10 Best Movies About Fictional Characters Coming To Life

10 Best Movies About Fictional Characters Coming To Life

From ominous fairy tales to impossible love stories, these movies explore the curious consequences of bringing fictional characters to life.

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Historical, robotic, literary, toon – the movie industry loves to bring unusual characters to life. From ominous fairy tales to impossible love stories, lots of great films explore the possibilities and consequences of breathing life into fictional or previously inanimate characters.

While bringing life to non-real characters is a classic Hollywood trope, it’s a difficult one for directors to pull off. If the characters are too zany and unrelatable, or the method through which they’re brought to life doesn’t make sense, it can put an audience off. But lots of films accomplish this kind of meta-storytelling successfully – and when it works, it really works.

10 Cool World

Cool World is the less-successful younger brother of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. But unlike the residents of Toontown, the doodles in Cool World are confined firmly to the realm of cartoonist Jack Deebs’ imagination – until they’re not.

When Jack finds himself being seduced by cartoon femme fatale Holli Would – Cool World’s answer to Jessica Rabbit – Detective Frank Harris (Brad Pitt) steps in to ensure the two don’t get too close, which could have fatal consequences. The film has garnered a cult following for its goofy storyline and outlandish characters, and it has a great soundtrack, featuring David Bowie and Brian Eno among others.

9 Weird Science

Weird Science takes the fictional-character-comes-to-life trope and uses it to wreak havoc on everything from its characters to the sci-fi genre. Embarrassed by their lack of prowess with the opposite sex, two teenage boys play Frankenstein to create a beautiful woman, Lisa, whose sole purpose seems to be to protect them from future social ineptitude.

Weird Science is a fun, wacky take on the theme, and Lisa’s magical powers make her one of the most powerful fictional characters on this list. It’s just a shame she doesn’t use them to hightail it away from the boneheaded adolescents who created her.

8 Pinocchio

Pinocchio is the tale of a puppet who’s brought to life by his creator and would-be father, Geppetto. But Pinocchio is ultimately left to navigate the real world by himself, with only Jiminy Cricket – his “conscience” – to guide him through the labyrinth of con-artistry and sinister plots back to Geppetto.

One of Disney’s earliest animated features, Pinocchio is a cautionary tale that warns of the exploitative dangers lurking in the real world. It’s only by proving himself brave, truthful, and selfless in the face of these dangers that Pinocchio can truly become a real-life boy.

7 Bedknobs And Broomsticks

This Disney classic was one of the first movies to mix live-action film with animation – and it does so to magical effect. Eglantine Price (Angela Lansbury) whisks the Rawlins kids off to the Isle of Naboombu – a fictional island from a storybook owned by Paul Rawlins.

The Isle of Naboombu becomes very real when the group has to steal the Star of Astoroth from the king – who happens to be a huge, grandiose, animated lion. This film mixes the real with the magical to create a lively story that explores the power of imagination and faith.

6 Enchanted

Enchanted is the inverse of Bedknobs and Broomsticks in some ways, as it’s told by the characters who leave their fictional fairy tale world to join ours. It stars Amy Adams as Princess Giselle, who is pushed into a well and ends up in New York City.

Enchanted is a twist on classic Disney princess movies, and is peppered with references to the films that came before it – it comes complete with dragons, poisoned apples, and evil stepmothers. Come for the fun princessy plot twists, stay for the all-star cast (including Julie Andrews as the narrator).

5 Ruby Sparks

A twist on a classic meet-cute rom-com, Ruby Sparks sees a struggling author’s protagonist – and dream woman – jump off the page and into his life.

The author’s writing affects the real-life Ruby, which forces him to consider his moral obligation to the woman he’s created. He finds that while he can exert control over her, his doing so creates problems for them both. It’s a film about idealism, loneliness, and the reality of love.

4 Stranger Than Fiction

Stranger Than Fiction is another film about a book character who climbs out of the pages and into the real world. But what separates this film from Ruby Sparks is that it’s told from the perspective of the character himself, rather than the person who brought him into being.

Stranger Than Fiction is a kooky fantasy film that uses the premise to explore fate, and the choices people make when they’re exposed to the realities of their own destiny.

3 Toy Story

Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the gang aren’t so much fictional as inanimate – but while they may be toys, they’re very much alive. As Pixar’s flagship franchise – and one of the most acclaimed film series of all time – it’s included here as it explores the nature of what it means to be a toy.

The entire Toy Story franchise revolves around the premise that toys do come to life – but only when nobody’s looking. The films balance sadness with humor in perfect measure, with just enough peril to keep it entertaining for both kids and adults.

2 Rocky Horror Picture Show

Like Frankenstein’s monster and Weird Science’s Lisa, the eponymous Rocky is a character brought to life by someone who’s figured out the secret to creating life. In this case, it’s sweet transvestite Dr. Frank-N-Furter – and between him, Riff-Raff and Magenta, the entire cast is so colorful that Rocky isn’t so much an anomaly as a casual addition to the band of misfits.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is less about Rocky coming to life, and more about – well, the message is difficult to pinpoint. But there’s a reason this cult favorite is one of the most enduring musical films out there – it’s fun, fabulous, and totally bewitching.

1 Pan’s Labyrinth

Guillermo Del Toro’s allegorical masterpiece brings a whole host of mythological characters to life, with nightmarish consequences. From Pan himself to the Pale Man, few people would be as brave as 11-year-old Ofelia when encountering these sinister underworld dwellers.

Set in Spain during the early years of General Franco’s reign, Pan’s Labyrinth draws on history, mythology, and fairy tales to spin a tale of loyalty and rebellion. The tale ends with Ofelia returning to the underworld as she dies in the world we know, suggesting that the creatures bound in mythology are less fictional than they seem.

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