Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth

Innocence has a power evil cannot imagine.

Directed by Guillermo del Toro

Produced by Estudios Picasso, Esperanto Filmoj

2006118 min7.8 / 10

A haunting dark fairy tale that weaves magical realism with the brutality of fascist Spain, exploring how a child's imagination becomes both refuge and peril in a world of cruelty.

In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.

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  • Is Pan's Labyrinth sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Pan's Labyrinth violent? Yes. More violent than 85% of films.

  • Is Pan's Labyrinth scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Pan's Labyrinth easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Does Pan's Labyrinth end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity89

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise80

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love95

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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