Tulips Shall Grow

Tulips Shall Grow

Directed by George Pal

Produced by George Pal Productions, Paramount Pictures

19427 min6.8 / 10

A wartime allegory using stop-motion animation to depict the invasion of a peaceful Dutch countryside by dehumanized mechanical forces, balancing intimate human connection against industrial destruction and spiritual resilience.

In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), a young Dutch couple find their idyllic countryside being overrun by unfeeling, unthinking mechanical men and machines that lay waste to everything in their path. In 1997 this film, deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

Questions people ask

  • Is Tulips Shall Grow sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Tulips Shall Grow scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Is Tulips Shall Grow easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Tulips Shall Grow violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

  • Does Tulips Shall Grow 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.

68/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity87

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise57

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love60

How much audiences actually like it

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