Highest ranked towering movies on TCM

Check out today’s highest ranked towering movies on TCM! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best towering 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 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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3 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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4 The Nun's Story (1959)

After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.

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1959-06-18 | Drama

Cast

Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch

Rating

rating icon 7.136
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #163 for
    Oscar nomination deserving
  2. Ranked #170 for
    critically acclaimed
  3. Ranked #192 for
    redoubtable

Trailer

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5 Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.

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1969-05-25 | Drama

Cast

Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman

Rating

rating icon 7.51
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #16 for
    scuzzy
  2. Ranked #41 for
    remarkable
  3. Ranked #76 for
    callow

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6 Places in the Heart (1984)

In 1930s Texas, a widow and her family fight to save their home by harvesting cotton.

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1984-09-11 | Drama

Cast

Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse

Rating

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #27 for
    extraordinary
  2. Ranked #134 for
    confusing
  3. Ranked #136 for
    unfaithful partner

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7 Victor/Victoria (1982)

A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.

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1982-04-25 | Music / Comedy

Cast

Julie Andrews, James Garner

Rating

rating icon 7.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #85 for
    machismo
  2. Ranked #93 for
    antiquated
  3. Ranked #93 for
    crowd-pleaser

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8 Being There (1979)

A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.

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1979-12-19 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine

Rating

rating icon 7.604
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #80 for
    with biblical reference
  2. Ranked #93 for
    prosaic
  3. Ranked #217 for
    with political satire

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9 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.

Info

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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10 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

Trailer

East of Eden trailer
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