Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also high art

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

1 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
    overly exciting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    yawn

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2 Vengeance (2022)

A journalist and podcaster from New York City travels to West Texas in order to report on the death of a girl he was hooking up with.

Info

2022-07-29 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

B.J. Novak, Boyd Holbrook

Rating

rating icon 6.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    cultured
  2. Ranked #1 for
    insightful
  3. Ranked #2 for
    atypical role

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3 Boiling Point (2021)

A head chef balances multiple personal and professional crises at a popular restaurant in London.

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2021-07-05 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson

Rating

rating icon 7.386
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    brilliantly executed
  2. Ranked #1 for
    right on target
  3. Ranked #1 for
    top-notch acting

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4 The Menu (2022)

A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

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2022-11-17 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy

Rating

rating icon 7.238
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    blowing socks off
  2. Ranked #1 for
    gastronomic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    feast

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5 Skipping Stones (2021)

Nearly a decade after a tragic accident costs a young man his life, his sister, Amanda (Gabrielle Kalomiris) and best friend, David (Nathaniel Ansbach) are still peeling back the layers of grief and guilt that come with being left behind.

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2021-11-02 | Drama

Cast

Nathaniel Ansbach, Gabrielle Kalomiris

Rating

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    worth a peek
  2. Ranked #1 for
    difficult subject
  3. Ranked #1 for
    worth checking out

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6 Cruella (2021)

In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.

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2021-05-26 | Comedy / Crime

Cast

Emma Stone, Emma Thompson

Rating

rating icon 8.083
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fantastic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely marvelous
  3. Ranked #1 for
    fabulous

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7 Titane (2021)

A woman with a metal plate in her head from a childhood car accident embarks on a bizarre journey, bringing her into contact with a firefighter who's reunited with his missing son after 10 years.

Info

2021-07-14 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    endlessly watchable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    edgy
  3. Ranked #1 for
    most bizarre

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8 Parasite (2019)

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

Info

2019-05-30 | Comedy / Thriller

Cast

Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun

Rating

rating icon 8.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    masterpiece
  2. Ranked #1 for
    with large gap
  3. Ranked #1 for
    deservedly won awards

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9 The Lost City (2022)

Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to the ancient city's lost treasure that featured in her latest story. Alan, determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, sets off to rescue her.

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2022-03-24 | Action / Adventure

Cast

Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum

Rating

rating icon 6.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    eliciting chuckling
  2. Ranked #1 for
    comic moments
  3. Ranked #2 for
    few cheap laughs

Trailer

The Lost City trailer
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10 Love and Monsters (2020)

Seven years since the Monsterpocalypse began, Joel Dawson has been living underground in order to survive. But after reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee, Joel decides to venture out to reunite with her, despite all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way.

Info

2020-10-16 | Comedy / Action

Cast

Dylan O'Brien, Jessica Henwick

Rating

rating icon 7.364
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fun
  2. Ranked #1 for
    real nice
  3. Ranked #1 for
    Survival Movie

Trailer

Love and Monsters trailer
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