Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also perfectly adequate

Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and perfectly adequate movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and perfectly adequate, 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
    unperturbed
  2. Ranked #1 for
    top-quality
  3. Ranked #1 for
    historically important

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

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Six Minutes to Midnight trailer
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3 Last Christmas (2019)

Kate is a young woman who has a habit of making bad decisions, and her last date with disaster occurs after she accepts work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, after she meets Tom there, her life takes a new turn.

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2019-11-07 | Comedy / Romance

Cast

Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding

Rating

rating icon 7.234
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    feeling warm inside
  2. Ranked #2 for
    like The Notebook
  3. Ranked #2 for
    sweet and charming

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Last Christmas trailer
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4 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
    sturdy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    pleasing fans
  3. Ranked #1 for
    horse opera

Trailer

Old Henry trailer
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5 Alone (2020)

A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.

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2020-09-10 | Thriller / Horror

Cast

Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca

Rating

rating icon 6.299
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    tension-filled
  2. Ranked #2 for
    suspenseful
  3. Ranked #2 for
    totally unbelievable

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Alone trailer
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6 The Unhealer (2020)

A botched faith healing leaves a bullied teenager with unusual powers.

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2020-10-09 | Fantasy / Thriller

Cast

Natasha Henstridge, Lance Henriksen

Rating

rating icon 5.798
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    jock
  2. Ranked #3 for
    healing
  3. Ranked #3 for
    top grade

Trailer

The Unhealer trailer
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7 Marry Me (2022)

Music superstars Kat Valdez and Bastian are getting married before a global audience of fans. But when Kat learns, seconds before her vows, that Bastian has been unfaithful, she decides to marry Charlie, a stranger in the crowd, instead.

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2022-02-09 | Romance / Comedy

Cast

Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson

Rating

rating icon 6.866
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    frothy
  2. Ranked #2 for
    lack of chemistry
  3. Ranked #3 for
    corny dialogue

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Marry Me trailer
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8 I See You (2019)

When a 12-year-old boy goes missing, lead investigator Greg Harper struggles to balance the pressure of the investigation and troubles with his wife, Jackie. Facing a recent affair, great strain is put on the family that slowly gnaws away at Jackie's grip on reality. But after a malicious presence manifests itself in their home and puts their son, Connor, in mortal danger, the cold, hard truth about evil in the Harper household is finally uncovered.

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2019-09-11 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

Helen Hunt, Jon Tenney

Rating

rating icon 7.046
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    like Mr. Brooks
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sudden twist
  3. Ranked #1 for
    off guard

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I See You trailer
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9 The Protégé (2021)

Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody and trained in the family business, Anna is the world’s most skilled contract killer. When Moody, the man who was like a father to her and taught her everything she needs to know about trust and survival, is brutally killed, Anna vows revenge. As she becomes entangled with an enigmatic killer whose attraction to her goes way beyond cat and mouse, their confrontation turns deadly and the loose ends of a life spent killing will weave themselves ever tighter.

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2021-08-19 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Maggie Q, Samuel L. Jackson

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    gun-for-hire
  2. Ranked #2 for
    like The Equalizer
  3. Ranked #2 for
    for action thriller fans

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The Protégé trailer
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10 Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

As the gang return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored in order to escape the world’s most dangerous game.

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2019-12-04 | Adventure / Comedy

Cast

Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart

Rating

rating icon 6.941
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    tremendously entertaining
  2. Ranked #2 for
    adding new dimension
  3. Ranked #3 for
    action-packed adventure

Trailer

Jumanji: The Next Level trailer
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