Minority Report

Play trailer

Minority Report

PG-13

Released Jun 21, 2002

2h 24m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

Action

Crime

Drama

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

89%

Tomatometer

260 Reviews

80%

Popcornmeter

250,000+ Ratings

Based on a story by famed science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, "Minority Report" is an action-detective thriller set in Washington D.C. in 2054, where police utilize a psychic technology to arrest and convict murderers before they commit their crime. Tom Cruise plays the head of this Precrime unit and is himself accused of the future murder of a man he hasn't even met.

Watch on Fandango at Home

Buy Now

Critics Consensus

Thought-provoking and visceral, Steven Spielberg successfully combines high concept ideas and high octane action in this fast and febrile sci-fi thriller.

Read Critics Reviews

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Minority Report does offer a few issues to ponder, and given the mindlessness of most summer action specials, it’s something of an intellectual feast, even if it’s all hors d’oeuvres.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 10, 2022

Full Review

Victoria Luxford

BBC.com

Certainly one of Tom Cruise’s best (films), and I think one of Steven Spielberg’s best too…. So much fun to watch, a really intriguing thriller.

Rated: 5/5

Jul 29, 2022

Full Review

Wendy Ide

Times (UK)

It’s colder and more calculating than much of Spielberg’s oeuvre, and is all the better for it.

Jul 14, 2022

Full Review

Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

This is a portrait of a society that has passively bartered away civil rights and left much of the population in squalor, living in slums and surviving in the cracks of a surveillance society that has no use for citizens it can’t monetize.

Feb 4, 2023

Full Review

Noah Berlatsky

Everything is Horrible (Substack)

Maybe the precogs could foresee a worse filmmaker than Steven Spielberg sometime in the far future, but right now, as far as I’m concerned, he’s got no challengers.

Jan 31, 2023

Full Review

Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The visionary quality of Minority Report's cinematic world is matched solely by its endless influence on both film and real-world technology since its release.

Rated: 4/4

Mar 20, 2022

Full Review

Read all reviews

Slava C

Aged poorly. A lot of product placement. A lot of unnecessary action scenes pulled out of thin air. A lot of logical flaws. And the whole idea is not developed — it is just a decoration for a mediocre sci-fi.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/05/25

Full Review

Audience Member

fire this up after listening to the Rewatchables on the ringer podcast feed. . Trying to prevent crime based on a flawless system. This was actually people made movies more and werent just making sequels. I forgot how good Farrell was in this movie. There are definitely some loopholes in this movie, but it’s entertaining from beginning to end with suspense on each front. I think a prequel to this movie would be great to see how it was first created and thought of. I didn’t know Spielberg directed the first couple times I watched it, but I’ve always got a new appreciation for that guy and the work he does

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/24/25

Full Review

Brent W

fire this up after listening to the Rewatchables on the ringer podcast feed. . Trying to prevent crime based on a flawless system. This was actually people made movies more and werent just making sequels. I forgot how good Farrell was in this movie. There are definitely some loopholes in this movie, but it’s entertaining from beginning to end with suspense on each front. I think a prequel to this movie would be great to see how it was first created and thought of. I didn’t know Spielberg directed the first couple times I watched it, but I’ve always got a new appreciation for that guy and the work he does

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/30/25

Full Review

Fer S

Not bad, just felt kinda long and it did not hook me that much. I found the plot to be unpredictable, but not mind blowing. Plus, I don't think it was all that well thought through.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/12/25

Full Review

T G

This film is speechless, excellent absolutely super.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/11/25

Full Review

Kevin M

Pretty good Sci-Fi - Cruise does a good job. I especially like Peter Stormare's role as the eye surgeon hack and the subsequent spider ID crawlers. Definitely worth a watch.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/09/25

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Steven Spielberg

Director

Tom Cruise

Chief Paul Anderton

Colin Farrell

Danny Witwer

Samantha Morton

Agatha

Max von Sydow

Pre-Crime Director Lamar Burgess

Lois Smith

Dr. Iris Hineman

16 Blocks

55%

57%

16 Blocks

Watchlist

The Italian Job

73%

80%

The Italian Job

Watchlist

TRAILER

for The Italian Job

Paycheck

26%

45%

Paycheck

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Paycheck

Takers

28%

62%

Takers

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Takers

Man on a Ledge

31%

52%

Man on a Ledge

Watchlist

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

Rank Tom Cruise’s 10 Best Movies

Rank Tom Cruise’s 10 Best Movies

Why Some Philip K. Dick Adaptations Work (And Others Are Total Disasters)

View more photos

Synopsis

Based on a story by famed science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, "Minority Report" is an action-detective thriller set in Washington D.C. in 2054, where police utilize a psychic technology to arrest and convict murderers before they commit their crime. Tom Cruise plays the head of this Precrime unit and is himself accused of the future murder of a man he hasn't even met.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Gerald R. Molen, Bonnie Curtis, Walter F. Parkes, Jan de Bont
Screenwriter: Philip K. Dick, Scott Frank, Jon Cohen
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Digital Image Associates, Twentieth Century Fox, Blue Tulip, Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks SKG, Cruise-Wagner Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Drug Content|Brief Language|Some Sexuality|Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $132.0M
Runtime: 2h 24m
Sound Mix: Surround, DTS, Dolby EX
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

Most Popular at Home Now