Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also more humane
Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and more humane movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and more humane, 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 Mar 08 2021
1 Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.
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- 2012-06-08 | Comedy / Romance
Cast
- Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass
Rating
6.8
2 Spanglish (2004)
Mexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno finds housekeeping work with Deborah and John Clasky, a well-off couple with two children of their own. When Flor admits she can't handle the schedule because of her daughter, Cristina, Deborah decides they should move into the Clasky home. Cultures clash and tensions run high as Flor and the Claskys struggle to share space while raising their children on their own, and very different, terms.
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- 2004-12-17 | Comedy
Cast
- Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni
Rating
5.9
3 The Band's Visit (2007)
A small Egyptian police band travels to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves stuck in the wrong town.
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- 2007-05-19 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz
Rating
7.2
4 Frailty (2001)
A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed 'demons'.
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- 2001-11-17 | Drama / Thriller
Cast
- Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey
Rating
7.0
5 A Monster Calls (2016)
A boy imagines a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way.
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- 2016-01-01 | Drama / Fantasy
Cast
- Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver
Rating
7.2
6 Leave No Trace (2018)
A father and daughter live a perfect but mysterious existence in Forest Park, a beautiful nature reserve near Portland, Oregon, rarely making contact with the world. But when a small mistake tips them off to authorities, they are sent on an increasingly erratic journey in search of a place to call their own.
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- 2018-06-29 | Drama
Cast
- Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Foster
Rating
6.7
7 The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.
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- 1980-05-20 | Adventure / Action
Cast
- Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford
Rating
8.4
8 United 93 (2006)
A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
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- 2006-04-28 | Drama / History
Cast
- J.J. Johnson, Polly Adams
Rating
7.1
9 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, Tzi Ma
Rating
7.5
10 Double Jeopardy (1999)
A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him.
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- 1999-09-24 | Thriller
Cast
- Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd
Rating
6.4