Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also most potent
Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and most potent movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and most potent, 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 01 2021
1 Lore (2012)
Lore leads her four younger siblings across a war-torn Germany in 1945. Amidst the chaos she encounters a mysterious refugee who shatters her fragile reality with hatred and desire.
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- 2012-08-02 | Drama / War
Cast
- Saskia Rosendahl, Kai-Peter Malina
Rating
6.9
2 The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.
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- 2010-07-13 | Fantasy / Adventure
Cast
- Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel
Rating
6.1
3 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
4 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
5 Into the Wild (2007)
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
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- 2007-09-11 | Adventure / Drama
Cast
- Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden
Rating
7.8
6 Raajneeti (2010)
It is the story of a fiercely fought election campaign, where money power and corruption are the accepted norms, and where treachery and manipulation are routinely used weapons. As the personal drama of these conflict-ridden characters unfolds against this gritty backdrop, love and friendship become mere baits, and relationships get sacrificed at the altar of political alignments. The darkness that rises from their souls threatens to envelope all that they hold precious. Until eventually, in the crescendo of increasing violence, the line between good and evil blurs, making it impossible to distinguish heroes from villains. Raajneeti is the story of Indian democracy. And its ugly underside. It is about politics. And beyond.
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- 2010-06-04 | Drama / Thriller
Cast
- Ajay Devgn, Ranbir Kapoor
Rating
6.4
7 John Carter (2012)
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
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- 2012-03-07 | Action / Adventure
Cast
- Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins
Rating
6.2
8 Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and she's a city girl, he's a country boy, the two become fast friends. Together, they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants and rule as king and queen.
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- 2007-02-16 | Adventure / Drama
Cast
- Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb
Rating
7.2
9 The Village (2004)
When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.
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- 2004-07-30 | Drama / Mystery
Cast
- Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix
Rating
6.4
10 We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
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- 2011-09-28 | Drama / Thriller
Cast
- Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly
Rating
7.6