Where to Watch Picnic at Hanging Rock
- cultfilmlikerJanuary 30, 2026This film was definitely in David Lynch’s top 5 Another film about being a dream within a dream! Feel like this definitely inspired Twin Peaks and also Donnie Darko !! PS if I find out David Lynch never saw this film, I’ll lower this score to a 2/5 then disappear from Earth
- maddiechismDecember 6, 2025there are these recurring motifs that give this film an almost hymnal sort of feel, its just enchanting. it managed to utterly transport me to the misty, ethereal in-between-world that permeates the very being of the landscape the film is set against. i believe miranda is botticelli's venus, when she transitioned through the veil she emerged on the other side, born from the shell. irma was found by michael, he even carries the name of the archangel. and in the painting a male angel is carrying one of the girls. leaving one girl by mirandas side. i dont know where miss mcgraw fits into this reading though. there are also all the hallmarks of an alien abduction as mentioned by others. stopping clocks, missing memories, strange lights, unexplainable wounds. just an awesome movie all around. and i wont even get into the lesbianism of this film, i could spend eternities talking about it. poor sara. 5/5 and made me write this pretentious review
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Picnic at Hanging Rock was released on September 2, 1975.
Picnic at Hanging Rock was directed by Peter Weir.
Picnic at Hanging Rock has a runtime of 1h 47m.
Picnic at Hanging Rock was produced by Jim McElroy, Hal McElroy.
Three students and a school teacher disappear on an excursion to Hanging Rock, in Victoria, on Valentine's Day, 1900. The movie follows those that disappeared, and those that stayed behind, but it delights in the asking of questions, not the answering of them. Even though both the movie and the book it was based on claim to be inspired by real events, the story is completely fictional.
The key characters in Picnic at Hanging Rock are Mrs. Appleyard (Rachel Roberts), Miss Greta McCraw (Vivean Gray), Mlle. Dianne de Poitiers (Helen Morse).
Picnic at Hanging Rock is rated PG.
Picnic at Hanging Rock is a Drama, Mystery film.
Picnic at Hanging Rock has an audience rating of 8.4 out of 10.
Picnic at Hanging Rock had a budget of $460K.
Picnic at Hanging Rock has made $5.1M at the box office.