112 Best Challenging Movies To Watch - A Good Movie To Watch

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Find the best challenging movies to watch, from our mood category. Like everything on agoodmovietowatch, these challenging movies are highly-rated by both viewers and critics.

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Sanctuary (2023)

best

8.4

An ingenious blend of erotic thriller and dark comedy with a once-in-a-lifetime performance by Margaret Qualley

Cette Maison (2022)

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8.4

A heartbreaking but transcendent dramatic exercise that uses imagination to reckon with a devastating loss

Godland (2022)

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8.3

A grand, terrific beauty of a film

Papicha (2019)

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8.3

With fashion as their defiance, Papicha boldly unveils the resilience of women against the backdrop of an oppressive society

Blue Bayou (2021)

7.2

Justin Chon writes and directs a poignant film showing that home is more than a place, it's the people you love

The First Wave (2021)

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8.0

A highly emotional COVID documentary that expertly bridges the personal to the political

R.M.N. (2022)

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8.0

A scarily incisive look at xenophobia in small-town Europe

Farha (2021)

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8.0

A brutal coming-of-age film set at the start of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Fabric of the Human Body (2023)

7.2

A literal exploration into our flesh and blood, not for the faint of stomach

The Piano Teacher (2001)

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8.6

An unnerving Austrian psychosexual drama from the meticulous auteur Michael Haneke

Die Beautiful (2016)

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8.1

A poignant and heartwarming Filipino film that celebrates the transformative power of authenticity and resilience

Holy Spider (2022)

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8.0

A timely and terrifying noir that takes on systemic abuse and corruption in Iran