Scarface (1932)
Directed by Howard Hawks · 93 min · Crime, Action, Drama, Thriller
66.6 TOPICAL score · #924 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
Scarface (1932, directed by Howard Hawks) has a TOPICAL score of 66.6 - ranked 924 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and critics, and lowest on cast. It won 1 award from 1 nomination, including the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. Critics: 98% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 90. Audiences: TMDB 7.4/10 (723 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
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- Critics98% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 90
- AudienceTMDB 7.4/10 (723 ratings) · IMDb 7.7/10
- Awards1 win, 1 nomination - incl. National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 39 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read56,395 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Paul Muni (actor #301), Ann Dvorak (actor #1,756), Karen Morley (actor #1,667), Osgood Perkins
“The National Board of Review named Scarface as one of the best pictures of 1932.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10