Gone with the Wind (1939)
Directed by Victor Fleming · 238 min · Drama, War, Romance
95.9 TOPICAL score · #21 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
Gone with the Wind (1939, directed by Victor Fleming) has a TOPICAL score of 95.9 - one of the 100 best movies of all time by TOPICAL's score. It scores highest on historical impact and awards. It won 9 awards from 13 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. Critics: 90% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 97. Audiences: TMDB 7.9/10 (4,512 ratings) · IMDb 8.2/10. Wikipedia covers it in 97 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics90% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 97
- AudienceTMDB 7.9/10 (4,512 ratings) · IMDb 8.2/10
- Awards9 wins, 13 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Picture; Academy Award for Best Director; Academy Award for Best Actress
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 97 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read257,721 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
- Cult statusWikipedia mentions a cult following 1 time
Starring: Vivien Leigh (actor #230), Clark Gable (actor #55), Olivia de Havilland (actor #148), Leslie Howard (actor #545)
“While its production values, technical achievements, and scale of ambition were universally recognized, some reviewers of the time found it lengthy and dramatically unconvincing.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10