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640 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.

Number 24 (2024)

7.5

A hero is remembered in this uncompromising, haunting biopic

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

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A grim yet witty dark comedy classic from Britain’s post-war era

Private Desert (2021)

7.0

A haunting love story that challenges repressive machismo

24 City (2008)

7.1

A factory village is transformed in this contemplative docudrama hybrid

Max Manus: Man of War (2008)

7.1

A standard World War II biopic that commemorates an underrated hero

Take Out (2008)

7.1

Sean Baker found his style in this immersive immigrant drama

The Children’s Hour (1961)

7.8

Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine reckon with rumors in this tragic queer classic

Sarah’s Key (2010)

7.2

A journalist brings up the past in this absorbing, if uneven, novel adaptation

Those Who Remained (2019)

7.2

Two Holocaust survivors find each other in this complex, touching period drama

The Music of Chance (1993)

7.0

An inscrutable character study about luck and life with great performances

Dead Talents Society (2024)

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Ghosts compete for relevancy in this unique and wholesome supernatural horror comedy

A Simple Plan (1998)

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