Top rated perfunctory movies that are also deviating from book
Check out today’s highest ranked perfunctory and deviating from book movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are perfunctory and deviating from book, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 The Good Earth (1937)
China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over the years; but the temptations of a fragile prosperity will endanger their love and the survival of their entire family.
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- 1937-06-02 | Drama / History
Cast
- Paul Muni, Luise Rainer
Rating
6.3
2 The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
Director Paul Morrissey applies a hefty dose of humor to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic detective story in this interpretation of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Comedian Peter Cook takes on the role of brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes, who's not so gifted here as he relegates much of the investigation of demonic dogs to his bumbling sidekick, Watson (Dudley Moore), while he spends time with his mother and searches for an assistant.
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- 1978-07-21 | Drama / Horror
Cast
- Dudley Moore, Peter Cook
Rating
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4.5
3 K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
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- 2002-07-19 | Drama / History
Cast
- Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson
Rating
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6.4
4 Victor Frankenstein (2015)
Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
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- 2015-11-10 | Drama / Science Fiction
Cast
- James McAvoy, Daniel Radcliffe
Rating
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5.9
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5 One for the Money (2012)
An unemployed lingerie buyer convinces her bail bondsman cousin to give her a shot as a bounty hunter. Her first assignment is to track down a former cop on the run for murder – the same man who broke her heart years before. With the help of some friends and the best bounty hunter in the business, she slowly learns what it takes to be a true bounty hunter.
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- 2012-01-26 | Action / Comedy
Cast
- Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara
Rating
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5.5
6 Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city.
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- 1995-12-15 | Drama
Cast
- James Earl Jones, Charles S. Dutton
Rating
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6.6
7 The Changeover (2017)
Laura Chant, 16, lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko in a poor new suburb on the edge of a partially demolished Christchurch, New Zealand. Laura is drawn into a supernatural battle with an ancient spirit who attacks Jacko and slowly drains the life out of him as the spirit becomes ever younger. Laura discovers her true identity and the supernatural ability within her, and must harness it to save her brother's life.
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- 2017-09-28 | Fantasy / Thriller
Cast
- Erana James, Timothy Spall
Rating
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5.3
8 Apt Pupil (1998)
One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.
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- 1998-10-23 | Drama / Thriller
Cast
- Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro
Rating
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6.6
9 White Fang (1991)
Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.
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- 1991-01-18 | Action / Adventure
Cast
- Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ethan Hawke
Rating
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6.7
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10 Game Change (2012)
During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the campaign kicks into high gear, her lack of experience, in both political and media savvy, becomes a drain upon McCain and his strategists.
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- 2012-03-09 | Drama / History
Cast
- Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson
Rating
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6.9
