
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Movie · G · 233 min · ★ 7.9 · 94% critics
Set during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era, a spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner pursues a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer. Their relationship unfolds amid upheaval, shifting fortunes, and the struggle to keep moving forward.
Based on Gone with the Wind
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Details
- Years
- 1939
- Release date
- 1939-12-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 233 min
- Critic score
- 94/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.9/10 (4,392 votes)
- Box office
- $402,352,579
About
You’ll likely enjoy this sweeping classic blend of love, loss, and survival if you can handle dated, racist portrayals and a lengthy runtime; Not for you if you want a modern, sensitive historical lens or shorter pacing, like The General or Pride & Prejudice.
Pros: epic romance and drama; beautiful period visuals; memorable performances | Cons: very long runtime; racist, stereotyped portrayals; heavy themes
Themes
- civil war
- based on novel or book
- marriage crisis
- loss of loved one
- widow
- atlanta
- slavery
- plantation
- typhus
- romance
- casualty of war
- second marriage
- +13 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1940
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1940
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography, Color · 1940
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1940
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1940
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- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1940
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1940
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1940
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Special Effects · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Sound · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography, Color · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1940 · nominated
Cast & crew

Vivien Leigh
as Scarlett O'Hara

Clark Gable
as Rhett Butler

Olivia de Havilland
as Melanie Hamilton

Leslie Howard
as Ashley Wilkes

Hattie McDaniel
as Mammy

Thomas Mitchell
as Gerald O'Hara

Barbara O'Neil
as Ellen O'Hara

Evelyn Keyes
as Suellen O'Hara

Ann Rutherford
as Carreen O'Hara

George Reeves
as Brent Tarleton
Directed by Victor Fleming