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Pet Snakes In Movies


Pet or captive snakes.


This is an alphabetical list of movies with a pet snake in them, taken from the main Snakes in Movies List.

You can see more pictures and read a description of the snake scenes by following the title link.

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A
 
Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival) (1951)

After returning from a rattlesnake hunt, a New Mexico Sheriff sits at a table in a diner trying to feed steak on a fork to his pet rattlesnake that is coiled up in a flimsy box.
Ace in the Hole
Alexander (2004)

Alexander's mother Olympias (Anjelina Jolie) keeps a collection of snakes in a basket and snakes and depictions of snakes show up throughout the movie.
Alexander
Alien from the Deep [Alien Degli Abissi] (1989)

A snake hunter who collects venomous snakes on a tropical island to sell their venom keeps one as a pet in his jungle home that he named Blossom.
Alien from the Deep Screenshot
American Made (2017)

A drug-smuggling airplane pilot flys with his pet Boa Constrictor.
Screenshot
Auntie Lee's Meat Pies (1992) 

One of Auntie Lee's beautiful nieces has a pet rattlesnake that lives between an enormous rattlesnake sculpture. She uses the snake to lure men to their death, but it's not the snake that kills them, it's the snake sculpture.
Auntie Lees Meat Pies
B
 
The Beach Bum (2019)

Moondog is a rebellious stoner poet who plays a hand drum with a pet albino python on it on his fishing boat full of naked women.
Snake Movie Screenshot
C
 
Cannery Row (1982)

A marine biologist who keeps rattlesnakes to sell their venom, talks to them about his romantic situation.
Cannery Row
Central Intelligence (2016) 

Jared the airport security guard keeps his pet snake named Snake Gyllenhall in his cooler with his lunch.
Central Intelligence
Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)

Gangor the Hindu Snake Charmer carries a Burmese Python around his neck.
Charlie Chan at the Circus
Chopping Mall (1986)

In a shopping mall pet store a woman lies on the floor to hide from a killer robot that accidentally knocks over a terrarium full of snakes that crawl over her body.
Screenshot
A Clockwork Orange (1971)  

Droogie Alex has a pet Boa Constrictor named Basil that he keeps in a drawer and sleeps with.
Clockwork Orange
Committed (2000)

A grandfather in the El Paso desert has a pet rattlesnake that he likes to hold in his hands because he has made himself immune to its venom.
Committed Screenshot
The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972) 

A bartender keeps a rattlesnake in a large jar to use in a betting game.
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
D
 
Duel (1971)

A man chased by a truck monster, stops to make a phone call at a gas station with a rattlesnake roadside attraction run by a woman. The truck smashes their cages and some of the snakes get loose, and the woman worries about her pet snakes.
Duel screenshot
E
 
Ella Enchanted (2004)

A companion to the devious uncle to the crown prince of Lamia is an evil talking snake named Heston.
Screenshot
Enter the Void (2009)

The disembodied soul of a young man flying around Tokyo stops briefly to remember the time when he met his drug dealer's pet snake.
Enter The Void
Exodus: Gods & Kings (2014)

The Pharaoh Ramses has a pit full of pet snakes.
Exodus Screenshot
F
 
Foul Play (1978)  

A man has a pet Boa Constrictor that crawls around his apartment and tries to eat his food and cigarettes.
Foul Play
G
 
The Gauntlet (1977)

A woman in a motorcycle gang rides around with a California Kingsnake.


The Gauntlet
Guncrazy (1992)

A preacher keeps a pet rattlesnake named Pee Wee who he claims has lost her natural desire to do anyone any harm. Later Pee Wee bites him on the face.
Screenshot
H
 
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)  

Harry meets a Burmese Python at the zoo and learns that he can talk to snakes.
Harry Potter
The Holy Mountain (1973)  

A woman knits a colorful sweater for her boa constrictor.
The Holy Mountain
Housefull 2 (2012) 

A pet python bites a man's hand and won't let go, then bites another man's crotch with similar results.
Housefull 2
I
 
I Dreamed of Africa(2000) 

A boy has many encounters with snakes after moving to Africa, puts together a collection of snakes and becomes an amateur herpetologist, but dies of snakebite.
I Dreamed of Africa
Indiana Jones & the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)  

Indiana Jones is terrified of his pilot's pet python named Reggie.
Indiana Jones
J
 
K
 
Keanu (2016)

A gangster has a large pet python that unintentionally terrifies people.
Keanu
The Killer Snakes (She sha shou) (1975) 

A bullied man finds compahionship from a bunch of wounded snakes he rescued from a snake restaurant.
The Killer Snakes
L
 
The Lady Eve (1941)  

Henry Fonda is an ophiologist who leaves his Amazon expedition with a pet Brazilian Glass Snake that becomes a continuing gag in the comedy. He has other captive snakes at his home in Connecticut.
The Lady Eve
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

Uncle Monty is an eccentric herpetologist with all sorts of snakes all over his house.
Lemony Snicket
Leolo (1993)  

Leolo has a collection of critters in jars in his basement, including a yellow-bellied racer.
Leolo
M
 
Maitresse (1975)

A professional Dominatrix keeps goldfish and snakes in an aquarium built into her black bathtub.
Maitresse
Medium Cool (1969) 

In this fictional story filmed documentary-style during the actual riots in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, we see quick bacground shots of various people in a park including demonstrators, photographers, policemen, National Guardsmen, and a woman holding a rat snake and showing it to two other demonstrators. She could have been an actor but I think she was probably just someone they saw in the park while filming and showed for background interest, not to advance the plot in any way.
Medium Cool
Medusa (2020)

A trailer park drug-addict prostitute is bitten by a pet Ball Python that turns her into the snake woman Medusa.
Screenshot
Moonraker (1979)  

James Bond is thrown into a pool to fight off a giant pet python.
Moonraker
Mountaintop Motel Massacre (1983)

A woman intent on killing all of the guests in her motel puts a venomous snake in one of the rooms, which bites a man on the cheek. The snake was kept in a terrarium by her naturalist daughter.
Snake Movie Screenshot
N
 
Naked Obsession (Spiando Marina) (The Smile of the Fox) (1992)

A young woman in Buenos Aires keeps a pet Boa Constrictor named Tango.
Naked Obsession
Next of Kin (1989) 

Snakeman is a Kentucky Hillbilly who drives his bus full of snakes to Chicago to use them in a battle between hillbillies and mobsters.
Next of Kin
O
 
Old Yeller (1957)

After a young boy pulls a lizard and a frog out of his pockets, his mother reaches in and pulls out a snake. She throws it to the floor in disgust and orders him to put it outside and to never pick up a snake again.
Old Yeller
P
 
Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985)  

A heroic Pee Wee rescues some disgusting gartersnakes from a pet shop fire then faints from the horror of having to handle such horrible creatures. What a wimp.
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Python (2000)

A woman in a tent is surprised to find out that her girlfriend's pet python came camping with them. Dr. Rudolph is a herpetologist who keeps a pet Ball Python in his bag that he kisses and talks to, as every normal herpetologist does, right?
Python
Q
 
R
 
Resurrection (1980) 

A man at a gas station in the Mojave Desert keeps a two headed snake as a pet. A woman who holds and pets the snake develops miraculous healing powers.
Resurrection
Road Trip (2000)

A college student tries to feed a mouse to a Burmese Python, but the snake refuses to eat. He forgets that he's still holding the mouse and leans over the snake which swallows the mouse and his hand, causing him to freak out and swing the snake around the room, eventually dislodging the snake and throwing it teeth first into the throat of another student.
Road Trip
S
 
The Squeaker (Der Zinker) (1963)

A weird man named Krishna takes care of wild animals and seems especially fond of the snakes, which he likes to cuddle and kiss.
Screenshot
Sssssss (1973)

A mad scientist adores his pet boa, which shares his fondness for booze and for Walt Whitman's poetry.
Sssssss
Stanley (1972)  

Tim lives in a shack in the everglades with his pet rattlesnake Stanley, Stanley's wife Hazel, their children, and a lot more snakes.
Stanley
Suburbicon (2017)

Two young boys bond over baseball and a pet snake as their parents' world descends into racism and violence.
Suburbicon
T
 
Telefon (1977)   

A rattlesnake named Gus is kept in glass terrarium in a bar.
Telefon
Trapeze (1956)

A circus performer carries around a box holding pythons and a boa constrictor that he uses in his act and tries to sell them to other performers.


Trapeze
U
 
V
 
W
 

We Bought a Zoo (2011) 

Scarlet Johannsen shows off her snake-handling skills after some newly-arrived zoo snakes escape their shipping box then just sit around all night waiting to be captured the next morning.

We Bought A Zoo
Wind Across the Everglades (1958)

An outlaw poacher named Cottonmouth carries a pet venomous snake in his pocket and drapes it around his neck.
Wind Across the Everglades
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) 

We see a brief shot of one of a large group of sleazy criminal stock traders with a ball python wrapped around his neck. It should have been a noose - around all of their necks.
The Wolf of Wall Street
X
 

Xtro (1982)

A young boy has a pet snake named Harry.

Xtro Screenshot
Y
 
Z
 
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