Jerry Nelson films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 9 films on Boxlist

Known for Jim Henson Idea Man, The Muppet Movie and The Muppet Christmas Carol.

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Starring Jerry Nelson

Jim Henson Idea Man
2024 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
Featuring unprecedented access to Jim Henson's personal archives, filmmaker Ron Howard brings us a fascinating and insightful look at a complex man whose boundless imagination inspired the world.
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The Muppet Movie
1979 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
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!
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The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and future.
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The Great Muppet Caper
1981 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
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...
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The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the...
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Muppet Treasure Island
1996 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
After telling the story of Flint's last journey to young Jim Hawkins, Billy Bones has a heart attack and dies just as Jim and his friends are attacked by pirates. The gang escapes into the town where they hire out a boat and crew to find...
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Muppets Most Wanted
2014 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his dastardly sidekick.
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Muppets from Space
1999 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
When Gonzo's breakfast cereal tells him that he's the descendant of aliens from another planet, his attempts at extraterrestrial communication get him kidnapped by a secret government agency, prompting the Muppets to spring into action...
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RoboCop 2
1990 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
After a successful deployment of the Robocop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develops, a new narcotic known as "Nuke" invades the streets led by God-delirious leader Cane...
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