Oklahoma! (1955)
Directed by Fred Zinnemann · 148 min · Western, Music, Romance
48.8 TOPICAL score · #2,006 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →There's a box social coming up, and Curly asks Laurey if she'll be his date. Trouble is, Laurey thinks he's waited too long, and in a fit of pique accepts an offer from the boorish ranch hand Jud instead. Meanwhile, Laurey's friend Ado Annie is also torn between two men: cowboy Will and foreign peddler Ali Hakim. Both women struggle to know their own hearts before it's too late.
Oklahoma! (1955, directed by Fred Zinnemann) has a TOPICAL score of 48.8 - ranked 2,006 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and critics, and lowest on cast. It won 2 awards from 4 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score. Critics: 86% on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences: TMDB 6.6/10 (197 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 26 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics86% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudienceTMDB 6.6/10 (197 ratings)
- Awards2 wins, 4 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score; Academy Award for Best Sound
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 26 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read16,010 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Gordon MacRae (actor #1,927), Shirley Jones (actor #634), Gloria Grahame (actor #485), Charlotte Greenwood (actor #1,905)