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)
• 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
• ' (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
• ' (1987) - USA
• Meet the Feebles (1989) - New Zealand
• Monster Maker (1989) - USA
• Puppet Master (1989) - USA (film series)

1990s

• ' (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
• ' (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
• ' (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
• ' (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
• ' (2014) - USA
• - USA
• Turkey Hollow (2015) - USA/Canada
• The Happytime Murders (2018) - USA