102 Best Smart Movies To Watch - A Good Movie To Watch

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Good movies serve beyond entertainment, to expand perspectives and improve our understanding of humanity and the world. If you're hungry for some food for thought, here are the best smart movies and shows available to stream now.

Last and First Men (2020)

7.3

An eerie and totally original sci-fi prophecy that makes for challenging but unforgettable viewing

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

Lost Illusions (2021)

7.8

A highly entertaining period drama where newspaper gossip becomes a weapon

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

Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

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8.4

A haunting, magnificently performed courtroom drama that expertly builds an atmosphere of distrust

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

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

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8.0

Pedro Almodóvar made his international breakthrough through this chaotic screwball melodrama

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

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8.2

Martin Scorsese grapples with harrowing history and the limits of storytelling in this monumental masterpiece

No Dogs or Italians Allowed (2023)

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9.2

Alain Ughetto remembers his family history in this charming, yet poignant animated drama

Certified Copy (2010)

7.4

This mesmerizing romance from Abbas Kiarostami follows a couple whose relationship transforms over the course of a day

24 Hour Party People (2002)

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8.5

A fittingly punk history of the colorful heyday of Manchester’s music scene

Richard III (1995)

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8.7

An inspired Shakespeare update with a terrifying Ian McKellen performance at its center, this is a masterpiece of its own

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