Top rated movies with luminary acting that have essential viewing

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

1 Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019)

With one of the most memorably stunning voices that has ever hit the airwaves, Linda Ronstadt burst onto the 1960s folk rock music scene in her early twenties.

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2019-09-06 | Documentary

Cast

Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton

Rating

rating icon 7.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    accomplished
  2. Ranked #1 for
    distinctive voice
  3. Ranked #1 for
    versatile

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2 TINA (2021)

Tina Turner overcame impossible odds to become one of the first female Black artists to reach a mainstream international audience. Her road to superstardom is an undeniable story of triumph over adversity. It’s the ultimate story of survival – and an inspirational story of our times.

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2021-08-20 | Documentary / Music

Cast

Tina Turner, Angela Bassett

Rating

rating icon 7.73
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    talented performer
  2. Ranked #1 for
    slightly interested
  3. Ranked #1 for
    screen legend

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3 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)

During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.

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2021-07-02 | Music / Documentary

Cast

Stevie Wonder, Lin-Manuel Miranda

Rating

rating icon 7.659
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    with memorable moments
  2. Ranked #1 for
    political context
  3. Ranked #2 for
    good

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4 Judy (2019)

Thirty years after starring in "The Wizard of Oz," beloved actress and singer Judy Garland arrives in London to perform sold-out shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub. While there, she reminisces with friends and fans and begins a whirlwind romance with musician Mickey Deans, her soon-to-be fifth husband.

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2019-09-27 | Drama / History

Cast

Renée Zellweger, Finn Wittrock

Rating

rating icon 6.717
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    iconic
  2. Ranked #1 for
    multilayered performance
  3. Ranked #1 for
    performance of a lifetime

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5 The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (2020)

The story of the triumphs and hurdles of brothers Barry, Maurice, and Robin Gibb, otherwise known as the Bee Gees. The iconic trio, who found early fame in the 1960s, went on to write over 1,000 songs and have 20 No. 1 hits throughout their career, transcending more than five decades of changing tastes and styles.

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2020-10-08 | Music / Documentary

Cast

Barry Gibb, Andy Gibb

Rating

rating icon 7.713
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    in awe
  2. Ranked #1 for
    irrepressible
  3. Ranked #1 for
    perfectly harmonious

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6 Val (2021)

For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.

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2021-07-23 | Documentary

Cast

Val Kilmer, Jack Kilmer

Rating

rating icon 7.088
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    inside look
  2. Ranked #1 for
    truthful
  3. Ranked #1 for
    inciting

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7 Old Henry (2021)

A widowed farmer and his son warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the money, the farmer must decide who to trust. Defending a siege of his homestead, the farmer reveals a talent for gun-slinging that surprises everyone calling his true identity into question.

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2021-10-01 | Western

Cast

Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze

Rating

rating icon 7.273
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    hit out of park
  2. Ranked #1 for
    big revealing ending
  3. Ranked #1 for
    with final twist

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8 The Velvet Underground (2021)

Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes, this kaleidoscopic oral history combines exclusive interviews with dazzling archival footage.

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2021-10-15 | Documentary / Music

Cast

Lou Reed, John Cale

Rating

rating icon 6.832
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    cast with unique characteristics
  2. Ranked #3 for
    painting vivid picture
  3. Ranked #3 for
    acid trip

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9 The War with Grandpa (2020)

Peter is thrilled that his Grandpa is coming to live with his family. That is, until Grandpa moves into Peter's room, forcing him upstairs into the creepy attic. And though he loves his Grandpa, he wants his room back - so he has no choice but to declare war.

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2020-08-27 | Comedy / Family

Cast

Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman

Rating

rating icon 6.445
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    amusing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    highly amusing
  3. Ranked #1 for
    less demanding

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10 The Irishman (2019)

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

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2019-11-01 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Robert De Niro, Al Pacino

Rating

rating icon 7.607
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    like Scarface
  2. Ranked #2 for
    growing old
  3. Ranked #2 for
    absolutely nothing happening

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