Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also fairly faithful to book
Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and fairly faithful to book movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and fairly faithful to book, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country. Maimovie provides context-aware recommendation based on extensive data gathered and analyzed by AI.
Last Update Mar 01 2021
1 Scrooge (1935)
Ebenezer Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. In the night, Scrooge is visited by spirits of the past, present, and future.
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- 1935-11-26 | Drama / Fantasy
Cast
- Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop
Rating
5.9
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2 A Monster Calls (2016)
A boy imagines a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way.
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- 2016-01-01 | Drama / Fantasy
Cast
- Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver
Rating
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7.2
3 Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.
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- 2004-06-16 | Action / Adventure
Cast
- Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan
Rating
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5.9
4 Odd Thomas (2013)
In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.
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- 2013-01-29 | Mystery / Thriller
Cast
- Anton Yelchin, Addison Timlin
Rating
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6.6
5 Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
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- 2016-05-25 | Adventure / Family
Cast
- Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp
Rating
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6.5
6 Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and she's a city girl, he's a country boy, the two become fast friends. Together, they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants and rule as king and queen.
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- 2007-02-16 | Adventure / Drama
Cast
- Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb
Rating
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7.2
7 The 39 Steps (1935)
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed -- with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as "The 39 Steps."
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- 1935-06-06 | Mystery / Thriller
Cast
- Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll
Rating
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7.4
8 1922 (2017)
A simple yet proud rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to participate.
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- 2017-10-20 | Crime / Drama
Cast
- Thomas Jane, Molly Parker
Rating
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5.9
9 A Christmas Carol (2009)
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
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- 2009-11-04 | Animation / Family
Cast
- Jim Carrey, Steve Valentine
Rating
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6.8
10 Garfield (2004)
Garfield, the fat, lazy, lasagna lover, has everything a cat could want. But when Jon, in an effort to impress the Liz - the vet and an old high-school crush - adopts a dog named Odie and brings him home, Garfield gets the one thing he doesn't want. Competition.
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- 2004-06-10 | Animation / Comedy
Cast
- Bill Murray, Breckin Meyer
Rating
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5.6
