Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also staying true to book

Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and staying true to book movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and staying true to book, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2019)

In Shirleyville, Vermont, during the sixties, sisters Merricat and Constance, along with their ailing uncle Julian, confined to a wheelchair, live isolated in a big mansion located on the hill overlooking the town, tormented by the memories of a family tragedy occurred six years ago. The arrival of cousin Charles will threaten the fragile equilibrium of their minds, haunted by madness, fear and superstition.

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2019-05-17 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Taissa Farmiga, Alexandra Daddario

Rating

rating icon 5.478
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    air of mystery
  2. Ranked #1 for
    handsomely produced
  3. Ranked #2 for
    well-acted

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We Have Always Lived in the Castle trailer
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2 Batman: Hush (2019)

A mysterious new villain known only as Hush uses a gallery of villains to destroy Batman's crime-fighting career as well as Bruce Wayne's personal life, which has been further complicated by a relationship with Selina Kyle/Catwoman.

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2019-07-19 | Action / Animation

Cast

Jason O'Mara, Jennifer Morrison

Rating

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    baddie
  2. Ranked #1 for
    comic book style
  3. Ranked #2 for
    translating to big screen

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Batman: Hush trailer
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3 Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)

Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.

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2022-07-15 | Mystery / Drama

Cast

Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith

Rating

rating icon 7.636
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    Oscar worthy
  2. Ranked #3 for
    unblemished
  3. Ranked #4 for
    natural beauty

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Where the Crawdads Sing trailer
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4 Pet Sematary (2019)

Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, move from Boston to Ludlow, in rural Maine, with their two young children. Hidden in the woods near the new family home, Ellie, their eldest daughter, discovers a mysterious cemetery where the pets of community members are buried.

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2019-04-04 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz

Rating

rating icon 5.728
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    scared to death
  2. Ranked #2 for
    for Stephen King's fans
  3. Ranked #3 for
    fairly faithful to book

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Pet Sematary trailer
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5 Summerland (2020)

A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him.

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2020-07-24 | Drama / War

Cast

Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Rating

rating icon 7.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    prettiest actress
  2. Ranked #1 for
    beautifully put together
  3. Ranked #1 for
    wholesome

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6 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
    uniformly excellent
  2. Ranked #1 for
    first-rate cinematography
  3. Ranked #1 for
    tangential

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7 The Tender Bar (2021)

J.R. is a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie, is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures. As the boy’s determined mother struggles to provide her son with opportunities denied to her — and leave the dilapidated home of her outrageous if begrudgingly supportive father — J.R. begins to gamely, if not always gracefully, pursue his romantic and professional dreams, with one foot persistently placed in Uncle Charlie’s bar.

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2021-12-17 | Drama

Cast

Tye Sheridan, Ben Affleck

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    father figure
  2. Ranked #1 for
    pop-cultural
  3. Ranked #1 for
    role model

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The Tender Bar trailer
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8 Five Feet Apart (2019)

Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control — all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness. There's an instant flirtation, though restrictions dictate that they must maintain a safe distance between them. As their connection intensifies, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the window and embrace that attraction.

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2019-03-14 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Haley Lu Richardson, Cole Sprouse

Rating

rating icon 8.301
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    tearful
  2. Ranked #1 for
    like The Notebook
  3. Ranked #1 for
    mushy

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9 Nightmare Alley (2021)

An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.

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2021-12-02 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Bradley Cooper, Rooney Mara

Rating

rating icon 7.02
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    carny ride
  2. Ranked #1 for
    hothead
  3. Ranked #1 for
    with sleight of hand

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Nightmare Alley trailer
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10 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

rating icon 7.908
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    diligent
  2. Ranked #1 for
    triangular plot
  3. Ranked #1 for
    heartbreakingly beautiful

Trailer

My Policeman trailer
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