42 Best Smart Movies to Watch

An unconventional and thought-provoking road movie featuring Jason Segel as the legendary writer David Foster Wallace .

Watch Jim Carrey take method acting to the extreme as he transforms into his idol Andy Kaufmann. .

The Cannes-winning saga from one of Japan's most exciting directors: Hirokazu Koreeda. .

An engrossing and entertaining look at an iconic series of American political debates in the late 1960s. .

What happens when Banksy, one of the most famous ambassadors of street art, meets Mr. Brainwash, an egocentric aspiring French artist? Well, one of the funniest, interesting and exciting documentaries ever made about art, commercialism and the apparent gulf between them. But is it really a documentary? This confident and zany film will leave you guessing.

A vivid portrayal of an incendiary intellectual – and an angry appeal for civil rights .

The original Swedish mystery thriller that was later remade by David Fincher. It's the same story of a wealthy man hiring a journalist and scrappy hacker to solver a murder, but told better. This version is slower, has more attention to detail and pace. In casting, authenticity triumphs over good looks. In staging, aesthetics are given as much importance as thrills. And in the story, intelligence wins over plot. This gives the main character of Lisbeth Salander (played by Noomi Rapace) better space to deploy her full mysticism and enigmatic nature. Danish director Niels Arden Oplev masterfully brings everything together to make for a movie that will forever be remembered.

The cry of a generation reckoning with aging in today's world.

A nuanced look at Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali.