movie

2010 · United States

How to Train Your Dragon

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 98 min
Age rating: PG
Language: English
Country: United States

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.

The story

As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.

friendship
ship
blacksmith
island
based on novel or book
flying
arena
village
villain
training

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Jonah Hill — Snotlout (voice)
Christopher Mintz-Plasse — Fishlegs (voice)
T.J. Miller — Tuffnut (voice)
Kristen Wiig — Ruffnut (voice)
Robin Atkin Downes — Ack (voice)
Philip McGrade — Starkard (voice)
Kieron Elliott — Hoark the Haggard (voice)
Ashley Jensen — Phlegma the Fierce (Voice)
David Tennant — Spitelout (voice)
Randy Thom — Toothless (voice) (uncredited)

Directed: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
Written: William Davies, Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders

Production

Rating: 7.9 / 10 · 14,684 ratings
Studio: DreamWorks Animation

The Collection

The complete story, in order.

2010 · You’re here
How to Train Your Dragon
Where it starts.
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.