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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

NR ★ 7.8/10 130 min Comedy, Drama United States English
Director: Frank Capra
Screenplay by: Sidney Buchman
Story by: Lewis R. Foster
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Romance, drama, laughter and heartbreak... created out of the very heart and soil of America!

Description

After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.

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Top Cast

James Stewart
James Stewart Jefferson Smith
Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur Clarissa Saunders
Claude Rains
Claude Rains Joseph Paine
Edward Arnold
Edward Arnold Jim Taylor
Guy Kibbee
Guy Kibbee Governor Hopper
Thomas Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell Diz Moore
Eugene Pallette
Eugene Pallette Chick McGann
Beulah Bondi
Beulah Bondi Ma Smith

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Appears on 13 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #879
AFI’S 100 YEARS…100 MOVIES — 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
American Film Institute #26
IMDb Top 250
IMDb #208
National Board Of Review's Yearly Top 10
National Board of Review #874
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #489
UNESCO ‘Memory of the World’
UNESCO #657

Critic Curated

Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Movies as of 2013
Entertainment Weekly #44
Paste Magazines Best Movies Of The 1930s
Paste Magazine #60
Rotten Tomatoes 300 Best Movies Of All Time
Rotten Tomatos #128
Time Magazines 15 Best Political Films Of All Time
Time Magazine #14

Filmmaker Curation

Francois Truffaut's List Of Favorite Films
LaCinetek #38
Pete Docter's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #42

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1930 1939 Films
Letterboxd #09

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