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Name: Sleeping Beauty
Director: Clyde Geronimi
Genre: animation, family, fantasy, romance
Released: 1959
Duration: 1 h 15 min
Rating: 7.2

Sleeping Beauty has an iRankMovies score of 79.1/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Awaken to a World of Wonders!

Release:1959

Runtime:1h 15m

Country:United States

Director:Clyde Geronimi

Language:English

Genre

AnimationFamilyFantasy

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Keywords

witch Princess magicKingdomFairy TaleSleepFairyCartoon

iRank79

Sleeping Beauty rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.2/10· 171K votes

Rotten Tomatoes90%

Metacritic85%

TMDb6.944/10· 5K votes

With 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.2/10 on IMDb and 85/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Sleeping Beauty

Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly determined to seal the princess's fate.

Cast of Sleeping Beauty

Mary Costa
as Princess Aurora (voice)
Bill Shirley
as Prince Phillip (voice)
Eleanor Audley
as Maleficent (voice)
Verna Felton
as Flora / Queen Leah (voice)
Barbara Luddy
as Merryweather (voice)
Barbara Jo Allen
as Fauna (voice)
Taylor Holmes
as King Stefan (voice)
Bill Thompson
as King Hubert (voice)
Marvin Miller
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Candy Candido
as Maleficent’s Goon (voice) (uncredited)
Pinto Colvig
as Maleficent’s Goon (voice) (uncredited)
B
Bob Amsberry
as Maleficent’s Goon (voice) (uncredited)

Sleeping Beauty facts

Budget: $6M
Box office: $51.6M

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026Methodology Data sources

Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Classic animation establishes iconic fairy tale aesthetic with timeless artistry
•Fantasy adventure celebrates magical wonder through imaginative visual design
•Nostalgic Disney formula delivers family entertainment with comforting familiarity