Forrest Gump is a great cinema classic that is recommended by many people and is on several lists of essential films to watch. I completely agree that this film should be seen by everyone, but I also don't think it's one of the best in history. It is very interesting to see passages from the film, but if compared to the book, it becomes very weak. The film is better than the book in certain aspects, but it doesn't know how to develop some plots that aren't even in the original story as well. Everything here sounds like American propaganda about what a perfect American would be like and boasting about the American government and treating those who disagree with them like crazy. The story seems to be rushed, it misses out on developing certain events that would be really cool. It's a great film and technically very well done, but it's far from being one of the best in the history of cinema in my opinion.