Unforgiven (1992)
Directed by Clint Eastwood · 130 min · Western
93.7 TOPICAL score · #46 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.
Unforgiven (1992, directed by Clint Eastwood) has a TOPICAL score of 93.7 - one of the 100 best movies of all time by TOPICAL's score. It scores highest on awards and historical impact, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 18 awards from 33 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. Critics: 96% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 85. Audiences: TMDB 7.9/10 (5,156 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 64 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
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- Critics96% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 85
- AudienceTMDB 7.9/10 (5,156 ratings)
- Awards18 wins, 33 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Picture; Academy Award for Best Director; Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 64 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read94,317 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Clint Eastwood (actor #137), Gene Hackman (actor #44), Morgan Freeman (actor #24), Jaimz Woolvett
“In June 2008, Unforgiven was listed as the fourth best American film in the Western genre (behind The Searchers, High Noon, and Shane) in the American Film Institute's "AFI's 10 Top 10" list.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10