The Ladykillers (1955)
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick · 91 min · Comedy, Crime
60.1 TOPICAL score · #1,274 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
The Ladykillers (1955, directed by Alexander Mackendrick) has a TOPICAL score of 60.1 - ranked 1,274 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and audience, and lowest on historical impact. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Critics: 100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 91. Audiences: TMDB 7.3/10 (581 ratings) · IMDb 7.6/10. Wikipedia covers it in 28 languages.
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.
- Critics100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 91
- AudienceTMDB 7.3/10 (581 ratings) · IMDb 7.6/10
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 28 languages
- Still read20,600 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Alec Guinness (actor #53), Cecil Parker (actor #1,523), Herbert Lom (actor #1,319), Peter Sellers (actor #325)