Top rated movies with refreshingly original directing that have wasted potential

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

1 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
    moody lighting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    Baroque imagery

Trailer

The Devil's Machine trailer
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2 The Stairs (2021)

In 1997, 11-year-old Jesse finds a mysterious staircase in the woods and disappears - - 20 years later, a group of hikers sets off into the very same woods. Unfortunately for them, they come face-to-face with the very same set of stairs...

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2021-02-26 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Kathleen Quinlan, John Schneider

Rating

rating icon 3.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    intentionally funny
  2. Ranked #2 for
    left unexplained
  3. Ranked #5 for
    not remotely scary

Trailer

The Stairs trailer
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3 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
    giving insight
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sexual fantasy

Trailer

Use Me trailer
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4 Cryptid (2022)

A small rural town in Maine is shocked as a mysterious animal leaves a local resident brutally ripped apart. Deemed to be a random bear attack by town officials, freelance journalist Max Frome suspects it might be something more.

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2022-10-07 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Nicholas Baroudi, Ellen Adair

Rating

rating icon 3.667
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    building tension
  2. Ranked #1 for
    never boring
  3. Ranked #1 for
    satisfying climax

Trailer

Cryptid trailer
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5 Shifter (2020)

A young woman struggles with the painful and gruesome side effects of an experiment with time travel gone wrong that causes her to lose control and shift through time at random.

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2020-03-06 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Nicole Fancher, Ashley Mandanas

Rating

rating icon 4.038
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    most captivating
  2. Ranked #1 for
    super-smart
  3. Ranked #2 for
    credible performance

Trailer

Shifter trailer
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6 The Axiom (2019)

At the risk of her group's safety, a young woman travels into a National Forest where her sister has become trapped in a multi-dimensional world of monsters.

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2019-05-09 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Hattie Smith, Zac Titus

Rating

rating icon 5.435
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    tad annoying
  2. Ranked #3 for
    dumbass
  3. Ranked #3 for
    losing interest quickly

Trailer

The Axiom trailer
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7 We Need to Do Something (2021)

Seeking shelter from a storm, a family finds themselves trapped in a bathroom for days with no sign of rescue and untold evils lurking just beyond the walls.

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2021-09-03 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Sierra McCormick, Vinessa Shaw

Rating

rating icon 5.341
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    copping out
  2. Ranked #1 for
    final insult
  3. Ranked #2 for
    wrapped-up nicely

Trailer

We Need to Do Something trailer
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8 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
    sighing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    not scary at all

Trailer

Umma trailer
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9 Adverse (2021)

In order to save his sister, a ride-share driver must infiltrate a dangerous crime syndicate.

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2021-02-12 | Crime / Thriller

Cast

Thomas Ian Nicholas, Mickey Rourke

Rating

rating icon 4.75
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    pretty good
  2. Ranked #1 for
    nasty villain
  3. Ranked #1 for
    absolutely pathetic

Trailer

Adverse trailer
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10 Hell on the Border (2019)

In the late 1800s, legendary marshal Bass Reeves sets out on the trail of notorious outlaw Bob Dozier.

Info

2019-12-13 | Western / Adventure

Cast

Ron Perlman, Frank Grillo

Rating

rating icon 5.555
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    just plain awful
  2. Ranked #1 for
    below average acting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    quality product

Trailer

Hell on the Border trailer
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