Top rated slightly underwhelming movies with a unique take

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

1 Aniara (2019)

A ship carrying settlers to a new home on Mars after Earth is rendered uninhabitable is knocked off-course, causing the passengers to consider their place in the universe.

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2019-05-17 | Science Fiction / Drama

Cast

Emelie Jonsson, Arvin Kananian

Rating

rating icon 6.002
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    sad and depressing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    demoralized
  3. Ranked #1 for
    pessimistic view

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Aniara trailer
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2 Things Heard & Seen (2021)

Catherine Clare reluctantly trades life in 1980 Manhattan for a remote home in the tiny hamlet of Chosen, New York, after her husband George lands a job teaching art history at a small Hudson Valley college. Even as she does her best to transform the old dairy farm into a place where young daughter Franny will be happy, Catherine increasingly finds herself isolated and alone. She soon comes to sense a sinister darkness lurking both in the walls of the ramshackle property—and in her marriage to George.

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2021-04-29 | Horror

Cast

Amanda Seyfried, James Norton

Rating

rating icon 5.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    damp squib
  2. Ranked #1 for
    bit muddled
  3. Ranked #1 for
    muddling

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3 The Old Ways (2021)

Cristina, a journalist of Mexican origin, travels to her ancestral home in Veracruz to investigate a story of sorcery and healing. There, she is kidnapped by a group of locals who claim she's the devil incarnated.

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2021-04-04 | Horror / Fantasy

Cast

Brigitte Kali Canales, Andrea Cortés

Rating

rating icon 6.817
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    ending on positive note
  2. Ranked #2 for
    skipping a beat
  3. Ranked #3 for
    decently entertaining

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4 7500 (2019)

When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.

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2019-12-26 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Omid Memar

Rating

rating icon 6.15
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    disturbingly realistic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    intense
  3. Ranked #1 for
    realistic

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5 Hellbender (2021)

A teen and her mother live simply in a home in the woods, spending their time making metal music. A chance encounter with a fellow teen causes her to uncover a connection between her family and witchcraft, which causes a rift with her mother.

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2021-09-28 | Horror

Cast

Zelda Adams, Toby Poser

Rating

rating icon 5.425
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    meet expectations
  2. Ranked #3 for
    Goth
  3. Ranked #4 for
    certainly worth checking

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6 The Prodigy (2019)

A mother concerned about her young son's disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him.

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2019-02-06 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Taylor Schilling, Jackson Robert Scott

Rating

rating icon 6.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    gotcha
  2. Ranked #2 for
    gifted
  3. Ranked #2 for
    quite impressive

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7 Brightburn (2019)

What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?

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2019-05-09 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Jackson A. Dunn, Elizabeth Banks

Rating

rating icon 6.135
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    evil incarnated
  2. Ranked #2 for
    evil character
  3. Ranked #3 for
    lack of character development

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8 Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)

A solitary scholar discovers an ancient bottle while on a trip to Istanbul and unleashes a djinn who offers her three wishes. Filled with reluctance, she is unable to come up with one, so the djinn tries to inspire her with his stories.

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2022-08-24 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba

Rating

rating icon 6.88
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    innocence and desire
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fantastical
  3. Ranked #1 for
    old-fashioned story

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9 The Medium (2021)

A horrifying story of a shaman's inheritance in the Isan region of Thailand. But the goddess that appears to have taken possession of a family member turns out not to be as benevolent as it first appears.

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2021-07-14 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Narilya Gulmongkolpech, Sawanee Utoomma

Rating

rating icon 7.018
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    scariest
  2. Ranked #1 for
    Mockumentary
  3. Ranked #1 for
    thrilling climax

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10 Fatman (2020)

A rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus is fighting to save his declining business. Meanwhile, Billy, a neglected and precocious 12 year old, hires a hit man to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.

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2020-10-19 | Action / Comedy

Cast

Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins

Rating

rating icon 5.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    one of the greatest
  2. Ranked #1 for
    ridiculous premise
  3. Ranked #1 for
    jolly character

Trailer

Fatman trailer
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