Top rated staggering movies that are also exceeding expectations

Check out today’s highest ranked staggering and exceeding expectations movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are staggering and exceeding expectations, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 For Sama (2019)

A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.

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2019-07-26 | Documentary / War

Cast

Sama Al-Khateab, Hamza Al-Khateab

Rating

rating icon 8.248
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    most devastating
  2. Ranked #1 for
    incredibly difficult
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sugar-coated

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2 Cruella (2021)

In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.

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2021-05-26 | Comedy / Crime

Cast

Emma Stone, Emma Thompson

Rating

rating icon 8.027
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    icing on cake
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fabulous
  3. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely fantastic

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3 Good Night Oppy (2022)

The inspirational true story of Opportunity, a rover that was sent to Mars for a 90-day mission but ended up surviving for 15 years. Follow Opportunity’s groundbreaking journey on Mars and the remarkable bond forged between a robot and her humans millions of miles away.

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2022-11-04 | Documentary

Cast

Angela Bassett, Steve Squyres

Rating

rating icon 7.664
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    most impressive
  2. Ranked #1 for
    losing hope
  3. Ranked #1 for
    most dazzling

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4 Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (2022)

When a mysterious stranger arrives from the future with a dire warning, Leo is forced to rise and lead his brothers, Raph, Donnie, and Mikey in a fight to save the world from a terrifying alien species.

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2022-08-04 | Animation / Action

Cast

Ben Schwartz, Omar Benson Miller

Rating

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    dynamic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    mystical story
  3. Ranked #2 for
    pure eye candy

Trailer

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5 Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)

A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers, the Minions.

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2022-06-29 | Animation / Comedy

Cast

Pierre Coffin, Steve Carell

Rating

rating icon 7.344
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    true cinematic masterpiece
  2. Ranked #1 for
    purely evil character
  3. Ranked #1 for
    ignoble character

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6 Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

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2019-01-31 | Action / Science Fiction

Cast

Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz

Rating

rating icon 7.225
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    cyberpunk
  2. Ranked #2 for
    Mecha
  3. Ranked #2 for
    post-apocalyptic future

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7 Joker (2019)

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

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2019-10-01 | Crime / Thriller

Cast

Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro

Rating

rating icon 8.163
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    Oscar-worthy performance
  2. Ranked #1 for
    mentally unstable
  3. Ranked #1 for
    evil genius

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8 Thirteen Lives (2022)

Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an unexpected rainstorm traps them in a chamber inside the mountain. Entombed behind a maze of flooded cave tunnels, they face impossible odds. A team of world-class divers navigate through miles of dangerous cave networks to discover that finding the boys is only the beginning.

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2022-07-18 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell

Rating

rating icon 7.903
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    on tenterhooks
  2. Ranked #2 for
    white-knuckled
  3. Ranked #2 for
    stellar

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9 Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train (2020)

Tanjiro Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, boards the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Fire Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, to defeat a demon who has been tormenting the people and killing the demon slayers who oppose it!

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2020-10-16 | Action / Animation

Cast

Natsuki Hanae, Akari Kito

Rating

rating icon 8.232
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    impeccable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    truly breathtaking
  3. Ranked #1 for
    breathtaking

Trailer

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10 Dune (2021)

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

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2021-09-15 | Science Fiction / Adventure

Cast

Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson

Rating

rating icon 7.787
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    eagerly waited
  2. Ranked #1 for
    epic scope
  3. Ranked #1 for
    epic feeling

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