Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also half-bad

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

1 Freaks (2019)

Kept locked inside the house by her father, 7-year-old Chloe lives in fear and fascination of the outside world, where Abnormals create a constant threat—or so she believes. When a mysterious stranger offers her a glimpse of what's really happening outside, Chloe soon finds that while the truth isn't so simple, the danger is very real.

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2019-09-13 | Science Fiction / Thriller

Cast

Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern

Rating

rating icon 6.787
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    slow start
  2. Ranked #2 for
    logical conclusion
  3. Ranked #2 for
    quite entertaining

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2 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
    interesting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    top-quality
  3. Ranked #1 for
    historically important

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3 The Owners (2020)

A group of friends think they found the perfect easy score - an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early, the tables are suddenly turned. As a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, the would-be thieves must fight to save themselves from a nightmare they could never have imagined.

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2020-08-27 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Maisie Williams, Sylvester McCoy

Rating

rating icon 5.753
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    uncreative story
  2. Ranked #1 for
    followable
  3. Ranked #2 for
    sudden twist

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4 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
    psychological mystery
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sudden twist
  3. Ranked #1 for
    turn of events

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5 Come to Daddy (2019)

After receiving a cryptic letter from his estranged father, Norval travels to his dad’s oceanfront home for what he hopes will be a positive experience. If only he’d known the dark truth about his old man beforehand.

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2019-04-25 | Comedy / Thriller

Cast

Elijah Wood, Stephen McHattie

Rating

rating icon 5.966
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    downright bizarre
  2. Ranked #1 for
    satisfying
  3. Ranked #1 for
    surprisingly entertaining

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6 Deadstream (2022)

A disgraced internet personality attempts to win back his followers by livestreaming one night alone in a haunted house. But when he accidentally pisses off a vengeful spirit, his big comeback event becomes a real-time fight for his life.

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2022-10-20 | Horror / Comedy

Cast

Joseph Winter, Melanie Stone

Rating

rating icon 6.387
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    recommended
  2. Ranked #1 for
    bewildering
  3. Ranked #2 for
    the jewel in the crown

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7 The Odds (2019)

A young woman enlists in an underground game of pain endurance in the hope of winning the million dollar prize. She soon learns the real opponent is the man who's running the game, as he employs horrific methods to manipulate and defeat her.

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2019-06-04 | Horror

Cast

Abbi Butler, James J. Fuertes

Rating

rating icon 5.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    with big surprise
  2. Ranked #1 for
    yawn
  3. Ranked #1 for
    high art

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

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9 Kajillionaire (2020)

Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.

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2020-09-25 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Evan Rachel Wood, Debra Winger

Rating

rating icon 6.327
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unpleasantly surprising
  2. Ranked #1 for
    idiosyncratic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    odd

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10 I Came By (2022)

A rebellious young graffiti artist, who targets the homes of the wealthy elite, discovers a shocking secret that leads him on a journey endangering himself and those closest to him.

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2022-08-19 | Thriller

Cast

George MacKay, Percelle Ascott

Rating

rating icon 6.319
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    barely coherent
  2. Ranked #3 for
    watching successively
  3. Ranked #3 for
    menacing villain

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