Top rated perfunctory movies that are also absolutely first-rate
Check out today’s highest ranked perfunctory and absolutely first-rate movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are perfunctory and absolutely first-rate, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 From the Land of the Moon (2016)
An adaptation of Milena Agus' eponymous novel set after WWII, "Mal de Pierres" ("Mal di Pietre") spans 20 years, following the destiny of a passionate, free-spirited woman who is in a loveless marriage and falls for another man.
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- 2016-10-19 | Drama / Romance
Cast
- Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel
Rating
6.6
2 Swing Shift (1984)
In 1941 America Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor. Against his wishes, his wife takes a job at the local aircraft plant where she meets Hazel, the singer from across the way the two soon become firm friends and with the other girls become increasingly expert workers. As the war drags on Kay finally dates her trumpet playing foreman and life gets complicated
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- 1984-04-13 | Drama / Romance
Cast
- Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell
Rating
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5.7
3 Gypsy (1962)
Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
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- 1962-12-01 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Natalie Wood, Rosalind Russell
Rating
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6.6
4 Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city.
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- 1995-12-15 | Drama
Cast
- James Earl Jones, Charles S. Dutton
Rating
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6.6
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5 My Boy Jack (2007)
Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 17-year-old son after he goes missing during WWI.
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- 2007-11-11 | Drama / History
Cast
- Daniel Radcliffe, David Haig
Rating
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6.5
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6 Shirley Valentine (1989)
Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.
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- 1989-08-30 | Romance / Comedy
Cast
- Pauline Collins, Tom Conti
Rating
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6.4
7 The Day of the Jackal (1973)
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
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- 1973-05-15 | Action / Thriller
Cast
- Edward Fox, Terence Alexander
Rating
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7.6
8 The Duellists (1977)
In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perceived insult. For over a decade, they engage in a series of duels amidst larger conflicts, including the failed French invasion of Russia in 1812, and shifts in the political and social systems of Europe.
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- 1977-08-31 | Drama / War
Cast
- Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel
Rating
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7.3
9 Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
In California, a group of women struggle with personal problems as their paths intertwine in unexpected ways. Dr. Elaine Keener, the sole caretaker for her aging mother, turns to tarot card reader Christine for spiritual aid. Christine grapples with her own angst due to her lover's debilitating illness. Meanwhile, a bank manager deals with an unwanted pregnancy, two sisters pursue romantic interests and a housewife gets back into the dating game.
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- 2000-01-22 | Drama / Romance
Cast
- Glenn Close, Calista Flockhart
Rating
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5.7
10 Protégé (2007)
Undercover officer Nick had spent the last seven years penetrating into the core of a drug ring working his way up from a street dealer post to the managerial position handling cargo deliveries for Kwan - the biggest player in the local heroin market. When the ailing Kwan makes Nick his protégé, Nick could not but sway before money and power and starts to perform his role like a real drug trafficker.
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- 2007-04-13 | Drama / Thriller
Cast
- Andy Lau, Daniel Wu
Rating
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6.6
