← Entertainment TOPICAL Movie Rankings
Summertime poster

Summertime (1955)

Directed by David Lean · 100 min · Drama, Romance

43.4 TOPICAL score · #2,410 of 6,776 films

Vote for it on the board →

Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone. But before she does, she uses her savings to finance a summer in romantic Venice, where she finally meets the man of her dreams, the elegant Renato Di Rossi.

Summertime (1955, directed by David Lean) has a TOPICAL score of 43.4 - ranked 2,410 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and critics, and lowest on historical impact. It won 1 award from 3 nominations, including the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. Critics: 92% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.4/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.7/10 (175 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 25 languages.

Why this score

Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.

Critics71
Audience38
Awards81
Historical impact27
Lasting engagement33
Cast57
Legacy & cult status-

Starring: Katharine Hepburn (actor #41), Rossano Brazzi (actor #1,595), Isa Miranda, Darren McGavin

← #2,409 Pacific Rim#2,411 The Decameron →