An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.
Directed by Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi
based on novel or book
parent child relationship
stop motion
unlikely friendship
duringcreditsstinger
Rank
#134 in 2014·#5137 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.4 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Ben Kingsley
Snatcher (voice)
Isaac Hempstead Wright
Eggs (voice)
Elle Fanning
Winnie Portley-Rind (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker
Fish / Wheels / Bucket (voice)
Toni Collette
Lady Cynthia Portley-Rind (voice)
Jared Harris
Lord Portley-Rind (voice)
Nick Frost
Mr. Trout (voice)
Richard Ayoade
Mr. Pickles (voice)
Tracy Morgan
Mr. Gristle (voice)
Simon Pegg
Herbert Trubshaw (voice)
Nika Futterman
Oil Can / Knickers (voice)
Pat Fraley
Fragile / Sweets (voice)
Crew
Graham Annable
Director
Anthony Stacchi
Director
Adam Pava
Screenplay
Dario Marianelli
Original Music Composer
Travis Knight
Producer
David Bleiman Ichioka
Producer
Tom Myers
Sound Designer
Maggie Rodford
Music Supervisor
Alan Snow
Novel
Brian Leif Hansen
Animation
Travis Knight
Animation
Shane Prigmore
Animation
Popular Reviews
1357 reviews
vi
6.0★ · 10/11/17
i fucking love cheese, dude
i fucking love cheese, dude
4
artur
6.5★ · 12/03/25
1
Ebimo
8.0★ · 04/21/26
They would love Aurora
They would love Aurora
efa mali
8.0★ · 04/13/26
sad to announce that i’m just as oblivious as these men because i didn’t put two and two together to realise that snatcher and frou frou were the same person until eggs found out… smh
sad to announce that i’m just as oblivious as these men because i didn’t put two and two together to realise that snatcher and frou frou were the same person until eggs found out… smh
Rhealyn Punzalan
7.0★ · 03/31/26
the song in the end is like a gentle whisper, nostalgic and introspective.
the song in the end is like a gentle whisper, nostalgic and introspective.
