Top rated unpleasantly surprising movies that are also taboo
Check out today’s highest ranked unpleasantly surprising and taboo movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are unpleasantly surprising and taboo, 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 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
2 The Opposite of Sex (1998)
A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.
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- 1998-05-22 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan
Rating
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6.2
3 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
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8.0
4 Captain Fantastic (2016)
A father living in the forests of the Pacific Northwest with his six young kids tries to assimilate back into society.
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- 2016-07-02 | Adventure / Drama
Cast
- Viggo Mortensen, Samantha Isler
Rating
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8.0
5 Religulous (2008)
Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about their faith. Traveling around the world, Maher examines the tenets of Christianity, Judaism and Islam and raises questions about homosexuality, proof of Christ's existence, Jewish Sabbath laws, violent Muslim extremists.
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- 2008-10-01 | Comedy / Documentary
Cast
- Bill Maher, Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda
Rating
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7.1
6 Coco (2017)
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.
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- 2017-10-27 | Family / Animation
Cast
- Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal
Rating
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8.2
7 We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
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- 2011-09-28 | Drama / Thriller
Cast
- Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly
Rating
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7.6
8 The Village (2004)
When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.
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- 2004-07-30 | Drama / Mystery
Cast
- Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix
Rating
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6.4
9 Into the Wild (2007)
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
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- 2007-09-11 | Adventure / Drama
Cast
- Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden
Rating
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7.8
10 (500) Days of Summer (2009)
Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom rediscovers his true passions in life.
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- 2009-07-17 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel
Rating
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7.2
