Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also crisper

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

1 Embattled (2020)

The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.

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2020-11-20 | Action / Drama

Cast

Stephen Dorff, Elizabeth Reaser

Rating

rating icon 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    sheer enjoyment
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sheer entertainment
  3. Ranked #2 for
    never backing down

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2 Swan Song (2021)

In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an experimental solution to shield his wife and son from grief, he grapples with altering their fate.

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2021-12-17 | Drama / Science Fiction

Cast

Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris

Rating

rating icon 7.289
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    exact replica
  2. Ranked #1 for
    thought-provoking question
  3. Ranked #1 for
    compulsively watchable

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3 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

rating icon 7.02
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    hothead
  2. Ranked #1 for
    freak show
  3. Ranked #1 for
    fluke

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Nightmare Alley trailer
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4 The Song of Sway Lake (2019)

In the wake of his father’s suicide, young record collector Ollie Sway returns to the family lake house with his friend Nikolai in tow to lay claim to an invaluable jazz recording. An unexpected visit from Ollie’s estranged grandmother and a chance encounter with a girl from across the lake derail their search, forcing them to confront the Sway family history and a suffering that has resounded through generations.

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2019-06-07 | Drama

Cast

Rory Culkin, Robert Sheehan

Rating

rating icon 5.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    most profound
  2. Ranked #1 for
    textured imagery
  3. Ranked #1 for
    glistening

Trailer

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5 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
    horse opera
  2. Ranked #1 for
    with final twist
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sturdy

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Old Henry trailer
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6 What Josiah Saw (2021)

A family with buried secrets reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins.

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2021-08-13 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Robert Patrick, Nick Stahl

Rating

rating icon 5.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    doomy and gloomy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    utterly convincing acting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    above par

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What Josiah Saw trailer
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7 Belzebuth (2019)

While leading a police investigation of a massacre in a public school at the border of Mexico and U.S.A, special Agent Emanuel Ritter links this strange case to the coming and rising of the ancient demon Belzebuth. But in order to stop the trail of upcoming infanticides, Ritter shall have to confront himself before dealing with the forces of good and evil.

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2019-01-11 | Horror / Fantasy

Cast

Joaquín Cosío, Tobin Bell

Rating

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    nearly non-existent
  2. Ranked #1 for
    brutal attack
  3. Ranked #1 for
    not scary at all

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Belzebuth trailer
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8 Anything for Jackson (2020)

A bereaved Satanist couple kidnap a pregnant woman so they can use an ancient spellbook to put their dead grandson's spirit into her unborn child, but they end up summoning more than they bargained for.

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2020-04-04 | Horror

Cast

Sheila McCarthy, Julian Richings

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    decently scary
  2. Ranked #2 for
    kind of silly
  3. Ranked #2 for
    comedown

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Anything for Jackson trailer
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9 The Queen of Black Magic (2019)

Families were terrorized at the orphanage. Someone wants them dead, apparently with black magic that is very deadly. She has a grudge and she was also born because of the sins of the orphans who formed her into the queen of black magic.

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2019-11-07 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Hannah Al Rashid, Ario Bayu

Rating

rating icon 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    pure terror
  2. Ranked #1 for
    excellent cinematography
  3. Ranked #2 for
    crisp editing

Trailer

The Queen of Black Magic trailer
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10 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 / Drama

Cast

Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    crafty
  2. Ranked #1 for
    directing with craftmanship
  3. Ranked #1 for
    stagey acting

Trailer

The Outfit trailer
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