Top rated perfunctory movies that are also deviating from book
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1 Upside-Down Magic (2020)
Nory and her best friend Reina enter the Sage Academy for Magical Studies, where Nory’s unconventional powers land her in a class for those with wonky, or “upside-down,” magic. Undaunted, Nory sets out to prove that that upside-down magic can be just as powerful as right-side-up.
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- 2020-07-31 | Fantasy / Family
Cast
- Izabela Rose, Siena Agudong
Rating
7.2
2 The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)
At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.
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- 2020-02-14 | Drama / Thriller
Cast
- Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck
Rating
4.921
3 Pet Sematary (2019)
Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, move from Boston to Ludlow, in rural Maine, with their two young children. Hidden in the woods near the new family home, Ellie, their eldest daughter, discovers a mysterious cemetery where the pets of community members are buried.
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- 2019-04-04 | Horror / Thriller
Cast
- Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz
Rating
5.729
4 Chaos Walking (2021)
Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.
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- 2021-02-24 | Science Fiction
Cast
- Daisy Ridley, Tom Holland
Rating
6.681

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5 Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021)
After saving the life of their heir apparent, tenacious loner Snake Eyes is welcomed into an ancient Japanese clan called the Arashikage where he is taught the ways of the ninja warrior. But, when secrets from his past are revealed, Snake Eyes' honor and allegiance will be tested – even if that means losing the trust of those closest to him.
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- 2021-07-23 | Action / Adventure
Cast
- Henry Golding, Andrew Koji
Rating
6.6
6 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
7 Radium Girls (2020)
Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
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- 2020-10-23 | Drama / History
Cast
- Joey King, Abby Quinn
Rating
7.2
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 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.
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- 2019-08-08 | Horror / Thriller
Cast
- Zoe Colletti, Dean Norris
Rating
6.501
10 Doctor Sleep (2019)
Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook, Dan Torrance has fought to find some semblance of peace. But that peace is shattered when he encounters Abra, a courageous teenager with her own powerful extrasensory gift, known as the 'shine'. Instinctively recognising that Dan shares her power, Abra has sought him out, desperate for his help against the merciless Rose the Hat and her followers.
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- 2019-10-30 | Horror / Thriller
Cast
- Ewan McGregor, Kyliegh Curran
Rating
7.15