Movies like Muppet Picker Upper
If Muppet Picker Upper's mix of puppet, puppetry and puppet-comedy stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Muppet Picker Upper's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Muppet Movie
1979 · Directed by James Frawley · 97 min7.2
Why you'll like itWith Jim Henson and Frank Oz · Shares: puppet, puppetry, muppets · From the same decade (1970s)
The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood.
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Muppet Treasure Island
1996 · Directed by Brian Henson · 100 min6.7
Why you'll like itWith Dave Goelz and Frank Oz · Shares: puppet, puppetry, muppets
Young Jim Hawkins and his two best friends, Gonzo and Rizzo, embark on a voyage across the high seas in search of buried treasure, but soon find that not everyone onboard can be trusted.
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The Dark Crystal
1982 · Directed by Frank Oz · 93 min7.2
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Jim Henson · With Jim Henson and Frank Oz · Shares: puppetry
On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.
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Labyrinth
1986 · Directed by Jim Henson · 101 min7.3
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Jim Henson · Shares: puppet, puppetry
Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah, a teenager with an active imagination, summons the Goblins to take her baby stepbrother away.
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The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992 · Directed by Brian Henson · 86 min7.4
Why you'll like itWith Dave Goelz and Jerry Nelson · Shares: puppet, puppetry
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during nighttime visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
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The Muppets
2011 · Directed by James Bobin · 103 min6.7
Why you'll like itWith Dave Goelz · Shares: puppetry
When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his felt-faced brother, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a telethon show and raise…
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Meet the Feebles
1989 · Directed by Peter Jackson · 93 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: puppetry, muppets
Heidi the Hippo, star of 'The Feebles Variety Hour', discovers her lover Bletch the Walrus is cheating on her. And with all the world waiting for the big show, the assorted co-stars must contend with drug addiction,…
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Gremlins
1984 · Directed by Joe Dante · 106 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: puppet, puppetry
After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.