List of live-action puppet films

This is a list of live-action puppet films. They use string or some other form of arm assistant. These films should not be confused with stop-motion animation which use frame by frame technique.

1920s-1960s

• The Great Gabbo (1929)^[1]
• The Limejuice Mystery or Who Spat in Grandfather's Porridge? (1930) - UK^[2]
• Puppet Show (1936) - USA^[3][4]
• The Emperor's Dream (1947) - Chinese^{[citation needed]}
• Lili (1953) - USA^[5]
• The Spirit of Christmas (1953) - USA^[6]
• Thunderbirds Are GO (1966) - UK^[7]
• Thunderbird 6 (1968) - UK^[7]
• The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1969) - USA^[8]
• Hey, Cinderella! (1969) - USA/Canada^[9]

1970s

• Pufnstuf (1970) - USA^[10]
• The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970) - USA^[11]
• The Frog Prince (1971 film) (1971) - USA/Canada^[12]
• The Investigator (1971) - USA^[13]
• Let My Puppets Come (1976) - USA^[14]
• Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977) - USA^[15]
• Magic (1978)- USA^[16]
• The Muppet Movie (1979) - USA^[17]

1980s

• The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - USA^[18]
• Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons (1981) - UK^[19]
• Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars (1981) - UK^[20]
• The Great Muppet Caper (1981) - USA^[21]
• The Dark Crystal (1982) - USA/UK^[22]
• Return of the Jedi (1983) - USA^[18]
• The Neverending Story (1984) - USA/West Germany^[23]
• The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) - USA^[24]
• Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird (1985) - USA^[25]

* Labyrinth (1986) - UK

• The Christmas Toy (1986) - USA/Canada
• The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986) - USA/UK
• Little Shop of Horrors (1986) - USA
• Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987) - USA
• Meet the Feebles (1989) - New Zealand
• Monster Maker (1989) - USA
• Puppet Master (1989) - USA (film series)

1990s

• The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990) - USA/West Germany
• The Witches (1990) - USA
• Dolly Dearest (1991) - USA
• Muppet*Vision 3D (1991) - USA
• The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) - USA
• Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (1993) - USA
• Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995) - USA
• Muppet Treasure Island (1996) - USA
• Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996) - USA
• Buddy (1997) - USA
• A Rat's Tale (1997) - Germany/US
• Barney's Great Adventure (1998) - USA
• The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) - USA
• Being John Malkovich (1999)- USA
• Muppets from Space (1999) - USA
• Ragdoll (1999) - USA
• Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) - USA

2000s

• Legend of the Sacred Stone (2000) - Taiwanese
• Rat (2000) - USA
• The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart (2001) - USA
• Kermit's Swamp Years (2002) - USA
• The Country Bears (2002) - USA
• It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) - USA
• Good Boy! (2003) - USA
• Five Children and It (2003) - USA/UK/France
• Strings (2004) - Denmark/Norway/Sweden/UK
• Team America: World Police (2004) - USA
• The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) - USA
• MirrorMask (2005) - USA/UK
• Dante's Inferno (2007) - USA
• Dead Silence (2007) - USA
• 31 minutos, la película (2008) - Chile/Brazil/Spain
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) - USA

2010s

• The Beaver (2011) - USA
• The Muppets (2011) - USA
• The Greyness of Autumn - (2012) - Scotland
• Muppets Most Wanted (2014) - USA
• Lessons Learned (2014, short film) - USA
• Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map (2014) - USA
• Beaster Day: Here Comes Peter Cottonhell - USA
• Turkey Hollow (2015) - USA/Canada
• The Happytime Murders (2018) - USA

2020s

• Gulabo Sitabo - (2020) - India
• Autumn Never Dies - (2020) - Scotland
• A Fairy Tale After All (2022) - USA
• Abruptio (2023) - USA
• The rise and fall of the Chop Chop Show (2022) - Argentina
• Untitled Labyrinth spin-off sequel (TBA) - USA
• Muppet Man (TBA) - USA

See also

• List of highest-grossing puppet films
• List of stop motion films