Pretty Baby (1978)
Directed by Louis Malle · 110 min · Drama
40.0 TOPICAL score · #2,674 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →In 1917 New Orleans, a 12-year-old girl is raised in a brothel by her prostitute mother.
Pretty Baby (1978, directed by Louis Malle) has a TOPICAL score of 40.0 - ranked 2,674 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on historical impact. It won 1 award from 2 nominations, including the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. Critics: 71% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.9/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 7/10 (441 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 29 languages.
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.
Critics48
Audience55
Awards66
Historical impact31
Lasting engagement55
Cast59
Legacy & cult status-
- Critics71% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.9/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 7/10 (441 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 2 nominations - incl. National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 29 languages
- Still read81,317 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon (actor #149), Frances Faye