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

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

Rated: A

Sep 12, 2017

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Tom Charity

CNN.com

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

Nov 17, 2014

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

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.

Rated: A-

Nov 17, 2014

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Collin Garbarino

WORLD

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

Rated: 3/4

Sep 10, 2024

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Calum Cooper

Cinerama Film

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

Rated: 5/5

Aug 24, 2024

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Aaron Neuwirth

We Live Entertainment

This film is truly one of the best features ever to incorporate 3D, as it works not only on a visual level (it looks fantastic) but also on a narrative and thematic one.

Rated: 8/10

Aug 21, 2024

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Helena M

Coraline is a film that was part or my chilhood, even thought It has a melancholic and scary style, but even with all of that, It is one of my favorite movies of Tim Burton. The history have a good structure and I feel interesting history of grandma Wybie that together with the brothers were taken for the other word, but just her, the grandma, got back, and she knows that Coraline would be next, is so interesting. It’s a film for a rainy afternoon when you want to watch a animation, but nothing comedic, something more mysterious and fantastical, and Coraline is the perfects film for that, even more so knowing that she may never have returned to the real world, giving a feeling that the story never ended, even though she "escaped" from the other mother, since at the end we saw the cat crossing behind the mailbox, and it disappears, remembering that it could only do that when it was in the other world, so...

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/25/25

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Mariana S

Coraline is a really good and interesting movie, with a even better character design and animation style, the history of Coraline and her other mom trying to basically kidnap her is really appealing at least to me because of the mystery and sometimes horror effects are just amazing combined with that kids shows vibe, but to be honest, lots of people were scared of coraline when they were little, and honestly, it can be a little scary, so I don’t really blame them. I personally don’t think this movie should be recommended to kids because it can scare some kids, but it doesn’t erase the fact that this film is just peak cinema.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/14/25

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Taylor G

absolutely beautiful

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/11/25

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Lydia D

This movie is amazing. It's perfect for Halloween. This is my absolute favorite Halloween movie, and you MUST watch it sometime in your life!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/09/25

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vid g

scary stop motion movie.... but its quirky....

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/06/25

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Madi H.

perfect halloween/ fall movie. it’s such an easy watch but in a way that doesn’t make you bored

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/04/25

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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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