Top rated movies with an embattled character and wasted potential

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

1 The Outwaters (2023)

Deep in the Mojave desert, under a scorching blood-red sun, four travelers have set up camp to make art. One fateful night, the group is thrust into a feverish tornado of flayed flesh and mind-boggling monstrosities, the likes of which mere humans simply cannot fathom.

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2023-02-09 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Robbie Banfitch, Angela Basolis

Rating

rating icon 4.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    pitch black
  2. Ranked #1 for
    loud sound
  3. Ranked #1 for
    brace yourself

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2 Triggered (2020)

Nine friends, all harboring a dark secret, go camping in the woods. After a wild night of partying, they wake up with suicide bombs strapped to their chests, all with varying times on their countdown clocks. They decide to work out how to disarm the bombs or find help - until they discover they can 'take' one another's time by killing each other.

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2020-08-28 | Horror / Action

Cast

Liesl Ahlers, Reine Swart

Rating

rating icon 5.297
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    intentionally funny
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sheer fun
  3. Ranked #1 for
    stingy character

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3 The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)

At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.

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2020-02-14 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck

Rating

rating icon 4.869
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    begging the question
  2. Ranked #1 for
    incoherent
  3. Ranked #1 for
    confusing mess

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4 The Mauritanian (2021)

The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a defense attorney for his release.

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2021-02-12 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster

Rating

rating icon 7.427
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    truly unforgettable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely astonishing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    defensive

Trailer

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5 Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)

Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On August 18th, members of Delta Company will face the true horror of a ruthless battle among the trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tân. They are barely a hundred. The enemy is a human wave ready to destroy them.

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2019-08-08 | War / Action

Cast

Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey

Rating

rating icon 6.819
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    brave character
  2. Ranked #2 for
    heroic acting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    honest portrayal

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Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan trailer
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6 Sensation (2021)

When a lowly postman is inducted into a top-secret superhuman DNA program at a research facility, it's revealed that he'll be able to receive, control and send information based on the senses of others.

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2021-12-31 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

Eugene Simon, Emily Wyatt

Rating

rating icon 5.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #227 for
    colossal waste
  2. Ranked #465 for
    gaslighting
  3. Ranked #519 for
    fantastically entertaining

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7 Naked Singularity (2021)

When a successful New York public defender loses his first case, he is pulled into a drug heist by a former client in an effort to beat the broken system at its own game.

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2021-08-06 | Crime / Drama

Cast

John Boyega, Olivia Cooke

Rating

rating icon 4.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    bit messy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    on the verge of nervous breakdown
  3. Ranked #2 for
    absolutely pleasureable

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8 The Legend of Hei (2019)

When cat spirit Luo Xiaohei's home is deforested by humans, he must find a new one. He runs into a group of other spirit creatures who take him under their wing with dreams of reconquering the land they say is rightfully theirs. However, they run into a human known as Wuxian who separates Luo Xiaohei from the other spirits and the two go on a journey, with the cat spirit learning to control his abilities as well as forming his own thoughts on whether or not he should ally with the spirits or the humans.

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2019-08-27 | Animation / Fantasy

Cast

Shan Xin, Mingyue Liu

Rating

rating icon 8.355
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    less convincing
  2. Ranked #2 for
    game changer
  3. Ranked #2 for
    immediately drawn

Trailer

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9 Queen & Slim (2019)

While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results.

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2019-11-27 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    defensive
  2. Ranked #1 for
    embattled character
  3. Ranked #4 for
    hurried

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10 End of the Road (2022)

Recently widowed mom Brenda fights to protect her family during a harrowing road trip when a murder and a missing bag of cash plunge them into danger.

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2022-09-09 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Queen Latifah, Ludacris

Rating

rating icon 6.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    special nod
  2. Ranked #2 for
    good ole boy
  3. Ranked #3 for
    undemanding mood

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