The best Jim Henson’s music movies

Jim Henson

Jim Henson

24/09/1936- 16/05/1990
Today we present the best Jim Henson’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Jim Henson’s movies.
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The Muppet Movie

The Muppet Movie
7.6/10
  • Genre: AdventureComedyFamilyMusic
  • Release: 31/05/1979
  • Character: Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Doc Hopper's Men / Link Hogthrob / Swedish Chef (voice)
A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there he meets his future muppet crew while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!

Follow That Bird

Follow That Bird
6.7/10
Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.

A Muppet Family Christmas

A Muppet Family Christmas
8.1/10
In this one-hour Christmas special, Fozzie Bear surprises his mother Emily on Christmas Eve by bringing the entire Muppet gang to her farm to celebrate the holidays. Doc and his dog Sprocket, who had planned a quiet Christmas, end up joining the Muppets in their holiday activities and preparations.The Sesame Street regulars, including Big Bird, Bert, Ernie and others, join the festivities, but to Kermit's dismay, the only one missing is Miss Piggy, who has been caught in a snowstorm.

The Great Muppet Caper

The Great Muppet Caper
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrimeFamilyMusicMystery
  • Release: 26/06/1981
  • Character: Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Swedish Chef / The Muppet Newsman
Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time frame Miss Piggy. It's up to Kermit and Muppets to bring the real culprits to justice.

Time Piece

Time Piece
7.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 07/05/1965
  • Character: Man
Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this nine-minute, experimental film, which was written, directed, and produced by Jim Henson-and starred Jim Henson! Screened for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in May of 1965, Time Piece enjoyed an eighteen-month run at one Manhattan movie theater and was nominated for an Academy Award for outstanding short subject

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
8.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaFamilyMusic
  • Release: 17/12/1977
  • Character: Kermit the Frog / Harrison Fox / Harvey / Snake (voice)
A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
8.4/10
Big Bird worries when Oscar tells him that if Santa Claus can't fit down the chimney on Christmas Eve, nobody would get presents.

The Christmas Toy

The Christmas Toy
7.7/10
The Christmas Toy is a 1986 Emmy Award nominated television film produced by The Jim Henson Company, featuring Jim Henson's Muppets. Rugby the Tiger who remembers how he was the Christmas Toy last year, and thinks he's going to be unwrapped again this year.

The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street

The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street
8.2/10
  • Genre: FamilyMusicTV Movie
  • Release: 01/09/1998
  • Character: Kermit the Frog (voice) (archive footage)
Kermit is being awarded the Frog of the Year Award, presented by Grover. Grover first recites a long poem about frogs, which introduces various Kermit the Frog segments from Sesame Street, while being interrupted by the Three Little Pigs, who are there because Kermit introduced them twice on Sesame Street News.

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamilyMusic
  • Release: 12/05/1983
  • Character: Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Waldorf / Zeke (voice)
Rocky Mountain Holiday is a one-hour musical variety special featuring John Denver and the Muppets, which aired on ABC on May 12, 1983. In the special, John and the Muppets go on a summer camping trip to the Rocky Mountains.

Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince

Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
7.8/10
A retelling of the classic fairy tale of The Frog Prince featuring Kermit the Frog, Kermit's nephew Robin, Sweetums, and a princess cursed to say everything wackbards...I mean backwards.

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamilyMusic
  • Release: 01/01/1972
  • Character: Kermit the Frog / Mean Floyd / Rat
Four mistreated farm animals seek refuge as a band of traveling musicians in this musical tale narrated by Kermit the Frog.

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