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Watership Down
1978
· Movie
· 92 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #216
- IMDb #150
- Google retired #337
- Rotten Tomatoes #168
- Metacritic #204
- Letterboxd #136
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #226
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #144
- Metacritic Audience #169
- Criticker #46
- Kinopoisk #271
- AlloCiné #156
- Trakt #296
Every rating
63–86
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 63, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 86.
See the most agreed on films →A young rabbit has a terrifying vision of his warren's imminent destruction. When the chief rabbit ignores his prophecy, he leads a small group of followers to escape and find a new home. Their journey is perilous, taking them across the English countryside where they face predators, hostile warrens, and human threats in their search for a safe haven.
Details
- Director
- Martin Rosen
- Writers
- John Hubley, Martin Rosen
- Based on
- Watership Down by Richard Adams
- Released
- 14 October 1978
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $1.0M
- Box office
- $3.7M
This title elsewhere
Cast
Full cast (21) →Awards
1 win & 4 nominations total