184 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 Monk and the Gun (2024)
8.1
Pawo Choyning Dorji depicts Bhutan through this fascinatingly gentle comedy during its shift to democracy
24 Hours with Gaspar (2023)
7.0
A private detective with his heart in the right place but on the wrong side of his body sets out to fulfill a promise in this sleek dystopian revenge thriller
Big Fish & Begonia (2016)
7.0
Love drives sacrifice in this breathtaking animated drama set in an underwater spirit world
Leave the World Behind (2023)
8.2
Shyamalan meets Black Mirror in this hugely entertaining, visually inventive apocalyptic thriller with a killer ending
Last and First Men (2020)
7.3
An eerie and totally original sci-fi prophecy that makes for challenging but unforgettable viewing
The Zone of Interest (2023)
9.5
A chilling and masterful display of the banality of evil
The Tragedy of Man (2011)
8.0
An ambitious, illustrated adaptation of the classic Hungarian play, chronologizing the folly of the Western world
Sankofa (1993)
7.4
Haile Gerima returns to source in his groundbreaking historical drama
Babylon (2022)
8.0
An intoxicating and lavishly designed experience of Hollywood hedonism
The Disappearance of Shere Hite (2023)
8.0
A phenomenal documentary about a phenomenal sexologist studying female pleasure
Through the Olive Trees (1994)
8.2
Abbas Kiarostami plays with reality and fiction in the bemusing final installment of the Koker trilogy
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
8.2
Martin Scorsese grapples with harrowing history and the limits of storytelling in this monumental masterpiece