382 Best Challenging Movies To Watch - A Good Movie To Watch

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One of the cinema's most noble roles is to challenge pre-conceived perceptions and tackle difficult questions about humanity and the world. Here are some of the most important and topically challenging movies to stream right now.

Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

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The pioneering experimental collage of everyday scenes that formed film language as we know it

Assassination (2015)

7.2

Double agents and resistance fighters wage a web of lies and betrayal in this historical spy thriller

Once Were Warriors (1994)

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A Maori family survives in an alienating Auckland in this raw, tragic drama

The Substance (2024)

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Demi Moore swaps bodies in this standout chaotic body dysmorphia horror

Let the Bullets Fly (2010)

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An outlaw impersonates a mayor in this hilarious Eastern take on the Spaghetti Western

Citizen Ruth (1996)

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A daring, satirical indie that highlights the absurdities of the abortion debate

Silenced (2011)

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A brutal and harrowing exposé of the schoolwide abuse case that sparked outrage in Korea

His Three Daughters (2024)

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Three sisters deal with life and death in this moving family portrait

House (1977)

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The totally bizarre psychedelic ghost story that’s considered one of the greatest horror films of all time

Memoir of a Murderer (2017)

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A serial killer fights against memory in this mindbending mystery thriller

Casualties of War (1989)

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A different, brutal perspective of innocence lost in the Vietnam War

To Sleep So as to Dream (1986)

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Two detectives investigate a missing daughter in this surreal, experimental black-and-white drama

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