Shrek
“The greatest fairy tale never told.”
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.
How Shrek compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of Shrek, not taken from this film’s own record.
- #1 of 4
- Rank in the series by rating
- The first film
- Where it sits in the series
- 38%
- Share of the series audience
Shrek (2001) is the highest-rated of the 4 rated films in the Shrek series, at 7.8/10 on TMDB against a series average of 7.0/10.
It is the film that started the series, 9 years before the most recent entry, Shrek Forever After (2010).
Its 19,280 TMDB ratings are 38% of the 51,124 cast across the series, more than any other film in it.
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Shrek, comparing all 4 released films in the series. Last recalculated September 2026.
Shrek
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