Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also most memorable

Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and most memorable movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and most memorable, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Skipping Stones (2021)

Nearly a decade after a tragic accident costs a young man his life, his sister, Amanda (Gabrielle Kalomiris) and best friend, David (Nathaniel Ansbach) are still peeling back the layers of grief and guilt that come with being left behind.

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2021-11-02 | Drama

Cast

Nathaniel Ansbach, Gabrielle Kalomiris

Rating

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    thickened plot
  2. Ranked #1 for
    worth a peek
  3. Ranked #1 for
    never faltering

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2 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

rating icon 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    sheer entertainment
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sheer enjoyment
  3. Ranked #2 for
    childish

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3 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 7.453
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    veteran actress
  2. Ranked #2 for
    telling
  3. Ranked #2 for
    acute

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4 Batman: Hush (2019)

A mysterious new villain known only as Hush uses a gallery of villains to destroy Batman's crime-fighting career as well as Bruce Wayne's personal life, which has been further complicated by a relationship with Selina Kyle/Catwoman.

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2019-07-19 | Action / Animation

Cast

Jason O'Mara, Jennifer Morrison

Rating

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    comic book style
  2. Ranked #1 for
    baddie
  3. Ranked #2 for
    very good

Trailer

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5 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
    tangential
  2. Ranked #1 for
    uniformly excellent
  3. Ranked #1 for
    various plots

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6 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

rating icon 7.289
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    exact replica
  2. Ranked #1 for
    moral question
  3. Ranked #1 for
    compulsively watchable

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7 Only the Animals (2019)

Following the disappearance of the glamorous and secretive Evelyne Ducat during a blizzard in the highlands of southern France, the lives of five people inextricably linked to Evelyne are brought together to devastating effect as the local police investigate the case.

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2019-12-04 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Denis Ménochet, Laure Calamy

Rating

rating icon 6.66
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    interconnected story
  2. Ranked #1 for
    utterly absorbing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    gradual beginning

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8 Cruella (2021)

In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.

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2021-05-26 | Comedy / Crime

Cast

Emma Stone, Emma Thompson

Rating

rating icon 8.083
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely marvelous
  2. Ranked #1 for
    nemesis
  3. Ranked #1 for
    fantastic

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9 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.

Info

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
    femme fatale
  2. Ranked #1 for
    carny ride
  3. Ranked #1 for
    noirish

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10 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
    idiosyncratic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    quirky
  3. Ranked #1 for
    odd

Trailer

Kajillionaire trailer
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