Top rated gradually transforming movies on TCM

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1 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 7.535
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #62 for
    hagiography
  2. Ranked #78 for
    natural light
  3. Ranked #97 for
    Biography

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2 Nights of Cabiria (1957)

Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she resumes her life and tries her best to find happiness in a cynical world. Even when she thinks her struggles are over and she has found happiness and contentment, things may not be what they seem.

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1957-10-03 | Drama

Cast

Giulietta Masina, François Périer

Rating

rating icon 8.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #51 for
    tetchy
  2. Ranked #74 for
    neo-realism
  3. Ranked #96 for
    non-professional cast

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3 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 6.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #90 for
    callow
  2. Ranked #94 for
    opaque
  3. Ranked #107 for
    waggish

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4 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 7.5
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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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5 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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6 Dead Man (1995)

A fatally wounded white man is found by an outcast Native American who prepares him for the afterlife.

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1995-12-23 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer

Rating

rating icon 7.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #46 for
    westernized
  2. Ranked #72 for
    gun-for-hire
  3. Ranked #74 for
    with biblical reference

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7 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 7.731
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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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8 Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell aboard the ship. On the way back to England, officer Fletcher Christian becomes the leader of a mutiny.

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1962-11-08 | Adventure / Drama

Cast

Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard

Rating

rating icon 7.002
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #49 for
    bloated
  2. Ranked #127 for
    with cockney accent
  3. Ranked #136 for
    tetchy

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9 Tom Jones (1963)

Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?

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1963-08-24 | Comedy / Adventure

Cast

Albert Finney, Susannah York

Rating

rating icon 5.969
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #48 for
    raucous
  2. Ranked #54 for
    remarkable
  3. Ranked #59 for
    Oscar nomination deserving

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10 Red Beard (1965)

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.

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1965-04-03 | Drama

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Yûzô Kayama

Rating

rating icon 8.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #21 for
    didactic
  2. Ranked #24 for
    cantankerous
  3. Ranked #60 for
    hard-nosed

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