Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Directed by Luca Guadagnino · 132 min · Romance, Drama
86.0 TOPICAL score · #190 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.
Call Me by Your Name (2017, directed by Luca Guadagnino) has a TOPICAL score of 86.0 - ranked 190 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on audience and lasting engagement, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 7 awards from 11 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. Critics: 94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 94. Audiences: TMDB 8.1/10 (12,993 ratings) · IMDb 7.8/10. Wikipedia covers it in 62 languages.
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- Critics94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 94
- AudienceTMDB 8.1/10 (12,993 ratings) · IMDb 7.8/10
- Awards7 wins, 11 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films; European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 62 languages
- Still read119,460 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Timothée Chalamet (actor #113), Armie Hammer (actor #794), Michael Stuhlbarg (actor #511), Amira Casar
“Richard Lawson wrote that Guadagnino's adaptation "was made with real love, with good intentions, with a clarity of heart and purposeful, unpretentious intellect" and hailed it as a "modern gay classic" in his Vanity Fair review.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10