Coraline

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Coraline

PG

2009

1h 40m

Kids & Family

Fantasy

Animation

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While exploring her new home, a girl named Coraline (Dakota Fanning) discovers a secret door, behind which lies an alternate world that closely mirrors her own but, in many ways, is better. She rejoices in her discovery, until Other Mother (Teri Hatcher) and the rest of her parallel family try to keep her there forever. Coraline must use all her resources and bravery to make it back to her own family and life.

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Critics Consensus

With its vivid stop-motion animation combined with Neil Gaiman's imaginative story, Coraline is a film that's both visually stunning and wondrously entertaining.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

Sep 12, 2017

A

Entertaining, funny and surprisingly suspenseful a times, Coraline is the perfect movie for your little one...and for the child in all of us.

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Tom Charity

CNN.com

Nov 17, 2014

Coraline never stops taking artistic risks. I hope there's a brave enough audience out there willing to take the plunge.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Nov 17, 2014

A-

All involved in this production deserve praise for turning Coraline into a triumph of storytelling and cinematic technology. Whether you're young, middle-age or older, you'll adore it.

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Brian Bisesi

Horror Movie Club Podcast

Oct 22, 2026

3.5/5

Coraline is a beautiful film and often terrifying film, but its plot can be repetitive and derivative of other children’s classics like the Wizard of Oz or Alice in Wonderland.

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Collin Garbarino

WORLD

Sep 10, 2024

3/4

Coraline seems to have grown into an allegory that it was never meant to be. I honestly can’t think of a better analogy for our current algorithm-driven existence that promises to give us just what we want

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Calum Cooper

Cinerama Film

Aug 24, 2024

5/5

Compelling, beautiful, dark, funny, horrifying, and everything in between, Coraline should be recognised for what it is: one of animated cinema’s greatest offerings.

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Ethan C

@thebigmanethan11 1 day ago

4.5 Stars would be 5 stars for this absolute masterpiece of a movie, if it wasn't for that one scene that looked like a Botticelli painting. If you know, you know. Other than that, peak, defiantly recommend watching

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Vince Q

@Vince316 1 day ago

It has such wonderful art visuals. I love the dark side of this story and how it progresses. I appreciate this movie because of the patience and care that took to make it... Laika is wonderful.

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Brendan K

@Bkeller25 2 days ago

What hasn’t been said about this classic? So many memorable scenes, and it is Laika’s most recognizable film for a reason. This was a total game changer when it came out, and still holds up so well today. Highly rewatchable and very imaginative. Also tests that PG rating quite well- it’s definitely darker than a lot of animated movies that came out around that time. Coraline is 100% a 2000s animated staple. 9.5/10

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Jude M

@RT38091468 2 days ago

coraline is a beatiful stop mo classic and the best out of the 6 laika movies being nice for kids but it is for a kinda older audiece cause it gets kinda dark and pretty scary at times making it a halloween classic u should see it and with all the clues u can try to find its like a game i loove it ive watched it 21 times these past few months and its still not boring

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Tyler S

@tylerking24 3 days ago

Super fascinating. The art and animation was so well done. It's one of those movies that I prolly won't think to watch at choice, but one of those where a friend of mine says, "I wanna watch a movie. Let's watch Coraline!" And I'd be like, "ah ok. Solid choice!"

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Mitchell S

@Mitchstur 3 days ago

It's gorgeously animated in stop-motion, artistically done and has a good message! Definitely a classic!

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Synopsis

While exploring her new home, a girl named Coraline (Dakota Fanning) discovers a secret door, behind which lies an alternate world that closely mirrors her own but, in many ways, is better. She rejoices in her discovery, until Other Mother (Teri Hatcher) and the rest of her parallel family try to keep her there forever. Coraline must use all her resources and bravery to make it back to her own family and life.

Director: Henry Selick
Producer: Bill Mechanic, Claire Jennings, Henry Selick, Mary Sandell
Screenwriter: Henry Selick
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Pandemonium, Laika, Focus Features
Rating: PG (Scary Images|Some Language|Suggestive Humor|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 6, 2009, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Oct 31, 2024
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $94.2M
Runtime: 1h 40m

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