Top rated visually captivating movies on Criterion Channel

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

1 After Yang (2022)

When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.

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2022-03-04 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith

Rating

rating icon 6.426
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    exploration of human
  2. Ranked #1 for
    for contemplation
  3. Ranked #1 for
    introspective

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2 Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)

An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.

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2021-04-11 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima

Rating

rating icon 7.134
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    vignette narrative
  2. Ranked #1 for
    as a topic of discussion
  3. Ranked #2 for
    triangular plot

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3 House of Flying Daggers (2004)

In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

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2004-05-19 | Adventure / Drama

Cast

Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau

Rating

rating icon 7.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #35 for
    gun fu
  2. Ranked #58 for
    swordsmanship
  3. Ranked #98 for
    chopsocky

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4 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.

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2000-07-06 | Adventure / Drama

Cast

Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh

Rating

rating icon 7.422
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #28 for
    wonderful
  2. Ranked #30 for
    gun fu
  3. Ranked #41 for
    swordsmanship

Trailer

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon trailer
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5 Thelma (2017)

A college student starts to experience extreme seizures. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable abilities.

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2017-09-15 | Drama / Mystery

Cast

Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins

Rating

rating icon 6.831
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #105 for
    propulsive
  2. Ranked #152 for
    crème de la crème
  3. Ranked #201 for
    watching repeatedly

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6 2046 (2004)

Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.

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2004-10-29 | Drama / Science Fiction

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Gong Li

Rating

rating icon 7.223
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #126 for
    unrequited love
  2. Ranked #141 for
    impressionistic
  3. Ranked #228 for
    symmetry plots

Trailer

2046 trailer
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7 The Grandmaster (2013)

Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San.

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2013-01-10 | Action / Drama

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Zhang Ziyi

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #43 for
    swordsmanship
  2. Ranked #50 for
    chopsocky
  3. Ranked #59 for
    gun fu

Trailer

The Grandmaster trailer
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8 In the Mood for Love (2000)

In Hong Kong of 1962, Mrs. Chan and Mr. Chow, a journalist, move into neighbouring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their respective spouses creates an intimate bond between them.

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2000-09-29 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung

Rating

rating icon 8.105
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #62 for
    with marital problems
  2. Ranked #67 for
    symmetry plots
  3. Ranked #68 for
    like The Last Picture Show

Trailer

In the Mood for Love trailer
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9 The Last Emperor (1987)

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

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1987-10-04 | Drama / History

Cast

John Lone, Peter O'Toole

Rating

rating icon 7.633
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #24 for
    deservedly won awards
  2. Ranked #30 for
    remarkable
  3. Ranked #97 for
    Oscar nomination deserving

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10 Hunger (2008)

The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.

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2008-05-15 | Drama / History

Cast

Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham

Rating

rating icon 7.248
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #13 for
    tour de force
  2. Ranked #25 for
    reverse shot
  3. Ranked #137 for
    characters existing in real life

Trailer

Hunger trailer
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