Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also harmless enough
Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and harmless enough movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and harmless enough, 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 Feb 22 2021
1 Night at the Museum (2006)
Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army of gladiators, a Tyrannosaurus rex and other exhibits.
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- 2006-10-20 | Action / Adventure
Cast
- Ben Stiller, Jake Cherry
Rating
6.5
2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
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- 2005-04-28 | Adventure / Comedy
Cast
- Martin Freeman, Zooey Deschanel
Rating
6.7
3 National Treasure (2004)
Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.
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- 2004-11-19 | Adventure / Action
Cast
- Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger
Rating
6.6
4 In & Out (1997)
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
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- 1997-09-10 | Comedy
Cast
- Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack
Rating
6.5
5 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
5.9
6 Pet Sematary (2019)
Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, move from Boston to Ludlow, in rural Maine, with their two young children. Hidden in the woods near the new family home, Ellie, their eldest daughter, discovers a mysterious cemetery where the pets of community members are buried.
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- 2019-04-04 | Horror / Thriller
Cast
- Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz
Rating
5.8
7 Australia (2008)
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.
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- 2008-11-18 | Adventure / Drama
Cast
- Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman
Rating
6.6
8 Monsters, Inc. (2001)
James Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are monsters, they earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business... even though they're more afraid of the children than they are of them. When a child accidentally enters their world, James and Mike suddenly find that kids are not to be afraid of and they uncover a conspiracy that could threaten all children across the world.
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- 2001-11-01 | Animation / Comedy
Cast
- John Goodman, Billy Crystal
Rating
7.8
9 Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work demands pull the parents away from home, leaving the kids bored -- and increasingly mischievous.
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- 2003-12-24 | Comedy / Family
Cast
- Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt
Rating
6.3
10 Cookie's Fortune (1999)
Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.
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- 1999-01-22 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Glenn Close, Julianne Moore
Rating
6.5