The Secret of NIMH

1982 • 1h 23m •

Adventure Animation Drama Family Fantasy Mystery Science Fiction

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★ 7.4/10

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A widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to firmer ground.

"Right before your eyes, and beyond your wildest dreams."

Top Billed Cast

Elizabeth Hartman

Mrs. Brisby (voice)

Derek Jacobi

Nicodemus (voice)

Arthur Malet

Mr. Ages (voice)

Dom DeLuise

Jeremy (voice)

Hermione Baddeley

Auntie Shrew (voice)

Shannen Doherty

Teresa (voice)

Wil Wheaton

Martin (voice)

Jodi Hicks

Cynthia (voice)

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R RealZero Verified TMDB Critic

2026-01-03

This is still one of my favorite animated movies.

It combines so many different emotions so well: a cute and loving family, the urgency and danger of fleeing (/moving) your home with dangerous and action-filled scenes, and dark and scary moments involving cats and owls, clearly some of a mouse's biggest fears.

Mrs Brisby herself is an absolutely lovely, beautiful character. Right from the start you see and feel how she's a loving mother, polite and shy. But due to adversary she has to rise about her gentleness and fear and really shows the strength you can develop when fighting for your ...