The Mitchells vs. the Machines sits in the top 1% of Hong Kong films on this catalog — ranked #11 of 836 by TMDB audience score.
Synopsis
“Saving the world can be a trip.”
A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #11 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (99th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.6 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Animation productions specifically: #1 of 12 (top 8%).
Audience Engagement
2,583 audience reviews — more than 99% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 97th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Mitchells vs. the Machines. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2020–2022 Hong Kong Window
Among 24 Hong Kong films we catalog from this window, The Mitchells vs. the Machines places #2 — near the top of its class.
The 2020s Hong Kong Landscape
2021 was the decade’s peak output year for Hong Kong — 9 titles released, including The Mitchells vs. the Machines. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (25 total).
Animation + Adventure in Hong Kong
5 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Mitchells vs. the Machines itself).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 8 other Hong Kong films in 2021.
The 821st Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Mitchells vs. the Machines, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- father daughter conflict · 3
- evil robot · 1
- family drama · 15
- dysfunctional family · 12
- man vs machine · 7
- technology · 6
- family relationships · 57
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Lord Miller, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, One Cool Film Production |
| Runtime | 1h 50m |
| Release Date | April 22, 2021 |
| IMDb | tt7979580 |
| Official Site | www.netflix.com |














