Top rated attention grabbing movies on TCM

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

1 The Player (1992)

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

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1992-04-03 | Mystery / Drama

Cast

Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi

Rating

rating icon 7.196
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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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2 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 8.107
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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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3 Malcolm X (1992)

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

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1992-11-18 | Drama / History

Cast

Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett

Rating

rating icon 7.534
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #62 for
    hagiography
  2. Ranked #79 for
    natural light
  3. Ranked #97 for
    Biography

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4 La Ceremonie (1995)

Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.

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1995-08-30 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire

Rating

rating icon 7.297
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #25 for
    True Crime
  2. Ranked #72 for
    rhythmic continuity of character development
  3. Ranked #80 for
    stoic

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5 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 7.7
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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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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 7.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #80 for
    outside the laws
  2. Ranked #88 for
    break new ground
  3. Ranked #100 for
    reinventing the wheel

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7 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 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #13 for
    sexually explicit
  2. Ranked #91 for
    erotically charging
  3. Ranked #98 for
    sassy

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8 The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)

Australian journalist Guy Hamilton travels to Indonesia to cover civil strife in 1965. There—on the eve of an attempted coup—he befriends a Chinese Australian photographer with a deep connection to and vast knowledge of the Indonesian people, and also falls in love with a British national.

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1982-12-17 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver

Rating

rating icon 6.656
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #90 for
    callow
  2. Ranked #95 for
    opaque
  3. Ranked #107 for
    waggish

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9 The French Connection (1971)

Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.

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1971-10-09 | Action / Crime

Cast

Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey

Rating

rating icon 7.525
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #13 for
    cat-and-mouse
  2. Ranked #15 for
    hard-nosed
  3. Ranked #39 for
    vehicular carnage

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10 Cries and Whispers (1972)

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so deeply immersed in their own psychic pains that they can't offer her the support she needs. Maria is wracked with guilt at her husband's attempted suicide, caused by his discovery of her extramarital affair. The self-loathing, suicidal Karin seems to regard her sister with revulsion. Only Anna, the deeply religious maid who lost her young child, seems able to offer Agnes solace and empathy.

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1972-12-21 | Drama

Cast

Harriet Andersson, Ingrid Thulin

Rating

rating icon 7.928
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #74 for
    consoling
  2. Ranked #135 for
    with marital problems
  3. Ranked #155 for
    juxtaposition

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