Top rated movies with a humble beginning and wasted potential

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a humble beginning and wasted potential! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a humble beginning and wasted potential, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Craft: Legacy (2020)

An eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers.

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2020-10-28 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Cailee Spaeny, Lovie Simone

Rating

rating icon 6.135
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    zero character development
  2. Ranked #3 for
    letdown ending
  3. Ranked #4 for
    engaging enough

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2 The Munsters (2022)

Lily is a typical 150-year-old lovelorn vampire who's looking for the man of her nightmares -- until she lays her eyes on Herman, a 7-foot-tall green experiment with a heart of gold. It's love at first shock as these two ghouls fall fangs over feet for each other in a Transylvanian romance. Unfortunately, it's not all smooth sailing in the cemetery as Lily's father has other plans for his beloved daughter's future, and they don't involve her new bumbling beau.

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2022-09-27 | Comedy / Fantasy

Cast

Jeff Daniel Phillips, Sheri Moon Zombie

Rating

rating icon 5.679
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    mildly entertaining
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sorely disappointing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    comic-book-like editing

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The Munsters trailer
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3 The Devil's Machine (2019)

Antique expert Brendon Cole is summoned to authenticate a 300-year-old clockwork doll with a notoriously dark history known as The Inferno Princess. In the remote Highlands mansion where it has recently been uncovered, Brendon soon finds himself the victim of the automaton’s legendary curse as the malevolent forces surrounding it are terrifyingly awakened.

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2019-03-02 | Horror

Cast

Jamie Scott Gordon, Erich Redman

Rating

rating icon 4.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    effectively creepy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    Baroque imagery
  3. Ranked #1 for
    moody lighting

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4 Umma (2022)

Amanda and her daughter live a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her own mother.

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2022-03-18 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Sandra Oh, Fivel Stewart

Rating

rating icon 5.394
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    psychologically horrifying
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sturdy
  3. Ranked #1 for
    not scary at all

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Umma trailer
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5 Use Me (2019)

An ambitious filmmaker discovers the darkest parts of himself while making a documentary about a beautiful woman who humiliates men for money.

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2019-06-02 | Thriller

Cast

Julian Shaw, Ceara Lynch

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    plain
  2. Ranked #1 for
    naturally talented actor
  3. Ranked #1 for
    giving insight

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Use Me trailer
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6 The Reckoning (2021)

In the aftermath of the Great Plague and amidst the subsequent witch-hunts against women, a young widow grapples with the tragic death of her husband in a society completely consumed by fear and death. Because she rejects the advances of her landlord, she is falsely accused of being a witch and thrown in jail for a crime she didn’t commit. She must endure physical persecution at the hands of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter and face her own inner demons as the devil himself starts to work his way into her mind.

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2021-02-05 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Charlotte Kirk, Sean Pertwee

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    late night movie
  2. Ranked #1 for
    tepid plot
  3. Ranked #2 for
    grim tale

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The Reckoning trailer
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7 The Old Ways (2021)

Cristina, a journalist of Mexican origin, travels to her ancestral home in Veracruz to investigate a story of sorcery and healing. There, she is kidnapped by a group of locals who claim she's the devil incarnated.

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2021-04-04 | Horror / Fantasy

Cast

Brigitte Kali Canales, Andrea Cortés

Rating

rating icon 6.817
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    ending on positive note
  2. Ranked #2 for
    skipping a beat
  3. Ranked #3 for
    decently entertaining

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The Old Ways trailer
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8 Stockholm (2019)

Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities, giving rise to the psychological phenomenon known as “Stockholm Syndrome.”

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2019-04-12 | Crime / Comedy

Cast

Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace

Rating

rating icon 5.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    with dramatic moments
  2. Ranked #1 for
    humorous
  3. Ranked #1 for
    surprisingly sympathetic

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9 BlackBerry (2023)

Two mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsillie – joined forces in an endeavour that was to become a worldwide hit in little more than a decade. The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.

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2023-02-13 | Comedy

Cast

Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton

Rating

rating icon 7.191
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    combative
  2. Ranked #1 for
    modern technology
  3. Ranked #1 for
    aggressive

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BlackBerry trailer
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10 Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021)

After saving the life of their heir apparent, tenacious loner Snake Eyes is welcomed into an ancient Japanese clan called the Arashikage where he is taught the ways of the ninja warrior. But, when secrets from his past are revealed, Snake Eyes' honor and allegiance will be tested – even if that means losing the trust of those closest to him.

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2021-07-22 | Action / Adventure

Cast

Henry Golding, Andrew Koji

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    swordsmanship
  2. Ranked #1 for
    feeling motion sickness
  3. Ranked #2 for
    shaky camera

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