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)

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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

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch (2019)

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John Mulaney successfully creates an offbeat children's comedy special tackling death

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

Breaking the Waves (1996)

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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)

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Peter Greenaway plays with structure and numbers in this surreal, quirky crime comedy

Problemista (2024)

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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)

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8.2

Almost Hong Kong natives become almost lovers in this heart stirring romance drama

Falling in Love Like in Movies (2023)

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8.4

A contemplative Indonesian romance film that rewrites and re-examines the genre’s conventions

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