Top rated slightly underwhelming movies with a social taboo

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

1 The World to Come (2021)

In 1856, two women forge a close connection despite their isolation on the American frontier.

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2021-02-12 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Katherine Waterston, Casey Affleck

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    harsh
  2. Ranked #1 for
    chore-like
  3. Ranked #1 for
    ponderous

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2 Joyland (2022)

As a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a son to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for its transgender starlet.

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2022-11-18 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Ali Junejo, Rasti Farooq

Rating

rating icon 7.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    casual
  2. Ranked #1 for
    social issue
  3. Ranked #2 for
    topical issue

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3 Your Name Engraved Herein (2020)

In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.

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2020-09-30 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Edward Chen, Jing-Hua Tseng

Rating

rating icon 7.882
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    tragic ending
  2. Ranked #1 for
    engraving
  3. Ranked #1 for
    most accomplished

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4 Incantation (2022)

Inspired by a true story of a family who believed they were possessed by spirits, this film follows a woman who must protect her child from a curse. WARNING: This is a cursed video, it might contain certain risks to watch. For those who dares to follow, please solve the puzzle of my daughter's curse with me.

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2022-03-18 | Horror

Cast

Hsuan-yen Tsai, Kao Ying-Hsuan

Rating

rating icon 6.823
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    non-linear narrative
  2. Ranked #1 for
    scary
  3. Ranked #1 for
    suddenly shocking

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5 Belzebuth (2019)

While leading a police investigation of a massacre in a public school at the border of Mexico and U.S.A, special Agent Emanuel Ritter links this strange case to the coming and rising of the ancient demon Belzebuth. But in order to stop the trail of upcoming infanticides, Ritter shall have to confront himself before dealing with the forces of good and evil.

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2019-01-11 | Horror / Fantasy

Cast

Joaquín Cosío, Tobin Bell

Rating

rating icon 7.187
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    nearly non-existent
  2. Ranked #1 for
    brutal attack
  3. Ranked #1 for
    shock factor

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6 Swallow (2020)

Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.

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2020-01-15 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell

Rating

rating icon 6.628
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    magnetizing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    mood piece
  3. Ranked #1 for
    for psychological study

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7 Call Jane (2022)

A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.

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2022-10-27 | Drama / History

Cast

Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver

Rating

rating icon 6.55
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    touchy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    flashy
  3. Ranked #1 for
    hot topic

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8 Horse Girl (2020)

A socially awkward woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses, and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into her waking life.

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2020-01-27 | Drama

Cast

Alison Brie, Debby Ryan

Rating

rating icon 5.631
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    character with warped mind
  2. Ranked #2 for
    with disturbed mind
  3. Ranked #2 for
    mentally ill

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9 Crimes of the Future (2022)

With his partner, a celebrity performance artist publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. An investigator from the National Organ Registry obsessively tracks their movements, which is when a mysterious group is revealed... Their mission — to use the artist's notoriety to shed light on the next phase of human evolution.

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2022-05-25 | Science Fiction / Horror

Cast

Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux

Rating

rating icon 6.066
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    corporeal theme
  2. Ranked #2 for
    freakish
  3. Ranked #2 for
    metamorphosis

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10 Luce (2019)

A star athlete and top student, Luce's idealized image is challenged by one of his teachers when his unsettling views on political violence come to light, putting a strain on family bonds while igniting intense debates on race and identity.

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2019-08-02 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Kelvin Harrison Jr., Naomi Watts

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    layered
  2. Ranked #1 for
    pronounced actor
  3. Ranked #1 for
    multifaceted plot

Trailer

Luce trailer
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