The Borrowers

1997 · 1h23 · Film

Directed by Peter Hewitt

Starring John Goodman, Mark Williams, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie, Flora Newbigin, Tom Felton, Raymond Pickard, Bradley Pierce, Aden Gillett, Doon Mackichan

Ideal when you feel… Exhausted Romantic Happy

The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks face the risk of being exposed to the normal-sized world.

Original language

English

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Screenplay

Gavin Scott, John Kamps

Music

Harry Gregson-Williams

Cinematography

Trevor Brooker, John Fenner

Cast

Celia Imrie, Flora Newbigin, Tom Felton, Raymond Pickard, Bradley Pierce, Aden Gillett, Doon Mackichan

Updated August 14, 2026

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