Top rated perfunctory movies that are also fairly faithful to book
Check out today’s highest ranked perfunctory and fairly faithful to book movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are perfunctory and fairly faithful to book, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 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
5.4
2 Ferdinand (2017)
Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow, but one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen. Based on the classic 1936 children's book by Munro Leaf.
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- 2017-12-09 | Animation / Family
Cast
- John Cena, Kate McKinnon
Rating
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7.2
3 The Sign of Four (1983)
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson try to track down the Great Mogul, the second-largest diamond in the world.
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- 1983-12-06 | Adventure / Crime
Cast
- Ian Richardson, David Healy
Rating
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6.6
4 The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to revenge himself on them.
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- 1934-09-06 | Drama / Adventure
Cast
- Robert Donat, Elissa Landi
Rating
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6.7
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5 Annie (1982)
An orphan in a facility run by the mean Miss Hannigan, Annie believes that her parents left her there by mistake. When a rich man named Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks decides to let an orphan live at his home to promote his image, Annie is selected. While Annie gets accustomed to living in Warbucks' mansion, she still longs to meet her parents. So Warbucks announces a search for them and a reward, which brings out many frauds.
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- 1982-06-18 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney
Rating
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6.5
6 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
7 Cheri (2009)
A sumptuous dramatic comedy set in late 19th Century France, during the Belle Epoque, a period of social and cultural excess in European upper classes which ended only as the First World War erupted.
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- 2009-04-08 | Drama / Comedy
Cast
- Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates
Rating
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6.1
8 Chashme Baddoor (2013)
Siddharth, Omi, and Jai are close friends and roommates who are studying at Delhi University. Siddharth has completed M.A in Economics and is preparing for Ph.D. Siddharth is very studious and spends most of his time with books whereas Omi and Jai are busy in chasing girls, watching movies or dramas; only common thing among them is smoking. One day Omi and Jai see a girl who is new to their neighborhood and try to impress her by their tricks; they give up when both of them experience shameful events. After some days, Neha shows up as Chamko washing powder salesgirl to their flat, upon seeing whom Jai and Omi hide quickly. Siddharth sees Neha for the first time and a love story begins. But when his two friends find out, they decide to put an end to their relationship as a revenge to the embarrassment inflicted upon them by the girl. Initially, they succeed in separating Siddharth and Neha but later on repent
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- 2013-04-05 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Ali Zafar, Taapsee Pannu
Rating
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4.5
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 Asterix the Gaul (1967)
In the year 50 BC, Gaul is occupied by the Romans - nearly. But the small village of Asterix and his friends still resists the Roman legions with the aid of their druid's magic potion, which gives superhuman strength. Learning of this potion, a Roman centurion kidnaps the druid to get the secret formula out of him.
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- 1967-12-20 | Family / Animation
Cast
- Roger Carel, Jacques Morel
Rating
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6.4
