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Name: To Kill a Mockingbird
Director: Robert Mulligan
Genre: drama
Released: 1962
Duration: 2 h 9 min
Rating: 8.2

To Kill a Mockingbird has an iRankMovies score of 85.9/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

A father must expose his children to a small town's outraged passions… and can only protect them with his love.

Release:1962

Runtime:2h 9m

Country:United States

Director:Robert Mulligan

Language:English

Genre

Drama

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Keywords

Right And JusticeRapeSibling RelationshipBased On Novel Or BookCourt CaseCourtIsolationBecoming An Adult

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To Kill a Mockingbird rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.2/10· 350K votes

Rotten Tomatoes93%

Metacritic88%

TMDb7.998/10· 3K votes

With 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.2/10 on IMDb and 88/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About To Kill a Mockingbird

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

Cast of To Kill a Mockingbird

Gregory Peck
as Atticus Finch
Mary Badham
as Scout Finch
Phillip Alford
as Jem
John Megna
as Dill Harris
Frank Overton
as Sheriff Heck Tate
Brock Peters
as Tom Robinson
Rosemary Murphy
as Maudie Atkinson
Ruth White
as Mrs. Dubose
Estelle Evans
as Calpurnia
Paul Fix
as Judge Taylor
Collin Wilcox Paxton
as Mayella Violet Ewell
James Anderson
as Bob Ewell

To Kill a Mockingbird facts

Budget: $2M
Box office: $13.1M

Our take on To Kill a Mockingbird

This 1962 classic adapts Harper Lee's novel through the eyes of a child in Depression-era Alabama, as her lawyer father defends a Black man falsely accused of rape. Dignified, humane and quietly powerful about justice and conscience, it remains a moral touchstone. If its decency and gravity moved you, seek out courtroom dramas and coming-of-age stories that confront prejudice with quiet courage.

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026Methodology Data sources

Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Robert Mulligan adapts Harper Lee's masterpiece with restraint that honors source material
•Coming-of-age narrative explores racial injustice through children's eyes with devastating honesty
•1930s Alabama setting provides historical weight to enduring themes of moral courage

What the audience disliked

•Black and white cinematography feels distant to audiences accustomed to contemporary filmmaking
•Arbitrary law critique feels somewhat preachy and heavy-handed in contemporary viewing context