

The Secret Garden
The timeless tale of a special place where magic, hope and love grow.
A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and forgotten. Aided by one of the servants' boys, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $18M
- Box office
- $40M
- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- servant
- garden
- uncle
- yorkshire
- little girl
- orphan
- woman director
- old mansion
- english garden
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United States of America, United Kingdom
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalG13 Aug 1993
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU20 Jan 1994
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalG30 Jun 1994
CanadaCA
- Theatrical (limited)PG13 Aug 1993
BrazilBR
- TheatricalLDIC mj.gov.br14 Jan 1994
CzechiaCZ
- Physical1 Jul 1994
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP6 Apr 1994
GermanyDE
- Theatrical027 Oct 1999
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical619 May 1994
- Physical6DVD27 Oct 1999
- TV6Nederland 126 Oct 2002
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/121 Apr 1994
SlovakiaSK
- TV7Markíza 1 Jan 1998
South KoreaKR
- TheatricalALL21 May 1994
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The Secret Garden was released on 13 August 1993.
Audience reviews
2- W9/10
Wuchak
6/6/2021
_**Beautiful, reverent, awe-inspiring**_ To be honest, I remember seeing previews of this movie way back when it came out (in 1993) and thinking to myself, "WHY would anyone want to see such a film and why would anyone make it?" Well, about five years later it appeared on TV one night and I started watching, fully expecting to turn it off within 20 minutes or so. WOW -- was I ever wrong! What I saw was beautifu…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
10/8/2026
I always remember loving the BBC's Sunday tea-time adaptation of this from 1975, and this is about as close to that as I've seen from the cinema. It's really quite a simple story of the young "Mary" (Kate Maberly) who has to go and live with her uncle (John Lynch) at his stately home after her parents are killed. He proves to be a man with demons of his own which keep him from his home more often than not, and so tha…
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