The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Directed by Clint Eastwood · 135 min · Western
61.9 TOPICAL score · #1,175 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976, directed by Clint Eastwood) has a TOPICAL score of 61.9 - ranked 1,175 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and audience, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Critics: 91% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.9/10 critics' average · Metacritic 69. Audiences: TMDB 7.5/10 (1,353 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 41 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics91% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.9/10 critics' average · Metacritic 69
- AudienceTMDB 7.5/10 (1,353 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 41 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read52,750 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Clint Eastwood (actor #137), Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney
“Upon release in August 1976, The Outlaw Josey Wales was widely acclaimed by critics, many of whom saw Eastwood's role as an iconic one, relating it with much of America's ancestral past and the destiny of the nation after the American Civil War.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10