Rats in Movies!
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(Note: Last Update of this list was January 5, 2001)

Submitter Movie Comments
Scott Saftler (Me!) 1984 "Room 101", a cage with two rats attached to the prisoner's face.
  Indiana Jones and the last Crusade The scene is in the cave where Indy and the female German archaeologist are trapped. Rats are all around as they scurry for an escape, following our furry (but wet) friends to their exit.
  Ben Well, who hasn't seen the rats in this movie.
  Mouse Hunt Quite cute, actually. An interesting mix of real and animatronic mice in this movie.
  Dr. Doolittle (1998) These sewer rats were pretty comical, though they didn't do much for the bad rat rap.
  Fievel Movies I think there were two of these animated movies about a Russian Mouse who comes to America. Sort of a "Fiddler on the Roof Rat".
  The Jewel of the Nile Rats were nibbling on the rope holding Stephen Douglas and Kathleen Turner over a bottomless pit. One intelligent guy (or gal) even took a nip out of Danny DeVito, which saved the day.
  Creepozoids A post-nuclear war excursion by a group of idiotic survivors. One of their antagonists is a rather large, ratty-looking brown rat.
  Independence Day. Mentioned by Moe DeSessoe on an Animal Planet show.
  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers More work by Moe DeSessoe.
  The Green Mile "Mr. Jingles" upstages Tom Hanks!
  Stuart Little Adventures of a family mouse, based on a children's story.
  Animal Farm (TNT Movie) Rats all over the place.
  Battlefield Earth Psychlos "think" that rats are human's favorite food. Of course, we all think of them as our favorite pets!
  Road Trip Some simpleton in the movie attempts to eat a pew mouse. Oh well, what passes for humor these days...
  Chicken Run Two enterprising rodents assist the chickens in their escape plans.
  Ratz It's like a totally teenage flick, made for cable (Showtime) about two girls who turn their adorable boy ratties into teenage boys. Too much teenage pseudo-dialogue, not enough ratties!
H. Lee (lee@adan.kingston.net) Willard The "pre-quel" to Ben ;-).
  Food of the Gods, I and II Made in Canada, I believe
  Stephen King's Graveyard Shift I'm surprised he hasn't used rats in other of his films.
  Of Unknown Origin  
  Rats: Night of Terror A French film, so I'm told.
  The Rat Man Another French import.
  Cross my Heart and Hope to Die This one arrived in 1994 from Norway.
Mary Gentle (mary_gentle@cix.compulink.co.uk) Charlotte's Web Templeton the mouse and Pinkerton the rat.
Snow the Drow (hyokuroi@mindspring.com) Two "Babe" movies I think the rodent trio that sang, did segue commentary, etc. were supposed to be mice, but they DID look a bit large.
  Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Possibly the quintessential "good rat" movie. I know of at least two or three people who have/had ratties named "Mrs. Frisby".
moondragon@my-dejanews.com The Abyss One of the crew had a PEW that spent a lot of time hanging out on his shoulder.
  Total Recall The "module" in Arnold's head was carted off  by a rattie.
Angela Christine (aca@rockies.net) Of Unknown Origin Special mention for the page-long diatribe on how awful it was.
Tony Lucas (tk.lucas@xtra.co.nz) Lionheart The Paris scene.
Lizabelle7@aol.com The Princess Bride And I only remember the movie for Andre the Giant...
triplelutz@hotmail.com Home Alone 3  
J Palmer (palmer_22@yahoo.com) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles  
  The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars  
  Burial of the Rats (1995 TV movie)  
  The Deer Hunter  
  Rats (1983)  
  Rescuers  
  Rescuers Down Under  
  A Goofy Movie  
  Fantasia  
  Species  
  Honey, I Shrunk the Audience Isn't this a Disneyland/Disneyworld ride?
  Project X  
  Daylight Rats show Stallone the way out of the tunnel
  Dumbo  
  Judgement Night  
  Trilogy of Terror II  
  Abbott and Costello meet the Invisible Man Invisible ratties?
  Nothing to Lose  
  Mission: Impossible  
Linda Bradley (lbradley@inreach.com) The Saint There are rat races in a bar where Simon Templar goes
Kerri Downs Stalag 17 More rat races
Katie Spaulding (fish@cwia.com) The X-Files Movie As Mulder is walking down a deserted alley, a street rat scurries across the road in front of him.
Brian Lee (bclee@umich.edu) Return of the Jedi C3PO walks by them, then turns and looks back at them.
Anita Hebert (ahebert@istar.ca) Blade Runner Rat running around on the desk of J.F. Sebastian while he is sleeping
  Ratopolis A Canadian-made documentary.
Rachael Nex (rachaelnex@cwcom.net) Tango and Cash  
Annette Nordheim (annetten@hepp.uio.no) Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula The Count turns a bunch of men charging in on them into rats, which then promptly scatter.
Jason Paterson (jason.paterson@sympatico.ca) The Size of Watermelons  
Sharif Nassar (sharif@ccs.ucsb.edu) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan A large brown rat "boldly going where no rat has gone before!"
Skia Morgan (SkiaM@webtv.net) Indian in the Cupboard A rat runs around in a rodent ball, and has a fight with the Indian toy.
Deacon Mushrat (deaconmushrat@hotmail.com) Time Bandits Rats on a cage. "Rats, anybody? Might be the last meal you get!"
Lestatt269@aol.com (no name given) Interview with the Vampire Rats are food for the vampires Lestat and Louis. The contributor obviously has a Tom Cruise fetish!
Evelyn Woolston (evelyn@woolston.greatxscape.net) Wind in the Willows Water rats.
  The Pied Piper of Hamlin "Never trust a man who doesn't like rats; he probably abducts small children!"
  Little Dorrat
Romeo and Julie Rat
The Grapes of Rats
Okay, so these aren't real movies, but Evelyn showed  a warped sense of humor and deserves a mention!
Emily Bickell (empe@golden.net) The Nutcracker The evil Mouse King.
Marc Fuller (katoran@mindspring.com)   Marc noted a few movies with icky rat references. I'll refrain from mentioning them, though...
Pacer & Diana Anderson (pacdi@iland.net) The Great Mouse Detective An obvious choice, and we missed it?
Jae Rice (rice@oakharbor.net) Arachnophobia Mice experimentation. Call out PETA!
Agnete Jensen (aj@dit.dk) Dune Rat/cat merge makes an antidote.
  The Nightmare before Christmas Rats with Xmas gifts!
  Cirkeline Danish children's stories. See http://www.cirkeline.dk for details.
Rose & Friends (twig@ratties.com) Lady and the Tramp Scruffy rat attacks Jim Dear & Darling's new baby.
  Titanic Rats show the way to escape the onrushing water.
Rebecca (sydtyk@aol.com) A Rat's Tale Kid's movie featuring Rat marionettes.
Robert (ayntryte@bellsouth.net) Coming to America Arsenio Hall freaks out over rats in apartment.
  Bram Stoker's Dracula As Keanu Reeves enters Dracula's castle, rats shown running along underside of girder. One even does a little grooming!
N. Monique Hayes (belladonnatt@hotmail.com) Deadly Eyes "Supercheesy horror flick"
Jason Sparks (jlsparks@pcpartner.net) From Dusk Til Dawn Vampire movie, one of the vampires turns into a large demon rat.

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