North by Northwest (1959)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 137 min · Thriller, Adventure
92.2 TOPICAL score · #67 of 6,776 films
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North by Northwest (1959, directed by Alfred Hitchcock) has a TOPICAL score of 92.2 - one of the 100 best movies of all time by TOPICAL's score. It scores highest on critics and audience. It won 1 award from 4 nominations, including the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. Critics: 97% on Rotten Tomatoes · 9.3/10 critics' average · Metacritic 98. Audiences: TMDB 8/10 (4,674 ratings) · IMDb 8.3/10. Wikipedia covers it in 60 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.
- Critics97% on Rotten Tomatoes · 9.3/10 critics' average · Metacritic 98
- AudienceTMDB 8/10 (4,674 ratings) · IMDb 8.3/10
- Awards1 win, 4 nominations - incl. National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 60 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read107,623 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Cary Grant (actor #21), Eva Marie Saint (actor #233), James Mason (actor #315), Jessie Royce Landis
“North by Northwest is listed among the canonical Hitchcock films of the 1950s and is widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10