Best Earnest Movies & TV Series of the 2020s

The 36 best-rated earnest movies and TV series of the 2020s on 3eyedraven, ranked by a weighted audience score so the genuinely great rises above one-off perfect ratings. Every title has cast, ratings, trailers and where to watch.

Project Hail Mary 2026 ★ 8.7
18 Again 2020 ★ 8.3
The Summer I Turned Pretty 2022 ★ 8.1
Lioness 2023 ★ 8.0
NieR:Automata Ver1.1a 2023 ★ 8.1
Shrinking 2023 ★ 7.8
STRAW 2025 ★ 7.7
Words on Bathroom Walls 2020 ★ 7.7
The Banker 2020 ★ 7.6
The Diplomat 2023 ★ 7.6
You Are My Glory 2021 ★ 8.2
The Residence 2025 ★ 7.5
The Unbreakable Boy 2025 ★ 7.7
Petrichor 2024 ★ 8.5
Affair 2024 ★ 8.1
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person 2023 ★ 7.4
Crush 2022 ★ 7.4
10DANCE 2025 ★ 7.6
Blue Lights 2023 ★ 7.5
Bob Trevino Likes It 2025 ★ 7.4
Overcompensating 2025 ★ 7.3
The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World 2025 ★ 7.6
In Space with Markiplier 2022 ★ 7.7
Sirāt 2025 ★ 6.9