365 Best Thought-provoking Movies To Watch - A Good Movie To Watch
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Challenging movies serve beyond entertainment, pushing us to ask new questions about humanity and the world around us. If you're hungry for some food for thought, here are the best thought-provoking movies and shows available to stream now.
La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
8.1
A sensual, spellbinding masterpiece depicting the creative process and its muse
Mona Lisa (1986)
7.7
A neo-noir love story that dives deep into London’s underworld
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (2023)
7.2
A meditative character study of an independent middle-aged woman
Belle (2013)
7.2
A stirring, though fictionalized, period drama intertwining race and romance
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch (2019)
7.5
John Mulaney successfully creates an offbeat children's comedy special tackling death
Breaking the Waves (1996)
8.1
Lars von Trier breaks his rules in the tearjerking first film of the Golden Heart trilogy
Lilting (2014)
7.2
A thoughtful, heartbreaking debut feature where shared grief bridges two different people
Drowning by Numbers (1988)
7.9
Peter Greenaway plays with structure and numbers in this surreal, quirky crime comedy
Problemista (2024)
8.6
Dark, weird, poignant, and funny, this debut feature by Los Espookys star Julio Torres is a modern parable of the American Dream
Santa Sangre (1989)
7.4
A terrifying circus act straight from Alejandro Jodorowsky’s nightmares
Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996)
8.2
Almost Hong Kong natives become almost lovers in this heart stirring romance drama
Falling in Love Like in Movies (2023)
8.4
A contemplative Indonesian romance film that rewrites and re-examines the genre’s conventions