Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies on HBO Now
Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising movies on HBO Now! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best unpleasantly surprising movies on HBO Now, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Promising Young Woman (2020)
A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
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- 2020-12-13 | Thriller / Crime
Cast
- Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham
Rating
7.447
2 News of the World (2020)
A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.
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- 2020-12-25 | Drama / Western
Cast
- Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel
Rating
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6.971
3 Bad Education (2019)
A superintendent of a school district works for the betterment of the student’s education when an embezzlement scheme is discovered, threatening to destroy everything.
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- 2019-09-08 | Drama / Crime
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- Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney
Rating
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6.8
4 The Janes (2022)
Defying the state legislature that outlawed abortion, the Catholic Church that condemned it, and the Chicago Mob that was profiting from it, the members of “Jane” risked their personal and professional lives to support women with unwanted pregnancies. In the pre-Roe v. Wade era — a time when abortion was a crime in most states and even circulating information about abortion was a felony in Illinois — the Janes provided low-cost and free abortions to an estimated 11,000 women.
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- 2022-05-03 | Documentary
Cast
- Heather Booth, Judith Arcana
Rating
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5.7
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5 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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- 2012-02-28 | TV Movie / Drama
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- Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson
Rating
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6.9
6 Stoker (2013)
After India Stoker's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
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- 2013-02-28 | Drama / Horror
Cast
- Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman
Rating
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6.658
7 The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.
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- 2009-08-13 | Mystery / Thriller
Cast
- Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil
Rating
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8.001
8 Bessie (2015)
The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
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- 2015-05-16 | Drama / Music
Cast
- Queen Latifah, Mo'Nique
Rating
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6.315
9 My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.
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- 2002-04-19 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Nia Vardalos, John Corbett
Rating
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6.492
10 Border (2018)
When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, she is forced to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.
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- 2018-09-27 | Fantasy / Drama
Cast
- Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff
Rating
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6.711
