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Jurassic Park (1993)

Directed by Steven Spielberg · 127 min · Adventure, Science Fiction

92.2 TOPICAL score · #66 of 6,776 films

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A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.

Jurassic Park (1993, directed by Steven Spielberg) has a TOPICAL score of 92.2 - one of the 100 best movies of all time by TOPICAL's score. It scores highest on historical impact and lasting engagement. It won 7 awards from 7 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing. Critics: 92% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.4/10 critics' average · Metacritic 68. Audiences: TMDB 8/10 (18,465 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 99 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.

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Critics69
Audience97
Awards89
Historical impact100
Lasting engagement99
Cast89
Legacy & cult status87

Starring: Sam Neill (actor #331), Laura Dern (actor #80), Jeff Goldblum (actor #564), Richard Attenborough (actor #387)

“Over the years, film critics and industry professionals have often cited Jurassic Park as one of the greatest and most influential movies in history.”

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

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