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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

Directed by Stanley Kramer · 108 min · Drama, Romance

81.4 TOPICAL score · #320 of 6,776 films

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A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967, directed by Stanley Kramer) has a TOPICAL score of 81.4 - ranked 320 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on cast and awards, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 3 awards from 11 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actress. Critics: 71% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.5/10 critics' average · Metacritic 63. Audiences: TMDB 7.6/10 (944 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 46 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.

Why this score

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Critics40
Audience82
Awards97
Historical impact97
Lasting engagement60
Cast98
Legacy & cult status21

Starring: Spencer Tracy (actor #85), Sidney Poitier (actor #36), Katharine Hepburn (actor #41), Katharine Houghton

“In 2017, on its 50th anniversary, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".”

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

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