Tina Turner (November 26, 1939 - May 24, 2023) was an American singer and actress whose career spanned more than 50 years. Known for her energetic stage presence, powerful vocals, career longevity, and widespread appeal, Turner has been called the most successful female rock artist, “The Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” and was named "one of the greatest singers of all time" by Rolling Stone. Her combined album and single sales total approximately 180 million copies worldwide, and over the course of her career she sold more concert tickets than any other solo music performer in history. Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Success followed with a string of hits including "River Deep, Mountain High" and the 1971 hit "Proud Mary". With the publication of her autobiography I, Tina (1986), Turner revealed severe instances of spousal abuse against her by Ike Turner prior to their 1976 split and subsequent 1978 divorce. After virtually disappearing from the music scene for several years following her divorce from Ike Turner, she rebuilt her career, launching a string of hits beginning in 1983 with the single "Let's Stay Together" and the 1984 release of her fifth solo album Private Dancer. In addition to her musical career, she occasionally ventured into film, beginning with a prominent role as The Acid Queen in the 1975 film Tommy, and an appearance in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. She starred opposite Mel Gibson as Aunty Entity in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome for which she received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, and her version of the film's theme, "We Don't Need Another Hero", was a hit single.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 26, 1939
- May 24, 2023 (aged 83)
- Nutbush, Tennessee, USA
- Actor, also director and producer
- 10 on Motif · 18 credits in all
What are Tina Turner's films like?
Across their 8 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 4 · Serious 3 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 2
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
Steady 5 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1
Casual 4 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Tina Turner's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 10 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Tina Turner's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
18 credits, 10 with a Motif page; 139 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Cruella(2021)
Motif score: 92nd percentile of all films
Tina Live(2009)
Motif score: 98th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Ike And Tina Turner - Legends in Concert - Live at the Big TNT Show (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2004)
Brother Bear(2003)
Motif score: 81st percentile of all films
Bryan Adams: So Far So Good (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2002)
Ally McBeal(1997)
Motif score: 52nd percentile of all shows
TFI Friday (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1996)
GoldenEye(1995)
Motif score: 88th percentile of all films
Last Action Hero(1993)
Motif score: 61st percentile of all films
Motif score: 92nd percentile of all filmsBig World Cafe (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1989)
Sidewalks Entertainment (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1988)
Tina Turner: Live In Tokyo (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1985)
Motif score: 50th percentile of all films
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1984)
Tina Turner SoundStage Live in Chicago (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1983)
Motif score: 16th percentile of all films
Tommy(1975)
Motif score: 71st percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 77th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 18 titles from 1975 to 2021; peak year 1985.
Biggest box office
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Highest rated
Taking Off (1971)
Most popular right now
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Film career
Peak 1985 · their film career is on the way up. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1975Screen debut· Tommy
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.
How do Tina Turner's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 81st percentile, the median of all 9; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th4
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Tina Turner work with?
People who share at least 2 of Tina Turner's Motif titles; Jon Bon Jovi shares the most, 2.
- Jon Bon JoviShared titles: My Life as a Rolling Stone (2022), The Genius of Gianni Versace Alive (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Jon Bon Jovi
