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The Searchers (1956): Scores Across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB

7.8IMDb
87%Tomatometer
94Metacritic
7.7TMDB

The Searchers is a 1956 western film directed by John Ford. It scores 7.8 on IMDb, 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, 94 on Metacritic, 7.7 on TMDB. Audiences and critics disagree: scaled to 100, IMDb users give it 78 while Metacritic critics give it 94, a gap of 16 points in favor of critics. Ranked by confidence-weighted IMDb score, it is number 7 of 87 films from 1956 in our catalog and number 17 of 361 western films.

Billed cast: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood, John Qualen.

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