Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

  • 93% of critics liked it
    (70 reviews)

  • 93% of users liked it
    (747,726 ratings)

George Lucas' mythological popcorn movie is a two-hour roller-coaster ride that has passed into movie legend. The story, for the tiny number of people not familiar with it, concerns a farm boy named Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) who discovers that the used robot recently purchased by his family… More

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May 25, 1977 Wide
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune

    What places it a sizable cut about the routine is its spectacular visual effects, the best since Stanley Kubrick's 2001.

  • Pauline Kael, New Yorker

    There's no breather in the picture, no lyricism; the only attempt at beauty is in the double sunset.

  • Penelope Gilliatt, New Yorker

    George Lucas, who made American Graffiti, has put together a sci-fi film that draws on any number of associations. Star Wars is both amazing and familiar.

  • , TIME Magazine

    A grand and glorious film that may well be the smash hit of 1977, and certainly is the best movie of the year so far.

  • A.D. Murphy, Variety

    A magnificent film. George Lucas set out to make the biggest possible adventure fantasy out of his memories of serials and older action epics, and he succeeded brilliantly.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • KJ P


    The start of an amazing mythology, and the beginning of one of the most well known movie franchises of all time. This story tells the journey of how a young man gains knowledge of the universe he lives in, and becomes a force to be reckoned with. It is classic storytelling at… More

  • MisterYoda ?


    five stars!!

  • Josh L


    An absolute classic that must be seen. There really isn't anything I can say that hasn't been said already. It does look fantastic on blu-ray, though!

  • Daniel M


    Trying to imagine filmmaking without Star Wars is like trying to imagine pop music without The Beatles: it simply isn't possible. The proliferation of Star Wars into every conceivable corner of our culture makes discussions of its legacy either pointless or severely tainted by… More

  • Samuel R


    The first to be made out of the Star Wars saga is quite possibly the best. This Sci-Fi masterpiece created so many iconic characters, locations and even phrases. This is one of few Sci-Fi films to change the genre and remain as popular today as it did then.

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