Wings (1927)
Directed by William A. Wellman · 144 min · Drama, Action, War, Romance
73.1 TOPICAL score · #624 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them pines away.
Wings (1927, directed by William A. Wellman) has a TOPICAL score of 73.1 - ranked 624 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and awards, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 2 awards from 2 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. Critics: 94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.6/10 critics' average · Metacritic 78. Audiences: TMDB 7.2/10 (347 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 56 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
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- Critics94% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.6/10 critics' average · Metacritic 78
- AudienceTMDB 7.2/10 (347 ratings)
- Awards2 wins, 2 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Picture; Academy Award for Best Engineering Effects
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 56 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read18,347 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Clara Bow, Charles Rogers, Richard Arlen, Jobyna Ralston
“Wings was an immediate success upon release and became the yardstick against which successive aviation films were measured for years thereafter, in terms of "authenticity of combat and scope of production".”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10