Films with Giant(ess)/Shrinking Content
by viewer-63279 | created - 28 Dec 2017 | updated - 13 Jan 2018 | PublicCompilation of movies that include giants/giantess or shrinking content. Sorted by highest rated first (for most part). Recommendations to add to list are encouraged.
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1. Oyayubihime (1999 TV Movie)
Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Saeko Machida is a high-school girl with a crush on a boy in her class named Yuichi Kimijima. Becoming obsessed with him, she tries to gain his attention and win his affections, but ... See full summary »
Directors: Atsuya Asano, Natsuki Imai, Fuminori Kaneko | Stars: Chiaki Kuriyama, Issei Takahashi, Erina Asai, Hisoka Yamamoto
Votes: 45
2. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
Stars: Rod Serling, Robert McCord, Jay Overholts, James Turley
Votes: 93,142
3. Talk to Her (2002)
R | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Rosario Flores, Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling
Votes: 117,490 | Gross: $9.36M
4. Thumbelina: A Magical Story (1992– )
25 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
When a bratty little girl named Maya is read the story of "Thumbelina" by her mother, she is suddenly shrunk and transported into the world of the book and must find her way back home.
Stars: Mika Kanai, Yôko Asagami, Kyôko Yamada, Mami Matsui
Votes: 85
5. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Approved | 81 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
After Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Paul Langton
Votes: 19,969
6. Fantastic Voyage (1968–1969)
30 min | Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi
The government employs a team of experts who are shrunken to microscopic size to infiltrate and combat otherwise impenetrable threats.
Stars: Marvin Miller, Ted Knight, Jane Webb
Votes: 236
7. The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
G | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their teenage daughter Arrietty is discovered.
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Stars: Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Mirai Shida
Votes: 104,363 | Gross: $19.20M
8. Beetlejuice (1988)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy
The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Annie McEnroe
Votes: 340,090 | Gross: $73.71M
9. Boccaccio '70 (1962)
Unrated | 205 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Inspired by Boccaccio's novellas, each episode focuses on sex, love and seduction in Italy in the 1960s, an era of economic growth and major cultural changes.
Directors: Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, Luchino Visconti | Stars: Anita Ekberg, Sophia Loren, Romy Schneider, Marisa Solinas
Votes: 5,047
10. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
PG-13 | 169 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, find Jack Sparrow, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.
Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush
Votes: 693,478 | Gross: $309.42M
11. The Devil-Doll (1936)
Passed | 78 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
An escaped convict uses miniaturized humans to wreak vengeance on those who framed him.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton, Rafaela Ottiano
Votes: 4,956
12. Innerspace (1987)
PG | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A test pilot is miniaturized in a secret experiment, and accidentally injected into a hapless store clerk.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, Kevin McCarthy
Votes: 65,130 | Gross: $25.89M
13. Fantastic Voyage (1966)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
When a blood clot renders a scientist comatose, a submarine and its crew are shrunk and injected into his bloodstream in order to save him.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 20,830
14. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
PG | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.
Directors: Patrick Gilmore, Tim Johnson | Stars: Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joseph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer
Votes: 59,464 | Gross: $26.48M
15. Macross 7 (1994–1995)
25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A rock band must play a key role in the defense of a space colony fleet.
Stars: Takehito Koyasu, Nobutoshi Canna, Show Hayami, Junko Iwao
Votes: 399
16. Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
PG | 94 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A woman transformed into a giant after she is struck by a meteorite on her wedding day becomes part of a team of monsters sent in by the U.S. government to defeat an alien mastermind trying to take over Earth.
Directors: Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert, Seth Rogen
Votes: 176,050 | Gross: $198.35M
17. FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
G | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
The magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home, which is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus.
Director: Bill Kroyer | Stars: Samantha Mathis, Christian Slater, Robin Williams, Tim Curry
Votes: 33,928 | Gross: $24.65M
18. Tom Thumb (1958)
Approved | 98 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
A boy (Russ Tamblyn), no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves (Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers) determined to make a fortune from him.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Russ Tamblyn, June Thorburn, Peter Sellers, Alan Young
Votes: 2,860
19. Alice in Wonderland (I) (2010)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Nineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway
Votes: 441,025 | Gross: $334.19M
20. Dr. Cyclops (1940)
Passed | 77 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
A mad scientist working in the South American jungle miniaturizes his colleagues when he feels his megalomania is threatened.
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Albert Dekker, Thomas Coley, Janice Logan, Charles Halton
Votes: 2,889
21. The BFG (2016)
PG | 117 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement
Votes: 93,258 | Gross: $55.48M
22. Thumbelina (1994)
G | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
This retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen classic fairy tale has the digit-sized heroine evading the clutches of various toads, moles, and beetles before she can proceed with her courtship with her dream lover, Prince Cornelius.
Directors: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman | Stars: Jodi Benson, Gary Imhoff, Gino Conforti, Barbara Cook
Votes: 18,641 | Gross: $11.37M
23. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
PG | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.
Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman, Kristine Sutherland
Votes: 166,327 | Gross: $130.72M
24. Ella Enchanted (2004)
PG | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Ella is under a spell to be constantly obedient, a fact she must hide from her new stepfamily in order to protect the prince of the land, her friend for whom she's falling.
Director: Tommy O'Haver | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes, Joanna Lumley
Votes: 74,807 | Gross: $22.92M
25. Jungle de Ikou! (1997)
Not Rated | 86 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Natsumi Rokudou, a spunky 20 year old girl receives a strange statue from her dad who's an archaeologist. Little does Natsumi know that the statue houses Ongo, a terrible monster bent on world conquest.
Stars: Eri Sendai, Megumi Hayashibara, Sumi Shimamoto, Kaneta Kimotsuki
Votes: 151
26. Dwarfina (2011– )
TV-PG | Action, Adventure, Crime
Dwarfina tells the tale of a girl, who is barely the size of a finger, and her magical journey in the mortal and supernatural world.
Stars: Heart Evangelista, Dennis Trillo, Pauleen Luna, Kylie Padilla
Votes: 22
27. Großer Mann ganz klein! (2013 TV Movie)
82 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Ina Hofmann works in a toy factory. To welcome her egocentric new boss, she gift him a live fish, unaware that a mysterious man had cursed it. Her boss becomes small as a toy.
Director: Sebastian Vigg | Stars: Felicitas Woll, Stephan Luca, Sonja Kirchberger, Thomas Kügel
Votes: 81
28. The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In one of his rare performances without Bud Abbott, Lou Costello plays a rubbish collector and inventor. When radiation in a nearby cave turns his girlfriend into a giantess, antics ensue ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Miller | Stars: Lou Costello, Dorothy Provine, Gale Gordon, Jimmy Conlin
Votes: 944
29. Downsizing (2017)
R | 135 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor.
Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Kristen Wiig
Votes: 124,505 | Gross: $24.45M
30. Into the Woods (2014)
PG | 125 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with procuring magical items from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse put on their family tree.
Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Meryl Streep, Chris Pine, Emily Blunt
Votes: 148,035 | Gross: $128.00M
31. The Ant Bully (2006)
PG | 88 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After Lucas Nickle floods an ant colony with his water gun, he's magically shrunken down to insect size and sentenced to hard labor in the ruins.
Director: John A. Davis | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Nicolas Cage, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep
Votes: 41,844 | Gross: $28.14M
32. 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: 31,035 | Gross: $35.62M
33. The Borrowers (1997)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A secret family of four-inch people living inside the walls of a house must save their home from an evil real estate developer.
Director: Peter Hewitt | Stars: John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Mark Williams, Celia Imrie
Votes: 23,614 | Gross: $22.36M
34. The Minikins (1981–1982)
44 min | Family, Sci-Fi
Architect Paul Herman travels to a tropical island to establish its potential as a tourist resort. He doesn't realize that his plans are found out by a tribe of people of only a fraction of... See full summary »
Stars: Fiona Brody, Ty Haller, Cathryn Balk, Ian Tracey
Votes: 21
35. The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A housewife grows smaller and smaller in reaction to chemicals found in cosmetics and household products.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson
Votes: 5,141 | Gross: $20.26M
36. Thumbelina (1992 Video)
G | 49 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
The dam where Thumbelina and her father live is breaking due to the rising waters in the nearby pond. Father worries that when spring comes, the melting snows will rise the water higher ... See full summary »
Directors: Masakazu Higuchi, Chinami Namba
Votes: 320
37. The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina (1999 Video)
G | 75 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
When two tiny people reunite fifteen years after their village was ransacked by a giant, they learn that they were very special people in the village.
Director: Glenn Chaika | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Elijah Wood, Peter Gallagher, Alexandra Boyd
Votes: 696
38. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Passed | 66 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When an abused socialite grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers, Roy Gordon
Votes: 6,261 | Gross: $0.48M
39. The Secret Kingdom (1998)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Three kids discover a tiny kingdom beneath their kitchen sink and are drawn inside, becoming involved with the miniature world's civil war.
Director: David Schmoeller | Stars: Billy O'Sullivan, Andrew Ducote, Samantha Tabak, Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Votes: 264
40. Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves! (1997 TV Movie)
PG | 74 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
This time, the adults have shrunk themselves, and the kids need to fix it.
Director: Dean Cundey | Stars: Rick Moranis, Eve Gordon, Bug Hall, Robin Bartlett
Votes: 16,943
41. Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The Szalinski family is back, this time hilarious disaster strikes when an experiment causes their new toddler son to grow many stories tall.
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Robert Oliveri, Daniel Shalikar
Votes: 46,826 | Gross: $58.66M
42. Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
Approved | 79 min | Sci-Fi, Horror
Lonely, deranged puppet-master designs a machine that shrinks people.
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: John Agar, John Hoyt, June Kenney, Michael Mark
Votes: 2,888
43. FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue (1998 Video)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
The fairies of FernGully must venture outside the rain forest to rescue several young animals who were captured by poachers.
Directors: Phil Robinson, David Marshall | Stars: James S. Baker, Matt K. Miller, Erik Bergmann, Connie Champagne
Votes: 1,694
44. Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader (2012)
R | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Aspiring college cheerleader Cassie Stratford consumes an experimental drug that grants her beauty and enough athletic ability to make the cheer squad. It has an unforeseen side effect - she starts to grow and grow and grow.
Director: Kevin O'Neill | Stars: Jena Sims, Sean Young, Treat Williams, Sasha Jackson
Votes: 1,585
45. The Shrunken City (1998 Video)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Two teen-aged kids discover a miniature bottled city buried beneath a construction site. They must protect the tiny civilization within from reptilian alien hunters after its everlasting power supply.
Director: Ted Nicolaou | Stars: Michael Malota, Agnes Bruckner, Jules Mandel, Steve Valentine
Votes: 289
46. Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
When an abused heiress grows to giant size because of her encounter with aliens, she decides to get revenge on her cheating husband and those who annoyed her.
Director: Christopher Guest | Stars: Daryl Hannah, Daniel Baldwin, William Windom, Frances Fisher
Votes: 3,255
47. Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfolds (1995)
R | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A magazine centerfold overdoses on a beauty-enhancement drug and grows 60 feet tall.
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: J.J. North, Ted Monte, Raelyn Saalman, Tammy Parks
Votes: 1,097
48. The Phantom Planet (1961)
Unrated | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After an invisible asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere.
Director: William Marshall | Stars: Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Anthony Dexter, Francis X. Bushman
Votes: 3,317
49. Village of the Giants (1965)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Delinquent teen-agers ingest a substance and grow thirty feet tall, then proceed to take over a small town.
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Tommy Kirk, Johnny Crawford, Beau Bridges, Ron Howard
Votes: 2,687
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