky (2020)

A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.

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2020-12-10 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

George Clooney, Felicity Jones

Rating

rating icon 5.75
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    glacial pace
  2. Ranked #3 for
    howler
  3. Ranked #3 for
    interplanetary

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8 Don't Look Up (2021)

Two American astronomers attempt to warn humankind about an approaching comet that will wipe out life on planet Earth.

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2021-12-07 | Comedy / Science Fiction

Cast

Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio

Rating

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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    with political satire
  2. Ranked #2 for
    idiocracy
  3. Ranked #2 for
    Black Comedy

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9 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
    masterfully crafted
  2. Ranked #1 for
    good song
  3. Ranked #1 for
    good visual

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10 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
    gentlemanly

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