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King Kong (1933)

NR ★ 7.6/10 104 min Adventure, Fantasy, Horror United States English
Directors: Ernest B. Schoedsack , Merian C. Cooper
Screenplay by: Ruth Rose, James Ashmore Creelman
Ideas: Merian C. Cooper, Edgar Wallace
Writer: Leon Gordon
Story by: Edgar Wallace, Merian C. Cooper
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Beauty conquered the beast!

Description

Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.

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Top Cast

Robert Armstrong
Robert Armstrong Carl Denham
Fay Wray
Fay Wray Ann Darrow
Bruce Cabot
Bruce Cabot Jack Driscoll
Frank Reicher
Frank Reicher Captain Englehorn
Victor Wong
Victor Wong Ship's Cook Charlie
James Flavin
James Flavin Mate Briggs
Sam Hardy
Sam Hardy Charles Weston
Noble Johnson
Noble Johnson Skull Island Native Chief

King Kong Appears on 29 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #923
AFI’S 100 YEARS…100 MOVIES — 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
American Film Institute #41
BFI The Ultimate Horror Watchlist
British Film Institute #247
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #243
Metacritics Top 250 Movies Of All Time
Metacritic #200
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #382
The Film Foundation (by Martin Scorsese)
The Film Foundation #376

Critic Curated

Collider's 100 Best Horror Movies Of All Time
Collider #26
Collider’s 100 Essential Movies Any Serious Film Fan Should See
Collider #57
Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Movies as of 2013
Entertainment Weekly #11
Paste Magazines 50 Best Monster Movies Of All Time
Paste Magazine #02
Paste Magazines Best Movies Of The 1930s
Paste Magazine #16
Roger Eberts Great Movies
Roger Ebert #167
Rolling Stone - 101 Best Horror Movies Of All Time
Rolling Stone #34
Rotten Tomatoes 300 Best Movies Of All Time
Rotten Tomatos #170
Slashfilms Top 100 Movies Of All Time
SlashFilm #42
The Guardian: The Greatest Films of All Time
The Guardian #37
The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films
The Telegraph #401
Yahoo Movies 100 Movies To See Before You
Yahoo Movies #48

Filmmaker Curation

Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #039

Fun Lists

"All Movies Referenced In Every 'Treehouse of Horror' by The Simpsons"
Letterboxd #93

Genre Curation

A Great Action Film For Every Year 1924 To
British Film Institute #010

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1930 1939 Films
Letterboxd #70
Letterboxds Top 250 Horror Films
Letterboxd #97
Showdown Creature Feature
Letterboxd Showdown #14
Showdown Grand Illusion
Letterboxd Showdown #13
Showdown Monkey Business
Letterboxd Showdown #04
Showdown The Invisible Hand
Letterboxd Showdown #15

Temporal Era Sets

100 Maverick Movies in the Last 100 Years by Rolling Stone Magazine
FilmSite.org #10

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