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

rating icon 6.904
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    tangential
  2. Ranked #1 for
    interesting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    uniformly excellent

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The Dig trailer
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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

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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Six Minutes to Midnight trailer
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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

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    decent
  2. Ranked #1 for
    open for sequel
  3. Ranked #2 for
    adequate supporting cast

Trailer

The Wretched trailer
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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

rating icon 6.66
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    utterly absorbing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    interconnected story
  3. Ranked #1 for
    gradual beginning

Trailer

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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

rating icon 7.146
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    favorite
  2. Ranked #1 for
    Based on TV Series
  3. Ranked #1 for
    revisiting

Trailer

Downton Abbey trailer
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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

rating icon 7.28
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    unlikely event
  2. Ranked #1 for
    tight script
  3. Ranked #1 for
    techno-geek

Trailer

Riders of Justice trailer
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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.

Info

2022-07-29 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

B.J. Novak, Boyd Holbrook

Rating

rating icon 6.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    insightful
  2. Ranked #1 for
    cultured
  3. Ranked #2 for
    socially aware character

Trailer

Vengeance trailer
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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

rating icon 7.02
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    freak show
  2. Ranked #1 for
    hothead
  3. Ranked #1 for
    with sleight of hand

Trailer

Nightmare Alley trailer
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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.

Info

2021-07-16 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff

Rating

rating icon 6.662
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    mellow
  2. Ranked #2 for
    low-key performance
  3. Ranked #3 for
    almost non-existent

Trailer

Pig trailer
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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

rating icon 7.453
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    veteran actress
  2. Ranked #2 for
    universal theme
  3. Ranked #2 for
    telling

Trailer

The Farewell trailer
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