Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also solid all around
Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and solid all around movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and solid all around, 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 Calibre (2018)
Two lifelong friends head up to an isolated Scottish Highlands village for a weekend hunting trip that descends into a never-ending nightmare as they attempt to cover up a horrific hunting accident.
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- 2018-06-22 | Thriller / Horror
Cast
- Jack Lowden, Martin McCann
Rating
6.5
2 Better Watch Out (2016)
On a quiet suburban street tucked within a 'safe neighborhood', a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is far from a normal home invasion.
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- 2016-09-22 | Horror / Thriller
Cast
- Olivia DeJonge, Levi Miller
Rating
6.7
3 The Guest (2014)
A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.
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- 2014-09-17 | Mystery / Thriller
Cast
- Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe
Rating
6.6
4 Spanglish (2004)
Mexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno finds housekeeping work with Deborah and John Clasky, a well-off couple with two children of their own. When Flor admits she can't handle the schedule because of her daughter, Cristina, Deborah decides they should move into the Clasky home. Cultures clash and tensions run high as Flor and the Claskys struggle to share space while raising their children on their own, and very different, terms.
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- 2004-12-17 | Comedy
Cast
- Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni
Rating
5.9
5 Frailty (2001)
A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed 'demons'.
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- 2001-11-17 | Drama / Thriller
Cast
- Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey
Rating
7.0
6 Truman (2015)
Tomás, who lives in Canada, travels to Madrid, Spain, to visit his old friend Julián. Both of them, accompanied by Truman, Julián's faithful dog, will share many surprising and emotional little moments, triggered by the hard situation Julián is going through, for just a few days.
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- 2015-10-30 | Drama
Cast
- Ricardo Darín, Javier Cámara
Rating
7.0
7 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
8 A Monster Calls (2016)
A boy imagines a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way.
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- 2016-01-01 | Drama / Fantasy
Cast
- Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver
Rating
7.2
9 Apollo 18 (2011)
Officially, Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later in 1973, three American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage which the astronauts captured on that mission. While NASA denies its authenticity, others say it's the real reason we've never gone back to the moon.
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- 2011-07-20 | Horror / Thriller
Cast
- Ryan Robbins, Warren Christie
Rating
5.2
10 Like Stars on Earth (2007)
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and neatness. Ishaan cannot seem to get anything right in class; he is then sent to boarding school, where his life changes forever.
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- 2007-12-21 | Drama
Cast
- Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan
Rating
8.0