Rainbows, because the track goes, are visions, however solely illusions.
The identical goes for Muppets — though they, not like rainbows, do have one thing to cover. (These puppeteers with their arms shoved up their keisters. You possibly can’t let these guys be seen on digicam.) For nicely over half a century now, the Muppets have delighted generations of households with their quirky humor, catchy songs, and healthful messages about goals and friendship.
Though they’ve suffered by way of some fallow intervals within the twenty first century, they’re having a reasonably good 2026. Though they misplaced their long-running attraction at Walt Disney World, Muppet*Imaginative and prescient 3D, again in 2025, they’re now the celebs of the reimagined Rock ’n’ Curler Coaster at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida.
Additionally they obtained starred in a one-off replace of The Muppet Present for Disney+. Though Disney has but to announce additional episodes, the brand new Muppet Present particular the particular — produced by Seth Rogen and that includes Sabrina Carpenter — earned the Muppets’ their finest opinions in years and was watched by hundreds of thousands on streaming.
It additionally lastly obtained my very own kids all for Kermit, Piggy, Gonzo, and the remainder of the crew after practically a decade of making an attempt and failing to persuade them to observe Muppet films with me. In some unspecified time in the future through the particular — presumably when Dr. Bunsen Honeydew’s newest experiment causes Beaker to pelt the viewers with eyeballs — they lastly obtained it. And since then we’ve been on a tear systematically watching each film within the Muppet again catalog.
At occasions, our household Muppet rewatch has yielded surprises. A number of the troupe’s consensus classics have been not our private favorites. A few of their flops performed rather well in our home. After revisiting all eight theatrical Muppet films (with apologies to The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz), right here is our private rating. (In the event you wish to yell at us about our picks, we’ll be over right here watching episodes of the unique Muppet Present whereas I clarify to my children who Ethel Mermen and Milton Berle have been.)
Each Muppet Film, Ranked
We ranked each big-screen Muppet film from worst to finest. (This listing relies on a latest rewatch. A few of these maintain up higher than others!)
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The method is sort of extra attention-grabbing than the completed product.
Gallery Credit score: Emma Stefansky
