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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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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.

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.

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.

American Made (2017)

A drug-smuggling airplane pilot flys with his pet Boa Constrictor.

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.

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.

Cannery Row (1982)

A marine biologist who keeps rattlesnakes to sell their venom, talks to them about his romantic situation.

Central Intelligence (2016)

Jared the airport security guard keeps his pet snake named Snake Gyllenhall in his cooler with his lunch.

Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)

Gangor the Hindu Snake Charmer carries a Burmese Python around his neck.

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.

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Droogie Alex has a pet Boa Constrictor named Basil that he keeps in a drawer and sleeps with.

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.

The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972)

A bartender keeps a rattlesnake in a large jar to use in a betting game.

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.

Ella Enchanted (2004)

A companion to the devious uncle to the crown prince of Lamia is an evil talking snake named Heston.

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.

Exodus: Gods & Kings (2014)

The Pharaoh Ramses has a pit full of pet snakes.

Foul Play (1978)

A man has a pet Boa Constrictor that crawls around his apartment and tries to eat his food and cigarettes.

The Gauntlet (1977)

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

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.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

Harry meets a Burmese Python at the zoo and learns that he can talk to snakes.

The Holy Mountain (1973)

A woman knits a colorful sweater for her boa constrictor.

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.

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.

Indiana Jones & the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Indiana Jones is terrified of his pilot's pet python named Reggie.

Keanu (2016)

A gangster has a large pet python that unintentionally terrifies people.

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 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.

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

Uncle Monty is an eccentric herpetologist with all sorts of snakes all over his house.

Leolo (1993)

Leolo has a collection of critters in jars in his basement, including a yellow-bellied racer.

Maitresse (1975)

A professional Dominatrix keeps goldfish and snakes in an aquarium built into her black bathtub.

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.

Medusa (2020)

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

Moonraker (1979)

James Bond is thrown into a pool to fight off a giant pet python.

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.

Naked Obsession (Spiando Marina) (The Smile of the Fox) (1992)

A young woman in Buenos Aires keeps a pet Boa Constrictor named Tango.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Sssssss (1973)

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

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.

Suburbicon (2017)

Two young boys bond over baseball and a pet snake as their parents' world descends into racism and violence.

Telefon (1977)

A rattlesnake named Gus is kept in glass terrarium in a bar.

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.

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.

Wind Across the Everglades (1958)

An outlaw poacher named Cottonmouth carries a pet venomous snake in his pocket and drapes it around his neck.

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.

Xtro (1982)

A young boy has a pet snake named Harry.

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