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The Best Discussion-sparking Movies to Watch on Netflix (+Genre: Documentary)

It’s no coincidence that many of the highest-acclaimed movies are also controversial. Serving beyond entertainment, these stories provoke essential social dialogues. As a case in point, here are the best discussion-sparking movies and shows available to stream now.

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Feel-Good A-list actors Character-driven Heart-warming Mind-blowing Action-packed Binge-Worthy Challenging Dark Depressing Discussion-sparking Dramatic Easy Emotional Funny Gripping Grown-up Comedy Inspiring Intense Lighthearted Long Lovely Mini-series No-brainer Original Quirky Raw Romantic Slice-of-Life Slow Smart Sunday Suspenseful Tear-jerker Thought-provoking Thrilling Touching True-crime True-story-based Uplifting Warm Weird Well-acted No plot

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Action Comedy Drama Thriller Documentary Animation Family Romance Mystery Crime Adventure Music History War Western

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English Spanish German Japanese French Portuguese Italian Arabic Korean Swedish Persian Turkish Cantonese Catalan Danish Dutch Finnish Georgian Greek Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Irish Latin Mandarin No language Norwegian Polish Romanian Russian Tagalog Tamil Thai Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese

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G NC-17 NR PG PG-13 R TV-14 TV-MA TV-PG TV-Y7

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