Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg · 127 min · Drama, Crime
85.3 TOPICAL score · #209 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
Cool Hand Luke (1967, directed by Stuart Rosenberg) has a TOPICAL score of 85.3 - ranked 209 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and historical impact, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 1 award from 4 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Critics: 100% on Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic 92. Audiences: TMDB 7.7/10 (1,687 ratings) · IMDb 8/10. Wikipedia covers it in 47 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics100% on Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic 92
- AudienceTMDB 7.7/10 (1,687 ratings) · IMDb 8/10
- Awards1 win, 4 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 47 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read50,600 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Paul Newman (actor #38), George Kennedy (actor #474), Luke Askew, Morgan Woodward
“It cemented Newman's status as one of the era's top actors, and was called the "touchstone of an era".”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10