Yellow Submarine (1968)

Yellow Submarine

Yellow Submarine (1968) is a dazzling, music-driven animated adventure that sends The Beatles on a surreal rescue mission to save the idyllic Pepperland from the music-hating Blue Meanies. Recruited by Captain Fred, the band boards the eponymous yellow submarine and journeys through wildly imaginative realms — the Sea of Time, Sea of Nothing, Sea of Holes — meeting oddball characters like Jeremy Hillary Boob, Ph.D., and confronting bizarre foes including a four-headed Meanie dog and the Dreadful Flying Glove. The story culminates in a joyous musical rebellion that restores color, song, and life to Pepperland and ends with the real Beatles performing "All Together Now." Seeing Yellow Submarine is less about conventional plot and more about a sensory, upbeat experience: vivid, psychedelic animation that pulses and morphs in time with a soundtrack of Beatles classics ("Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band," "With a Little Help From My Friends," "Hey Bulldog," "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," "All You Need Is Love"), playful British humor, and moments of pure visual invention. It’s family-friendly yet richly imaginative for adults, offering a whimsical, hallucinatory trip that celebrates music, creativity, and collective joy. If you watch it, expect to be entertained, mesmerized by color and design, and likely singing along long after the credits roll.

Actors: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr

Director: George Dunning

Runtime: 90 min

Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Filmaffinity Rating 7.0 /10 Metacritic Rating 79 /100 IMDB Rating 7.4 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.4 /10