Hercules
“The man. The myth. The movie.”
Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is tricked by the hilarious, hotheaded villain Hades, who's plotting to take over Mount Olympus!
How Hercules compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of Hercules (Disney), not taken from this film’s own record.
- #1 of 2
- Rank in the series by rating
- The first film
- Where it sits in the series
- 99%
- Share of the series audience
Hercules (1997) is the highest-rated of the 2 rated films in the Hercules (Disney) series, at 7.5/10 on TMDB against a series average of 7.0/10.
It is the film that started the series, 2 years before the most recent entry, Hercules: Zero to Hero (1999).
Its 8,114 TMDB ratings are 99% of the 8,166 cast across the series, more than any other film in it.
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Hercules (Disney), comparing all 2 released films in the series. Last recalculated September 2026.
Hercules (Disney)
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Hercules is film 1 of 2. See the complete watch order.