Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also stretching the limits

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

1 Boiling Point (2021)

A head chef balances multiple personal and professional crises at a popular restaurant in London.

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2021-07-05 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson

Rating

rating icon 7.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    immersive story
  2. Ranked #1 for
    top-notch acting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    relentless

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2 The Etruscan Smile (2019)

Rory MacNeil, a rugged old Scotsman, reluctantly leaves his beloved isolated Hebridean island and travels to San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, Rory sees his life transformed through a newly found bond with his baby grandson.

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2019-05-03 | Drama

Cast

Brian Cox, Rosanna Arquette

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    bad temper
  2. Ranked #1 for
    with poignant moments
  3. Ranked #1 for
    hoary

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3 God's Crooked Lines (2022)

Alice Gould, a private investigator, pretends to be mentally ill in order to enter a psychiatric hospital and gather evidence for the case she is working on: the death of a patient in unclear circumstances.

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2022-10-06 | Drama / Mystery

Cast

Bárbara Lennie, Eduard Fernández

Rating

rating icon 7.37
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    sustaining tension
  2. Ranked #1 for
    mentally disturbed
  3. Ranked #1 for
    open-ending

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4 The Standoff at Sparrow Creek (2019)

After a mass shooting at a police funeral, reclusive ex-cop Gannon finds himself unwittingly forced out of retirement when he realizes that the killer belongs to the same militia he joined after quitting the force. Understanding that the shooting could set off a chain reaction of copycat violence across the country, Gannon quarantines his fellow militiamen in the remote lumber mill they call their headquarters. There, he sets about a series of grueling interrogations, intent on ferreting out the killer and turning him over to the authorities to prevent further bloodshed.

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2019-01-18 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

James Badge Dale, Brian Geraghty

Rating

rating icon 6.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    nailbiter
  2. Ranked #1 for
    guttural voice
  3. Ranked #1 for
    crisp dialogue

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5 I Came By (2022)

A rebellious young graffiti artist, who targets the homes of the wealthy elite, discovers a shocking secret that leads him on a journey endangering himself and those closest to him.

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2022-08-19 | Thriller

Cast

George MacKay, Percelle Ascott

Rating

rating icon 6.319
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    watching successively
  2. Ranked #3 for
    barely coherent
  3. Ranked #3 for
    thin writing

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6 Kajillionaire (2020)

Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.

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2020-09-25 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Evan Rachel Wood, Debra Winger

Rating

rating icon 6.327
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    odd
  2. Ranked #1 for
    idiosyncratic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    unorthodox

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7 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
    close call
  2. Ranked #1 for
    thin on ground
  3. Ranked #1 for
    flimsy

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8 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 6.87
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    super cheesy
  2. Ranked #2 for
    lack of chemistry
  3. Ranked #3 for
    incredibly cheesy dialogue

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9 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

rating icon 7.45
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    veteran actress
  2. Ranked #2 for
    acute
  3. Ranked #2 for
    telling

Trailer

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10 I Lost My Body (2019)

A story of Naoufel, a young man who is in love with Gabrielle. In another part of town, a severed hand escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.

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2019-11-06 | Animation / Drama

Cast

Hakim Faris, Victoire Du Bois

Rating

rating icon 7.509
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    tying loose ends
  2. Ranked #1 for
    perilous journey
  3. Ranked #1 for
    leap of faith

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