How to Train Your Dragon (2010) Movie poster and book cover compared.

How to Train Your Dragon

Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders, 2010

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How to Train Your Dragon
Cressida Cowell, 2003

How to Train Your Dragon is a movie directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders in 2010 and based on the book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell, which first book was published in 2003. The movie features Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, and others.

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But the book is worth reading.

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RATING

8.1

/ 10

Movie Poster: How to Train Your Dragon (Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders, 2010)

7.7

/ 10

Book Cover: How to Train Your Dragon (Cressida Cowell, 2003)

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AUDIOBOOK

Audiobook cover of How to Train Your Dragon, the 2003 book by Cressida Cowell.

How to Train Your Dragon

Read by: David Tennant

Storyline

The Viking village of Berk, located on a remote island, is attacked frequently by dragons, which take livestock, damage property and endanger lives. During one attack, Hiccup uses a bolas launcher to shoot down a Night Fury, a dangerous and rare dragon of which little is known, but no one believes him, so he searches for the fallen dragon on his own.

Movie vs Book

Poster of How to Train Your Dragon, the 2010 movie by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders

Year

2010

Minutes

98

Movie Rate

8.10

Source: IMDb

Movie

How to Train Your Dragon

Country: USA

Year: 2010

Length: 1h38m

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Cover of How to Train Your Dragon, the 2003 book by Cressida Cowell

Year

2003

Pages

214

Book Rate

7.78

S: Goodreads

Book

How to Train Your Dragon

Country: UK

First published in: 2003

Length: 214 pages

Genre: Fiction

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Other screen adaptations of the book

Movie poster
Book of Dragons (2011)
Movie by Steve Hickner
TV Series poster
Dragons: Riders of Berk (2012-2014)
TV Series by Anthony Bell, John Sanford, Louie del Carmen, John Eng, Elaine Bogan
Movie poster
Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014)
Movie by Elaine Bogan, John Sanford
TV Series poster
Dragons: The Nine Realms (2021-)
TV Series by Henry Gilroy

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Poster of How to Train Your Dragon, the 2010 movie by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders

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IS IT WORTH WATCHING?

Poster of How to Train Your Dragon, the 2010 movie by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders

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17 votes

3 votes

book

IS IT WORTH READING?

Cover of How to Train Your Dragon, the 2003 book by Cressida Cowell

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