City Lights (1931)
Directed by Charlie Chaplin · 87 min · Comedy, Drama, Romance
88.3 TOPICAL score · #139 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
City Lights (1931, directed by Charlie Chaplin) has a TOPICAL score of 88.3 - ranked 139 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and audience. It won 1 award from 1 nomination, including the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. Critics: 95% on Rotten Tomatoes · 9.2/10 critics' average · Metacritic 99. Audiences: TMDB 8.2/10 (2,566 ratings) · IMDb 8.5/10. Wikipedia covers it in 60 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.
- Critics95% on Rotten Tomatoes · 9.2/10 critics' average · Metacritic 99
- AudienceTMDB 8.2/10 (2,566 ratings) · IMDb 8.5/10
- Awards1 win, 1 nomination - incl. National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 60 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read19,195 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Charlie Chaplin (actor #6), Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers
“Today, many critics consider it not only the highest accomplishment of Chaplin's career, but one of the greatest films of all time.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10