Top rated perfunctory movies on Acorn TV
Check out today’s highest ranked perfunctory movies on Acorn TV! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best perfunctory movies on Acorn TV, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country. Maimovie provides context-aware recommendation based on extensive data gathered and analyzed by AI.
Last Update Jan 26 2021
1 Agora (2009)
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.
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- 2009-05-17 | Adventure / Drama
Cast
- Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella
Rating
7.0
2 The Way Back (2010)
At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag—to take a perilous and uncertain journey to freedom as they cross deserts, mountains and several nations.
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- 2010-09-03 | Drama / Adventure
Cast
- Colin Farrell, Ed Harris
Rating
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6.9
3 Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O'Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by '60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.
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- 1969-11-05 | Drama / Music
Cast
- Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark
Rating
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7.0
4 Still Life: A Three Pines Mystery (2013)
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team arrive in Three Pines to solve the unusual murder of a much-loved woman and find dark secrets shadowing this usually peaceful village.
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- 2013-09-15 | Mystery / TV Movie
Cast
- Nathaniel Parker, Anthony Lemke
Rating
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5.5
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5 The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin
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- 1982-11-09 | Action / Drama
Cast
- Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour
Rating
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6.8
6 Mr. Morgan's Last Love (2013)
The film centres on a retired, widowed professor living in Paris who develops a special relationship with a younger French woman.
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- 2013-08-22 | Drama / Comedy
Cast
- Michael Caine, Clémence Poésy
Rating
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6.8
7 Glorious 39 (2009)
A mysterious tale set around a traditional British family on the eve of World War Two. Oblivious to the looming shadow of World War II, the wealthy Keyes maintain a confident façade in the British countryside until daughter Anne becomes an unexpected pawn. Her accidental discovery of secret recordings creates a rift in the family.
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- 2009-11-20 | War / Drama
Cast
- Romola Garai, Bill Nighy
Rating
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5.8
8 Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)
In the wake of Jamaican emancipation, French colonist Annette Cosway falls into poverty and marries racist Englishman Paul Mason. But when Annette's young son dies in a fire started by former slaves, Mason flees to England, leaving his grief-stricken wife and her Creole daughter Antoinette behind. Soon Antoinette learns she must marry to claim her inheritance and sets her sights on Rochester, an Englishman eerily similar to Mason.
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- 1993-04-16 | Thriller / Drama
Cast
- Karina Lombard, Nathaniel Parker
Rating
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5.1
