Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "hand-puppet"

1. Léon: The Professional (1994)

R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama

12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade.

Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Danny Aiello

Votes: 1,249,810 | Gross: $19.50M

2. Girl, Interrupted (1999)

R | 127 min | Biography, Drama

A directionless teenager, Susanna, is rushed to Claymoore, a mental institution, after a supposed suicide attempt. There, she befriends a group of troubled women who deeply influence her life.

Director: James Mangold | Stars: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy

Votes: 212,324 | Gross: $28.87M

3. Munich (2005)

R | 164 min | Action, Drama, History

After the Black September capture and massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics, five men are chosen to eliminate the people responsible for that fateful day.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Marie-Josée Croze, Ciarán Hinds

Votes: 238,735 | Gross: $47.40M

4. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

PG | 109 min | Biography, Drama

Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel.

Director: Marielle Heller | Stars: Matthew Rhys, Tom Hanks, Chris Cooper, Susan Kelechi Watson

Votes: 89,111 | Gross: $61.70M

5. The Little Mermaid (1989)

G | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

A mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain in an attempt to become human and win a prince's love.

Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Rene Auberjonois, Christopher Daniel Barnes

Votes: 291,739 | Gross: $111.54M

6. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

G | 91 min | Animation, Drama, Family

A deformed bell-ringer must assert his independence from a vicious government minister in order to help his friend, a gypsy dancer.

Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Stars: Demi Moore, Jason Alexander, Mary Kay Bergman, Corey Burton

Votes: 172,173 | Gross: $100.14M

7. Meet the Fockers (2004)

PG-13 | 115 min | Comedy, Romance

All hell breaks loose when the Byrnes family meets the Focker family for the first time.

Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo

Votes: 287,338 | Gross: $279.26M

8. G.I. Blues (1960)

PG | 104 min | Comedy, Musical

Tulsa McLean, a soldier with dreams of running his own nightclub, places a bet with his friend Dynamite that he can win the heart of an untouchable dancer. But when Dynamite is transferred, Tulsa must replace him in the bet.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Elvis Presley, Juliet Prowse, Robert Ivers, James Douglas

Votes: 4,482 | Gross: $9.37M

9. Addams Family Values (1993)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy

The Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie.

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Cusack

Votes: 109,976 | Gross: $48.92M

10. What About Bob? (1991)

PG | 99 min | Comedy

A successful psychotherapist loses his mind after one of his most dependent patients, an obsessive-compulsive neurotic, tracks him down during his family vacation.

Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Bill Murray, Richard Dreyfuss, Julie Hagerty, Charlie Korsmo

Votes: 74,625 | Gross: $63.71M

11. Sydney White (2007)

PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A modern retelling of Snow White set against students in their freshman year of college in the greek system.

Director: Joe Nussbaum | Stars: Amanda Bynes, Sara Paxton, Matt Long, Jack Carpenter

Votes: 51,388 | Gross: $11.89M

12. The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.

Director: Michael Showalter | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio

Votes: 39,099

13. The Old Man & the Gun (2018)

PG-13 | 93 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.

Director: David Lowery | Stars: Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek, Danny Glover

Votes: 49,707 | Gross: $11.28M

14. Blue Exorcist (2011)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Drama

After discovering that he's the son of Satan, a young man must join the True Cross Academy in order to master his abilities and defeat Satan himself.

Stars: Nobuhiko Okamoto, Bryce Papenbrook, Jun Fukuyama, Johnny Yong Bosch

Votes: 15,161

15. Sayonara (1957)

Not Rated | 147 min | Drama, Romance

A US Air Force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women when he falls for a beautiful performer.

Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Ricardo Montalban, Patricia Owens, James Garner

Votes: 7,776 | Gross: $26.30M

16. Christine (2016)

R | 119 min | Biography, Drama

The story of Christine Chubbuck, a 1970s TV reporter struggling with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career.

Director: Antonio Campos | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, Maria Dizzia

Votes: 16,946 | Gross: $0.30M

17. The Last of Sheila (1973)

PG | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A year after Sheila is killed by a hit-and-run driver, her wealthy husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt mystery game. The game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.

Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Richard Benjamin, James Coburn, James Mason, Dyan Cannon

Votes: 8,462

18. The Beaver (2011)

PG-13 | 91 min | Drama

A troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communication.

Director: Jodie Foster | Stars: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Cherry Jones

Votes: 50,813 | Gross: $0.97M

19. The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020)

PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Romance

After a break-up, a young woman decides to start a gallery where people can leave trinkets from past relationships.

Director: Natalie Krinsky | Stars: Geraldine Viswanathan, Dacre Montgomery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Molly Gordon

Votes: 10,257

20. Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)

PG-13 | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, History

An exploration of the life, lessons, and legacy of iconic children's television host Fred Rogers.

Director: Morgan Neville | Stars: Fred Rogers, Margaret Whitmer, Tom Junod, Joanne Rogers

Votes: 27,165 | Gross: $22.84M

21. Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992)

G | 84 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Cat and mouse duo Tom and Jerry reluctantly work together to save a young girl from her evil aunt.

Director: Phil Roman | Stars: Richard Kind, Dana Hill, Anndi McAfee, Tony Jay

Votes: 12,123 | Gross: $3.56M

22. Zero Hour! (1957)

Passed | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WWII fighter pilot (Dana Andrews) to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.

Director: Hall Bartlett | Stars: Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden, Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch

Votes: 2,308

23. Plush (2013)

R | 99 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A young singer/songwriter, despite being married, becomes involved with her new guitarist, who she soon discovers has a dark past and may be a danger to her and those close to her.

Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Emily Browning, Xavier Samuel, Cam Gigandet, Dawn Olivieri

Votes: 4,160 | Gross: $0.00M

24. Breaker! Breaker! (1977)

PG | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Truck driver searches for his brother, who has disappeared in a town run by a corrupt judge.

Director: Don Hulette | Stars: Chuck Norris, George Murdock, Terry O'Connor, Don Gentry

Votes: 3,746

25. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Adventure, Comedy, Drama | Announced

Live-action adaptation of Disney's animated musical version of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'.

26. Love's Labour's Lost (2000)

PG | 93 min | Romance, Comedy, Musical

An update of the classic Shakespeare story, director Kenneth Branagh shot the film like a classic 1930s musical. It tells the story of four best friends who swear off love.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Alessandro Nivola, Alicia Silverstone, Natascha McElhone, Kenneth Branagh

Votes: 4,911 | Gross: $0.28M

27. Hugo Pool (1997)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

An LA pool cleaner/Alyssa Milano falls in love with a young man with ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Stars: Alyssa Milano, Mark Boone Junior, Malcolm McDowell, Brendan Dawson

Votes: 2,101 | Gross: $0.00M

28. Batman Ninja (2018)

PG-13 | 85 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

Batman, along with a number of his allies and adversaries, finds himself transplanted from modern Gotham City to feudal Japan.

Director: Junpei Mizusaki | Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Wataru Takagi, Ai Kakuma, Rie Kugimiya

Votes: 21,980

29. Roller Blade (1986)

88 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

In a futuristic society, rebels fighting against a fascist state are aided by a group of roller-skating nuns called the Bod Sisters.

Director: Donald G. Jackson | Stars: Suzanne Solari, Jeff Hutchinson, Shaun Michelle, Katina Garner

Votes: 591

30. Toon in with Me (2021– )

TV-PG | 60 min | Animation, Comedy

MeTV's cartoon curator Bill and Toony the Tuna host a weekday morning showcase of classic theatrical cartoons, featuring popular characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tom and Jerry, and Popeye the Sailor.

Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein, Yazmin Ramos

Votes: 355

31. Personally Yours (2000 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

In Alaska, Susannah and Jesse Stanton divorced two years ago. They have a young son Sam and two daughters, teenage Bridget and younger Hannah. Jesse lives in an isolated ranch where he ... See full summary »

Director: Jeffrey Reiner | Stars: Valerie Bertinelli, Jeffrey Nordling, Britt Irvin, Ross Malinger

Votes: 679

32. Fanny's Journey (2016)

94 min | Drama, War

Fanny and her sisters attempt to escape Nazi occupied France but many dangers are ahead of them.

Director: Lola Doillon | Stars: Léonie Souchaud, Fantine Harduin, Juliane Lepoureau, Ryan Brodie

Votes: 1,628

33. Screamtime (1983)

R | 89 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A trilogy of three improbable stories of horror and the supernatural are combined into this low budget thriller: "That's the Way to Do It," "Dreamhouse,," and "Do You Believe in Fairies?"

Directors: Michael Armstrong, Stanley A. Long | Stars: Vincent Russo, Michael Gordon, Marie Scinto, Kevin Smith

Votes: 1,015

34. Up Your Teddy Bear (1970)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Clyde King, a toy store employee whose hobbies include making wooden toys and stalking women, is coveted by the female owner of one of the biggest toy companies in the world. She is ... See full summary »

Director: Don Joslyn | Stars: Julie Newmar, Wally Cox, Victor Buono, Claire Kelly

Votes: 187

35. Mere Apne (1971)

Not Rated | 164 min | Drama

Anandi Devi is an old widow living in her village she is bought to the city by her distant relative Arun. Anandi Devi realizes that Arun and his wife wanted to keep her as a maid following ... See full summary »

Director: Gulzar | Stars: Meena Kumari, Vinod Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha, Sumita Sanyal

Votes: 661

36. The Great New Wonderful (2005)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City.

Director: Danny Leiner | Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Seth Gilliam, Jim Parsons, Martha Millan

Votes: 1,566 | Gross: $0.15M

37. The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Vicki returns to her elder sister Beth's house in Australia after an affair in Italy. Beth, with a teenage daughter, has become involved in something of a marriage of convenience with ... See full summary »

Director: Gillian Armstrong | Stars: Lisa Harrow, Bruno Ganz, Kerry Fox, Miranda Otto

Votes: 1,051 | Gross: $0.83M

38. Asobi Asobase: Workshop of Fun (2018)

24 min | Animation, Comedy

Three wildly different 8th graders create a "pastimes" club to get through the absurdity of middle school. Or something. They just want to have fun.

Stars: Hina Kino, Rika Nagae, Konomi Kohara, Maki Izawa

Votes: 1,698

39. The Errand Boy (1961)

Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Family

A goofy paperhanger is hired to root out a financial inefficiency on a Hollywood studio lot, wreaking havoc as he goes.

Director: Jerry Lewis | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Brian Donlevy, Howard McNear, Dick Wesson

Votes: 2,171

40. Cold Fever (1995)

Unrated | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

A Japanese businessman travels to Iceland and has a series of misadventures while venturing to a remote area to perform a traditional burial ritual where his parents died several years back.

Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Lili Taylor, Fisher Stevens, Gísli Halldórsson

Votes: 1,897 | Gross: $0.34M

41. Swamp Lion (2022)

111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A father in a south-Texas border town starts trafficking drugs to pay for his son's cancer treatment.

Director: Torben Bech | Stars: Michael Ray Escamilla, Bre Blair, Jack Elliot Ybarra, Luis Bordonada

Votes: 506

42. Dead Weekend (1995 TV Movie)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

In the midst of a frantic evacuation effort in the hours preceding a predicted earthquake, True World Forces agent Weed (Stephen Baldwin) and his partner, Payne (David Rasche), must secure ... See full summary »

Director: Amos Poe | Stars: Stephen Baldwin, David Rasche, Tom Kenny, Alexis Arquette

Votes: 398

43. Les Guignols de l'info (1988–2018)

8 min | Comedy

Les Guignols de l'info is a satirical French television puppet show. A parody of a television news show, the show is a caricature of the political world, the media, personalities or more generally of French society and the world today.

Stars: Yves Lecoq, Nicolas Canteloup, Daniel Herzog, Marc-Antoine Le Bret

Votes: 353

44. Vratné lahve (2007)

104 min | Comedy, Drama

A comic love story about a man who refuses to accept that old age is empty of love, meaning and value to society.

Director: Jan Sverák | Stars: Zdenek Sverák, Daniela Kolárová, Pavel Landovský, Tatiana Dyková

Votes: 5,056

45. Really Rosie (1975 TV Movie)

27 min | Animation, Family, Musical

Rosie entertains the neighborhood kids, by telling an exaggerated movie version of her life.

Director: Maurice Sendak | Stars: Carole King, Dale Soules, Alice Playten, Baillie Gerstein

Votes: 173

46. Tricky Old Dogs (2018)

TV-14 | 89 min | Comedy, Drama

Three elderly men who have been friends since the 1960s bond over their lifetime of experiences together despite their differences.

Director: Christophe Duthuron | Stars: Pierre Richard, Eddy Mitchell, Roland Giraud, Alice Pol

Votes: 932

47. Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)

Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

A documentary on the life and current times of artist Wayne White.

Director: Neil Berkeley | Stars: Wayne White, Mimi Pond, Paul Reubens, Mark Mothersbaugh

Votes: 1,223

48. Menino da Calca Branca (1962)

21 min | Short, Drama

When a young boy from a shanty town near Rio de Janeiro gets a coveted pair of white trousers for Christmas his joy knows no bounds. Not getting them dirty, however, presents certain difficulties for a lively slum kid.

Director: Sérgio Ricardo | Stars: Zezinho Gama, Laura Figueiredo, Sérgio Ricardo, Wanda Daniel

Votes: 30

49. 9 1/2 Ninjas! (1991)

R | 88 min | Comedy

Joe Vogue, a ninja, butts heads with a real estate tycoon who has hired assassins to eliminate him. In addition to that he has to also protect and train a woman in the arts of ninjutsu.

Director: Aaron Barsky | Stars: Michael Phenicie, Andee Gray, Robert Fieldsteel, Magda Harout

Votes: 444

50. The Same River Twice (2003)

Unrated | 78 min | Documentary, Adventure

From peyote to prozac, a sensitive portrait of five former hippies now approaching middle age.

Director: Robb Moss

Votes: 299