Funny Girl (1968)
Directed by William Wyler · 155 min · Comedy, Drama, Romance
75.1 TOPICAL score · #541 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.
Funny Girl (1968, directed by William Wyler) has a TOPICAL score of 75.1 - ranked 541 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and awards, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 1 award from 7 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actress. Critics: 94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.6/10 critics' average · Metacritic 88. Audiences: TMDB 7.1/10 (446 ratings) · IMDb 7.4/10. Wikipedia covers it in 39 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.6/10 critics' average · Metacritic 88
- AudienceTMDB 7.1/10 (446 ratings) · IMDb 7.4/10
- Awards1 win, 7 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actress
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 39 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read27,900 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Barbra Streisand (actor #321), Omar Sharif (actor #155), Kay Medford, Anne Francis (actor #1,226)
“In 2006, the American Film Institute ranked the film No. 16 on its list commemorating AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10