Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also brilliantly understated

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

1 The Dig (2021)

As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future‎.

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2021-01-14 | Drama / History

Cast

Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes

Rating

rating icon 6.904
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    historically important
  2. Ranked #1 for
    slowly developing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    first-rate cinematography

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2 The Outfit (2022)

Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.

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2022-03-03 | Crime

Cast

Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch

Rating

rating icon 7.131
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    well-knitted
  2. Ranked #1 for
    unexpected treat
  3. Ranked #1 for
    stagey acting

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3 The Eternal Daughter (2022)

An artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past.

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2022-12-02 | Drama / Mystery

Cast

Tilda Swinton, Joseph Mydell

Rating

rating icon 6.054
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    slow and plodding
  2. Ranked #1 for
    creaky
  3. Ranked #1 for
    unhurried pace

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4 Pig (2021)

A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must visit Portland to find the mysterious person who stole his beloved foraging pig.

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2021-07-16 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff

Rating

rating icon 6.659
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    low-key performance
  2. Ranked #3 for
    beloved
  3. Ranked #3 for
    mellow

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5 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

rating icon 7.45
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    veteran actress
  2. Ranked #2 for
    universal theme
  3. Ranked #2 for
    acute

Trailer

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6 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 8.082
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    despicable villain
  2. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely fantastic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    fantastic

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7 Old Henry (2021)

A widowed farmer and his son warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the money, the farmer must decide who to trust. Defending a siege of his homestead, the farmer reveals a talent for gun-slinging that surprises everyone calling his true identity into question.

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2021-10-01 | Action / Western

Cast

Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze

Rating

rating icon 7.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    accomplished
  2. Ranked #1 for
    big revealing ending
  3. Ranked #1 for
    with final twist

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8 Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)

Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.

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2020-10-15 | Thriller

Cast

Judi Dench, James D'Arcy

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    thin on ground
  2. Ranked #1 for
    close call
  3. Ranked #1 for
    flimsy

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9 Summerland (2020)

A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him.

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2020-07-24 | Drama / War

Cast

Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Rating

rating icon 7.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    serious undertone
  2. Ranked #1 for
    wholesome
  3. Ranked #1 for
    prettiest actress

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10 Rent-A-Pal (2020)

Set in 1990, a lonely bachelor named David searches for an escape from the day-to-day drudgery of caring for his aging mother. While seeking a partner through a video dating service, he discovers a strange VHS tape called Rent-A-Pal. Hosted by the charming and charismatic Andy, the tape offers him much-needed company, compassion, and friendship. But Andy's friendship comes at a cost, and David desperately struggles to afford the price of admission.

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2020-10-11 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Brian Landis Folkins, Wil Wheaton

Rating

rating icon 6.531
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    watching indispensably
  2. Ranked #1 for
    homesick
  3. Ranked #1 for
    lonely character

Trailer

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