Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Directed by Michael Curtiz · 126 min · Drama, Music
74.5 TOPICAL score · #564 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942, directed by Michael Curtiz) has a TOPICAL score of 74.5 - ranked 564 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and historical impact, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 3 awards from 8 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Critics: 91% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.9/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 7/10 (240 ratings) · IMDb 7.6/10. Wikipedia covers it in 39 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
- AudienceTMDB 7/10 (240 ratings) · IMDb 7.6/10
- Awards3 wins, 8 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actor; Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score; Academy Award for Best Sound
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 39 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read13,199 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: James Cagney (actor #169), Joan Leslie (actor #1,340), Walter Huston (actor #487), Richard Whorf
“in 1998, the film was included on the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Movies list, a compilation of the 100 greatest films in American cinema, ranking number 100.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10