Shadows (1958)
Directed by John Cassavetes · 87 min · Drama
40.0 TOPICAL score · #2,678 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was.
Shadows (1958, directed by John Cassavetes) has a TOPICAL score of 40.0 - ranked 2,678 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and historical impact, and lowest on awards. Critics: 100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.8/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.9/10 (279 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 22 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.8/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.9/10 (279 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 22 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read3,467 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, Hugh Hurd, Anthony Ray