Charade (1963)
Directed by Stanley Donen · 113 min · Comedy, Mystery, Romance
75.2 TOPICAL score · #538 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines.
Charade (1963, directed by Stanley Donen) has a TOPICAL score of 75.2 - ranked 538 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and cast, and lowest on awards. Critics: 94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.4/10 critics' average · Metacritic 83. Audiences: TMDB 7.7/10 (1,615 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 51 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.4/10 critics' average · Metacritic 83
- AudienceTMDB 7.7/10 (1,615 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 51 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read49,070 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Cary Grant (actor #21), Audrey Hepburn (actor #33), Walter Matthau (actor #274), James Coburn (actor #653)
“In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10