List of live-action puppet films
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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)
The Limejuice Mystery or Who Spat in Grandfather's Porridge? (1930) - UK
Puppet Show (1936) - USA
The Emperor's Dream (1947) - Chinese
Lili (1953) - USA
The Spirit of Christmas (1953) - USA
Thunderbirds Are GO (1966) - UK
Thunderbird 6 (1968) - UK
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1969) - USA
Hey, Cinderella! (1969) - USA/Canada
1970s
Pufnstuf (1970) - USA
The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970) - USA
The Frog Prince (1971 film) (1971) - USA/Canada
The Investigator (1971) - USA
Let My Puppets Come (1976) - USA
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977) - USA
Magic (1978) - USA
The Muppet Movie (1979) - USA
1980s
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - USA
Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons (1981) - UK
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars (1981) - UK
The Great Muppet Caper (1981) - USA
The Dark Crystal (1982) - USA/UK
Return of the Jedi (1983) - USA
The Neverending Story (1984) - USA/West Germany
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) - USA
Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985) - USA
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
Naked Lunch (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
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!
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