Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also immensely powerful
Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and immensely powerful movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and immensely powerful, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 The Farewell (2019)
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.
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- 2019-07-12 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Awkwafina, Zhao Shuzhen
Rating
7.453
2 Made in Chinatown (2021)
A young Chinese nobody sets out to become a Don in the Italian Mafia. It turns out that earning respect, finding love, and discovering his identity doesn't come so easy. He'll have to fight his way to the top.
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- 2021-05-10 | Action / Comedy
Cast
- Jay Kwon, Shuya Chang
Rating
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7.7
3 Lapwing (2021)
Mute young woman Patience, from an isolated community in rural England in 1555, struggles with her controlling brother-in-law and leader, David, who is gradually unraveling after the failure of his idyllic community. The Egyptian Act has been passed, stipulating that all ‘gypsies’ must vacate England immediately and anyone found aiding them could be executed. In exchange for a fee, David agrees to help an Egyptian family who must stay a month on their land until a ship comes to take them away. But when Patience pursues an affair with one of the outsiders, she is thrust into a violent and vicious psychological battle with David.
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- 2021-11-26 | Drama / Thriller
Cast
- Hannah Douglas, Emmett Scanlan
Rating
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6.5
4 Embattled (2020)
The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
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- 2020-11-20 | Action / Drama
Cast
- Stephen Dorff, Elizabeth Reaser
Rating
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6.9
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5 Cicada Song (2019)
Karen is a tough, corn fed, outspoken, farm manager who cares about the people she works for and the migrant people who work for her. When one of her farmhands approaches her about a little girl that has recently disappeared, she becomes closer to her employees than she ever thought possible. But, when her lover, Annabelle, disappears, the bubble Karen lives in bursts and she begins an investigation only to uncover something dark in the little town she grew up in.
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- 2019-09-27 | Mystery / Thriller
Cast
- Lyndsey Lantz, Jenny Mesa
Rating
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5.0
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6 Babyteeth (2020)
A terminally ill teen upsets her parents when she falls in love with a small-time drug dealer.
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- 2020-06-15 | Drama / Comedy
Cast
- Eliza Scanlen, Ben Mendelsohn
Rating
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6.885
7 Overcomer (2019)
After reluctantly agreeing to coach cross-country, high school basketball Coach John Harrison helps the least likely runner attempt the impossible in the biggest race of the year.
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- 2019-08-22 | Drama
Cast
- Alex Kendrick, Priscilla C. Shirer
Rating
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7.697
8 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
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6.327
9 Swan Song (2021)
In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an experimental solution to shield his wife and son from grief, he grapples with altering their fate.
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- 2021-12-17 | Drama / Science Fiction
Cast
- Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris
Rating
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7.289
10 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
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6.904
