Top rated unexpected movies on History Vault

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

1 Apollo 11 (2019)

A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.

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2019-03-01 | Documentary / History

Cast

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin

Rating

rating icon 7.847
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    historical significance
  2. Ranked #1 for
    staggering
  3. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely amazing

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2 War (2019)

Khalid, entrusted with the task of eliminating former soldier turned rogue Kabir, engages in an epic battle with his mentor who taught him everything.

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2019-10-02 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Hrithik Roshan, Tiger Shroff

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #39 for
    melodious music
  2. Ranked #46 for
    melodious song
  3. Ranked #54 for
    feeling motion sickness

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3 Sleeping Giant (2015)

A coming-of-age tale that turns on three teenagers who are having a vacation by a lakeside.

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2015-05-14 | Drama / Adventure

Cast

Jackson Martin, Nick Serino

Rating

rating icon 6.149
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #88 for
    ad lib
  2. Ranked #129 for
    machismo
  3. Ranked #230 for
    nonchalant

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4 Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.

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1975-09-21 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Al Pacino, John Cazale

Rating

rating icon 7.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #33 for
    freak show
  2. Ranked #45 for
    haywire
  3. Ranked #78 for
    ad lib

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5 Milk (2008)

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.

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2008-11-05 | History / Drama

Cast

Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch

Rating

rating icon 7.249
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #23 for
    Oscar-worthy performance
  2. Ranked #49 for
    sad
  3. Ranked #52 for
    hagiography

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6 Flirting with Disaster (1996)

Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth parents, and determines to make a cross-country quest to find them. Accompanied by his wife, Nancy, and an inept yet gorgeous adoption agent, Tina, he departs on an epic road trip that quickly devolves into a farce of mistaken identities, wrong turns, and overzealous and love-struck ATF agents.

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1996-03-22 | Comedy

Cast

Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette

Rating

rating icon 6.159
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #18 for
    madcap comedy
  2. Ranked #44 for
    goofball
  3. Ranked #73 for
    prissy

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7 Candy (2006)

A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle — and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.

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2006-05-25 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Abbie Cornish, Heath Ledger

Rating

rating icon 7.129
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #18 for
    extremely talented
  2. Ranked #44 for
    equally talented cast
  3. Ranked #104 for
    for the fearless

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8 The Last Samurai (2003)

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.

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2003-12-05 | Drama / Action

Cast

Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe

Rating

rating icon 7.583
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #28 for
    chivalry
  2. Ranked #68 for
    with mercenaries
  3. Ranked #244 for
    spectacular action sequence

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9 Quarries (2016)

To escape her abusive boyfriend, Kat joins a wilderness expedition with a group of women, all of whom are struggling with the uncertainty of life. What was supposed to be an opportunity for personal discovery quickly becomes a fight for survival, forcing each one to discover the strength within themselves that they didn't even know they possessed. While being brazenly chased by a pack of predators, the strong quickly set themselves apart from the weak. In a battle of will, stamina, and heart, these very virtues present themselves at the most crucial moment. With death looming, each is left with what is truly important - the strength within oneself.

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2016-10-26 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Nicole Marie Johnson, Carrie Finklea

Rating

rating icon 5.122
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #172 for
    sisterhood
  2. Ranked #224 for
    redneck
  3. Ranked #250 for
    Slasher Film

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10 The Dyatlov Pass Incident (2013)

In February of 1959, nine Russian hikers ventured into a remote area of the Ural Mountains. Two weeks later, all of them were found dead. What happened is a mystery that has baffled investigators and researchers for decades. It has become known as the Dyatlov Pass Incident. When five ambitious American college students are issued a grant to return to the site of the original events, they gear up with the belief that they can uncover and document the truth of what happened to the supposedly experienced hikers. But what they find is more shocking than anything they could have imagined. Retracing the steps of the Russians' ill-fated journey, the students are plagued by strange and increasingly terrifying phenomena that suggest that in spite of the desolate surroundings, they are not alone. The forces at work in the Dyatlov Pass Incident have been waiting for them.

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2013-02-27 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

Gemma Atkinson, Richard Alan Reid

Rating

rating icon 5.873
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #130 for
    multiverse
  2. Ranked #152 for
    left unsolved
  3. Ranked #180 for
    time-loop

Trailer

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