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It Happened One Night (1934)

NR ★ 7.8/10 105 min Comedy, Romance United States English
Director: Frank Capra
Screenplay by: Robert Riskin
Short Story: Samuel Hopkins Adams
Streaming: Not available
An unforgettable entertainment...the outstanding performance of two outstanding careers!

Description

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.

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Top Cast

Clark Gable
Clark Gable Peter Warne
Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert Ellie Andrews
Walter Connolly
Walter Connolly Alexander Andrews
Roscoe Karns
Roscoe Karns Oscar Shapeley
Jameson Thomas
Jameson Thomas King Westley
Alan Hale
Alan Hale Danker
Arthur Hoyt
Arthur Hoyt Zeke
Blanche Friderici
Blanche Friderici Zeke's Wife

It Happened One Night Appears on 31 Curated Movie Lists

Awards

Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Awards #91
Academy Awards: Best Actor
Academy Awards #09
Academy Awards: Best Actress
Academy Awards #09
Academy Awards: Best Director
Academy Awards #08

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #916
AFI’S 100 YEARS…100 MOVIES — 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
American Film Institute #46
Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures #115
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #732
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #671
National Board Of Review's Yearly Top 10
National Board of Review #917
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #357
The Film Foundation (by Martin Scorsese)
The Film Foundation #354

Critic Curated

50 Greatest Films Of All Time By Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair #23
BBC Culture: The 100 Greatest Comedies of All Time
BBC #28
Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Movies as of 2013
Entertainment Weekly #47
Indiewire's Greatest Romantic Comedies Of All Time
IndieWire #02
Paste Magazines Best Movies Of The 1930s
Paste Magazine #15
Rotten Tomatoes 300 Best Movies Of All Time
Rotten Tomatos #57
The 100 Best Movies Of All Time By Esquire
Esquire #86
The Telegraph - 100 Greatest Films Of All Time
The Telegraph #53
The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films
The Telegraph #43
Yahoo Movies 100 Movies To See Before You
Yahoo Movies #45

Filmmaker Curation

Francois Truffaut's List Of Favorite Films
LaCinetek #37
James Gray's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #31
Pete Docter's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #13

Genre Curation

American Film Institutes Top 10 Romantic Films
American Film Institute #03
The 42 Best Romantic Comedies Of All Time
Vanity Fair #12

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1930 1939 Films
Letterboxd #06
Showdown Dating The Enemy
Letterboxd Showdown #04
Showdown Love Serenade
Letterboxd Showdown #09
The Top-Rated Movie of Every Year by Letterboxd Users
Letterboxd #20

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