Red River (1948)
Directed by Howard Hawks · 133 min · Western, Drama, Adventure
77.0 TOPICAL score · #471 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.
Red River (1948, directed by Howard Hawks) has a TOPICAL score of 77.0 - ranked 471 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and historical impact, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 0 awards from 2 nominations. Critics: 100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 96. Audiences: TMDB 7.3/10 (623 ratings) · IMDb 7.7/10. Wikipedia covers it in 39 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.
- Critics100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 96
- AudienceTMDB 7.3/10 (623 ratings) · IMDb 7.7/10
- Awards0 wins, 2 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 39 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read21,019 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: John Wayne (actor #47), Montgomery Clift (actor #260), Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan (actor #351)
“Red River was selected by the American Film Institute as the fifth-greatest Western of all time in the AFI's 10 Top 10 list in 2008.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10