Top rated movies with top-notch special effects that have a paper-thin plot

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with top-notch special effects and a paper-thin plot! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with top-notch special effects and a paper-thin plot, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Vanquish (2021)

Victoria is a young mother trying to put her dark past as a Russian drug courier behind her, but retired cop Damon forces Victoria to do his bidding by holding her daughter hostage. Now, Victoria must use guns, guts and a motorcycle to take out a series of violent gangsters—or she may never see her child again.

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2021-04-16 | Action / Adventure

Cast

Ruby Rose, Morgan Freeman

Rating

rating icon 5.37
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    virtually non-existent
  2. Ranked #1 for
    non-existent plot
  3. Ranked #1 for
    cast with impressive resume

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Vanquish trailer
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2 Cats (2019)

A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.

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2019-12-19 | Fantasy / Comedy

Cast

Francesca Hayward, Judi Dench

Rating

rating icon 4.087
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    singing beautifully
  2. Ranked #1 for
    Cirque Du Soleil like
  3. Ranked #2 for
    with the best music

Trailer

Cats trailer
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3 Supercell (2023)

Good-hearted teenager William always lived in hope of following in his late father’s footsteps and becoming a storm chaser. His father’s legacy has now been turned into a storm-chasing tourist business, managed by the greedy and reckless Zane Rogers, who is now using William as the main attraction to lead a group of unsuspecting adventurers deep into the eye of the most dangerous supercell ever seen.

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2023-03-17 | Action / Drama

Cast

Skeet Ulrich, Anne Heche

Rating

rating icon 5.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fakey lines
  2. Ranked #1 for
    hokey editing
  3. Ranked #2 for
    practically non-existent

Trailer

Supercell trailer
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4 Risen (2021)

Disaster unfolds when a meteor strikes a small town, turning the environment uninhabitable and killing everything in the surrounding area. Exobiologist Lauren Stone is called to find answers to the unearthly event. As she begins to uncover the truth, imminent danger awakens and it becomes a race against time to save mankind.

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2021-08-20 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Nicole Schalmo, Jack Campbell

Rating

rating icon 5.13
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    badly produced
  2. Ranked #3 for
    painfully slow
  3. Ranked #3 for
    languid pace

Trailer

Risen trailer
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5 Skylines (2020)

When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save what's left of humanity.

Info

2020-10-25 | Science Fiction / Action

Cast

Lindsey Morgan, Alexander Siddig

Rating

rating icon 5.586
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    nothing ground breaking
  2. Ranked #1 for
    reintroduction
  3. Ranked #1 for
    not that bad

Trailer

Skylines trailer
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6 Rogue (2020)

Battle-hardened O’Hara leads a lively mercenary team of soldiers on a daring mission: rescue hostages from their captors in remote Africa. But as the mission goes awry and the team is stranded, O’Hara’s squad must face a bloody, brutal encounter with a gang of rebels.

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2020-08-20 | Action / Adventure

Cast

Megan Fox, Philip Winchester

Rating

rating icon 5.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    drooling over
  2. Ranked #1 for
    unsavory character
  3. Ranked #2 for
    pathetic

Trailer

Rogue trailer
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7 First Signal (2021)

When Air Force Space Command receives a signal from an alien satellite in Earth orbit an emergency meeting with the President reveals a government conspiracy.

Info

2021-04-26 | Drama / History

Cast

Paul Noonan, Conor Timmis

Rating

rating icon 3.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    amateur production
  2. Ranked #1 for
    industrial light and magical directing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    acting with flubs

Trailer

First Signal trailer
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8 The Prototype (2022)

A government agent stumbles upon an alien conspiracy to conquer Earth. Using a blue liquid created by the aliens to make soldiers stronger, he becomes The Prototype-the only hope for mankind.

Info

2022-02-25 | Action / Science Fiction

Cast

Victoria De Mare, Theresa Tilly

Rating

rating icon 4.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    food for thought
  2. Ranked #1 for
    well-executed
  3. Ranked #1 for
    immersive story

Trailer

The Prototype trailer
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9 Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)

When LeBron and his young son Dom are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I., LeBron must get them home safe by leading Bugs, Lola Bunny and the whole gang of notoriously undisciplined Looney Tunes to victory over the A.I.'s digitized champions on the court. It's Tunes versus Goons in the highest-stakes challenge of his life.

Info

2021-07-08 | Family / Animation

Cast

LeBron James, Don Cheadle

Rating

rating icon 6.734
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    slam-dunk
  2. Ranked #3 for
    moron
  3. Ranked #4 for
    source of entertainment

Trailer

Space Jam: A New Legacy trailer
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10 Attack of the Unknown (2020)

A SWAT team transporting a vicious crime syndicate boss must fight their way out of a county detention center during a catastrophic alien invasion.

Info

2020-08-28 | Action / Science Fiction

Cast

Tara Reid, Robert LaSardo

Rating

rating icon 4.659
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    Alien Invasion
  2. Ranked #1 for
    bare
  3. Ranked #1 for
    pretty lousy

Trailer

Attack of the Unknown trailer
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