Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also substantive
Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and substantive movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and substantive, 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 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
6.4
3 The Wretched (2020)
A rebellious teenage boy, struggling with his parent's imminent divorce, encounters a terrifying evil after his next-door neighbor becomes possessed by an ancient witch that feasts on children.
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- 2020-03-09 | Horror / Mystery
Cast
- John-Paul Howard, Piper Curda
Rating
6.0
4 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

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5 Downton Abbey (2019)
The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the balance.
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- 2019-09-12 | Drama / Romance
Cast
- Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael
Rating
7.146
6 Riders of Justice (2020)
Markus returns home to care for his daughter when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. However, when a survivor of the wreck surfaces and claims foul play, Markus suspects his wife was murdered and embarks on a mission to find those responsible.
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- 2020-11-19 | Action / Comedy
Cast
- Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Rating
7.28
7 Vengeance (2022)
A journalist and podcaster from New York City travels to West Texas in order to report on the death of a girl he was hooking up with.
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- 2022-07-29 | Thriller / Mystery
Cast
- B.J. Novak, Boyd Holbrook
Rating
6.7
8 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
7.02
9 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
6.662
10 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
7.453