Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also epic

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

1 The Dinner Party (2020)

A budding playwright and his wife attend a dinner party hosted by wealthy, cultural elites, who have promised to bankroll the writer's latest play to Broadway, but, in fact, have darker designs in mind for the couple.

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2020-05-29 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Sawandi Wilson, Mike Mayhall

Rating

rating icon 4.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    sinuously beautiful
  2. Ranked #1 for
    talented filmmaker
  3. Ranked #2 for
    desaturated

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The Dinner Party trailer
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2 Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Peter Parker is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a super-hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.

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2021-12-15 | Action / Adventure

Cast

Tom Holland, Zendaya

Rating

rating icon 8.011
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    lofty expectations
  2. Ranked #1 for
    cheering and clapping
  3. Ranked #1 for
    cheering

Trailer

Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer
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3 Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (2020)

After the vicious slaughter of his family by stone-cold mercenary Sub-Zero, Hanzo Hasashi is exiled to the torturous Netherrealm. There, in exchange for his servitude to the sinister Quan Chi, he’s given a chance to avenge his family – and is resurrected as Scorpion, a lost soul bent on revenge. Back on Earthrealm, Lord Raiden gathers a team of elite warriors – Shaolin monk Liu Kang, Special Forces officer Sonya Blade and action star Johnny Cage – an unlikely band of heroes with one chance to save humanity. To do this, they must defeat Shang Tsung’s horde of Outworld gladiators and reign over the Mortal Kombat tournament.

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2020-04-12 | Animation / Action

Cast

Patrick Seitz, Jordan Rodrigues

Rating

rating icon 8.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    totally awesome
  2. Ranked #1 for
    gruesome violence
  3. Ranked #1 for
    brutal and bloody

Trailer

Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge trailer
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4 The Dawn (2019)

Following the murder of her family at the hands of her father in the wake of World War I, a young woman is sent to live in a convent. However, the demons that plagued her father follow, reawakening the nightmares of her past.

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2019-09-27 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Devanny Pinn, Stacey Dash

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    snide lines
  2. Ranked #1 for
    redeeming factor
  3. Ranked #2 for
    mannered performance

Trailer

The Dawn trailer
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5 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.

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2021-09-01 | Action / Adventure

Cast

Simu Liu, Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Rating

rating icon 7.625
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    perfect foil character
  2. Ranked #2 for
    comic relief sidekick
  3. Ranked #2 for
    based on movieverse

Trailer

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings trailer
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6 Land (2021)

Edee, in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the magnificent, but unforgiving, wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again.

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2021-02-12 | Drama

Cast

Robin Wright, Demián Bichir

Rating

rating icon 6.794
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    beautiful scenery
  2. Ranked #1 for
    like Nomadland
  3. Ranked #1 for
    panoramic view

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Land trailer
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7 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.

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2022-05-04 | Fantasy / Action

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen

Rating

rating icon 7.402
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    lofty expectations
  2. Ranked #5 for
    supreme
  3. Ranked #8 for
    based on movieverse

Trailer

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness trailer
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8 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)

After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to prove he has what it takes to be a true hero. His test comes when Dr. Robotnik returns, this time with a new partner, Knuckles, in search for an emerald that has the power to destroy civilizations. Sonic teams up with his own sidekick, Tails, and together they embark on a globe-trotting journey to find the emerald before it falls into the wrong hands.

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2022-04-08 | Action / Adventure

Cast

James Marsden, Ben Schwartz

Rating

rating icon 7.599
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    much fun
  2. Ranked #3 for
    kind of suck
  3. Ranked #4 for
    puppy dog face

Trailer

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 trailer
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9 The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)

Old-school magic meets the modern world when young Alex stumbles upon the mythical sword Excalibur. He soon unites his friends and enemies, and they become knights who join forces with the legendary wizard Merlin. Together, they must save mankind from the wicked enchantress Morgana and her army of supernatural warriors.

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2019-01-16 | Action / Adventure

Cast

Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Dean Chaumoo

Rating

rating icon 6.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    harmless fun
  2. Ranked #2 for
    arthurian
  3. Ranked #2 for
    special treat

Trailer

The Kid Who Would Be King trailer
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10 Strawberry Mansion (2021)

In the not-too-distant future, an all-seeing surveillance state conducts “dream audits” to collect taxes on the unconscious lives of the populace. Mild-mannered government agent James Preble travels to a remote farmhouse to audit the dreams of Arabella “Bella” Isadora, an eccentric, aging artist. Entering Bella’s vast VHS archive, which contains a lifetime of dreams, Preble stumbles upon a secret that offers him a chance at love—and hope for escape.

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2021-07-22 | Fantasy / Romance

Cast

Penny Fuller, Kentucker Audley

Rating

rating icon 6.393
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    soft lighting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    twisted logic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    aesthetic

Trailer

Strawberry Mansion trailer
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