Top rated perfunctory movies on GuideDoc

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

1 Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960)

Set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day to night and from improvisational music to Gospel. It's a concert film that suggests peace and leisure, jazz at a particular time and place.

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1960-03-28 | Documentary / Music

Cast

Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson

Rating

rating icon 7.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #45 for
    soulful music
  2. Ranked #83 for
    Grand-Guignol
  3. Ranked #97 for
    dumbfounded

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2 Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)

A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based channel's eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the untapped power of cable television.

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2004-05-16 | History / Documentary

Cast

Quentin Tarantino, Robert Altman

Rating

rating icon 7.091
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #15 for
    with daddy issue
  2. Ranked #130 for
    history buff
  3. Ranked #171 for
    Independent Film

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3 Anbessa (2019)

Asalif and his mother defy Ethiopia’s omnipresent modern housing development culture, by continuing to live a life characterised by proximity to nature and rootedness in community. The boy counters the ruptures in his accustomed surroundings and the threat posed by the hyena that haunts his neighbourhood by reinventing himself as a hero: as Anbessa, the lion.

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2019-02-11 | Documentary / Drama

Cast

Asalif Tewold

Rating

rating icon 5.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #98 for
    extrovert
  2. Ranked #490 for
    Mockumentary
  3. Ranked #546 for
    cinema verite

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4 An Honest Liar (2014)

An Honest Liar tells the incredible story of the world-famous magician, escape artist, and world-renowned enemy of deception, James 'The Amazing' Randi. The film brings to life Randi's intricate investigations that publicly exposed psychics, faith healers, and con-artists with quasi-religious fervor. A master deceiver who came out of the closet at the age of 81, Randi created fictional characters, fake psychics, and even turned his partner of 25 years, Jose Alvarez, into a sham guru names Carlos.

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2014-04-18 | History / Comedy

Cast

James Randi, Adam Savage

Rating

rating icon 7.113
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #31 for
    with sleight of hand
  2. Ranked #31 for
    scammer
  3. Ranked #72 for
    disappearing acting

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5 Bethlehem (2013)

Bethlehem tells the story of the unlikely bond between Razi, an Israeli secret service officer, and his Palestinian informant Sanfur, the younger brother of a senior Palestinian militant. Razi recruited Sanfur when he was just 15, and developed a very close, almost fatherly relationship to him. Now 17, Sanfur tries to navigate between Razi’s demands and his loyalty to his brother, living a double life and lying to both men. Co-written by director Yuval Adler and Ali Waked—an Arab journalist who spent years in the West Bank—Bethlehem gives an unparalleled, moving and authentic portrait of the complex reality behind the news.

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2013-09-26 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Yossi Eini, Tsahi Halevi

Rating

rating icon 6.242
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #85 for
    father figure
  2. Ranked #239 for
    disapproving character
  3. Ranked #300 for
    conflicting view

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6 Citadel (2012)

Chronically agoraphobic since the day his wife was murdered, Tommy Cowley finds himself terrorized by a gang of syringe-wielding feral children, who are intent on taking his baby daughter. Upon discovering the nightmarish truth surrounding these hooded children, he learns that to be free of his fears, he must finally face the demons of his past and enter the one place he fears the most - the abandoned tower block, known as the Citadel.

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2012-03-11 | Drama / Horror

Cast

James Cosmo, Aneurin Barnard

Rating

rating icon 5.368
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #80 for
    like The Revenant
  2. Ranked #111 for
    blood-boiling
  3. Ranked #137 for
    Slasher Film

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7 The Great Journey (2004)

Reda, summoned to accompany his father on a pilgrimage to Mecca, complies reluctantly - as he preparing for his baccalaureat and, even more important, has a secret love relationship. The trip across Europe in a broken-down car is also the departure of his father: upon arrival in Mecca, both Reda and his father are not the characters they were at the start of the movie. Avoiding the hackneyed theme of the return to the homeland, the film uses the departure to renew a connection between two generation.

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2004-11-09 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Nicolas Cazalé, Mohamed Majd

Rating

rating icon 6.672
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #120 for
    dated
  2. Ranked #169 for
    perilous journey
  3. Ranked #177 for
    fish out of water

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8 The Man Who Skied Down Everest (1975)

This Oscar-winning documentary tells the story behind Japanese daredevil Yuichiro Miura's 1970 effort to ski down the world's tallest mountain.

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1975-09-19 | Documentary / Adventure

Cast

Yūichirō Miura, Douglas Rain

Rating

rating icon 6.733
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #103 for
    stopgap
  2. Ranked #201 for
    obtuse
  3. Ranked #364 for
    philosophical insight

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9 H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer (2004)

Torture chambers, acid vats, greased chutes and gassing rooms were just some of the devices of death designed by the Torture Doctor, H.H. Holmes in his castle of horrors. Follows Holmes' entire life as a criminal mastermind.

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2004-10-26 | Crime / Documentary

Cast

Tony Jay, Willy Laszlo

Rating

rating icon 6.167
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #29 for
    True Crime
  2. Ranked #96 for
    simp
  3. Ranked #111 for
    direct-to-DVD

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10 Prelude to War (1942)

Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis Powers during World War II. This film examines the differences between democratic and fascist states.

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1942-05-27 | Documentary / War

Cast

Walter Huston, Max Schmeling

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #43 for
    Slasher Film
  2. Ranked #86 for
    jingoistic
  3. Ranked #95 for
    with anecdotal evidence

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