Citizen Kane (1941)
Directed by Orson Welles · 119 min · Mystery, Drama
96.1 TOPICAL score · #20 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Citizen Kane (1941, directed by Orson Welles) has a TOPICAL score of 96.1 - one of the 100 best movies of all time by TOPICAL's score. It scores highest on critics and historical impact. It won 3 awards from 11 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. Critics: 99% on Rotten Tomatoes · 9.7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 100. Audiences: TMDB 8/10 (6,281 ratings) · IMDb 8.2/10. 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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- Critics99% on Rotten Tomatoes · 9.7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 100
- AudienceTMDB 8/10 (6,281 ratings) · IMDb 8.2/10
- Awards3 wins, 11 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay; National Board of Review Award for Best Film; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 84 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read157,625 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
- Cult statusWikipedia mentions a cult following 1 time
Starring: Orson Welles (actor #116), Joseph Cotten (actor #157), Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins (actor #959)
“In 2006, the Writers Guild of America ranked its screenplay 4th in WGA's list of 101 Greatest Screenplays.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10