320 Best Discussion-sparking Movies To Watch - A Good Movie To Watch

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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.

Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda (2024)

7.0

A solid and frequently funny curation of queer comics with their own styles

You Are Not Alone: Fighting the Wolf Pack (2024)

7.3

A necessary and uncomfortable depiction of the rape case that changed Spain

The Tragedy of Man (2011)

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8.0

An ambitious, illustrated adaptation of the classic Hungarian play, chronologizing the folly of the Western world

My Name Is Loh Kiwan (2024)

7.0

Love enables survival in this moving drama about the refugee experience

20,000 Species of Bees (2023)

7.2

A decent, queer coming-of-age drama elevated by an incredible lead performance

Sankofa (1993)

7.4

Haile Gerima returns to source in his groundbreaking historical 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

The Zone of Interest (2023)

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9.5

A chilling and masterful display of the banality of evil

Ascension (2021)

7.4

A hypnotic compilation of footage that compels us to make our own conclusions about capitalist labor

Through the Olive Trees (1994)

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8.2

Abbas Kiarostami plays with reality and fiction in the bemusing final installment of the Koker trilogy

Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996)

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8.4

Absurdist comedy makes for unusual but powerful framing in this wry commentary on Palestinian identity

American Fiction (2023)

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8.0

This sharp and hilarious social satire about African American art is as entertaining as it is enlightening

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