To provide a crystal growth method by which a crystal thin film having low dislocation density can be produced, and to provide a crystal growth apparatus.

This invention relates to the crystal growth method for producing the crystal thin film, by supplying a liquid raw material 12c onto a substrate 6 and depositing a crystal from the liquid raw material 12c on the substrate 6, wherein a portion of the liquid raw material 12c supplied on the substrate 6 is removed from the substrate 6 by the gravity of the liquid raw material 12c, and thereafter, the crystal growth of the liquid raw material 12d remaining on the substrate 6 is started.