Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "ventriloquist's-dummy"

1. 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: 279,874 | Gross: $434.04M

2. Halloween Kills (2021)

R | 105 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

Surviving victims of Michael Myers form a vigilante mob and vow to end his reign of terror.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney

Votes: 98,200 | Gross: $92.00M

3. Dinner for Schmucks (2010)

PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy

After he finds out that his work superiors host a dinner celebrating the idiocy of their special guests, a rising executive questions the merits of his invitation just as he befriends a man who would be the perfect guest.

Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Stephanie Szostak, Zach Galifianakis

Votes: 111,049 | Gross: $73.03M

4. Magic (1978)

R | 107 min | Drama, Horror

A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.

Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Ed Lauter

Votes: 13,424 | Gross: $25.94M

5. A Haunted House 2 (2014)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Having exorcised the demons of his ex, Malcolm is starting fresh with his new girlfriend and her two children. After moving into their dream home, however, Malcolm is once again plagued by bizarre paranormal events.

Director: Michael Tiddes | Stars: Marlon Wayans, Jaime Pressly, Cedric The Entertainer, Essence Atkins

Votes: 23,409 | Gross: $17.33M

6. For Your Consideration (2006)

PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy

Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.

Director: Christopher Guest | Stars: Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey, Christopher Guest

Votes: 15,880 | Gross: $5.54M

7. Dead of Night (1945)

Approved | 77 min | Drama, Horror

Guests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.

Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer | Stars: Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Roland Culver, Mary Merrall

Votes: 14,192

8. Broadway Danny Rose (1984)

PG | 84 min | Comedy

In his attempts to reconcile a lounge singer with his mistress, a hapless talent agent is mistaken as her lover by a jealous gangster.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte, Sandy Baron

Votes: 26,927 | Gross: $10.60M

9. The Ten (2007)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Romance

10 stories, each inspired by one of the 10 Commandments.

Director: David Wain | Stars: Paul Rudd, Jessica Alba, Winona Ryder, Adam Brody

Votes: 16,969 | Gross: $0.77M

10. Annie Live! (2021 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A young orphan opens the heart of billionaire Sir Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks.

Directors: Lear Debessonet, Alex Rudzinski | Stars: Harry Connick Jr., Nicole Scherzinger, Tituss Burgess, Megan Hilty

Votes: 2,272

11. Dummy (2002)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but his quirky family and a gauche female friend may thwart his new career and love life.

Director: Greg Pritikin | Stars: Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich, Illeana Douglas, Vera Farmiga

Votes: 6,930 | Gross: $0.07M

12. You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Family

The owner of a debt-ridden circus contends with pursuing bill collectors and sheriffs, and his beloved daughter's relationships with one of his performers and a stuffy but wealthy young man.

Directors: George Marshall, Edward F. Cline | Stars: W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Votes: 1,886

13. 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: 4,179

14. Devil Doll (1964)

81 min | Horror

An evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.

Director: Lindsay Shonteff | Stars: Bryant Haliday, William Sylvester, Yvonne Romain, Sandra Dorne

Votes: 2,539

15. The Great Gabbo (1929)

Passed | 92 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

An insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. The dummy gives advice to the ventriloquist.

Directors: James Cruze, Erich von Stroheim | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Donald Douglas, Betty Compson, Marjorie Kane

Votes: 1,002

16. Mahaan (1983)

181 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A lawyer goes into hiding after being falsely accused of committing a crime while his wife gives birth to twins. One of the twins is separated at birth, while the other twin grows up to become an inspector who is on his father's trail.

Director: S. Ramanathan | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman

Votes: 514

17. Dilruba (1950)

123 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Efforts are underway by the owner of a dancer troupe to ensnare an Engineer in the theft of a necklace.

Director: Dwarka Khosla | Stars: Rehana, Dev Anand, Cuckoo, Lala Yaqoob

Votes: 44

18. Akeli Mat Jaiyo (1963)

Comedy, Romance

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Director: Nandlal Jaswantlal | Stars: Meena Kumari, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Agha, Noor Mohammad Charlie

Votes: 31

19. Boston Pops in Hollywood (1976 TV Special)

90 min | Music, Comedy

PBS celebrates America's Bicentennial with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra in a rare West Coast performance, hosted by Charlton Heston with special guests Edgar Bergen and his friends Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd.

Director: William Cosel | Stars: Charlton Heston, Edgar Bergen, Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler

20. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)
Episode: The Puppet Show (1997)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Buffy suspects that a ventriloquist's dummy may be harvesting organs from classmates performing in a talent show.

Director: Ellen S. Pressman | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Charisma Carpenter

Votes: 4,236

21. The Collector (2004–2006)
Episode: The Campaign Manager (2005)

44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

A political consultant uses the Devil's power to turn her winning candidates into puppets.

Director: Anthony Atkins | Stars: Chris Kramer, Sonya Salomaa, Ellen Dubin, Sherry Miller

Votes: 28

22. I Love Lucy (1951–1957)
Episode: Ricky Loses His Temper (1954)

TV-Y | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Ricky gets fed up with Lucy buying so many new hats. They decide to see who can hold out the longest: she has to stop buying hats and he can't lose his temper.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley

Votes: 325

23. Married... with Children (1987–1997)
Episode: Spring Break: Part 2 (1996)

TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy

Al, Jefferson, and Griff are having the time of their lives at Fort Lauderdale; Al even finds a new way to earn money by collecting empty cans. The girls are prepping Kelly for the beauty ... See full summary »

Director: Gerry Cohen | Stars: Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, Amanda Bearse, Christina Applegate

Votes: 512

24. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Everybody's in Show Biz (1987)

TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

While under cover, Tubbs and a powerful drug lord are robbed and taken in the process is a brief case. Now the two brothers are marked for death by the drug lord.

Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 332

25. One Foot in the Grave (1990–2001)
Episode: Who Will Buy? (1990)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, Drama

Victor and Margaret get worried when a couple named Patrick and Pippa seemingly come to stay as they have no idea who they are.

Director: Susan Belbin | Stars: Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie, William Vanderpuye, Owen Brenman

Votes: 157

26. The Kids Are Alright (2018–2019)
Episode: Irish Goodbye (2019)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy

Peggy struggles with Lawrence's decision to move out of the house; Timmy can't find his ventriloquist dummy, Knuckles, and learns that Joey took him without asking.

Director: Matt Sohn | Stars: Mary McCormack, Jack Gore, Sam Straley, Caleb Foote

Votes: 154

27. Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode: Devil Doll (2021)

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

The Great Vorelli possesses the power of transferring souls into inanimate objects, in the this case a ventriloquist's dummy. He meets a wealthy woman and plans to hypnotize her into marrying him to gain access to her inheritance.

Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Natalie Scharf

Votes: 9

28. Unexplained: Caught on Camera (2019– )
Episode: Graveyard Shift and Dummy Doll (2021)

42 min | Documentary

In Liverpool, a sideshow performer captures strange footage of a ventriloquist dummy. And, in Savannah, Georgia a security guard is spooked by a mysterious child in a cemetery.

Director: Peter Grant | Stars: Donald Pirie, Jayne Harris, Ciarán O'Keeffe, Barri Ghai

Votes: 10

29. The Dean Martin Show (1965–1974)
Episode: Episode #4.2 (1968)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Music

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Director: Greg Garrison | Stars: Dean Martin, Orson Welles, Edgar Bergen, Pat Crowley

30. Playa del Sol (2007–2019)
Episode: Buktala är guld (2009)

28 min | Comedy

A left behind ventriloquist's dummy make a large impact on Mårten.

Director: Kristina Kjellin | Stars: Marie Robertson, Henrik Hjelt, Mikael Tornving, Richard Ulfsäter

Votes: 9

31. Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode: Taking What They're Giving (2021)

TV-PG | Animation, Comedy

On Labor Day, Bill and Toony gain a new appreciation for the show's hard-working crew, featuring job-themed cartoons: Paying the Piper (1949), Prefabricated Pink (1967), Steal Wool (1957), I Wanna Be a Life Guard (1936), A Pest in the House (1947).

Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein

32. Johnny Midnight (1960)
Episode: Voice of the Dummy (1960)

30 min | Crime, Drama

Julius Sneezer, the dummy of long-dead ventriloquist Dave Rankin, is fished out of Long Island Sound, sparking a taut psychological whodunit.

Director: David Orrick McDearmon | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Yuki Shimoda, Robert H. Harris, Katherine Squire

Votes: 9

33. Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode: America's Top Dummy (2022)

TV-PG | Animation, Comedy

Toony tricks Bill into participating in a reality TV competition as a fraudulent ventriloquist act. Featured cartoons are Bedevilled Rabbit (1957), The Impossible Possum (1954), Nix on Hypnotricks (1941), A Bone for a Bone (1951), and Good Noose (1962).

Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein

34. Svengoolie (1995– )
Episode: The Ghost of Frankenstein (2007)

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

While Svengoolie is away for jury duty, his ventriloquist dummy Fraido takes over and shows "The Ghost of Frankenstein".

Director: Christopher M. Faulkner | Stars: Rich Koz, Dana DeLorenzo, Ted Raimi, Ray Santiago

Votes: 14