Highest-Rated Movies about 'Disbelieving Adult'

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Frailty (2001), Meet the Parents (2000), Matilda (1996), A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), Hocus Pocus (1993), Hue and Cry (1946), Ich seh ich seh (2014) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Disbelieving Adult movies.

#1. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Storyline: Travelling with mind-boggling speed, a gleaming unidentified flying object zooming in from the boundless deep space, penetrates the Earth's atmosphere, landing smoothly in Cold War-Washington, D.C. Encircled by large yet feeble military forces, the peaceful intergalactic ambassador, Klaatu, emerges from the mysterious vessel accompanied by the silently dangerous robot of incomprehensible power, Gort, only to witness firsthand the earthlings' hospitality. The sophisticated humanoid declares that he comes in peace; however, he needs to assemble the world's greatest minds to hear his merciful warning and a definitive ultimatum. Is Klaatu the messenger of humanity's doom?

Plot Keywords: robot, alien contact, military, scientist, christ allegory, ultimatum, single mother ...

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#2. Frailty (2001)

Storyline: FBI agent Wesley Doyle is startled by the declaration of youngster Fenton Meiks about how his father's delusions required him and his brother, Adam to become his 'demon-slaying' murder accomplices. But when Doyle accepts to be shown concealed victim graves, the plot twists in the present just as gruesome.

Plot Keywords: religious fanatic, christianity, mass murder, sin, christian horror, surprise ending, demon ...

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#3. Meet the Parents (2000)

Storyline: A Jewish male nurse plans to ask his live-in girl friend to marry him. However, he learns that her strict father expects to be asked for his daughter's hand before she can accept. Thus begins the visit from Hell as the two travel to meet Mom and Dad, who turns out to be former CIA with a lie detector in the basement. Coincidentally, a sister also has announced her wedding to a young doctor. Of course everything that can go wrong, does, including the disappearance of Dad's beloved Himalayan cat, Jinxie.

Plot Keywords: misunderstanding, father in law, trailer narrated by hal douglas, father daughter relationship, hidden camera, overbearing father, cia agent ...

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#4. Matilda (1996)

Storyline: Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, Matilda is misunderstood by her family because she is very different from their ways of life. As time passes, Matilda finally starts school that has a kindly teacher, loyal friends and a sadistic principal. As she gets fed up with the constant cruelty, Matilda begins to realize that she has a gift of telekinetic powers. After some days of practice, Matilda suddenly turns the tables to stand up to her parents and outwit the principal.

Plot Keywords: villainess, library, anger, single parent, fbi agent, fbi, reference to moby dick ...

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#5. A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

Storyline: Three children - Violet (Emily Browning), Klaus (Liam Aiken), and Sunny Baudelaire (Kara and Shelby Hoffman) - are left orphaned when their house burns down, with their parents in it, in mysterious circumstances. They are left in the custody of a distant relative, Count Olaf (Jim Carrey). It is soon apparent that Count Olaf only cares about the children for their large inheritance.

Plot Keywords: uncle niece relationship, package, ribbon, ruin, walkie talkie, gothic, black comedy ...

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#6. Hocus Pocus (1993)

Storyline: 300 years have passed since the Sanderson sisters were executed for practicing dark witchcraft. Returning to life thanks to a combination of a spell spoken before their demise and the accidental actions of Max, the new-kid-in-town, the sisters have but one night to secure their continuing existence...

Plot Keywords: year 1993, black cat, brother sister relationship, 17th century, talking animal, magic, witch ...

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#8. Ich seh ich seh (2014)

Storyline: In the heat of the summer, a lonesome house in the countryside between woods and corn fields, lives nine-year-old twin brothers who are waiting for their mother. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before. The children start to doubt that this woman is actually their mother. It emerges an existential struggle for identity and fundamental trust.

Plot Keywords: torture, 11 year old, domineering mother, bug, bandaged face, immolation, burned to death ...

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#9. Final Destination (2000)

Storyline: Alex is boarding a plane to France on a school trip, when he suddenly gets a premonition that the plane will explode. Shortly after Alex, a group of students, and his teacher are thrown off the plane, to their horror, the plane does in fact explode. Alex must now work out Death's plan, as each of the survivors falls victim. Whilst trying to prevent the next death, Alex must also dodge the FBI, who believe that he caused the explosion.

Plot Keywords: extrasensory perception, cleavage, two word title, reference to michael jackson, first of series, first part, death of friend ...

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#10. Child's Play (1988)

Storyline: When Charles Lee Ray needs to get a quick escape from cop Mike Norris, he takes his soul and buries it into playful, seemingly good guy doll Chucky. Little does he know a little boy by the name of Andy Barclay will be the new owner of him soon-to-come. Charles confides in Andy while he commits numerous murders and once the adults accept Andy's story as truth, it's too late.

Plot Keywords: spell, supernatural power, apostrophe in title, remade, murder disguised as accident, bitten in the neck, bitten on the arm ...

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#11. The Good Son (1993)

Storyline: Following his mother's death, Mark is sent to Maine to visit his aunt and uncle while his father goes on a business trip to Tokyo. Mark meets his cousin, Henry, and the two quickly form a friendship. However, Henry begins to show signs of violent behavior that worry Mark.

Plot Keywords: evil child, psychopath, killer child, dead dog, loss of mother, fratricide, killing a dog ...

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#12. The Blob (1958)

Storyline: A mysterious creature from another planet, resembling a giant blob of jelly, lands on earth. The people of a nearby small town refuse to listen to some teenagers who have witnessed the blob's destructive power. In the meantime, the blob just keeps on getting bigger.

Plot Keywords: meteorite, alien, movie theatre, police officer, disbelieving adult, eaten alive, teenager ...

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#13. Invaders From Mars (1953)

Storyline: One night, young David McLean sees a spaceship crash into a nearby sandpit. His father goes to investigate, but comes back changed. Where once he was cheerful and affectionate, he's now sullen and snarlingly rude. Others fall into the sandpit and begin acting like him: cold, ill-tempered and conspiratorial. David knows that aliens are taking over the bodies of humans, but he'll soon discover there have been far more of these terrible thefts than he could have imagined. The young doom-monger finds some serious help in a lady doctor and a brilliant astronomer. Soon they meet the aliens: green creatures with insect-like eyes. These beings prove to be slaves to their leader: a large, silent head with ceaselessly shifting eyes and two tentacles on either side, each of which branches off into three smaller tentacles. It's up to the redoubtable earth trio to stop its evil plans.—J. Spurlin

Plot Keywords: alien, martian, mind control, alien invasion, b movie, world domination, disbelieving adult ...

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#14. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

Storyline: When a small town is invaded by aliens from outer space who are capturing and killing the townspeople, no one takes them seriously. Why? The aliens all look like circus clowns, use weapons that look clown like, and all have painted on smiles. Only a few of the young people in the town realize the danger and of course no one believes them. Armed with an ice cream truck they try and rescue their friends.

Plot Keywords: puppet show, decapitation, popcorn, cotton candy, killer clown, amusement park, evil clown ...

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#15. Child's Play 2 (1990)

Storyline: Andy Barclay has been placed in a foster home after the tragic events of the first film, since his mother was committed. In an attempt to save their reputation, the manufacturers of Chucky reconstruct the killer doll, to prove to the public that nothing was wrong with it in the first place. In doing so, they also bring the soul of serial killer Charles Lee Ray back to life. As Chucky tries to locate Andy, the body count rises. Will Andy be able to escape, or will Chucky succeed in possessing his body?

Plot Keywords: killer doll, bound and gagged, slasher, sewing machine, serial killer, foster home, held at gunpoint ...

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