Top rated movies with brilliant writing that have wasted potential

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

1 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
    sturdy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sighing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    psychologically horrifying

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

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3 Warning (2021)

Loneliness, death and the meaning of life, explored through vastly separate lives colliding in interweaving short stories set in future Earth.

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2021-10-22 | Science Fiction

Cast

Alex Pettyfer, Alice Eve

Rating

rating icon 4.824
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    loosely connected plot
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sadly disappointing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    deeply disappointing

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4 Monstrous (2022)

Laura, traumatized by an abusive relationship, runs away from her former husband with her seven-year-old son Cody. But in their new, idyllic and remote sanctuary, they find they have another, bigger and more terrifying monster to deal with…

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2022-05-13 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Christina Ricci, Santino Barnard

Rating

rating icon 5.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    uncanny
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fairly easy
  3. Ranked #2 for
    snake-like character

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Monstrous trailer
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5 The Honeymoon Phase (2020)

Struggling young lovers, Tom and Eve, must endure a 30-day scientific experiment. Room, board, $50,000 and a month alone together in research facility housing. What could possibly go wrong.

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2020-08-21 | Thriller

Cast

Chloe Carroll, Jim Schubin

Rating

rating icon 4.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    shocking ending
  2. Ranked #1 for
    leaning forward
  3. Ranked #5 for
    out of left field

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6 Fatal Affair (2020)

Ellie tries to mend her marriage with her husband Marcus after a brief encounter with an old friend, David, only to find that David is more dangerous and unstable than she'd realized.

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2020-07-16 | Thriller

Cast

Nia Long, Stephen Bishop

Rating

rating icon 5.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    easily forgettable
  2. Ranked #1 for
    unconvincing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    redeeming value

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7 The Nan Movie (2022)

Catherine Tate's iconic character Nan hits the big screen as she goes on a wild road trip from London to Ireland with her grandson Jamie to make amends with her estranged sister Nell. Militant vegan arsonists, raucous rugby teams, all night raves and crazed cops on motorbikes all make for a proper day out. An origin story that mixes Nan's present with her past where we finally find out what's made her the cantankerous old bastard she is today.

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2022-03-18 | Comedy

Cast

Catherine Tate, Mathew Horne

Rating

rating icon 5.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    raving
  2. Ranked #1 for
    falling flat on gags
  3. Ranked #1 for
    slightly irritating voice

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The Nan Movie trailer
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8 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
    interesting ending

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9 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
    giving insight
  2. Ranked #1 for
    naturally talented actor
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sexual fantasy

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10 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
    incoherent
  2. Ranked #1 for
    confusing mess
  3. Ranked #1 for
    clear conscience

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