FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Scores
- IMDb8.1/10as of 2026-05-17
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer96%as of 2022-11-29
- Rotten Tomatoes average9.4/10as of 2021-10-05
- Metacritic88/100as of 2025-06-16
What it is
The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the novel The Bridge over the River Kwai, written by Pierre Boulle. Boulle's novel and the film's screenplay are fictional; they use the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–1943 as historical setting.
At a glance
- Genres
- Drama / War
- Original language
- English
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