FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
It's a Wonderful Life
Scores
- IMDb8.6/10as of 2026-05-10
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer94%as of 2026-01-16
- Rotten Tomatoes average9/10as of 2021-10-05
- Metacritic89/100as of 2026-01-16
What it is
It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra. It is based on the short story and booklet "The Greatest Gift", self-published by Philip Van Doren Stern in 1943, which itself is loosely based on the 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol.
At a glance
- Genres
- Romance / Comedy / Fantasy / Drama
- Original language
- English
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