Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also historically important

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

1 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
    fine
  2. Ranked #1 for
    historically important
  3. Ranked #1 for
    tangential

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2 Downton Abbey (2019)

The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the balance.

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2019-09-12 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    revisiting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    glorious
  3. Ranked #1 for
    favorite

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3 Wasp Network (2020)

Havana, Cuba, 1990. René González, an airplane pilot, unexpectedly flees the country, leaving behind his wife Olga and his daughter Irma, and begins a new life in Miami, where he becomes a member of an anti-Castro organization.

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2020-01-29 | Drama / History

Cast

Penélope Cruz, Edgar Ramírez

Rating

rating icon 6.14
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    crammed plot
  2. Ranked #2 for
    slightly confusing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    historical point of view

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4 The Woman King (2022)

The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.

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2022-09-16 | Action / Drama

Cast

Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu

Rating

rating icon 7.798
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    accurate
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fierce
  3. Ranked #2 for
    historical

Trailer

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5 The Forgotten Battle (2021)

November 1944. On the flooded isle of Walcheren, Zeeland, thousands of Allied soldiers are battling the German army. Three young lives become inextricably connected. A Dutch boy fighting for the Germans, an English glider pilot and a girl from Zeeland connected to the resistance against her will, are forced to make crucial choices that impact both their own freedom and the freedom of others.

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2021-06-05 | War / History

Cast

Gijs Blom, Jamie Flatters

Rating

rating icon 7.137
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    high-quality directing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    very well executed
  3. Ranked #1 for
    high production value

Trailer

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6 Corsage (2022)

A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.

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2022-07-07 | Drama / History

Cast

Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    anachronistic
  2. Ranked #2 for
    loveless character
  3. Ranked #2 for
    discontent character

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7 The Two Popes (2019)

Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.

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2019-11-27 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins

Rating

rating icon 7.523
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    simply outstanding
  2. Ranked #1 for
    for Catholic contemplation
  3. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely magnificent

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8 Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)

Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On August 18th, members of Delta Company will face the true horror of a ruthless battle among the trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tân. They are barely a hundred. The enemy is a human wave ready to destroy them.

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2019-08-08 | War / Action

Cast

Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey

Rating

rating icon 6.882
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    heroic acting
  2. Ranked #1 for
    brave character
  3. Ranked #1 for
    honest portrayal

Trailer

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9 The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

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2020-09-25 | Drama / History

Cast

Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen

Rating

rating icon 7.737
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    depicting social justice
  2. Ranked #2 for
    excellent casting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    slice of history

Trailer

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10 The East (2021)

A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands’ colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander’s elite squad.

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2021-08-13 | War / Drama

Cast

Martijn Lakemeier, Marwan Kenzari

Rating

rating icon 6.059
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    room for improvement
  2. Ranked #3 for
    evil deeds
  3. Ranked #3 for
    act of cruelty

Trailer

The East trailer
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