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Dragonslayer: At a glance

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Facts

1981 · Fantasy, Adventure · English78% of its budget back · Critics +10 over audiences

Critics vs audiences

Critics like it more than audiences (+10)

Critics 76Audiences 66GoodWatch 71

  • Rotten Tomatoes

    Tomatometer84%

  • Metacritic

    Metascore68

  • Metacritic

    User score6.8

  • Letterboxd

    Letterboxd · 19 K ratings3.3/5

  • IMDb

    IMDb6.6

  • Rotten Tomatoes

    Audience score63%

Box office

78%of its budget back

Budget
$18 M
Worldwide
$14 M

Worldwide it made back $14 M of the $18 M it cost.

Running time

1 h 48 min

A typical length for fantasy movies, +8 min on the typical 100

Half of all fantasy movies run 91–114 min.

Reach

Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 7 more

Released

1981

June 26, 1981

45 years ago

Genres

FantasyAdventure

Language

English

Original language

Made in

  • United States

Awards

Oscar nomineeWins and nominations by award

Academy Awards1982

  • Music (Original Score)1982Nominated
  • Visual Effects1982Nominated

Content

PG · Violence, disturbing imageryNot for young kids

Rated

  • PGUnited States

Not for young kids: it's rated PG in the United States for violence and disturbing imagery, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.

What's in it

  • ViolenceStrong
  • Gore, disturbing imagesMild
  • Frightening scenesModerate
  • Sex, nudityLittle or none
  • Dark themesModerate

In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.

Viewing guide

AdultsDate NightFriends NightParty VibePartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismThought-Provoking

Not listed for kids or family movie night.

Starring

StarringPeter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson

16 people

Made by

Directed by Matthew Robbins, written with Hal BarwoodDerek Vanlint (camera), Alex North (music), Tony Lawson (editing)·31 people in 10 departments

Directing · 1

Writing · 1

Production · 5

Camera · 2

Editing · 1

Sound · 2

Art · 3

Costume & Make-Up · 7

Visual Effects · 4

Other crew · 5