341 Best Thought-provoking Movies To Watch - A Good Movie To Watch

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Challenging movies serve beyond entertainment, pushing us to ask new questions about humanity and the world around us. If you're hungry for some food for thought, here are the best thought-provoking movies and shows available to stream now.

Ethel & Ernest (2016)

7.7

A touching memoir of a marriage in 20th century London

The Novelist’s Film (2022)

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8.8

A deeply meaningful and uncommonly tender high point in director Hong Sang-soo's prolific career

Last and First Men (2020)

7.3

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

Leonor Will Never Die (2022)

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8.2

A thrillingly original meta-comedy-drama with genuine heart underneath

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

Sankofa (1993)

7.4

Haile Gerima returns to source in his groundbreaking historical drama

The Zone of Interest (2023)

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9.5

A chilling and masterful display of the banality of evil

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

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

The Madness of King George (1994)

7.3

Nigel Hawthorne shines through this adaptation depicting the British Crown at its maddest

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