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1. Barbie (I) (2023)
PG-13 | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
Director: Greta Gerwig | Stars: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon
Votes: 536,833 | Gross: $636.24M
2. Ted (2024)
TV-MA | Comedy
It's 1993, and Ted the bear's moment of fame has passed. He's living back home with his best friend, John Bennett, and his family. While Ted may be a lousy influence on John, he's a loyal pal who will go out on a limb for friendship.
Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Max Burkholder, Alanna Ubach, Scott Grimes
Votes: 26,961
3. Toy Story (1995)
G | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's bedroom.
Director: John Lasseter | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney
Votes: 1,068,991 | Gross: $191.80M
4. Ted (2012)
R | 106 min | Comedy
John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear, Ted or his girlfriend, Lori.
Director: Seth MacFarlane | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane, Joel McHale
Votes: 657,784 | Gross: $218.82M
5. Toy Story 3 (2010)
G | 103 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.
Director: Lee Unkrich | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty
Votes: 892,793 | Gross: $415.00M
6. Toy Story 4 (2019)
G | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a new toy called "Forky" joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy.
Director: Josh Cooley | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale
Votes: 280,509 | Gross: $434.04M
7. Toy Story 2 (1999)
G | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends set out on a rescue mission to save Woody before he becomes a museum toy property with his roundup gang Jessie, Prospector, and Bullseye.
Directors: John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer
Votes: 619,915 | Gross: $245.85M
8. Akira (1988)
R | 124 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda
Votes: 205,330 | Gross: $0.55M
9. Ted 2 (2015)
R | 115 min | Comedy
Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.
Director: Seth MacFarlane | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Jessica Barth
Votes: 233,866 | Gross: $81.48M
10. Small Soldiers (1998)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Gregory Smith, David Cross, Jay Mohr
Votes: 105,751 | Gross: $54.68M
12. Puppet Master (1989 Video)
R | 90 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Psychics find themselves plotted against by a former colleague, who committed suicide after discovering animated, murderous puppets.
Director: David Schmoeller | Stars: Paul Le Mat, William Hickey, Irene Miracle, Jimmie F. Skaggs
Votes: 12,792
13. Pinocchio (I) (2022)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A puppet is brought to life by a fairy, who assigns him to lead a virtuous life in order to become a real boy.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hanks, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Angus Wright
Votes: 42,069
14. Christopher Robin (2018)
PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A working-class family man, Christopher Robin, encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael, Mark Gatiss
Votes: 84,860 | Gross: $99.22M
15. Welcome to Marwen (2018)
PG-13 | 116 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A victim of a brutal attack finds a unique and beautiful therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Steve Carell, Falk Hentschel, Matt O'Leary, Nikolai Witschl
Votes: 26,002 | Gross: $10.76M
16. Pinocchio (1940)
G | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.
Directors: Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Mel Blanc, Don Brodie
Votes: 159,918 | Gross: $84.25M
17. Slumberland (2022)
PG | 117 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jason Momoa, Marlow Barkley, Chris O'Dowd, Kyle Chandler
Votes: 33,050
18. Winnie the Pooh (2011)
G | 63 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
While searching for honey, Pooh and his friends embark on an adventure to find Eeyore's missing tail and rescue Christopher Robin from an unknown monster called The Backson.
Directors: Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall | Stars: Jim Cummings, Craig Ferguson, John Cleese, Bud Luckey
Votes: 28,367 | Gross: $26.69M
19. Barney & Friends (1992–2010)
TV-Y | 30 min | Family
From pretending to be a pilot on a make-believe airplane to pretending to be a pirate in search of buried treasure, Barney's friends discover that creativity lets them soar in the wings of imagination!
Stars: Bob West, Julie Johnson, Patty Wirtz, Jeff Ayers
Votes: 8,232
20. The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
PG | 96 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Omri, a young boy growing up in Brooklyn, receives an odd variety of presents for his birthday: a wooden cupboard from his older brother, a set of antique keys from his mother, and a plastic Indian from his best friend, Patrick.
Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Hal Scardino, Litefoot, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Jenkins
Votes: 31,045 | Gross: $35.62M
21. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
G | 74 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
In this collection of animated shorts based on the stories and characters by A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh, a honey-loving teddy bear, embarks on some eccentric adventures.
Directors: John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Junius Matthews, Barbara Luddy, Howard Morris
Votes: 39,709
22. Unhappily Ever After (1995–1999)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
A not-so-happy family is divided further when the father gets a schizophrenic disorder.
Stars: Geoff Pierson, Kevin Connolly, Nikki Cox, Justin Berfield
Votes: 3,238
23. Dolls (1986)
R | 77 min | Horror
A dysfunctional family of three stop by a mansion during a storm -- father, stepmother, and child. The child discovers that the elderly owners are magical toy makers and have a haunted collection of dolls.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Ian Patrick Williams, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Carrie Lorraine, Guy Rolfe
Votes: 12,851
24. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964 TV Movie)
TV-G | 47 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A young reindeer Rudolph lives at the North Pole. His father is one of Santa's reindeer and it is expected that Rudolph will eventually be one too. However, he has a feature which is a setback and causes him to be ostracized: his red nose.
Director: Larry Roemer | Stars: Billie Mae Richards, Burl Ives, Larry D. Mann, Paul Soles
Votes: 37,480
25. The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1991)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Follow Winnie the Pooh's adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood.
Stars: John Fiedler, Jim Cummings, Ken Sansom, Paul Winchell
Votes: 4,791
26. Fantasia 2000 (1999)
G | 75 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
An update of the original film with new interpretations of great works of classical music.
Directors: James Algar, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Hendel Butoy, Francis Glebas, Eric Goldberg, Don Hahn, Pixote Hunt | Stars: James Levine, Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman, Quincy Jones
Votes: 41,437 | Gross: $60.66M
27. In the Night Garden... (2007–2009)
TV-Y | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
In The Night Garden is about a magical picture-book place that exists between waking and sleeping in a child's imagination.
Stars: Derek Jacobi, Nick Kellington, Andy Wareham, Rebecca Hyland
Votes: 1,323
28. DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990)
G | 74 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Scrooge McDuck takes Huey, Dewey, and Louie to Egypt to find a pyramid and magic lamp.
Director: Bob Hathcock | Stars: Alan Young, Christopher Lloyd, Terence McGovern, Russi Taylor
Votes: 28,683 | Gross: $18.12M
29. Underdogs (2013)
PG | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A young man named Amadeo sets off on an unexpected adventure with the players of his beloved Foosball game.
Director: Juan José Campanella | Stars: Gabriel Almirón, Federico Cecere, Ezequiel Cipols, Luciana Falcón
Votes: 10,302
30. Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997 Video)
G | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Winnie the Pooh and company embark on a quest to rescue Christopher Robin from certain doom in a place called "Skull" after misreading a note he left for them.
Director: Karl Geurs | Stars: Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, Ken Sansom, Andre Stojka
Votes: 6,715
31. The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A family moves to the country to run a rustic mountain inn when, to their horror, the customers begin befalling sudden and unlikely fates.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda, Naomi Nishida
Votes: 10,028
32. Robert (2015)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In this chilling story based on real life events a family experience terrifying supernatural occurrences when their son acquires a vintage doll called Robert.
Director: Andrew Jones | Stars: Suzie Frances Garton, Lee Bane, Flynn Allen, Judith Haley
Votes: 2,890
33. Toy Story of Terror (2013 TV Movie)
TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Woody and the gang are held up at a roadside motel and members of the group start to disappear. Woody sets about getting to the bottom of the mystery.
Director: Angus MacLane | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Carl Weathers
Votes: 17,730
34. The Nutcracker: The Untold Story (2010)
PG | 110 min | Action, Family, Fantasy
In 1920s Vienna, a young girl receives a magical doll on Christmas Eve.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Richard Philipps, Fernanda Dorogi, Kriszta Dorogi, Dániel Mogács
Votes: 4,178 | Gross: $0.20M
35. March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Opposing the evil Barnaby, Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum try and fail to pay-off Mother Peep's mortgage and mislead his attempts to marry Little Bo. Enraged, Barnaby's Bogeymen are set on Toyland.
Directors: Gus Meins, Charley Rogers | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Virginia Karns, Charlotte Henry
Votes: 7,562
36. Lost Ollie (2022)
TV-PG | 45 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A lost toy, searching across the countryside for the boy who lost him, and the story of the boy who lost more than a best friend.
Stars: Jake Johnson, Gina Rodriguez, Kesler Talbot, Jonathan Groff
Votes: 1,940
37. Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990 TV Movie)
Unrated | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Many different cartoon stars like Bugs Bunny, the Muppet Babies and Garfield join forces to convince a teenager that drugs aren't cool.
Directors: Milton Gray, Marsh Lamore, Robert Shellhorn, Mike Svayko, Karen Peterson | Stars: Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Jeff Bergman, Townsend Coleman, Wayne Collins
Votes: 1,317
38. Lamp Life (2020)
TV-G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Short that shows what happened to Bo Peep and her sheep between Toy Story 2 and when she reappears in Toy Story 4.
Director: Valerie LaPointe | Stars: Annie Potts, Ally Maki, Jim Hanks, Emily Davis
Votes: 4,191
39. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
G | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn join Mark Twain on his airship to meet Halley's Comet.
Director: Will Vinton | Stars: James Whitmore, Michele Mariana, Gary Krug, Chris Ritchie
Votes: 3,401 | Gross: $0.85M
40. Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)
G | 25 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Winnie the Pooh and his friends experience high winds, heavy rains, and a flood in Hundred Acre Wood.
Directors: Wolfgang Reitherman, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Sterling Holloway, John Fiedler, Jon Walmsley
Votes: 5,458
41. Forky Asks a Question (2019–2020)
TV-G | 3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Forky asks important questions about how the world works, such as: what is love? What is time? And of course, the deepest question of all: what is cheese?
Stars: Tony Hale, Bob Peterson, John Ratzenberger, Kristen Schaal
Votes: 2,648
42. Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
Approved | 79 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The daughter of a wealthy businessman becomes lost in the city while traveling to a new school, and is taken in by a pair of down-on-their-luck performers.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Shirley Temple, Alice Faye, Gloria Stuart, Jack Haley
Votes: 1,590
43. Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1976)
G | 84 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Raggedy Ann and Andy leave their playroom to rescue Babette, a beautiful French doll kidnapped by pirates.
Directors: Richard Williams, Abe Levitow | Stars: Claire Williams, Didi Conn, Mark Baker, Fred Stuthman
Votes: 1,069
44. Tin Toy (1988)
G | 5 min | Animation, Short, Family
A one-man-band tin toy tries to escape a destructive baby.
Director: John Lasseter
Votes: 11,679
45. Making Contact (1985)
PG | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Believing to be able to communicate with his deceased father, a young boy develops psychic powers where he uses them to try to stop supernatural forces threatening his family and friends, especially a possessed ventriloquist dummy.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Joshua Morrell, Eva Kryll, Tammy Shields, Jan Zierold
Votes: 1,779
46. The Curse of Robert the Doll (2016)
Not Rated | 79 min | Horror
A cash strapped student who starts working the night shift at a Museum suspects that one of the exhibits, a creepy vintage doll named Robert, is alive and wreaking havoc after hours.
Director: Andrew Jones | Stars: Nigel Barber, Suzie Frances Garton, Lee Bane, Chris Bell
Votes: 1,431
47. The Nutcracker Prince (1990)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
An adaption of the classic tale of a girl's dreams turned reality when her new toy turns out to be a young man placed under a curse.
Director: Paul Schibli | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Megan Follows, Peter O'Toole, Mike MacDonald
Votes: 2,659 | Gross: $1.78M
48. Toy Story 3: The Video Game (2010 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Unleash your imagination and play with Andy's toys your way. As Buzz, Woody, or Jessie, you choose what activities you want to do. The more you use your imagination and create your own story, the more you get rewarded.
Directors: Scott Kiraly, Lee Unkrich | Stars: Jack Angel, Ned Beatty, Charlie Bright, Blake Clark
Votes: 927
49. Grandpa's Magical Toys (1988 Video)
57 min | Family, Musical
A group of kids meet some magical toys.
Director: Susan Shadburne | Stars: Francisco Reynders, Kevin Hageman, Daniel Strauch, Sharene Mackall
Votes: 270
50. Bagpuss (1974)
15 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Bagpuss and his friends are toys in a turn of the century shop for 'found things'. When young Emily brings them a new object, the toys come to life to work out what the strange new thing could possibly be.
Stars: Oliver Postgate, Sandra Kerr, John Faulkner, Emily Firmin
Votes: 1,097