Highest ranked underplayed acting movies on TCM

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

1 In the Mood for Love (2000)

In Hong Kong of 1962, Mrs. Chan and Mr. Chow, a journalist, move into neighbouring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their respective spouses creates an intimate bond between them.

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2000-09-29 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung

Rating

rating icon 8.11
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #62 for
    with marital problems
  2. Ranked #67 for
    symmetry plots
  3. Ranked #68 for
    like The Last Picture Show

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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 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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4 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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5 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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6 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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7 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

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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 Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)

Recently released from a mental hospital, Ricky ties up Marina, a film star he once had sex with and keeps her hostage.

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1989-12-12 | Comedy / Romance

Cast

Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas

Rating

rating icon 6.866
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #13 for
    sexually explicit
  2. Ranked #99 for
    sassy
  3. Ranked #151 for
    eventually falling in love

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10 The Player (1992)

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Info

1992-04-03 | Mystery / Drama

Cast

Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi

Rating

rating icon 7.199
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #13 for
    critically acclaimed
  2. Ranked #28 for
    vertiginous
  3. Ranked #46 for
    sly

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