Notorious (1946)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 103 min · Drama, Romance, Thriller
87.9 TOPICAL score · #146 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.
Notorious (1946, directed by Alfred Hitchcock) has a TOPICAL score of 87.9 - ranked 146 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and cast. It won 0 awards from 2 nominations. Critics: 96% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.9/10 critics' average · Metacritic 100. Audiences: TMDB 7.7/10 (1,814 ratings) · IMDb 7.9/10. Wikipedia covers it in 47 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics96% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.9/10 critics' average · Metacritic 100
- AudienceTMDB 7.7/10 (1,814 ratings) · IMDb 7.9/10
- Awards0 wins, 2 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 47 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read30,469 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Cary Grant (actor #21), Ingrid Bergman (actor #22), Claude Rains (actor #253), Louis Calhern (actor #641)
“It has been considered one of the best films of all time.”
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