The Best Tamara Tunie Movies, Ranked
17 credits from 1987 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Looking Through Water (2025) comes out on top with a score of 82. The biggest box office hit is Elio (2025) with $154M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Tamara Tunie Movies
The 5 highest-rated films Tamara Tunie is credited on. Looking Through Water (2025) leads with 82, followed by Elio (2025) at 69. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 82 Looking Through Water 2025 · Drama -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 69 Elio 2025 · Animation -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 58 A Journal for Jordan 2021 · Drama -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 50 Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody 2022 · Biography -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 42 Irreplaceable You 2018 · Drama
Biggest Tamara Tunie Box Office Hits
Tamara Tunie's films have made $221M worldwide in total. Elio (2025) is the biggest hit at $154M, ahead of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (2022) ($59.8M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
The Best Tamara Tunie Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Tamara Tunie has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 6 films, and Looking Through Water (2025) is the pick of them.
- Drama 6 films Looking Through Water 2025 · as Miss Reno Movie Echo Score: 82
- Animation 1 film Elio 2025 · as Colonel Markwell Movie Echo Score: 69
- Biography 1 film Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody 2022 · as Cissy Houston Movie Echo Score: 50
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Romance 1 film Bloodhounds of Broadway 1989 · as Cynthia Harris
The Best Tamara Tunie Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Tamara Tunie's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
The Latest Tamara Tunie Movies
The most recent films Tamara Tunie is credited on, newest first — starting with Looking Through Water (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Looking Through Water 2025 · Miss Reno
- Elio 2025 · Colonel Markwell
- Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody 2022 · Cissy Houston
- A Journal for Jordan 2021 · Penny Canedy, Mom
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Circle of Deception 2021 · Detective Williams -
Her Only Choice 2018 · Brenda - Irreplaceable You 2018 · Jane
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Black Earth Rising 2018 · Eunice Clayton -
Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine 2016 · Josephine Bodder -
Rebound: The Legend of Earl ‘The Goat’ Manigault 1996 · Miss Marcus - Bloodhounds of Broadway 1989 · Cynthia Harris
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Sweet Lorraine 1987 · Julie
The Best Tamara Tunie Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Tamara Tunie films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Tamara Tunie movie?
Looking Through Water (2025) is the best-rated Tamara Tunie film, with a Movie Echo Score of 82, ahead of Elio (2025) (69) and A Journal for Jordan (2021) (58). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Looking Through Water: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Tamara Tunie movie?
Elio (2025) made the most at the box office, with $154M worldwide, followed by Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (2022) with $59.8M. Together, Tamara Tunie's films with box office figures have made $221M.
What is the best Tamara Tunie drama movie?
Looking Through Water (2025) is the best-rated of Tamara Tunie's drama films, with a score of 82. In other genres: Elio (animation), Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (biography) and Bloodhounds of Broadway (romance).
What is the newest Tamara Tunie movie?
The newest film on Tamara Tunie's filmography is Looking Through Water (2025), with Tamara Tunie as Miss Reno.
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