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Orion and the Dark
2024
· Movie
· 90 min
C
MEANRANK
65/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #492
- IMDb #478
- Google retired #420
- Metacritic #229
- Letterboxd #505
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #144
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- Metacritic Critics #142
- Metacritic Audience #350
- Criticker #221
- Kinopoisk #492
- AlloCiné #491
- Trakt #413
Every rating
43–91
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 43, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 91. Critics average 82, everyone else 61.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Orion is a young boy plagued by an endless list of fears, with the dark being his biggest one. To his astonishment, the literal embodiment of Dark visits him one night to prove that the night is nothing to be afraid of. Dark takes Orion on a roller-coaster ride around the world to experience all the wondrous things that happen while he is asleep, helping him conquer his anxieties.
Details
- Director
- Sean Charmatz
- Writer
- Charlie Kaufman
- Based on
- Orion and The Dark by Emma Yarlett
- Studio
- DreamWorks Animation
- Released
- 1 February 2024
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 8 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 17 →6 major awards won · 8 wins from 17 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| Children's and Family Emmy Awards 2025 | Outstanding Editing for an Animated Program | Kevin Sukho Lee | Winner |
| Children's and Family Emmy Awards 2025 | Individual Achievement in Animation | Lauren Zurcher (Color) | Winner |
| Children's and Family Emmy Awards 2025 | Individual Achievement in Animation | Miho Tomimasu (Background Design) | Winner |
| Children's and Family Emmy Awards 2025 | Outstanding Sound Editing and Sound Mixing for an Animated Program | Jessey Drake, Jeff Halbert, Marc Schmidt, D.J. Lynch, Rob McIntyre, Laria DeLeon, Matt Festle, Cat Gensler, Grace Stensland, Jason Oliver, Vincent Deng, Laura Macius and Roberto D. Alegria | Winner |
| Children's and Family Emmy Awards 2025 | Outstanding Animated Special | Bonnie Arnold, Walt Dohrn, Peter McCown, Ashley Laidlaw, Sean Charmatz, Charlie Kaufman and Kristin Brenner | Winner |
| Children's and Family Emmy Awards 2025 | Outstanding Younger Voice Performer in an Animated or Preschool Animated Program | Jacob Tremblay | Winner |
| Children's and Family Emmy Awards 2025 | Outstanding Casting for an Animated Program | Katie Galvan and Ania O'Hare | Nominee |
| Children's and Family Emmy Awards 2025 | Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for an Animated Program | Kevin Lax, Robert Lydecker, Vivian Aguiar-Buff, Matt Manna and Alexandra Nickson | Nominee |
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Children's and Family Emmy Awards
9 nominations, 6 won
| Individual Achievement in Animation | Lauren Zurcher (Color) | Winner |
| Individual Achievement in Animation | Miho Tomimasu (Background Design) | Winner |
| Outstanding Animated Special | Bonnie Arnold, Walt Dohrn, Peter McCown, Ashley Laidlaw, Sean Charmatz, Charlie Kaufman and Kristin Brenner | Winner |
| Outstanding Editing for an Animated Program | Kevin Sukho Lee | Winner |
| Outstanding Sound Editing and Sound Mixing for an Animated Program | Jessey Drake, Jeff Halbert, Marc Schmidt, D.J. Lynch, Rob McIntyre, Laria DeLeon, Matt Festle, Cat Gensler, Grace Stensland, Jason Oliver, Vincent Deng, Laura Macius and Roberto D. Alegria | Winner |
| Outstanding Younger Voice Performer in an Animated or Preschool Animated Program | Jacob Tremblay | Winner |
| Outstanding Casting for an Animated Program | Katie Galvan and Ania O'Hare | Nominee |
| Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for an Animated Program | Kevin Lax, Robert Lydecker, Vivian Aguiar-Buff, Matt Manna and Alexandra Nickson | Nominee |
| Outstanding Voice Performer in a Children's or Young Teen Program | Paul Walter Hauser | Nominee |
Annie Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Special Production | Orion and the Dark | Winner |
| Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Charlie Kaufman | Winner |
| Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Timothy Lamb and Christine Bian | Nominee |
Astra TV Awards
3 nominations
| Best Animated Series or TV Movie | Orion and the Dark | Nominee |
| Best Voice-Over Performance | Paul Walter Hauser | Nominee |
| Best Voice-Over Performance | Jacob Tremblay | Nominee |
Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Animation | D.J. Lynch, Rob McIntyre, Jessey Drake, Jeff Halbert, Marc Schmidt, Evan Dockter, Cat Gensler, Grace Stensland, Jason Oliver, Roberto D. Alegria, Vincent Deng and Laura Macias | Nominee |
NAACP Image Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television) | Angela Bassett | Nominee |