Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also sobering
Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and sobering movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and sobering, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 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
7.45
2 Lapwing (2021)
Mute young woman Patience, from an isolated community in rural England in 1555, struggles with her controlling brother-in-law and leader, David, who is gradually unraveling after the failure of his idyllic community. The Egyptian Act has been passed, stipulating that all ‘gypsies’ must vacate England immediately and anyone found aiding them could be executed. In exchange for a fee, David agrees to help an Egyptian family who must stay a month on their land until a ship comes to take them away. But when Patience pursues an affair with one of the outsiders, she is thrust into a violent and vicious psychological battle with David.
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- 2021-11-26 | Drama / Thriller
Cast
- Hannah Douglas, Emmett Scanlan
Rating
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6.5
3 Babyteeth (2020)
A terminally ill teen upsets her parents when she falls in love with a small-time drug dealer.
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- 2020-06-15 | Drama / Comedy
Cast
- Eliza Scanlen, Ben Mendelsohn
Rating
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6.885
4 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
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6.904
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5 Land (2021)
Edee, in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the magnificent, but unforgiving, wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again.
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- 2021-02-12 | Drama
Cast
- Robin Wright, Demián Bichir
Rating
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6.794
6 Innocence (2020)
A lawyer tries to prove her mother’s innocence and uncover the secrets of a small village with the help of the local mayor. Her mother was accused of murder after the rice wine was poisoned at her husband’s funeral, but she is suffering from memory loss and cannot defend herself.
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- 2020-06-10 | Crime / Thriller
Cast
- Shin Hye-sun, Bae Jong-ok
Rating
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7.6
7 To Leslie (2022)
A West Texas single mother wins the lottery and squanders it just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years later, with her charm running out and nowhere to go, she fights to rebuild her life and find redemption.
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- 2022-10-07 | Drama
Cast
- Andrea Riseborough, Andre Royo
Rating
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7.184
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
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6.659
9 My Policeman (2022)
In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
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- 2022-10-20 | Drama / Romance
Cast
- Harry Styles, Emma Corrin
Rating
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7.908
10 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
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7.3
