Site Revisions Underway Some Features May Not Work

Poster for The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

G ★ 7.6/10 102 min Adventure, Fantasy, Family United States English

Director: Victor Fleming

Screenplay by: Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf
Adaptation: Noel Langley
Lyricist: E.Y. Harburg
Novel: L. Frank Baum

Streaming on:

We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz!

Description

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.

Trailer

Top Cast

Judy Garland Dorothy Gale

Ray Bolger "Hunk" / Scarecrow

Jack Haley "Hickory" / Tin Man

Bert Lahr "Zeke" / Cowardly Lion

Frank Morgan Professor Marvel / The Wizard of Oz

Margaret Hamilton Miss Gulch / Wicked Witch of the West

Billie Burke Glinda

Charley Grapewin Uncle Henry

The Wizard of Oz Appears on 51 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #871

AFI’S 100 YEARS…100 MOVIES — 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

American Film Institute #10

Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures #136

Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux

Metacritic #223

National Film Registry

National Film Registry #811

Russian Culture Ministry’s 100 Recommended Films

Russian Culture Ministry #99

Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022

Sight & Sound #111

The Vatican's 45 Great Films

The Vatican #45

Critic Curated

50 Greatest Films Of All Time By Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair #48

BBC Culture: 100 Greatest American Films

Collider’s 100 Essential Movies Any Serious Film Fan Should See

Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Movies as of 2013

Entertainment Weekly #27

Entertainment Weekly’s 55 Essential Movies Kids Must Experience (Before they turn 13)

Entertainment Weekly #16

Esquire's 16 Best Movie Musicals

Indiewire's 65 Best Musical Movies Of All Time

Paste Magazines Best Movies Of The 1930s

Paste Magazine #09

Popmatters 100 Essential Female Film Performances

Roger Eberts Great Movies

Roger Ebert #359

Rotten Tomatoes 300 Best Movies Of All Time

Rotten Tomatos #46

Slashfilms Top 100 Movies Of All Time

The 100 Best Movies Of All Time By Esquire

The Guardian: The Greatest Films of All Time

The Guardian #31

The Observers Top 100 Film Moments 2

The Observer #42

The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films

The Telegraph #22

Yahoo Movies 100 Movies To See Before You

Yahoo Movies #98

Filmmaker Curation

16 Movies James Cameron Recommends

Baz Luhrmann's Favorite Movies

David Lynch's Favorite Movies

Lynch on Lynch #09

Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies

Letterboxd #064

Pete Docter's 50 Favorite Films

Fun Lists

"All Movies Referenced In Every 'Treehouse of Horror' by The Simpsons"

American Film Institutes 50 Greatest Villains

American Film Institute #04

Genre Curation

100 Cult Films by BFI

British Film Institute #07

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1930 1939 Films

Showdown A Dogs Life

Letterboxd Showdown #09

Showdown Ever After

Letterboxd Showdown #06

Showdown Fantasia

Letterboxd Showdown #04

Showdown Grand Illusion

Letterboxd Showdown #05

Showdown Into The Wild

Letterboxd Showdown #05

Showdown Look Whos Talking

Letterboxd Showdown #08

Showdown Monkey Business

Letterboxd Showdown #05

Showdown Multiplicity

Letterboxd Showdown #13

Showdown Possible Worlds

Letterboxd Showdown #07

Showdown Riding Giants

Letterboxd Showdown #05

Showdown Spellbound

Letterboxd Showdown #06

Showdown The Craft

Letterboxd Showdown #02

Showdown The Face Of Another

Letterboxd Showdown #11

Showdown The Magic Carpet

Letterboxd Showdown #18

Showdown The Sound Of Music

Letterboxd Showdown #05

Temporal Era Sets

100 Maverick Movies in the Last 100 Years by Rolling Stone Magazine

FilmSite.org #19

Powered by

❮ Back to Film Diary Index