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Ben-Hur (1959): Scores Across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB

Ben-Hur is a 1959 drama film directed by William Wyler. It scores 8.1 on IMDb, 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, 90 on Metacritic, 7.9 on TMDB. Audiences and critics largely agree: IMDb users and Metacritic critics are within 9 points of each other once scaled to 100. Ranked by confidence-weighted IMDb score, it is number 4 of 93 films from 1959 in our catalog and number 82 of 3,595 drama films.

Billed cast: Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Martha Scott.

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