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Name: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Director: David Hand
Genre: animation, family, fantasy
Released: 1938
Duration: 1 h 23 min
Rating: 7.6

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has an iRankMovies score of 80.5/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)

The Happiest, Dopiest, Grumpiest, Sneeziest movie of the year.

Release:1938

Runtime:1h 23m

Country:United States

Director:David Hand, Ben Sharpsteen, William Cottrell, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Wilfred Jackson

Language:English

Genre

AnimationFamilyFantasy

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Keywords

witchDying And DeathPrincessBecoming An AdultDwarfPoisonSadnessQueen

iRank81

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.6/10· 236K votes

Metacritic96%

TMDb7.1/10· 8K votes

With 7.6/10 on IMDb and 96/100 on Metacritic, this film is well-rated across multiple platforms.

About Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.

Cast of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Adriana Caselotti
as Snow White (voice) (uncredited)
Lucille La Verne
as Queen / Witch (voice) (uncredited)
Harry Stockwell
as Prince (voice) (uncredited)
Roy Atwell
as Doc (voice) (uncredited)
Pinto Colvig
as Sleepy / Grumpy / Dopey (hiccups) (voice) (uncredited)
Otis Harlan
as Happy (voice) (uncredited)
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Scotty Mattraw
as Bashful (voice) (uncredited)
Billy Gilbert
as Sneezy (voice) (uncredited)
Eddie Collins
as Dopey / Chipmunk and Squirrel Sneezes (voice) (uncredited)
Moroni Olsen
as Magic Mirror (voice) (uncredited)
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Marion Darlington
as Birds (voice) (uncredited)
Purv Pullen
as Birds (voice) (uncredited)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs facts

Budget: $1.5M
Box office: $184.9M

Our take on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

David Hand's landmark 1938 animated feature retells the fairy tale of a beautiful girl who flees into the forest and shelters in the home of seven dwarfs to escape her stepmother, a wicked Queen consumed by vanity and jealousy of the girl's beauty. As animation, family and fantasy, it pairs gentle warmth with genuinely eerie menace, moving between song, comedy and the Queen's dark obsession. It suits families, animation history buffs and anyone curious about a foundational fairy-tale film. If you want a classic, storybook-style adventure with memorable characters, hand-drawn craft and a mix of charm and shadow, this remains an approachable, enduring choice for viewers of any age.

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026Methodology Data sources