It's a Wonderful Life
It's a wonderful laugh! It's a wonderful love!
George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls.All that prevents rich skinflint Mr.Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company.But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
- Director
- Frank Capra
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $10M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How It's a Wonderful Life actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
It's a Wonderful Life appears in 3 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Fantasy Movies Ranked #17
Placed at #17 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Family Movies Ranked #20
Placed at #20 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #99
Placed at #99 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
1 win · 5 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 5 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actor
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Director
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Picture
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
It's a Wonderful Life returned 3.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $10M
- Release date
- Dec 20, 1946
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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