Highest ranked overacting movies on TCM

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

1 Julia (1977)

At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.

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1977-10-01 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave

Rating

rating icon 6.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #43 for
    Oscar nomination deserving
  2. Ranked #46 for
    remarkable
  3. Ranked #65 for
    soggy

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2 Cabaret (1972)

Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.

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1972-02-13 | Music / Drama

Cast

Liza Minnelli, Michael York

Rating

rating icon 7.388
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #7 for
    remarkable
  2. Ranked #15 for
    decadent
  3. Ranked #15 for
    deservedly won awards

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3 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the middle-aged couple unload onto their guests the full force of the bitterness, dysfunction, and animosity that defines their marriage.

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1966-06-22 | Drama

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton

Rating

rating icon 7.729
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #27 for
    Oscar nomination deserving
  2. Ranked #36 for
    remarkable
  3. Ranked #48 for
    deservedly won awards

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4 A Man for All Seasons (1966)

A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.

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1966-12-13 | Drama / History

Cast

Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller

Rating

rating icon 7.347
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #9 for
    remarkable
  2. Ranked #40 for
    deservedly won awards
  3. Ranked #51 for
    with marital problems

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5 Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

In the 1930s, bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.

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1967-08-14 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway

Rating

rating icon 7.496
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #81 for
    outside the laws
  2. Ranked #88 for
    break new ground
  3. Ranked #101 for
    reinventing the wheel

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6 Set Me Free (1999)

A coming-of-age tale centered on Hannah, a young girl who is living a troubled family life. Set in 1963, Hannah develops a fascination with Jean-Luc Godard's then-recent film "Vivre sa vie". As she begins to model herself after the film's lead role, Hannah slowly begins to explore the confusing nature of her sexuality.

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1999-02-12 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Karine Vanasse, Pascale Bussières

Rating

rating icon 6.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #159 for
    sluttish character
  2. Ranked #246 for
    gastronomic
  3. Ranked #343 for
    like The Last Picture Show

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7 East of Eden (1955)

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

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1955-04-10 | Drama

Cast

James Dean, Julie Harris

Rating

rating icon 7.57
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #47 for
    wayward
  2. Ranked #83 for
    with biblical reference
  3. Ranked #104 for
    foster father

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8 Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.

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1969-12-18 | Drama / History

Cast

Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold

Rating

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #33 for
    Period Drama
  2. Ranked #80 for
    critically acclaimed
  3. Ranked #91 for
    Oscar nomination deserving

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9 I Want to Live! (1958)

Barbara Graham is a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars. She has been sentenced for some petty crimes. Two men she knows murder an older woman. When they get caught they start to think that Barbara has helped the police arresting them. As a revenge they tell the police that Barbara is the murderer.

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1958-11-18 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland

Rating

rating icon 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #82 for
    innocent man
  2. Ranked #84 for
    miscarriage of justice
  3. Ranked #87 for
    gruesome killing

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10 The Great Race (1965)

Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.

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1965-07-01 | Comedy / Adventure

Cast

Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis

Rating

rating icon 7.096
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #15 for
    madcap comedy
  2. Ranked #56 for
    third wheel
  3. Ranked #67 for
    shenanigans

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