Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also foreboding

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

1 I See You (2019)

When a 12-year-old boy goes missing, lead investigator Greg Harper struggles to balance the pressure of the investigation and troubles with his wife, Jackie. Facing a recent affair, great strain is put on the family that slowly gnaws away at Jackie's grip on reality. But after a malicious presence manifests itself in their home and puts their son, Connor, in mortal danger, the cold, hard truth about evil in the Harper household is finally uncovered.

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2019-09-11 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

Helen Hunt, Jon Tenney

Rating

rating icon 7.046
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    surprising
  2. Ranked #1 for
    turn of events
  3. Ranked #1 for
    off guard

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I See You trailer
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2 The Wretched (2020)

A rebellious teenage boy, struggling with his parent's imminent divorce, encounters a terrifying evil after his next-door neighbor becomes possessed by an ancient witch that feasts on children.

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2020-03-09 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

John-Paul Howard, Piper Curda

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    open for sequel
  2. Ranked #1 for
    decent
  3. Ranked #2 for
    adequate supporting cast

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The Wretched trailer
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3 The Boat (2019)

A lone fisherman on his daily run finds himself lost in a thick fog which proves impossible to navigate. The worst is yet to come when his encounter with a seemingly abandoned sailboat becomes a fight for survival against an enemy unknown.

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2019-02-22 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

Joe Azzopardi

Rating

rating icon 5.383
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    locked in
  2. Ranked #1 for
    totally engrossing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    gripping

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The Boat trailer
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4 The Dawn (2020)

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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2020-01-10 | Drama / Mystery

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 #1 for
    beyond expectations

Trailer

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5 You Are Not My Mother (2022)

In a North Dublin housing estate Char's mother goes missing. When she returns Char is determined to uncover the truth of her disappearance and unearth the dark secrets of her family.

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2022-03-04 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Hazel Doupe, Carolyn Bracken

Rating

rating icon 5.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    payoff at ending
  2. Ranked #1 for
    dark and ominous
  3. Ranked #1 for
    slow burning

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6 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
    comedown
  3. Ranked #2 for
    kind of silly

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7 Lamb (2021)

An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own. This unexpected development and the prospects of a new family brings them much joy before ultimately destroying them.

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2021-08-12 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason

Rating

rating icon 6.474
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    gorgeous landscape
  2. Ranked #2 for
    eerily beautiful
  3. Ranked #2 for
    unorthodox

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8 The Hole in the Ground (2019)

Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O’Neill is building a new life on the fringes of a backwood rural town with her young son Chris. A terrifying encounter with a mysterious neighbour shatters her fragile security, throwing Sarah into a spiralling nightmare of paranoia and mistrust, as she tries to uncover if the disturbing changes in her little boy are connected to an ominous sinkhole buried deep in the forest that borders their home.

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2019-03-01 | Horror

Cast

Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey

Rating

rating icon 5.644
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    left unexplained
  2. Ranked #1 for
    eerie
  3. Ranked #2 for
    creepy

Trailer

The Hole in the Ground trailer
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9 The Dark and the Wicked (2020)

On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family.

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2020-10-29 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr.

Rating

rating icon 6.148
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fearing the dark
  2. Ranked #1 for
    genuinely frightening
  3. Ranked #1 for
    quite chilling

Trailer

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10 Impetigore (2019)

A woman inherits a house in her ancestral village, but she's unaware that members of the community have been trying to locate and kill her to remove the curse that has plagued them for years.

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2019-10-17 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Tara Basro, Ario Bayu

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    bit convoluted
  2. Ranked #1 for
    willed character
  3. Ranked #1 for
    ominous mood

Trailer

Impetigore trailer
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