Top rated transcendent movies on Sundance Now

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

1 Beats (2019)

Summer 1994, Scotland. Johnno and Spanner are best mates, but Johnno’s family are moving him to a new town and a better life, leaving Spanner behind to face a precarious future. In pursuit of adventure and escape they head out on one last night to an illegal rave before parting ways indefinitely.

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2019-05-17 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Cristian Ortega, Lorn Macdonald

Rating

rating icon 6.608
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    funnier
  2. Ranked #1 for
    liberating
  3. Ranked #2 for
    startling image

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2 My Darling Vivian (2020)

The story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters. Includes never-before-seen footage and photographs of Johnny Cash and Rosanne Cash, as well as footage featuring Reese Witherspoon, Joaquin Phoenix, Tim Robbins, Whoopi Goldberg, John C. Reilly and many more.

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2020-04-27 | Documentary

Cast

Johnny Cash, Reese Witherspoon

Rating

rating icon 7.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    indignant
  2. Ranked #1 for
    publically conscious
  3. Ranked #2 for
    grateful

Trailer

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3 I Killed My Mother (2009)

Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up, and where a murder will be committed: the murder of childhood.

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2009-06-05 | Drama

Cast

Anne Dorval, Xavier Dolan

Rating

rating icon 7.505
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #46 for
    tour de force
  2. Ranked #106 for
    smug
  3. Ranked #175 for
    spoiled brat

Trailer

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4 Short Term 12 (2013)

Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.

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2013-08-23 | Drama

Cast

Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr.

Rating

rating icon 7.768
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #53 for
    low-key approach
  2. Ranked #80 for
    wayward
  3. Ranked #91 for
    with daddy issue

Trailer

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5 Ida (2013)

Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.

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2013-10-25 | Drama

Cast

Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska

Rating

rating icon 7.242
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #27 for
    symmetry plots
  2. Ranked #85 for
    reverse shot
  3. Ranked #109 for
    masterpiece

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6 Holding the Man (2015)

Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.

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2015-08-27 | Drama

Cast

Ryan Corr, Craig Stott

Rating

rating icon 7.712
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #163 for
    gut-wrenching
  2. Ranked #231 for
    Queer Cinema
  3. Ranked #272 for
    gut-punch

Trailer

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7 The Illusionist (2006)

With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.

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2006-08-18 | Fantasy / Drama

Cast

Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti

Rating

rating icon 7.297
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #27 for
    with sleight of hand
  2. Ranked #59 for
    sepia tone
  3. Ranked #67 for
    disappearing acting

Trailer

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8 Long Day's Journey into Night (2018)

Luo Hongwu returns to Kaili, the hometown from which he fled many years ago. He begins the search for the woman he loved and whom he has never been able to forget.

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2018-12-31 | Drama / Mystery

Cast

Tang Wei, Huang Jue

Rating

rating icon 6.969
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #120 for
    opaque
  2. Ranked #123 for
    arthouse
  3. Ranked #167 for
    Multiple POV

Trailer

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9 20,000 Days on Earth (2014)

A semi-fictionalized documentary about a day in the life of Australian musician Nick Cave's persona.

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2014-07-05 | Documentary / Drama

Cast

Nick Cave, Warren Ellis

Rating

rating icon 7.069
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #10 for
    Rockumentary
  2. Ranked #83 for
    hubristic
  3. Ranked #107 for
    obtuse

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10 Wendy and Lucy (2009)

A near-penniless drifter's journey to Alaska in search of work is interrupted when she loses her dog while attempting to shoplift food for it.

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2009-04-08 | Drama

Cast

Michelle Williams, Lucy

Rating

rating icon 6.84
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #30 for
    grease monkey
  2. Ranked #138 for
    social realism
  3. Ranked #166 for
    like The Last Picture Show

Trailer

Wendy and Lucy trailer
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