Highest-Rated Movies about 'Miniature Person'

Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Watchmen (2009), Kari-gurashi no Arietti (2010), Army of Darkness (1992), The NeverEnding Story (1984), Horton Hears a Who! (2008), Gulliver's Travels (1939), Epic (2013) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Miniature Person movies.

#1. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Storyline: Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experiment business, but when a mad scientist, Dr. Pretorius, kidnaps his wife, Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature, a woman, to be the companion of the monster.

Plot Keywords: sequel, title spoken by character, blindness, hermit, mad scientist, miniature person, laboratory ...

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#2. Watchmen (2009)

Storyline: In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so discover a deeper and far more diabolical plot.

Plot Keywords: rape, masked vigilante, conspiracy, nihilist, false promise of the american dream, female rear nudity, female nudity ...

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#3. Kari-gurashi no Arietti (2010)

Storyline: 14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items that they borrow from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.

Plot Keywords: based on book, based on novel, japan, anime, foreign language adaptation, miniature person, female protagonist ...

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#4. Army of Darkness (1992)

Storyline: Ash is transported with his car to 1,300 A.D., where he is captured by Lord Arthur and turned slave with Duke Henry the Red and a couple of his men. When Ash is thrown into a pit, he defeats two monsters and wins respect of Arthur's army and vassals. The Wiseman points Ash as The Chosen One that will retrieve the Necronomicon but Ash is only interested in returning home. When he learns that the only way to return to his time is using the Necronomicon, Ash decides to travel to the unholy land of the Deadites. The Wiseman advises that he must say the words "Klaatu Barada Nikto" to safely get the evil book. However, Ash forgets the last word and an army of the dead resurrects to attack Arthur fortress and recover the Necronomicon. The battle between the living and the dead is about to start and the support of Henry the Red is the only way to help Ash and Arthur to defeat the army of darkness.

Plot Keywords: 1990s, medieval times, doppelganger, time travel, reluctant hero, shotgun, magic ...

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#5. The NeverEnding Story (1984)

Storyline: Bastian is a young boy who lives a dreary life being tormented by school bullies. On one such occasion he escapes into a book shop where the old proprieter reveals an ancient story-book to him, which he is warned can be dangerous. Shortly after, he "borrows" the book and begins to read it in the school attic where he is drawn into the mythical land of Fantasia, which desperately needs a hero to save it from destruction.

Plot Keywords: book, dragon, reading, hero, horse, child hero, talking animal ...

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#6. Horton Hears a Who! (2008)

Storyline: One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry from help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. Horton agrees to help protect the Whos and their home, but this gives him nothing but torment from his neighbors, who refuse to believe that anything could survive on the speck. Still, Horton stands by the motto that, "After all, a person is a person, no matter how small."

Plot Keywords: dust, father daughter relationship, large family, mayor, rescue, jungle, animal ...

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#7. Gulliver's Travels (1939)

Storyline: Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally minuscule rival, Blefuscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the Princess and Prince of the opposing lands. In this he is alternately aided and hampered by the Lilliputian town crier and general fussbudget, Gabby. A life-threatening situation develops when the bumbling trio of Blefuscu spies, Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch, manage to steal Gulliver's pistol.—Paul Penna <tterrace@wco.com>

Plot Keywords: cult film, bird, pig, hysteria, panic, tied up, rope ...

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#8. Epic (2013)

Storyline: Young Mary Katherine (M.K.) returns to her eccentric scientist father's home, but his all-consuming quest to discover a tiny civilization in the neighboring forest drives them apart. However, M.K. soon finds herself shrunken down by Queen Tara of that forest who was mortally wounded by the putrefying Boggans, and charged to deliver a pod bearing the new Queen to safety. Together with a veteran Leafman warrior, two goofy mollusks and a young maverick, M.K. agrees to help. As the villainous Boggan leader, Mandrake closes in, M.K. and her new friends must draw on the best of themselves together and discover what they have to save their world.

Plot Keywords: miniature person, father daughter relationship, fantasy world, magic, sword and fantasy, forest, duel ...

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#9. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Storyline: When Willy Wonka decides to let five children into his chocolate factory, he decides to release five golden tickets in five separate chocolate bars, causing complete mayhem. The tickets start to be found, with the fifth going to a very special boy, called Charlie Bucket. With his Grandpa, Charlie joins the rest of the children to experience the most amazing factory ever. But not everything goes to plan within the factory.

Plot Keywords: glass elevator, chewing gum, selfishness, flashback, miniaturization, unemployment, gluttony ...

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#10. The Gnome-Mobile (1967)

Storyline: An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe. While helping them, the millionaire is suspected of being crazy because he's seeing gnomes. He's committed, and his grandchildren and the gnomes must find and free him.—Marta Dawes <smdawes@home.com>

Plot Keywords: automobile, talking animal, mental hospital, motel, psychiatrist, rolls royce, snoring ...

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#11. Mothra (1961)

Storyline: Shipwreck survivors are found on Infant Island, which was presumed uninhabited due to Rolisican atomic tests. Investigating the case is reporter Zenichiro "Snapping Turtle" Fukuda and his photographer Michi. The castaways attribute their survival to a special juice created by the natives of the island which leads to a joint expedition of Rolisican and Japanese scientists. Fukuda stows away on the expedition, which is headed by linguist Shinichi Chujo and Clark Nelson, an exploitative Rolisican businessman. The group encounters two tiny twin girls that Fukuda dubs the Shobijin, who worship the island's mythical deity named Mothra. After Nelson kidnaps the tiny fairies and beings to exploit them for profit, Mothra sets out on a journey to rescue them.—Molly Malloy <mailcall@bluemarble.net>

Plot Keywords: kaiju, fairy, moth, metamorphosis, giant insect, monster movie, based on novel ...

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#12. Tom Thumb (1958)

Storyline: In a mythical land, woodcutter Jonathan agrees not to chop down the oldest tree in the forest in return for three wishes granted by the Forest Queen. After he wastes two wishes bickering with his wife, the third brings them Tom, a thumb-sized child. The couple dote upon him, but are unable to protect him when, on his way to the village, the innocent Tom falls in with villainous Ivan and Tony.—Jwelch5742

Plot Keywords: miniature person, wedding, song, singing, singer, mother son relationship, love ...

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#13. Dr. Cyclops (1940)

Storyline: Four explorers are summoned to Peru by the brilliant physicist Dr Thorkel. They discover a rich source of radium and a half-mad Thorkel who shrinks them down to one-fifth their normal size when they threaten to stop his unorthodox experimentation.—Steve Hill <shill@harper.cc.il.us>

Plot Keywords: scientist, biologist, experiment, eyeglasses, horse, falling to death, human experimentation ...

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#14. The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)

Storyline: Doctor Gulliver is poor, so nothing - not even his charming fiancée Elisabeth - keeps him in the town he lives. He signs on to a ship to India, but in a storm he's washed off the ship and ends up on an island, which is inhibitated by very tiny people. After he managed to convince them he's harmless and is accepted as one of their citizens, their king wants to use him in war against a people of giants. Compared to them, even Gulliver is a gnome.—Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>

Plot Keywords: psychotronic film, campy, giant, miniature person, sailing ship ...

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#15. Thumbelina (1994)

Storyline: A girl no bigger than her mother's thumb feels all alone in the world knowing she is the only person her size. Her wish for a companion at last comes true when the Prince of the fairies arrives at her window sill. However, the naive Thumbelina's life goes downward from there when a toad kidnaps her. While she tries to find a way home, she begins to grow up and learns about hope with the help of the friends she always wanted.

Plot Keywords: based on fairy tale, talking animal, anthropomorphic animal, anthropomorphism, kidnapping, lifting someone into the air, witch ...

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