Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
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Movie1940·125 min
The Great Dictator
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
An Oscar-nominated comedy war film directed by Charlie Chaplin.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 1%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
8.3/10
4K ratings
About The Great Dictator
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Bittersweet (4 of 9)
- Intensity
- Moderate (4 of 9)
- Complexity
- Approachable (4 of 9)
- Humor
- Funny (6 of 9)
- Scale
- Broad (6 of 9)
- Spirit
- Heartfelt (7 of 9)
- Texture
- Playful, Stylized
- Story Tags
- social injustice, freedom rebellion, corruption power, wwii era, politics, urban, warzone, strangers forced together, war homefront, villain protagonist, everyman, hidden identity, fish out of water, rise and fall