The most popular film of all time, according to French viewers on Allociné, is soon leaving Netflix. You only have a few days left to watch it (again) before it disappears from the catalog.
Like every week, Netflix is sorting through its catalog to make more room for the latest new releases. As a result, films and series disappear from the streaming platform’s inventory. This is especially true of the film most rated by Allociné viewers, which is therefore considered the best of all time by users of the website specializing in cinema.
Since its release in 1994 Forrest Gump has established itself as a timeless classic of the seventh art. Its moving plot, which traces the recent history of the United States, as well as the interpretive work of its actors, have completely seduced generations of viewers who consider it a must-see in their lives. So much so that in 2011 it was selected for storage in the Library of the United States Congress because of its “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant interest.”
This drama directed by Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future) follows a man, Forrest Gump, as he waits for a bus and takes the opportunity to tell his life story to the other passengers. Although he is considered simple-minded, he has nevertheless lived through the greatest moments in the history of the United States since the 1950s: from the end of segregation to the Vietnam War to the election of Kennedy or Nixon, including the hippie movement, Neil Armstrong’s moon landing, Watergate scandal and the AIDS epidemic.
In the casting, Tom Hanks plays alongside Robin Wright (House of cards), Gary Sinise (Of mice and men) or Mykelti Williamson (Save Willy). With this performance, the leading actor thrilled audiences around the world and won the 1995 Oscar for Best Actor. In the same year he won the Oscar for Best Actor. Forrest Gump also won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Visual Effects.
At the time of its release Forrest Gump received overall positive international reviews based on Metacritic (82/100) or Rotten Tomatoes (71%). The French press was somewhat less enthusiastic, but Zemeckis’ production still ranks at the top of the best films of all time in the opinion of Allocine viewers, with a score of 4.6/5. When the feature film was released in theaters in 1994, it grossed $679 million at the American box office.
Forrest Gump is currently available on Netflix, but not for long. The streaming platform will remove the film from its catalog on February 14, 2024. You only have a few days left to immerse yourself in Forrest’s hectic life.
