Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Directed by Clint Eastwood · 135 min · War, Drama, History
42.9 TOPICAL score · #2,444 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.
Flags of Our Fathers (2006, directed by Clint Eastwood) has a TOPICAL score of 42.9 - ranked 2,444 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and historical impact, and lowest on cast. It won 1 award from 3 nominations, including the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. Critics: 76% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 79. Audiences: TMDB 6.9/10 (2,099 ratings) · IMDb 7.1/10. Wikipedia covers it in 41 languages.
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- Critics76% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 79
- AudienceTMDB 6.9/10 (2,099 ratings) · IMDb 7.1/10
- Awards1 win, 3 nominations - incl. National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 41 languages
- Still read34,822 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Ryan Phillippe (actor #1,337), Jesse Bradford (actor #1,682), Adam Beach (actor #1,779), John Benjamin Hickey