Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also most distinctive

Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and most distinctive movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and most distinctive, 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
    slowly developing

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The Dig trailer
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2 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
    beloved
  3. Ranked #3 for
    mellow

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Pig trailer
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3 Klaus (2019)

When Jesper distinguishes himself as the Postal Academy's worst student, he is sent to Smeerensburg, a small village located on an icy island above the Arctic Circle, where grumpy inhabitants barely exchange words, let alone letters. Jesper is about to give up and abandon his duty as a postman when he meets local teacher Alva and Klaus, a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin full of handmade toys.

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2019-11-08 | Animation / Family

Cast

Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons

Rating

rating icon 8.263
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unselfish
  2. Ranked #1 for
    modern classic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    bringing smile

Trailer

Klaus trailer
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4 Vesper (2022)

After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the possibility of a future.

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2022-08-17 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Raffiella Chapman, Eddie Marsan

Rating

rating icon 6.552
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    nuanced
  2. Ranked #1 for
    slimy cast
  3. Ranked #1 for
    post-apocalyptic future

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Vesper trailer
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5 Boiling Point (2021)

A head chef balances multiple personal and professional crises at a popular restaurant in London.

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2021-07-05 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson

Rating

rating icon 7.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    all major player cast
  2. Ranked #1 for
    gripping drama
  3. Ranked #1 for
    immersive story

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Boiling Point trailer
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6 Nightmare Alley (2021)

An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.

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2021-12-02 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Bradley Cooper, Rooney Mara

Rating

rating icon 7.02
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    with sleight of hand
  2. Ranked #1 for
    hothead
  3. Ranked #1 for
    noirish

Trailer

Nightmare Alley trailer
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7 Don't Make Me Go (2022)

A terminally ill man and his teenage daughter embark on a road trip from California to New Orleans for his 20th college reunion. While there, he secretly hopes she can reunite with the mother who left them long ago.

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2022-06-13 | Drama

Cast

John Cho, Mia Isaac

Rating

rating icon 7.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    bad aftertaste
  2. Ranked #1 for
    blackness
  3. Ranked #1 for
    surprising ending

Trailer

Don't Make Me Go trailer
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8 Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)

A solitary scholar discovers an ancient bottle while on a trip to Istanbul and unleashes a djinn who offers her three wishes. Filled with reluctance, she is unable to come up with one, so the djinn tries to inspire her with his stories.

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2022-08-24 | Fantasy

Cast

Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    innocence and desire
  2. Ranked #1 for
    old-fashioned story
  3. Ranked #2 for
    splendor

Trailer

Three Thousand Years of Longing trailer
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9 Weathering with You (2019)

The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.

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2019-06-19 | Animation / Drama

Cast

Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori

Rating

rating icon 8.02
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    sunny
  2. Ranked #1 for
    beautiful detail
  3. Ranked #2 for
    bright sunlight

Trailer

Weathering with You trailer
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10 The Gentlemen (2020)

American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.

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2020-01-01 | Comedy / Crime

Cast

Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam

Rating

rating icon 7.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    stroke of genius
  2. Ranked #1 for
    smooth talker
  3. Ranked #1 for
    top form

Trailer

The Gentlemen trailer
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