The Hunger Games (2012)

The Hunger Games rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.2/10· 1.1M votes

Rotten Tomatoes84%

Metacritic68%

TMDb7.223/10· 23K votes

With 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.2/10 on IMDb and 68/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About The Hunger Games

In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.

Cast of The Hunger Games

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  Jennifer Lawrence

  as Katniss Everdeen

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  Josh Hutcherson

  as Peeta Mellark

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  Liam Hemsworth

  as Gale Hawthorne

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  Woody Harrelson

  as Haymitch Abernathy

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  Elizabeth Banks

  as Effie Trinket

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  Lenny Kravitz

  as Cinna

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  Stanley Tucci

  as Caesar Flickerman

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  Donald Sutherland

  as President Coriolanus Snow

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  Wes Bentley

  as Seneca Crane

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  Toby Jones

  as Claudius Templesmith

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  Alexander Ludwig

  as Cato

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  Isabelle Fuhrman

  as Clove

The Hunger Games facts

Budget

$75M

Box office

$694M

Collection

The Hunger Games Collection

Our take on The Hunger Games

Gary Ross's 2012 adaptation unfolds in a dystopian future where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes into a televised fight to the death. When a girl volunteers to take her younger sister's place, she becomes the reluctant face of survival and quiet defiance. Blending action, adventure, science fiction and thriller, it balances brutal spectacle with sharp commentary on inequality, propaganda and entertainment as control. The tension is grounded in character and moral choice rather than empty pyrotechnics, and its heroine is resourceful rather than invincible. It suits viewers drawn to socially charged genre storytelling, strong young protagonists, and dystopias that ask uncomfortable questions about who profits from spectacle.