The Best A-list actors Movies to Watch on Tubi
When Hollywood actors select a role based on the strength of a script or director over blockbuster merit, it’s often reflected in the movie and performance quality. Here are the top highly-rated, little-known movies featuring famous faces to stream now.
Women come together and decide their fate in this harrowing but hopeful tale about power, guilt, abuse, and forgiveness .
A tense, fiercely political conspiracy thriller from Ken Loach that was inspired by real events.
A gripping update of a searing courtroom classic, bolstered by a stacked cast.
Michelle Williams gives her all as a drifter just trying to make it in America.
A densely written police procedural that revels in the intricacy of its plot.
An inspired spiritual biopic that miraculously reflects the poetry and unique essence of its singular subject.
Two sisters learn about love and loss in this surprisingly poignant coming-of-age drama.
A slick, well-made musical adaptation that might not be perfect, but remains a classic nonetheless.
A subversive, gothic character study anchored by Florence Pugh’s ferocious breakout performance .
An intense and fantastically-performed film with probing questions that resonate with our times.
Leonardo DiCaprio made his breakthrough in this harrowing coming-of-age drama.
The lead-up to Call Me By Your Name is this drama Tilda Swinton learned Italian for.
This is a star-packed movie about two brother assassins played by John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix, and starring Jake Gyllenhaal. You might have read the book of the same name, and it is always hard to make a great film out of a great book but the brilliant director of A Prophet Jacques Audiard […]
A rich tapestry that weaves together America’s past and present with expert fluidity.
Nigel Hawthorne shines through this adaptation depicting the British Crown at its maddest.
An anthology ode to the City of Love stacked with talent behind and in front of the camera.
If you’ve been paying close attention to Royal Families in general, then get a snack and settle in, because A Royal Affair’s got it all for you: the steamy scenes, dirty, affair-laden hands, the corsets, and a stunning backdrop of 18th Century Europe. Quite literally deranged and mentally incapable King Christian of Denmark (Mikkel Boe […]
Starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner and Patricia Clarkson. Lars and the Real Girl is a funny and thought-provoking look at the psychology of loneliness and the healing power of love. I rented this a few years back because of Ryan Gosling – he had just blown me away in Fracture so I […]
A superlative cast, gorgeous setting, and contagious sense of fun make this Shakespeare adaptation a joyous ride.
This is a hilarious political comedy starring the ever-great Steve Buscemi. Set in the last days before Stalin’s death and the chaos that followed, it portrays the lack of trust and the random assassinations that characterized the Stalinist Soviet Union. Think of it as Veep meets Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator. Although to be fair, […]
Two drag queens and their trans friend find family in this iconic queer road trip drama.
Is an innocent child’s life worth millions of other civilian casualties? In a modern-day drone warfare led by Colonel Katherine Powell, played by the very versatile Helen Mirren, she is conflicted to order the target of the Somali terrorist organization when she spots Alia, a young girl who just happens to be selling bread within the premises of the […]
A well-told, serious-minded crime thriller bolstered by an incredibly strong cast.
In Rounders, Matt Damon plays a law student and reformed poker player who is forced back into the game in order to help his newly-paroled best friend (Edward Norton) pay off overwhelming gambling debts. It’s an enjoyable insider’s look into the world of high stakes gambling and of Poker specifically, giving the viewer compelling insights […]
Martin Scorsese shifts from the gritty side of New York to its upper echelons in this adaptation of a historical romance novel.
A decently made but formulaic melodrama that never arrives at the emotions it wants to elicit.
