Pete's Dragon (2016)

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Some secrets are too big to keep.

For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

• Released: 2016-08-10
• Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
• Runtime: 1h 43m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.4/10 from 2,376 votes

Directed by David Lowery.

Top cast

• Oakes Fegley as Pete
• Bryce Dallas Howard as Grace
• Wes Bentley as Jack
• Karl Urban as Gavin
• Oona Laurence as Natalie
• Robert Redford as Mr. Meacham
• Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Sheriff Gene Dentler
• John Kassir as Elliot the Dragon (voice)
• Marcus Henderson as Woodrow
• Aaron Jackson as Abner

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Pete's Dragon

• United States: stream on Disney Plus, fuboTV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Disney Plus; rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store
• India: stream on JioHotstar; rent on Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Canada: stream on Disney Plus; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: stream on Disney Plus; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV

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