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Fight Club (1999)

Directed by David Fincher · 139 min · Drama, Thriller

91.1 TOPICAL score · #84 of 6,776 films

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A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

Fight Club (1999, directed by David Fincher) has a TOPICAL score of 91.1 - one of the 100 best movies of all time by TOPICAL's score. It scores highest on audience and lasting engagement. It won 5 awards from 6 nominations, including the Empire Awards, UK for best british actress. Critics: 81% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.4/10 critics' average · Metacritic 67. Audiences: TMDB 8.4/10 (33,028 ratings) · IMDb 8.8/10. Wikipedia covers it in 102 languages.

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Critics54
Audience100
Awards77
Historical impact97
Lasting engagement100
Cast97
Legacy & cult status85

Starring: Edward Norton (actor #152), Brad Pitt (actor #10), Helena Bonham Carter (actor #97), Meat Loaf

“It was ranked as one of the most controversial and talked-about films of the 1990s.”

Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10

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