Highest-Rated Movies about 'Acting'

James Dean (2001), RKO 281 (1999), Anand (1971), Koshish (1972), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), All About Eve (1950), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), My Left Foot (1989) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Acting movies.

#16. Sanam Teri Kasam (2016)

Storyline: A musical romantic movie exploring the journey that ensues when the blue blooded boy Inder (Harshvardhan Rane) "Who wanted to love no one" crosses paths with Saru (Mawra Hocane) "Whom no one wanted to love". All their lives they were waiting to meet, but they just didn't know it . A musical tale of love , longing and loss. Sanam Teri Kasam - A Love story sealed with a Curse Directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru Music by Himesh Reshammiya with songs which will make you live a lifetime of love.—Eros Now (http://erosnow.com/#!/movie/watch/1045781/sanam-teri-kasam/6638085/exclusive---official-trailer?ap=1)

Plot Keywords: romance, drama, bollywood, indian cinema, musical, romantic comedy, tragedy ...

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#17. Darkest Hour (2017)

Storyline: During World War II, as Adolf Hitler's powerful Wehrmacht rampages across Europe, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Neville Chamberlain, is forced to resign, recommending Winston Churchill as his replacement. But even in his early days as the country's leader, Churchill is under pressure to commence peace negotiations with the German dictator or to fight head-on the seemingly invincible Nazi regime, whatever the cost. However difficult and dangerous his decision may be, Churchill has no choice but to shine in the country's darkest hour.

Plot Keywords: history, biography, war, politics, drama, british, world war ii ...

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#18. Tootsie (1982)

Storyline: Michael Dorsey is an unemployed actor with an impossible reputation. In order to find work and fund his friend's play he dresses as a woman, Dorothy Michaels, and lands the part in a daytime drama. Dorsey loses himself in this woman role and essentially becomes Dorothy Michaels, captivating women all around the city and inspiring them to break free from the control of men and become more like Dorsey's initial identity. This newfound role, however, lands Dorsey in a hot spot between a female friend/'lover,' a female co-star he falls in love with, that co-star's father who falls in love with him, and a male co-star who yearns for his affection.

Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, drama, actor's life, new york, 1980s, disguise ...

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#19. Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (2019)

Storyline: The origin story behind one of Broadway's most beloved musicals, Fiddler on The Roof, and its creative roots in early 1960s New York, when "tradition" was on the wane as gender roles, sexuality, race relations and religion were evolving.

Plot Keywords: documentary, music, jewish culture, broadway, musical theater, history, tradition ...

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#20. City of Hope (1991)

Storyline: City of Hope is a portrait of a typical middle-sized American city of the present day. The crux of the story is an old apartment block which stands in the way of a major commercial development. Joe Rinaldi is the building contractor who owns the buildings, and is being pressured to torch them to permit the development to occur. His estranged son, Nick, soon becomes a pawn in the power politics of the city. Corrupt Mayor Baci and policeman O'Brien are determined to push the development, while idealistic city councilman Wynn soon finds himself torn between what he knows is right and what his black constituents want.—Reid Gagle

Plot Keywords: drama, social, political, urban, corruption, race, class ...

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#21. The Killing of Sister George (1968)

Storyline: George lives with her lover, Childie and plays a cheerful district nurse in a BBC soap opera. However, her character is to be killed off, and George realises that the only other job she can get is the voice of a cow in a children's tv programme. Her life begins to fall apart as Childie has an affair with a predatory tv producer.—Paul Baker <bakerjp@unix.lancs.ac.uk>

Plot Keywords: drama, thriller, crime, psychological, mystery, film noir, lesbian ...

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#22. Confession of Murder (2012)

Storyline: After the statute of limitation expires on the murders he has committed, Lee Du-seok publishes an autobiography describing all his murders in great detail. Detective Choi, who investigated Lee's murders 15 years ago starts the chase once again and Han Ji-soo, who lost her daughter to Lee, pledges vengeance. Meanwhile, another killer appears, casting doubt to whether Lee is the real serial killer. The key here is how well the story juggles the truth and how solid the description of the characters' tangled relationships is.—Hancinema

Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, suspense, action, drama, revenge, murder ...

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#23. Time to Leave (2005)

Storyline: Romain, 31, a photographer, learns that a malignancy may kill him within a few months. Decisions: Treatment? Work? How to tell his lover and his family. He remembers the sea and himself as a child. He stares in the mirror. He's cruel: facing death, he pushes people away - what's the point? He visits his grandmother to tell her; on the way, he chats briefly with a waitress. He looks at old photos, visits a childhood tree house. He takes pictures. Returning from his grandmother's, he stops for food and sees the waitress, Jany, again. She makes a request. He returns to an empty flat - his lover has left. Can Jany's proposition give him a way to move past self-pity?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: drama, french film, lgbt, family, death, cancer, life ...

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#25. Wifemistress (1977)

Storyline: Since her husband pronounced her frigid on her wedding night, Antonia DeAngelis has been an invalid. When he disappears, she believes him dead: she leaves her bed and takes over his business, traveling to see clients. She discovers her husband's passions, his political writing, mistresses, and his indifference to the peasants on her family's land. She improves their lot, begins an affair with a young foreign doctor, and publishes her husband's writings. All this time, he's hiding from a murder charge in a house across the square. Amazed, he watches her become his sexual and social equal. After the police drop the murder charge, will he disappear, end his life, or rejoin her on new terms?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: drama, erotic, italian cinema, marriage, infidelity, romance, female perspective ...

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#26. A Double Life (1947)

Storyline: Anthony John is an actor whose life is strongly influenced by the characters he plays. When he's playing comedy, he's the most enjoyable person in the world, but when he's playing drama, it's terrible to be around him. That's the reason why his wife Brita divorced him; although she still loves him and works with him, she couldn't stand living with him anymore. So when Anthony accepts to play Othello, he devotes himself entirely to the part, but it soon overwhelms him and with each day his mind gets filled more and more with Othello's murderous jealousy.—Leon Wolters <wolters@strw.LeidenUniv.nl>

Plot Keywords: film noir, psychological thriller, drama, crime, murder, schizophrenia, shakespeare ...

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#27. Find Me Guilty (2006)

Storyline: The mobster Jackie DiNorscio is shot by his own cousin at home while in probation but survives. Later he is arrested dealing drugs and sentenced to thirty years in prison. The prosecutor Sean Kierney proposes a deal to Jackie, immediately releasing him if he testifies against the Lucchese family and other mafia families but Jackie does not accept to rat his friends that he loves. When the trial begins, he asks the judge Finestein to defend himself without the assistance of a lawyer.

Plot Keywords: crime, courtroom, true story, mafia, comedy, drama, legal ...

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#28. Mademoiselle Chambon (2009)

Storyline: Jean, his loving wife and son live a simple, happy life. At his son's homeroom teacher Madamoiselle Chambon's request, he volunteers as substitute teacher and starts to fall for her delicate and elegant charm. His ordinary life between family and work starts to falter.—Pusan International Film Festival

Plot Keywords: drama, romance, french film, family, ethics, marriage, emotion ...

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#29. The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)

Storyline: The professional and personal life of actor and comedian Peter Sellers was a turbulent one. His early movie fame was based primarily on his comic characterizations, often of bumbling and foreign-accented persons, characters which he embodied. As his movie fame rose, he began to lose his own personal identity to his movie characters, leading to self-doubt of himself as a person and a constant need for reassurance and acceptance of his work. This self-doubt manifested itself in fits of anger and what was deemed as arrogance by many. In turn, his personal relationships began to deteriorate as his characterizations were continually used to mask his problems. His first wife, Anne Howe, left/divorced him and his relationships with his parents and children became increasingly distant. His relationship with his second wife, Swedish actress Britt Ekland, was based on this mask. In his later life, he tried to rediscover himself and his career with what would become his penultimate film role, ...

Plot Keywords: biography, drama, comedy, actor, hollywood, celebrity, behind the scenes ...

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#30. Beaches (1988)

Storyline: When the New York child performer CC Bloom and San Francisco rich kid Hillary meet in a holiday resort in Atlantic City, it marks the start of a lifetime friendship between them. The two keep in touch through letters for a number of years until Hillary, now a successful lawyer moves to New York to stay with struggling singer CC. The movie shows the various stages of their friendship and their romances including their love for the same man.

Plot Keywords: drama, friendship, women, coming of age, music, tearjerker, romance ...

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