Apocalypse Now (1979)
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 147 min · Drama, War
97.1 TOPICAL score · #12 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Apocalypse Now (1979, directed by Francis Ford Coppola) has a TOPICAL score of 97.1 - one of the 100 best movies of all time by TOPICAL's score. It scores highest on audience and historical impact. It won 4 awards from 10 nominations, including the Palme d'Or. Critics: 91% on Rotten Tomatoes · 9.1/10 critics' average · Metacritic 94. Audiences: TMDB 8.3/10 (9,459 ratings) · IMDb 8.4/10. Wikipedia covers it in 84 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics91% on Rotten Tomatoes · 9.1/10 critics' average · Metacritic 94
- AudienceTMDB 8.3/10 (9,459 ratings) · IMDb 8.4/10
- Awards4 wins, 10 nominations - incl. Palme d'Or; Academy Award for Best Cinematography; Academy Award for Best Sound
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 84 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read208,846 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Martin Sheen (actor #121), Marlon Brando (actor #45), Frederic Forrest (actor #549), Albert Hall
“Ebert added Coppola's film to his list of The Great Movies in 1999, stating how two decades of hindsight proved: "Apocalypse Now is the best Vietnam film [and] one of the greatest of all films, because it pushes beyond the others, into the dark places of the soul."”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10
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