Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also slow burning
Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and slow burning movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and slow burning, 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
6.904
2 Freaks (2019)
Kept locked inside the house by her father, 7-year-old Chloe lives in fear and fascination of the outside world, where Abnormals create a constant threat—or so she believes. When a mysterious stranger offers her a glimpse of what's really happening outside, Chloe soon finds that while the truth isn't so simple, the danger is very real.
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- 2019-09-13 | Science Fiction / Thriller
Cast
- Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern
Rating
6.787
3 Captive (2020)
A teenage runaway who’s trapped by a delusional man, pretends to be his daughter in order to escape.
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- 2020-10-30 | Thriller / Horror
Cast
- William Kircher, Tori kostic
Rating
6.9
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
7.3

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5 The Outfit (2022)
Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.
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- 2022-03-03 | Crime
Cast
- Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch
Rating
7.131
6 Head Count (2019)
Newcomer Evan joins a group of teens on a getaway in Joshua Tree. While exchanging ghost stories around the campfire, Evan reads aloud a mysterious chant from an internet site. From that moment, someone--or something--is among them.
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- 2019-06-14 | Horror / Mystery
Cast
- Isaac Jay, Ashleigh Morghan
Rating
5.48
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
6.66
8 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
6.659
9 Never Grow Old (2019)
An Irish undertaker profits when outlaws take over a peaceful town, but his own family come under threat as the death toll increases dramatically.
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- 2019-03-15 | Western
Cast
- Emile Hirsch, John Cusack
Rating
6.1
10 Come to Daddy (2019)
After receiving a cryptic letter from his estranged father, Norval travels to his dad’s oceanfront home for what he hopes will be a positive experience. If only he’d known the dark truth about his old man beforehand.
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- 2019-04-25 | Comedy / Thriller
Cast
- Elijah Wood, Stephen McHattie
Rating
5.966