Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Directed by Steven Spielberg · 169 min · War, Drama, History
94.7 TOPICAL score · #34 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Saving Private Ryan (1998, directed by Steven Spielberg) has a TOPICAL score of 94.7 - one of the 100 best movies of all time by TOPICAL's score. It scores highest on audience and awards, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 8 awards from 15 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Director. Critics: 94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 91. Audiences: TMDB 8.2/10 (17,913 ratings) · IMDb 8.6/10. Wikipedia covers it in 86 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.
- Critics94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 91
- AudienceTMDB 8.2/10 (17,913 ratings) · IMDb 8.6/10
- Awards8 wins, 15 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Director; Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama; Academy Award for Best Cinematography
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 86 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read184,214 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Tom Hanks (actor #1), Tom Sizemore (actor #631), Edward Burns, Barry Pepper (actor #1,180)
“In The New York Times, Stephen Holden said "it's a safe bet that Saving Private Ryan, a powerful but flawed movie, will be revered as a classic decades hence."”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10