It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

#1800 worldwide · charting in 4 countries

Movie · 131 min · drm, fnt, fml, rma

It's a Wonderful Life poster

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.

  • 8.6 IMDb
  • 8.3 TMDB
  • 94% Rotten Tomatoes
  • 92 JustWatch

Where to watch It's a Wonderful Life

Available on 18 platforms across 4 countries.

Chart positions today

Currently charting in 4 countries, best placed at #175 in Brazil.

Available languages

Audio: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish

Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish

Chart history

It's a Wonderful Life has spent 2 days in a top 3, 32 days in a top 10 and 289 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #2.

Cast

James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Beulah Bondi, Frank Faylen, Ward Bond, Gloria Grahame, H.B. Warner, Frank Albertson, Todd Karns, Samuel S. Hinds, Mary Treen, Virginia Patton, Charles Williams, Sarah Edwards, William Edmunds

Crew

Frank Capra (director,producer,screenplay), Albert Hackett (screenplay), Frances Goodrich (screenplay)

Awards

2 wins from 7 nominations.

  • National Board of Review: Top Ten Films — won
  • National Board of Review: Top Ten Films — won
  • Academy Award for Best Film Editing 1947 — nominated
  • Academy Award for Best Director 1947 — nominated
  • Academy Award for Best Actor 1947 — nominated
  • Academy Award for Best Sound 1947 — nominated
  • Academy Award for Best Picture 1947 — nominated