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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.

Small Things Like These (2024)

7.4

Cillian Murphy meditates over the silence of systemic abuse in this understated yet devastating historical drama

Real Life (1979)

7.9

This mockumentary about a regular family is as prescient as it is hilarious

Kneecap (2024)

8.7

The titular hip hop group breaks new ground in this energetic and irreverent music biopic

Leave the World Behind (2023)

8.2

Shyamalan meets Black Mirror in this hugely entertaining, visually inventive apocalyptic thriller with a killer ending

Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

8.8

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

Caddo Lake (2024)

7.2

It starts slow, but this Shyamalan-produced thriller ultimately delivers gratifying twists

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

8.7

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

The Stranger (1991)

8.0

A long-lost uncle arrives home with interesting insight in this charming domestic drama

The Monk and the Gun (2024)

8.1

Pawo Choyning Dorji depicts Bhutan through this fascinatingly gentle comedy during its shift to democracy

The Sacrifice (1986)

8.1

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

The Death of Stalin (2017)

8.1

Falling in Love Like in Movies (2023)

7.8

A contemplative Indonesian romance film that rewrites and re-examines the genre’s conventions

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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.

Small Things Like These (2024)

Real Life (1979)

Kneecap (2024)

Leave the World Behind (2023)

Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

Caddo Lake (2024)

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

The Stranger (1991)

The Monk and the Gun (2024)

The Sacrifice (1986)

The Death of Stalin (2017)

Falling in Love Like in Movies (2023)

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