The Shining rating
The Shining (1980) holds an 8.4 on IMDb from 1.2M votes, 2nd among 1980 films.
IMDb
8.4
1.2M votes
Rank in 1980
2nd
of 31 films with 25K+ votes
Metascore
68
as of January 11, 2026
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
critics
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