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Theme: Puppet Films

Dante’s Inferno (2007)

28 May 20107 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Vision of Hell/Puppet Show

Director: Sean Meredith
Actors: Dermot Mulroney, James Cromwell, Martha Plimpton, Tom Hallick, …
Category: Fantasy

The Dark Crystal (1982)

9 July 20131 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Fantastical Other World/Epic Fantasy Adventure

Director: Jim Henson, Frank Oz
Actors: Barry Dennen, Billie Whitelaw, Michael Kilgarriff
Category: Fantasy

Fun & Fancy Free (1947)

4 December 201430 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Disney Animation Anthology

Director: Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts
Actors: Edgar Bergen, Luana Patten, Cliff Edwards, Dinah Shore, …
Category: Fantasy

The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

28 March 20116 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Muppet Movie

Director: Jim Henson
Actors: Diana Rigg, Charles Grodin, Jack Warden, Peter Falk, …
Category: Fantasy

The Happytime Murders (2018)

25 January 20194 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

World Where Puppets and Humans Coexist

Director: Brian Henson
Actors: Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Elizabeth Banks, Joel McHale, …
Category: Fantasy

Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)

1 November 20129 February 2020

Rating: ★★½

Nazis Invade England/Satiric Alternate History/Puppet Film

Director: Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Timothy Spall, Rosamund Pike, Dominic West, …
Category: Fantasy

Kooky (2010)

31 December 20102 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Puppet Film/Toy’s Journey Through the Forest

Director: Jan Sverak
Actors: Ondrej Sverak, Kristyna Novakova, Zdenek Sverak, Jiri Macharek
Category: Fantasy

Marquis (1989)

22 May 200120 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Marquis De Sade Story/Obscene Puppet Show

Director: Henri Xhonneux
Category: Fantasy

Meet the Feebles (1990)

6 August 200220 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Obscene Puppet Show

Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Donna Akersten, Stuart Devenie, Mark Hadlow
Category: Fantasy

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

26 February 200225 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Muppet Movie

Director: Brian Henson
Actors: Michael Caine
Category: Fantasy

The Muppet Movie (1979)

2 February 200114 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Muppet Movie

Director: James Frawley
Actors: Charles Durning, Mel Brooks, Orson Welles, Paul Williams, …
Category: Fantasy

Muppet Treasure Island (1996)

24 December 200322 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Muppet Movie

Director: Brian Henson
Actors: Tim Curry, Billy Connolly, Kevin Bishop, Jennifer Saunders, …
Category: Fantasy

The Muppets (2011)

19 November 20116 March 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Muppet Movie

Director: James Bobin
Actors: Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones, …
Category: Fantasy

Muppets from Space (1999)

17 July 199914 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Muppet Movie

Director: Tim Hill
Actors: Jeffrey Tambor, Rob Schneider, Ray Liotta, Josh Charles, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Muppets Most Wanted (2014)

22 March 20149 June 2019

Rating: ★★½

Muppet Movie

Director: James Bobin
Actors: Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell, Tina Fey, Salma Hayek, …
Category: Fantasy

The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)

6 January 200230 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Muppet Movie

Director: Frank Oz
Actors: Julianna Donald, Lonnie Price, Frank Zorich, Dabney Coleman, …
Category: Fantasy

The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz (2005)

31 December 200530 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Muppet Movie

Director: Kirk R. Thatcher
Actors: Ashanti, Jeffrey Tambor, Queen Latifah, David Alan Grier, …
Category: Fantasy

Night of the Living Dead Reanimated (2009)

7 September 20123 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Animated Night of the Living Dead Homage

Director: director's chair in another trilogy with Land of the Dead (2005
Category: Horror

Strings (2004)

15 December 200529 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★½

World of Puppets

Director: Anders Rønnow-Klarlund
Actors: James McAvoy, Catherine McCormack, Derek Jacobi, David Harewood, …
Category: Fantasy

Team America: World Police (2004)

17 November 20048 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Political Satire/Adult Puppet Show

Director: Trey Parker
Actors: Trey Parker, Kristen Miller, Daran Norris, Matt Stone, …
Category: Science Fiction

Thunderbird 6 (1968)

10 June 20028 April 2019

Rating: ★★★

Hi-Tech Rescue Organisation/Puppet Film

Director: David Lane
Actors: Peter Dynley, Ray Barrett, David Graham, Neil McCallum, …
Category: Science Fiction

Thunderbirds Are Go (1966)

18 March 200312 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Hi-Tech Rescue Organisation/Puppet Film

Director: David Lane
Actors: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Alexander Davion, Peter Dyneley, …
Category: Science Fiction

Willy McBean and His Magic Machine (1965)

12 May 20048 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Children’s Time Travel Film

Director: Arthur Rankin Jr
Actors: Billie Richards, Larry Mann, Paul Soles, James Doohan
Category: Science Fiction

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Theme Essays

  • Disaster Movies
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  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Nazis
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Sexual Fetishism in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being Based on True Stories
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  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
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