Best Idealist Movies

Looking for the best idealist movies? These 18 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

Paths of Glory 1957 ★ 8.3

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 ★ 7.8

Gandhi 1982 ★ 7.6

Serpico 1973 ★ 7.5

Quiz Show 1994 ★ 7.3

Thief 1981 ★ 7.2

Invictus 2009 ★ 7.2

Snowden 2016 ★ 7.1

Silkwood 1983 ★ 6.9

Plus One 2019 ★ 6.8

Aayitha Ezhuthu 2004 ★ 7.0

Heaven's Gate 1980 ★ 6.7

Why Me? 2015 ★ 6.7

The Forest for the Trees 2004 ★ 6.6

Young Cassidy 1965 ★ 6.4

The Mosquito Coast 1986 ★ 6.4

Cimarron 1960 ★ 6.2

Our Idiot Brother 2011 ★ 6.1