Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also lean and mean
Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and lean and mean movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and lean and mean, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 The Standoff at Sparrow Creek (2019)
After a mass shooting at a police funeral, reclusive ex-cop Gannon finds himself unwittingly forced out of retirement when he realizes that the killer belongs to the same militia he joined after quitting the force. Understanding that the shooting could set off a chain reaction of copycat violence across the country, Gannon quarantines his fellow militiamen in the remote lumber mill they call their headquarters. There, he sets about a series of grueling interrogations, intent on ferreting out the killer and turning him over to the authorities to prevent further bloodshed.
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- 2019-01-18 | Drama / Thriller
Cast
- James Badge Dale, Brian Geraghty
Rating
6.2
2 The Outfit (2022)
Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.
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- 2022-03-03 | Crime
Cast
- Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch
Rating
7.131
3 Old Henry (2021)
A widowed farmer and his son warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the money, the farmer must decide who to trust. Defending a siege of his homestead, the farmer reveals a talent for gun-slinging that surprises everyone calling his true identity into question.
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- 2021-10-01 | Action / Western
Cast
- Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze
Rating
7.3
4 The Protégé (2021)
Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody and trained in the family business, Anna is the world’s most skilled contract killer. When Moody, the man who was like a father to her and taught her everything she needs to know about trust and survival, is brutally killed, Anna vows revenge. As she becomes entangled with an enigmatic killer whose attraction to her goes way beyond cat and mouse, their confrontation turns deadly and the loose ends of a life spent killing will weave themselves ever tighter.
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- 2021-08-19 | Action / Thriller
Cast
- Maggie Q, Samuel L. Jackson
Rating
6.63

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5 Murina (2022)
A teenage girl decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.
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- 2022-04-08 | Drama
Cast
- Gracija Filipović, Danica Ćurčić
Rating
6.522
6 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
6.327
7 Alone (2020)
A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.
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- 2020-09-10 | Thriller / Horror
Cast
- Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca
Rating
6.3
8 Emily the Criminal (2022)
Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.
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- 2022-08-12 | Crime / Drama
Cast
- Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi
Rating
6.84
9 Run (2020)
Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.
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- 2020-11-20 | Thriller / Horror
Cast
- Sarah Paulson, Kiera Allen
Rating
7.359
10 Archive (2020)
2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI, and his latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs—being reunited with his dead wife.
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- 2020-08-13 | Science Fiction / Drama
Cast
- Theo James, Stacy Martin
Rating
6.2