Top rated perfunctory movies that are also brilliantly understated
Check out today’s highest ranked perfunctory and brilliantly understated movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are perfunctory and brilliantly understated, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.
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- 2021-10-21 | Drama / History
Cast
- Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy
Rating
7.032
2 Hollow (2021)
A woman with early signs of Alzheimer's begins to have lucid dreams and nightmares that a living Punch puppet has moved in with her and her family. She uncovers something sinister is observing her every move.
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- 2021-09-24 | Horror / Thriller
Cast
- Pat Garrett, Pete Bird
Rating
6.0
3 Ferry (2021)
Before he built a drug empire, Ferry Bouman returns to his hometown on a revenge mission that finds his loyalty tested — and a love that alters his life.
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- 2021-05-14 | Action / Crime
Cast
- Frank Lammers, Elise Schaap
Rating
6.8
4 Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)
At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.
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- 2019-09-06 | Drama / History
Cast
- Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp
Rating
6.0

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5 The High Note (2020)
Set in the dazzling world of the LA music scene comes the story of Grace Davis, a superstar whose talent, and ego, have reached unbelievable heights. Maggie is Grace’s overworked personal assistant who’s stuck running errands, but still aspires to her childhood dream of becoming a music producer. When Grace’s manager presents her with a choice that could alter the course of her career, Maggie and Grace come up with a plan that could change their lives forever.
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- 2020-06-10 | Romance / Comedy
Cast
- Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross
Rating
7.1
6 I Am Mother (2019)
A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.
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- 2019-06-07 | Science Fiction / Thriller
Cast
- Clara Rugaard, Rose Byrne
Rating
6.67
7 Respect (2021)
The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
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- 2021-08-12 | Drama / Music
Cast
- Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker
Rating
6.867
8 Vitalina Varela (2019)
A Cape Verdean woman navigates her way through Lisbon, following the scanty physical traces her deceased husband left behind and discovering his secret, illicit life.
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- 2019-10-07 | Drama
Cast
- Vitalina Varela, Ventura
Rating
6.94
9 Rocketman (2019)
The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
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- 2019-05-17 | Music / Drama
Cast
- Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell
Rating
7.344
10 Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.
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- 2021-02-12 | Drama / History
Cast
- Lakeith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya
Rating
7.373