All The Pinocchio Adaptations Ranked Worst To Best
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- DirectorMarco AlemarFrancisco FreitasStarsIvete JaimeJosé SoaresFrancisco FreitasThis modern Brazilian animations tells the story of Pinocchio, a wooden doll who wants to become a human. To fulfill his dream, he gets into many adventures. His nose will grow every time he lies.
- DirectorCorey AllenStarsAlex RomanMonica GayleDyanne ThorneDyanne Thorne stars as the fairy godmother in this innocently-sleazy take on the story of Pinocchio.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittTom HanksBenjamin Evan AinsworthA puppet is brought to life by a fairy, who assigns him to lead a virtuous life in order to become a real boy.
- DirectorShozin FukuiStarsHaji SuzukiOnn-chanKôji ÔtsuboPinocchio 964, lobotomised cyborg sex slave, is thrown out onto the street by his owners because of his inability to maintain an erection. He is befriended by a criminally insane, memory-wiped, homeless girl. Meanwhile, the corporate entity who manufactured and sold him plots to kill him because of his malfunction.
- DirectorVasiliy RovenskiyStarsJon HederTom KennyPauly ShoreYoung Pinocchio runs away from his genius creator Jepetto accompanied by the horse Tibalt to see the world and joins the traveling circus run by hustler Modjafocco.
- DirectorRon MerkStarsNancy Belle FullerDan McIlraveyJeff BraunsteinIt's Pinnochio's sixth birthday, and Geppetto, the Good Fairy, and Pinnochio's friends throw him a magical surprise party. Includes two puppet stories - "Puss in Boots" and "The Drummer Boy", X
- DirectorDaniel RobichaudStarsMalcolm McDowellSonja BallHoward RyshpanThe year is 3000. Geppetto, with the help of his faithful assistant, Spencer the cyber penguin, and by the holographic fairy Cyberina, creates Pinocchio, a prototype super-robot equipped for emotions.
- DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiCarlo GiuffrèDespite guidance from the Blue Fairy and the love of his father, a wooden puppet's curious spirit leads him into one wild adventure after another.
- DirectorIppei KuriJim TerryStarsDanielle RomeoLacoya NewsomeCindy KozacikA puppet goes on a fantastical adventure in a quest to turn into a real boy.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsMartin LandauUdo KierGabriel ThomsonPuppeteer Geppetto becomes a puppet himself after drinking an elixir that Pinocchio bought from a traveling carnival.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsMartin LandauJonathan Taylor ThomasGeneviève BujoldOne of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet named Pinocchio has one major desire, to become a real boy someday, but he has to learn to act responsibly.
- DirectorTom MooreStarsDrew CareyJulia Louis-DreyfusBrent SpinerThe lonely woodcarver Geppetto gets his wish for a child of his own granted when the Blue Fairy brings one of his marionettes to life; however, being a parent is not as easy as he had expected.
- StarsBob HoskinsJoss AcklandRobbie KayThe enchanted story of Pinocchio.
- DirectorOrlando CorradiStarsVittorio AmandolaOreste BaldiniAlessandro BallicoPinocchio is now a young lad and has been staying out of trouble in fear of being turned back into a piece of wood. Pinocchio gets off track and is manipulated into stealing. Watch how Pinocchio learns the lessons that enable him to become a human once more.
- DirectorKevin TenneyStarsCandace McKenzieLewis Van BergenIvan GueronA suburban defense lawyer mistakenly gives her troubled daughter, Zoe, a wooden puppet belonging to a deceased serial killer. The toy fills the void of friendship in Zoe's life, but Zoe begins to act increasingly strange and violent.
- DirectorGiulio AntamoroStarsPolidorAugusto MastripietriNatalino GuillaumeThe old carpenter Geppeto manufactures in his workshop a wooden puppet that will soon come alive. For an hour the doll will live a thousand and one adventures: he will be judged, hanged, swallowed by a whale, taken prisoner by the Indians, saved by Canadian soldiers and, even, returned home mounted on a cannonball that flies through the sky.
- StarsMario AdorfBenjamin SadlerInka FriedrichA piece of pine-wood is carved into a puppet by a poor old toy maker. The puppet suddenly comes to life for feeling exciting adventures along with a female wood cricket.
- DirectorGianetto GuardoneStarsAlessandro TommeiMariella LottiVittorio GassmanThe most faithful adaptation of Carlo Collodi's renowned fairy tale. After the spirit of Pinocchio miraculously comes to life under Geppetto's hand plane, the puppet frees himself from the hands of his author and father, starting the pilgrimage through the streets of the world.
- DirectorRay GoossensStarsPeter LazerArnold StangJess CainPinocchio must prove himself as a real boy when he takes off to Mars with Nurtle in the capture of Astro, a flying killer space whale.
- DirectorRon FieldSid SmithStarsSandy DuncanDanny KayeClive RevillThis is the classic story of a lonely woodcarver who carves a puppet as a son out of a block of wood that not only springs to life, but miraculously fulfills its dream to become a real boy.
- DirectorEnzo D'AlòStarsGabriele CaprioMino CaprioMaricla AffatatoIn this dazzling, delightful re-imagining of the classic family legend, a playful puppet comes to life and experiences incredible adventures in his struggle to become human.
- DirectorMasakazu HiguchiChinami NambaStarsCam ClarkeJim CummingsJeannie EliasWhen a small spark of magic escapes from the Blue Fairy's home, it travels down toy maker Gepetto's chimney, bringing one small log to life. Then, when Gepetto's toys stop being sold regularly, he decides to make a toy for his own using this same log. Soon, his new wooden puppet is complete, which instantly comes to life getting mixed up in all kinds of troubles. Soon, however, with the guidance of the talking cricket and the Blue Fairy, Pinocchio learns what is needed for him to earn his heart's desire of becoming a real boy.
- DirectorMatteo GarroneStarsFederico IelapiRoberto BenigniRocco PapaleoOld woodcarver Geppetto's puppet creation, Pinocchio, magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits.
- DirectorHal SutherlandStarsEdward AsnerTom BosleyLana BeesonPinocchio and his friends, a glow worm and a marionette, search for a magic music box. However, so is the evil Scalawag and the Emperor of the Night.
- DirectorPascal ChindStarsBrice FournierChristophe FluderJean-François DérecPatrick, a dwarf junkie, and father-to-be, wants to clean up his act. But his dealers (The Cat and The Fox) have something else in mind : Patrick has to dress up as Pinocchio to steal money from a pedophile, schizophrenic, psychopath who thinks he is Geppetto. This dark diesel-punk comedy is a devilish reinterpretation of the original story 'The adventures of Pinocchio' by Collodi.
- StarsDerek SmithRhoda LewisRoy MacreadyIn the BBC's 1978 Pinocchio TV series, a wooden puppet comes to life and embarks on a whimsical journey to become a real boy.
- DirectorNick HavingaStarsWill B. AbleWayne AdamsRobert DagnyThe story of Pinocchio is brought to life in this original adaptation from the creative genius of Jim Eiler and his extremely talented company of actors, The Prince Street Players.
- DirectorPaul BogartStarsMickey RooneyWalter SlezakFran Allison
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsAlan KingGeorge S. IrvingBob McFaddenIt's Pinocchio's first Christmas, and he sells the book Geppetto gives him for present money, but Cat and Fox trick him out of it.
- DirectorYoriyasu KogawaTakashi NakamuraStarsAkiko HiramatsuMegumi ToyoguchiDaisuke SakaguchiPalme is a puppet created by a man for his sickly wife. After her death, Palme becomes paralyzed with sorrow until he happens to cross paths with a woman being pursued who asks him to deliver something precious to a sacred place called Tama.
- DirectorAleksandr PtushkoStarsAleksandr ShchaginSergey MartinsonOlga Shaganova-ObraztsovaThe adventures of a wooden boy.
- DirectorGiuliano CenciStarsLauro GazzoloVictor JoryRoberta PaladiniA fairly faithful adaptation of Carlo Collodi's classic novel about an animated puppet that desires to become a real boy.
- DirectorDmitriy BabichenkoIvan Ivanov-VanoMikhail BotovStarsNina GulyaevaEvgeniy VesnikGeorgiy VitsinA colorful fairy tale about a little wooden boy Buratino and his quest for the Golden Key that opens a secret door.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHaley Joel OsmentJude LawFrances O'ConnorA highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.
- DirectorAlejandro MalowickiStarsSoledad SilveyraGianni LunadeiMaría VanerA musical comedy based on the story of Pinocho .
- DirectorWalter BeckRon MerkStarsMartin FlörchingerAlfred MüllerMartin HellbergA lovely, humorous live-action rendition of the classic children's story by Carlo Collodi about the adventures of a wooden boy carved from a magical piece of wood by a puppetmaker.
- DirectorLeonid NechaevStarsDmitriy IosifovTatyana ProtsenkoRoman StolkartsSeveral adventurers - cruel and cunning, virtuous and brave - sets off on a quest for the Golden Key - a metaphor of happiness.
- StarsAndrea BalestriNino ManfrediGina LollobrigidaBased on Carlo Collodi's classic novel, this mini-series is about an animated puppet named Pinocchio and his father, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroMark GustafsonStarsEwan McGregorDavid BradleyGregory MannA father's wish magically brings a wooden boy to life in Italy, giving him a chance to care for the child.
- DirectorNorman FergusonT. HeeWilfred JacksonStarsDickie JonesChristian RubMel BlancA living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.