Music, Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy  •  1968  •  90 min  •  All Ages

Yellow Submarine (1968)

Yellow Submarine poster

Yellow Submarine (1968)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low

Viewer Rating
8.0

Overview

The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.


Starring Cast

Paul McCartney  •   George Harrison  •   Ringo Starr


Where to watch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

Political: Leans Left
Confidence: Medium

The film's central narrative champions anti-authoritarianism, peace, and the liberating power of music and love against a joyless, conformist regime, reflecting the counter-cultural values of the 1960s.

Diversity: Low
Confidence: High

This animated film features characters based on the real-life, predominantly white, male band members, with no intentional diversity in character design or explicit recasting of roles. The narrative focuses on universal themes of peace and music, portraying traditional identities neutrally to positively without any critique or explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

The film "Yellow Submarine" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its fantastical plot centers on a musical adventure, with no elements pertaining to queer identity or relationships.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

Yellow Submarine does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The animated musical's plot centers on a fantastical adventure to save Pepperland from the Blue Meanies, and gender identity is not explored or depicted in any capacity within its narrative or character portrayals.

Female Combat: No
Confidence: High

The film "Yellow Submarine" does not feature any female characters engaging in direct physical combat. The narrative focuses on The Beatles' journey and their use of music and love to defeat the Blue Meanies, with no instances of women defeating male opponents in close-quarters fights.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

Yellow Submarine features original characters and animated versions of The Beatles, all of whom maintain their established or historical gender. There are no instances of characters from prior source material being portrayed as a different gender.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film's main characters, The Beatles, are animated depictions of the real-life band members, who are all white. There are no instances where a character canonically or historically established as one race is portrayed as a different race.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.0

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.4
The Movie Database logo
7.2

Critic Ratings

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9.6
Metacritic logo
7.9

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