Flow
Directed by Gints Zilbalodis · 2024 ·
Flow (2024) earns a 88% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.
Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb). See how we calculate scores.
Five-source breakdown
🏆 1 award win · 1 nomination — Won Best Animated Feature, Academy Awards 2025
Janus Films / Sideshow Why this score?
- Strong critic approval (97% positive).
- Audiences widely enjoyed it (98%).
- Metascore signals universal acclaim (87/100).
- Letterboxd diarists rate it highly (4/5).
- Celluloid Score 88% averages all five public rating sources — our own composite, not a third-party trademark score.
Best for
- Viewers who want a well-regarded animation pick
- Epic-length viewers who want a big-screen experience
Not ideal for
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Is Flow worth watching?
Yes — Flow earns a 88% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
Critics Consensus
Told without a single line of dialogue, this animated fable follows a stranded cat through a flooded world, trusting lush imagery and lifelike animal behavior to carry surprisingly weighty themes of cooperation and survival.
Celluloid Critics Consensus
Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.
What is Flow about?
A wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical, Flow follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Teaming up with...
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Critic Reviews
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