Top Hat (1935)
Directed by Mark Sandrich · 99 min · Music, Comedy, Romance
73.3 TOPICAL score · #617 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.
Top Hat (1935, directed by Mark Sandrich) has a TOPICAL score of 73.3 - ranked 617 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and historical impact, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 0 awards from 2 nominations. Critics: 100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 93. Audiences: TMDB 7.2/10 (350 ratings) · IMDb 7.7/10. Wikipedia covers it in 35 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 93
- AudienceTMDB 7.2/10 (350 ratings) · IMDb 7.7/10
- Awards0 wins, 2 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 35 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read18,201 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
- Cult statusWikipedia mentions a cult following 1 time
Starring: Fred Astaire (actor #411), Ginger Rogers (actor #455), Edward Everett Horton (actor #1,109), Erik Rhodes
“Top Hat remains, to this day, the partnership's best-known work.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10