The Wizard of Oz
We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz!
1939 • 102 min • Adventure · Fantasy · Family
Synopsis
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
Our family guide
Best from age 6- 100 Reviewers · 5 · 65%
- 76 Audience · 6198 · 35%
Young Dorothy is swept away by a tornado to the colorful land of Oz. There, she joins a Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion on a journey down the Yellow Brick Road to ask the powerful Wizard for help getting home, all while evading the wicked Witch of the West.
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 0/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 4/10
Heads up
- A tornado sequence can be intense
- The Wicked Witch can be frightening
- Some fantastical creatures might be unsettling
What it models well
- The power of friendship and teamwork
- Finding courage and intelligence within
- The importance of home and family
Talk about it after
- What makes a home feel special?
- What did each character discover about themselves?
- How can we help friends who are scared?
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Top billed cast
Director: Victor Fleming • Crew: Florence Ryerson, Noel Langley, Edgar Allan Woolf
Trailers & clips
Wicked Witch of the West - Compilation
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic - Full Documentary
Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead & You're Off To See The Wizard! + Munchkinland Songs
The Wicked Witch Is Dead
85th Anniversary Spot
The Wizard of Oz | PAST EXHIBITION
Judy Garland 100 Years Over the Rainbow Spot
Cyclone
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers**_Highly entertaining, but also... enlightening_** A tornado rips through Dorothy's home in Kansas and transports her to the land of Oz where she meets a scarecrow in need of a brain, a tin man in need of a heart and a lion in need of courage. So they venture to the Emerald City in search of the eponymous wizard. "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) is eminently entertaining for both kids and adults. The message is g...
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersI was really fortunate, recently, to catch this on a big screen and it is still wonderful. After her dog is taken by "Miss Gulch" (Margaret Hamilton), "Dorothy" (Judy Garland) is all in a tizz. She decides to run away from her kindly aunt and uncle but only gets about a mile down the road before she encounters a medicine show run by "Prof. Marvel" (Frank Morgan). A twister is approaching - she must get home before...
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My personal favorite non-Disney produced film of all time as well as my personal idol for “melt” movies.
Recommended'Oh, Auntie Em, there's no place like home!' — Dorothy Gale There were two beloved and highly fabled films that my immediate family and I—while in the comforts of our home—never missed during the Easter holiday weekend of each year: The Ten Commandments (ABC), and The Wizard of Oz (CBS) - an unsurpassed duo of the most tremendously blessed movies in motion picture history. Many a generational - both past an...
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersTimeless classic still entertaining the masses as each new generation comes in. Dorothy is a young girl living on a Kansas farm, during a tornado, she, along with her dog Toto, is swept up and plonked down in a magical and mysterious land known as Oz. Desperate to get back home and under threat from a wicked witch, she is advised to seek out a great wizard who should be able to help her get back home. As she se...
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.6/10 (6,198)
- Age rating
- G
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2,777,000
- Box office
- $33,754,967
- IMDb
- tt0032138
- Official site
- www.warnerbros.com
