Movies by Wikipedia description - Statistics

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[movie] is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made, as well as a landmark of the gangster genre. The Godfather
93%
The role of Ripley was Weaver's first leading role in a motion picture and earned her nominations for a Saturn Award for Best Actress and a BAFTA award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Role. Alien
71%
Originally, [movie] was going to feature "Tinny", the wind-up one-man band toy from the Tin Toy short film, along with "the dummy", a ventriloquist's dummy. Toy Story
61%
Damon based it on his artist brother Kyle visiting MIT's Infinite Corridor and writing "an incredibly elaborate, totally fake, version of an equation" on a blackboard, which lasted for months. Good Will Hunting
57%
[movie] was seen as a departure from Hitchcock's previous film, "North by Northwest" (1959), as it was filmed on a small budget in black-and-white by the crew of his television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Psycho
57%
Among his inspirations, Darabont listed the works of director Frank Capra, including "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) and "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946), describing them as tall tales; Darabont likened [movie] to a tall tale more than a prison movie. The Shawshank Redemption
57%
According to the U.S. Library of Congress, it is the most seen film in cinematic history. The Wizard of Oz
50%
Upon its release, Hearst prohibited any mention of the film in his newspapers. Citizen Kane
43%
Miyazaki wrote the screenplay after he decided the film would be based on the ten-year-old daughter of his friend Seiji Okuda, the film's associate producer, who came to visit his house each summer. Spirited Away
43%
Among its numerous accolades, [movie] won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards, becoming the first non-English-language film to do so. Parasite
39%
The film preserves the novel's metafictional narrative style by presenting the story as a book being read by a grandfather to his sick grandson. The Princess Bride
39%
Columbia Pictures agreed to finance the film if Peter Sellers played at least four major roles. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
36%
The shout "Attica! Attica!" was also reproduced in multiple films and television series. Dog Day Afternoon
25%
[T]he film's art direction by Otto Hunte, Erich Kettelhut, and Karl Vollbrecht draws influence from opera, Bauhaus, Cubist, and Futurist design, along with touches of the Gothic in the scenes in the catacombs, the cathedral and Rotwang's house. Metropolis
14%
[movie] opened at Mann's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles on July 31, 1999, with a special ceremony preceding the screening in which a concrete slab bearing the title character's footprint was commemorated. The Iron Giant
14%
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