Top rated waited for long time movies on Criterion Channel

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

1 Joyland (2022)

As a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a son to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for its transgender starlet.

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2022-11-18 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Ali Junejo, Rasti Farooq

Rating

rating icon 7.65
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    casual
  2. Ranked #1 for
    social issue
  3. Ranked #2 for
    topical issue

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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 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

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

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3 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 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

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

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4 Clara Sola (2021)

In a remote village in Costa Rica, Clara, a withdrawn 40-year-old woman, experiences a sexual and mystical awakening as she begins a journey to free herself from the repressive religious and social conventions which have dominated her life.

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2021-10-01 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Wendy Chinchilla Araya, Ana Julia Porras Espinoza

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    idealized
  2. Ranked #4 for
    innocence of youth
  3. Ranked #6 for
    jealous character

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5 Boyhood (2014)

The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

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2014-06-05 | Drama

Cast

Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette

Rating

rating icon 7.507
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #21 for
    extraordinary
  2. Ranked #37 for
    masterpiece
  3. Ranked #100 for
    critically acclaimed

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6 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

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7 The Lives of Others (2006)

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

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2006-03-23 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe

Rating

rating icon 8.023
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #44 for
    orwellian
  2. Ranked #115 for
    masterpiece
  3. Ranked #222 for
    good

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8 Volver (2006)

While a woman attempts to cover up her daughter's murder and reinvent her life, her sister is visited by their mother, who was thought to have died.

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2006-03-17 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura

Rating

rating icon 7.469
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #97 for
    masterpiece
  2. Ranked #141 for
    welcome return
  3. Ranked #168 for
    tour de force

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9 Requiem for a Dream (2000)

The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.

Info

2000-10-06 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto

Rating

rating icon 8.019
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #35 for
    downward spiral
  2. Ranked #67 for
    cross-cut editing
  3. Ranked #109 for
    for the fearless

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10 The Second Mother (2015)

After leaving her daughter Jessica in a small town in Pernambuco to be raised by relatives, Val spends the next 13 years working as a nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She has financial stability but has to live with the guilt of having not raised Jessica herself. As Fabinho’s university entrance exams approach, Jessica reappears in her life and seems to want to give her mother a second chance. However, Jessica has not been raised to be a servant and her very existence will turn Val’s routine on its head. With precision and humour, the subtle and powerful forces that keep rigid class structures in place and how the youth may just be the ones to shake it all up.

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2015-06-04 | Drama

Cast

Regina Casé, Camila Márdila

Rating

rating icon 8.032
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #183 for
    smart and witty dialogue
  2. Ranked #223 for
    masterpiece
  3. Ranked #253 for
    interpersonal relation

Trailer

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