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Frogs In Movies

This is an alphabetical list of a few movies I've watched that had interesting scenes with frogs and toads in them.

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Apocalypto (2006)

An unarmed man chased by warriors improvises a blow gun using darts tipped with poison from a toad.

April Fools (1969)

A man feels like an enchanted frog until a woman kisses him and tells him he's a Prince. When he sees a real frog in a city park he decides to run away with her.

Bad Company (1972)

The leader of a band of desperado boys during the Civil War plays a prank on the new boy by putting a frog down his shirt.

The Ballad of Narayama (1988)

Frogs are shown as part of the natural world.

The Big Parade (1925)

An American soldier in WWI tries to impress a French girl with a frog he caught.

Big Trouble (2002)

A large frog invades a Miami home where it squirts hallucinogenic chemicals into the face of anyone it thinks is trying to stop it from eating the dog's food.

The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

Japanese schoolgirls exorcise a ghost, turning her into a frog.

Cannery Row (1982)

On an epic hunt a group of hobos capture a thousand frogs to sell, but end up bartering them for groceries.

Chandu the Magician (1932)

Chandu pays a slave trader with a bag full of coins that turn into toads when he pours them out.

Cheaper By the Dozen (2003)

A family trying to catch an escaped pet frog ruins breakfast and trashes the kitchen.

Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)

A man swallows several live frogs for a crowd on a sidwalk in Paris.

Cross Country Detours (1940)

We see a close-up of an animated frog "croaking."

Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

We see an African Clawed Frog in a strip club aquarium for no particular reason.

The Defiant Ones (1958)

Two escaped convicts find a bullfrog calling at night, kill it with sticks, and eat it for dinner.

Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

A pile of frogs sits with other raw foods ready to be killed and cooked.

E. T. the Extraterrestrial (1982)

Elementary school children set free all the frogs they are supposed to dissect.

Exodus: Gods & Kings (2014)

A plague of frogs invades Egypt and the Pharaoh's bedroom. Then they all die, bringing on a plague of flies.

Foolish Wives (1922)

Bullfrogs are shown at a cabin in a swamp.

Frogs (1972)

Nature runs amok, with alligators and other animals killing the humans who are polluting their habitat.

Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)

A frog croaks from the fountain in the lobby of a fancy resort hotel.

Gravity (2013)

A space capsule lands in a lake populated by large frogs.

Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)

Live snakes, frogs, and dried fingers are tossed into a witch's potion.

Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)

Wrestler Roddy Piper is a post-apocalyptic government sex machine with an exploding chastity belt who fights chainsaw-wielding three-penised bipedal frog mutant militants. What more could you want!

The Holy Mountain (1973)

Cane Toads dressed as conquistadores fight horned lizards dressed as Aztecs in a bloody street theater replication of the Spanish conquest of Mexico.

Impromptu (1991)

Children play a game where they are part of the French Revolution executing the royalty. They call a frog a "Viscount" then blow it up with explosives.

Invaders From Mars (1986)

A young boy fights aliens who make his teacher swallow frogs.

The Isle (2000)

A woman kills a frog with a stick then rips it apart with her bare hands.

Jungle Run (2021)

An army of poisonous dart frogs threatens people in the jungle.

The Last Wave 1977

Frogs appear to have fallen out of the sky during a heavy rainstorm in Australia.

Magnolia (1999)

Frogs rain down from the sky and cars crash into each other on the slippery streets.

Monkey Business (1931)

Harpo finds a frog in a fountain on a passenger ship, trains it to hop up into his top hat, and then keeps it under his hat.

The Naked Prey (1965)

A jungle adventure movie filmed in Africa with lots of herps, including some frogs.

Night of the Hunter (1955) (IMDB)

A murdering con man and preacher is chasing two kids but they get away from him in a small rowboat. In deep focus we, a close-up of a large bullfrog sitting on a rock in the foreground and the kids floating in the boat which is moving to the right in the distance. We hear a bullfrog calling sound effect. We see other wildlife in the same way, a fox. a tortoise, and others.

Nymphomaniac: Vol. 1 (2014)

Two real frogs watch two young girls play "frogs" in a flooded bathroom.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Everett and Delmer find a frog in Pete's clothing, so they think that some river Sirens turned into a "toad." They put him in a box and take care of him.

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

A young girl immersed in a fantasy world hunts a giant toad in its underground lair.

Practical Magic (1998)

A witch becomes posessed by the spirit of the abusive boyfriend she helped murder. The other witches say he is squatting inside her like a toad that needs to be removed. Then we see lots of frogs fall out of her.

Rango (2011)

Rango is a pet Chameleon who gets lost in the desert where he encounters desert animals including some toads.

The Return of the Frog (1938)

A criminal gang in London is called The Frogs. Its members receive their orders through a large frog radio, they sign their messages with a frog stamp, and they have frog tattoos. We even see a live frog in a man's hat after he jumps into a river.

The Rum Diary (2011)

A hermaphrodite witchdoctor coughs out a toad when casting some spells.

The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)

A servant girl sees several frogs around the house where she is employed.

Song of the South (1946)

Two boys play with a "bullfrog" (which is actually a toad) then they take it to a pond to release it.
The movie also contains some scenes with animated talking frogs.

The Sound of Music (1965)

Bratty children try to scare away their new governess by putting a toad in her pocket.

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (2003)

A boy tortures a frog and is himself tortured for the rest of his life.

The Tempest (2010)

The King's Jester Trinculo falls into a pond full of frogs that turn into a magical spirit named Ariel.

The Tender Warrior (1971)

We see a comic scene with a bullfrog falling into a pot of moonshine and getting drunk.

Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)

A starving Samurai is thrown into a jail cell full of water where he finds a frog and eats it alive.

The Tree of Life (2011)

Boys tie a Toad to a fireworks rocket and light the fuse.

The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

An old French woman uses dynamite to catch frogs for dinner.

Tropical Malady (2004)

Two farmers find rocks that turn into treasure but the treasure turns into toads when they get greedy and try to find more.

The Virgin Spring (1960)

A pregnant woman makes a toad sandwich and causes a tragedy.

Venomous (2001) (IMDB)

During the invasion of a small town by deadly mutant rattlesnakes (oh yeah, the snakes in movies lists are so much more fun than the frogs list) we see a female American Bullfrog and hear a Pacific Treefrog calling (or "croaking.") Then, spoiler alert, one of the mutant killer rattlesnakes gets it.

The Wicker Man (1973)

A pharmacist puts a small toad in a little girl's mouth to cure her sore throat.

Witch Hunt (1994)

A witch spits a salamander out of his mouth onto a Senator to curse him. Later, when he is giving a speech on a stage, the Senator spits out a huge frog onto the podium, then reveals his true evil self to the audience.

You Only Live Once (1937)

A couple of Honeymooners watch frogs in a fountain at night and discuss frog fidelity.

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