Top rated brutally honest movies with a shocking climax

Check out today’s highest ranked brutally honest movies with a shocking climax! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best brutally honest movies with a shocking climax, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 A Thousand and One (2023)

Struggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care and unable to leave him again, she kidnaps him so they can build their life together. As the years go by, their family grows and Terry becomes a smart yet quiet teenager, but the secret that has defined their lives threatens to destroy the home they have so improbably built.

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2023-03-31 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Teyana Taylor, William Catlett

Rating

rating icon 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    highly intense
  2. Ranked #3 for
    huge compliment
  3. Ranked #3 for
    convincing performance

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2 Promising Young Woman (2020)

A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.

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2020-12-13 | Thriller / Crime

Cast

Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham

Rating

rating icon 7.446
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    poetic justice
  2. Ranked #1 for
    waited too long
  3. Ranked #1 for
    taboo topic

Trailer

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3 Widow's Walk (2019)

Eve's husband has been killed in Afghanistan. She takes her young son to a Suffolk beach house on the edge of the North Sea to grieve. But someone else is in the house grieving her loss from another war.

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2019-10-19 | Horror

Cast

Miranda Raison, Anthony Howell

Rating

rating icon 4.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    almost unwatchable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    for a cold winter night
  3. Ranked #1 for
    American Gothic

Trailer

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4 Minari (2021)

A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.

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2021-02-12 | Drama

Cast

Steven Yeun, Han Yeri

Rating

rating icon 7.356
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    good song
  2. Ranked #1 for
    masterfully crafted
  3. Ranked #1 for
    good visual

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5 On the Count of Three (2022)

Val has reached a place where he feels the only way out is to end things. But he considers himself a bit of a failure—his effectiveness lacking—so he figures he could use some help. As luck would have it, Val’s best friend, Kevin, is recovering from a failed suicide attempt, so he seems like the perfect partner for executing this double suicide plan. But before they go, they have some unfinished business to attend to.

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2022-05-13 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Jerrod Carmichael, Christopher Abbott

Rating

rating icon 6.407
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    darkly humorous
  2. Ranked #1 for
    dark subject
  3. Ranked #1 for
    solid directing

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6 Help (2021)

Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic hits.

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2021-09-16 | Drama

Cast

Jodie Comer, Stephen Graham

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    excellent
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sobering
  3. Ranked #1 for
    masterful

Trailer

Help trailer
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7 Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)

A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.

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2020-03-13 | Drama

Cast

Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder

Rating

rating icon 7.144
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    humane
  2. Ranked #1 for
    ample support
  3. Ranked #2 for
    truthful

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8 Les Misérables (2019)

Inspired by the 2005 riots in Paris, Stéphane, a recent transplant to the impoverished suburb of Montfermeil, joins the local anti-crime squad. Working alongside his unscrupulous colleagues Chris and Gwada, Stéphane struggles to maintain order amidst the mounting tensions between local gangs. When an arrest turns unexpectedly violent, the three officers must reckon with the aftermath and keep the neighborhood from spiraling out of control.

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2019-11-14 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti

Rating

rating icon 7.598
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    new kid on the block
  2. Ranked #1 for
    forceful
  3. Ranked #1 for
    leaving wonders

Trailer

Les Misérables trailer
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9 Old Henry (2021)

A widowed farmer and his son warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the money, the farmer must decide who to trust. Defending a siege of his homestead, the farmer reveals a talent for gun-slinging that surprises everyone calling his true identity into question.

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2021-10-01 | Action / Western

Cast

Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze

Rating

rating icon 7.242
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    big revealing ending
  2. Ranked #1 for
    with final twist
  3. Ranked #1 for
    hit out of park

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Old Henry trailer
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10 The Last Duel (2021)

King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.

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2021-10-13 | History / Drama

Cast

Jodie Comer, Matt Damon

Rating

rating icon 7.445
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    new perspective
  2. Ranked #1 for
    different point of angle
  3. Ranked #1 for
    subjective view

Trailer

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