Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also brilliant
Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and brilliant movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and brilliant, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Nightmare Alley (2021)
An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.
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- 2021-12-02 | Crime / Drama
Cast
- Bradley Cooper, Rooney Mara
Rating
7.02
2 Parasite (2019)
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
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- 2019-05-30 | Comedy / Thriller
Cast
- Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun
Rating
8.5
3 The Farewell (2019)
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.
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- 2019-07-12 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Awkwafina, Zhao Shuzhen
Rating
7.453
4 The Power of the Dog (2021)
A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.
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- 2021-11-11 | Western / Drama
Cast
- Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst
Rating
6.805

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5 The Fabelmans (2022)
Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
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- 2022-11-11 | Drama
Cast
- Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams
Rating
7.945
6 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
7.494
7 West Side Story (2021)
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
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- 2021-12-08 | Drama / Romance
Cast
- Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler
Rating
7.062
8 The Woman King (2022)
The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.
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- 2022-09-16 | Action / Drama
Cast
- Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu
Rating
7.798
9 Licorice Pizza (2021)
The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
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- 2021-11-26 | Drama / Comedy
Cast
- Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman
Rating
7.03
10 Jojo Rabbit (2019)
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.
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- 2019-10-18 | Comedy / War
Cast
- Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie
Rating
8.058