One of the most popular films on critics’ lists of greatest films of all time.

Critically and Moderately Commercially Successful on original release, landing six Oscar nominations and winning two for Best Original Score and Best Original Song for ”Over The Rainbow” as well as an honorary award for Judy Garland.

One of the most common sources of reference in contemporary pop culture, particularly within the creative industries and the LGBTQIA+ community.

Film production began and was inspired by Walt Disney’s critical and commercial success in the fantasy genre with ”Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”.

Roger Ebert chose it as one of his Great Films stating that ”The Wizard of Oz has a wonderful surface of comedy and music, special effects and excitement, but we still watch it six decades later because its underlying story penetrates straight to the deepest insecurities of childhood, stirs them and then reassures them.”

”The Wizard of Oz: An American Fairy Tale” – a US Library of Congress exhibition stated that “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” is America’s greatest and best-loved home-grown fairy tale. The first totally American fantasy for children, it is one of the most read children’s books… Despite its many particularly American attributes, including a wizard from Omaha, [the 1939 film adaptation] has universal appeal… Because of its many television showings between 1956 and 1974, it has been seen by more viewers than any other movie…”