Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also once in lifetime
Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and once in lifetime movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and once in lifetime, 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 Feb 22 2021
1 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
2 Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.
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- 2015-12-15 | Action / Adventure
Cast
- Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill
Rating
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7.4
3 Gone Girl (2014)
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
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- 2014-10-01 | Mystery / Thriller
Cast
- Rosamund Pike, Ben Affleck
Rating
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7.9
4 Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Alice, an unpretentious and individual 19-year-old, is betrothed to a dunce of an English nobleman. At her engagement party, she escapes the crowd to consider whether to go through with the marriage and falls down a hole in the garden after spotting an unusual rabbit. Arriving in a strange and surreal place called 'Underland,' she finds herself in a world that resembles the nightmares she had as a child, filled with talking animals, villainous queens and knights, and frumious bandersnatches. Alice realizes that she is there for a reason – to conquer the horrific Jabberwocky and restore the rightful queen to her throne.
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- 2010-03-03 | Family / Fantasy
Cast
- Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway
Rating
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6.6
5 The Blair Witch Project (1999)
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
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- 1999-07-14 | Horror / Mystery
Cast
- Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams
Rating
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6.3
6 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
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7.1
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
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8.4
8 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
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6.4
9 Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflict
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- 2005-09-10 | Drama / Romance
Cast
- Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal
Rating
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7.8
10 Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order.
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- 2017-12-13 | Science Fiction / Action
Cast
- Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher
Rating
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6.9
