Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Directed by Mike Figgis · 111 min · Drama, Romance
69.6 TOPICAL score · #778 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Leaving Las Vegas (1995, directed by Mike Figgis) has a TOPICAL score of 69.6 - ranked 778 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and critics, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 3 awards from 6 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Critics: 91% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.6/10 critics' average · Metacritic 82. Audiences: TMDB 7.2/10 (1,734 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 44 languages.
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- Critics91% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.6/10 critics' average · Metacritic 82
- AudienceTMDB 7.2/10 (1,734 ratings)
- Awards3 wins, 6 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actor; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films; Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 44 languages
- Still read61,949 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Nicolas Cage (actor #197), Elisabeth Shue (actor #712), Julian Sands (actor #871), Richard Lewis
“Ebert named the film "the best of 1995", and would eventually rank it as the eighth best film of the 1990s.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10