383 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.

The Beales of Grey Gardens (2006)

7.2

The titular witty old money outcasts are remembered in the unreleased footage of the classic American documentary

Open Your Eyes (1997)

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8.0

The startlingly surreal Spanish psychothriller that inspired modern cult classic Vanilla Sky

Swing Kids (2018)

7.5

An engaging and enjoyable musical that revels in dance, but struggles in depicting its history

Turtles Can Fly (2005)

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8.0

A realistic and well-made Kurdish drama that’s absolutely devastating

The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (2016)

7.4

An understated and unusually modest sports biopic that celebrates love rather than championships

The Sacrifice (1986)

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8.1

In his final film, Andrei Tarkovsky contemplates the end of the world in this meditative modern twist to the Sacrifice of Isaac

La Femme Nikita (1990)

7.3

Luc Besson crafts one of film’s most iconic femme fatales in this stylish spy thriller

The Red Violin (1998)

7.3

A lost violin bears witness to the world’s search for the sublime in this ambitious anthology

Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (2024)

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8.5

A mesmerizing Pixar-like film about pure, utter friendship

Yuni (2021)

7.7

A powerful drama depicting a coming-of-age journey strangled by societal oppression

Civil War (2024)

7.4

Set in a future splintered America, Civil War takes a chilling closer look at war journalism and fractured politics

Gods and Monsters (1998)

7.9

A speculative but compassionate depiction of the later days of one of the first ever Hollywood directors

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