Brief Encounter (1945)
Directed by David Lean · 86 min · Drama, Romance
79.1 TOPICAL score · #396 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.
Brief Encounter (1945, directed by David Lean) has a TOPICAL score of 79.1 - ranked 396 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and audience. It won 1 award from 4 nominations, including the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. Critics: 93% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.6/10 critics' average · Metacritic 92. Audiences: TMDB 7.7/10 (740 ratings) · IMDb 8/10. Wikipedia covers it in 40 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics93% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.6/10 critics' average · Metacritic 92
- AudienceTMDB 7.7/10 (740 ratings) · IMDb 8/10
- Awards1 win, 4 nominations - incl. National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 40 languages
- Still read33,291 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard (actor #319), Stanley Holloway (actor #659), Joyce Carey
“Many critics, historians, and scholars cite the film as one of the greatest of all time.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10