354 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.

The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)

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8.5

In this masterful Iranian drama, tyranny starts at home

Once Were Warriors (1994)

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8.0

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

The Substance (2024)

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8.3

Demi Moore swaps bodies in this standout chaotic body dysmorphia horror

Silenced (2011)

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9.0

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

His Three Daughters (2024)

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8.2

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

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (2024)

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8.3

A gamer with disability crafts a life and community in online roleplay in this unconventional, moving documentary

Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)

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8.3

Memory tears love across past and present in this landmark French New Wave drama

Leave the World Behind (2023)

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8.2

Shyamalan meets Black Mirror in this hugely entertaining, visually inventive apocalyptic thriller with a killer ending

Peeping Tom (1960)

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8.0

A cameraman goes on the quest to photograph fear in the controversial first slasher film ever made

The Naked Kiss (1964)

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The new girl discovers a chilling town secret in this underrated, challenging neo-noir

Being Julia (2004)

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A middle age crisis leads to a star finding her spark in this insightful comedy

Juror #2 (2024)

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Clint Eastwood directs this compelling courtroom drama that challenges our ideas of guilt and conscience

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