Top rated slightly underwhelming movies with a labor of love

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

1 The Novice (2021)

A college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.

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2021-12-17 | Drama

Cast

Isabelle Fuhrman, Amy Forsyth

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    athletic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    unequalled
  3. Ranked #1 for
    monomaniacal

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The Novice trailer
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2 Bruised (2020)

Jackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the fight, she's coaxed into a brutal underground fight by her manager and boyfriend Desi and grabs the attention of a fight league promoter who promises Jackie a life back in the Octagon. But the road to redemption becomes unexpectedly personal when Manny - the son she gave up as an infant - shows up at her doorstep. A triumphant story of a fighter who reclaims her power, in and out of the ring, when everyone has counted her out

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2020-09-12 | Drama

Cast

Halle Berry, Adan Canto

Rating

rating icon 6.885
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    never backing down
  2. Ranked #3 for
    substantial role
  3. Ranked #4 for
    knockout

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Bruised trailer
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3 Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend (2022)

Follow the launch of Lamborghini’s career as a manufacturer of tractors, a creator of military vehicles during World War II, and the designer of Lamborghini cars, which he launched in 1963 as the high-end sports car company Automobili Lamborghini.

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2022-11-17 | Drama / History

Cast

Frank Grillo, Romano Reggiani

Rating

rating icon 6.462
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    snarling character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    stuff of legend
  3. Ranked #2 for
    brushed over plot

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Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend trailer
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4 Wendell & Wild (2022)

Two demon brothers enlist the aid of Kat Elliot — a tough teen with a load of guilt — to summon them to the Land of the Living. But what Kat demands in return leads to a brilliantly bizarre and comedic adventure like no other.

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2022-10-21 | Animation / Comedy

Cast

Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele

Rating

rating icon 6.71
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    cohesively whole
  2. Ranked #1 for
    spurting
  3. Ranked #1 for
    thematically rich

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Wendell & Wild trailer
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5 The French Dispatch (2021)

The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

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2021-10-21 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Bill Murray, Benicio del Toro

Rating

rating icon 7.051
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    distinctive style
  2. Ranked #1 for
    actors with distinct look
  3. Ranked #1 for
    visual artistry

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The French Dispatch trailer
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6 The Fabelmans (2022)

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.

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2022-11-11 | Drama

Cast

Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams

Rating

rating icon 7.632
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    early childhood
  2. Ranked #2 for
    teenage
  3. Ranked #2 for
    boyhood

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The Fabelmans trailer
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7 Time Loop (2020)

In a pastoral Italian village, a young Londoner scientist helping his father with physics experiments, has to face the consequences of choices he hasn't made yet.

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2020-09-01 | Science Fiction

Cast

Sam Gittins, Mino Sferra

Rating

rating icon 4.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    geometric
  2. Ranked #1 for
    monotone voice
  3. Ranked #2 for
    time-loop

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Time Loop trailer
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8 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia and Everett Ross and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda.

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2022-11-09 | Action / Adventure

Cast

Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o

Rating

rating icon 7.105
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    fitting tribute
  2. Ranked #3 for
    reintroduction
  3. Ranked #3 for
    in memory forever

Trailer

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever trailer
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9 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
    campy fun
  2. Ranked #1 for
    sorely disappointing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    mildly entertaining

Trailer

The Munsters trailer
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10 Living (2022)

London, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless. Then a devastating medical diagnosis forces him to take stock, and to try and grasp some fulfilment before it passes permanently beyond reach.

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2022-11-04 | Drama

Cast

Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood

Rating

rating icon 7.021
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    telling
  2. Ranked #1 for
    able supporting actor
  3. Ranked #2 for
    low-key performance

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Living trailer
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