Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also more subtle

Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and more subtle movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and more subtle, 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
    interesting

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The Dig trailer
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2 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

rating icon 7.45
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    veteran actress
  2. Ranked #2 for
    with tear-jerking moments
  3. Ranked #2 for
    acute

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The Farewell trailer
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3 Pig (2021)

A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must visit Portland to find the mysterious person who stole his beloved foraging pig.

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2021-07-16 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff

Rating

rating icon 6.659
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    low-key performance
  2. Ranked #3 for
    mellow
  3. Ranked #3 for
    beloved

Trailer

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4 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

rating icon 7.131
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unexpected treat
  2. Ranked #1 for
    well-knitted
  3. Ranked #1 for
    plenty of twist

Trailer

The Outfit trailer
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5 Sublet (2020)

A gay New York Times travel writer comes to Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The energy of the city and his relationship with a younger man brings him back to life.

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2020-04-15 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

John Benjamin Hickey, Niv Nissim

Rating

rating icon 7.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    immediately drawn
  2. Ranked #1 for
    deliberate pace
  3. Ranked #1 for
    true gem

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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

rating icon 6.327
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    odd
  2. Ranked #1 for
    quirky
  3. Ranked #1 for
    idiosyncratic

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7 Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)

Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.

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2020-10-15 | Thriller

Cast

Judi Dench, James D'Arcy

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    flimsy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    thin on ground
  3. Ranked #1 for
    close call

Trailer

Six Minutes to Midnight trailer
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8 Above the Shadows (2019)

A young woman who has faded to the point of becoming invisible must find her way back with the help of the one man who can see her.

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2019-05-31 | Fantasy / Romance

Cast

Olivia Thirlby, Alan Ritchson

Rating

rating icon 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    highly imaginative
  2. Ranked #2 for
    underrated
  3. Ranked #2 for
    for in-depth character study

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Above the Shadows trailer
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9 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

rating icon 7.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    accomplished
  2. Ranked #1 for
    big revealing ending
  3. Ranked #1 for
    with final twist

Trailer

Old Henry trailer
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10 Come to Daddy (2019)

After receiving a cryptic letter from his estranged father, Norval travels to his dad’s oceanfront home for what he hopes will be a positive experience. If only he’d known the dark truth about his old man beforehand.

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2019-04-25 | Comedy / Thriller

Cast

Elijah Wood, Stephen McHattie

Rating

rating icon 5.966
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    surprisingly entertaining
  2. Ranked #1 for
    satisfying
  3. Ranked #1 for
    totally unpredictable

Trailer

Come to Daddy trailer
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