Small Soldiers (1998) poster
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FilmPG-131998

Small Soldiers

ComedyAdventureFantasyScience FictionAction

Directed by Joe Dante

When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously. From TMDB

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Small Soldiers is a 1998 comedy adventure fantasy film, directed by Joe Dante, starring Gregory Smith, Kirsten Dunst and Denis Leary.

  • 185 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon
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  • Joe Dante @thejoedante.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2026

    My movie Small Soldiers was the 1990s' best-kept secret, eh?? screenrant.com/small-soldie...

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  • Tred @tredlocity.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 10, 2025

    Small Soldiers is an explicitly anti-military, anti-big tech, anti-capitalist film and I worry that a sequel or any extension would sully that.

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  • Joe Dante @thejoedante.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 1, 2025

    Three decades later and now my movie Small Soldiers is a cult classic, sez here! It's now streaming on @paramountplus.com: comicbook.com/movies/news/...

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  • Joe Dante @thejoedante.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2026

    To commemorate my movie Small Soldiers' 28th (!) birthday today, I've got a fresh still from the flick up on my Renfield Collection site! Who here first saw the movie in theaters? Who here got the Burger King tie-in toys? www.renfieldcollection.com/product-page...

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  • The Silkman @thesilkmanart.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 3, 2026

    Pro tip: When babysitting, don't allow them to watch the movie Small Soldiers. It might give them ideas...

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  • DiaBrave Sid @diabrave.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 8, 2026

    Small Soldiers is at its heart a better Transformers live-action movie than anything else we've got Come at me bro.

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  • Chris Weston @westonfront.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 18, 2025

    One of Stan Winston's skills was knowing how to hire the right people. I saw the amazing designs @liamsharp.bsky.social did for Joe Dante's "Small Soldiers"... they were identical to the finished film. Sadly, Stan was also good at taking all the credit, something even Jim Cameron mocked him for!

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  • Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 13, 2025

    Red Letter Media is back with its second half (Nos. 1-6) of its @thejoedante.bsky.social feature film rankings! Some Gremlins and Small Soldiers make appearances... www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWP-...

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  • Sir Meow 🔜 LUCKYDOG @sirmeow.gayBluesky · May 15, 2026

    Just finished recording our episode on Small Soldiers and I think we did it justice by barely talking about the movie 🫡

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  • Joe Dante @thejoedante.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2025

    My movie Small Soldiers was first unleashed OTD in 1998! Celebrate with a fresh still from my Renfield Collection shop — replete with custom autographs upon request: www.renfieldcollection.com/product-page...

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  • Possum A-ko @kaiserbeamz.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 23, 2025

    What I miss about being a kid is those periods of my life where I would just watch the same movie over and over again for a few weeks. I definitely remember a good chunk of February 2002 being devoted to numerous Small Soldiers rewatches.

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  • Sir Meow 🔜 LUCKYDOG @sirmeow.gayBluesky · May 27, 2026

    Smiling bigly while editing the Small Soldiers episode because I think it's a great episode Smiling biggerly because I decided on the next movie and it's a Quibi original horror series turned into a dogshit Netflix movie... 🫰😫

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  • Lainwithtea @lainwithtea.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 23, 2026

    Re-watched Small Soldiers with the gang in discord and I have never seen a cat so happy to be in a movie and have toys in my life

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  • Kaptajnen @kaptajnen.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2026

    Anyone remembers the 1998 movie "Small Soldiers"? Anyone remembers the Tiger Game,com? I'm honestly not even sure which is generally considered the more obscure of the two xD But apparently there was a movie tie-in fighting game in development for the system at some point #retrogaming #lostmedia

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  • Games That Weren't @gamesthatwerent.comBluesky · Mar 18, 2026

    We take a look at the lost Tiger Game-com title: Small Soldiers - based on the DreamWorks film. A beat-em-up, choosing alliance with the Commando Elite or the Gorgonites with a range of fighting/weapon moves. Thanks to @fangames.bsky.social for the heads up. www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/03/smal...

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  • Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 23, 2025

    We talk a lot about what radicalized us this and that but if I'm really honest it was probably the 1998 movie Small Soldiers (no idea if it holds up)

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  • Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries @nerdmysteries.bsky.socialBluesky · May 19, 2026

    A boy and his toys, a tale as old as time. The love and bond they share cannot be broken by anything; except maybe a high grade computing military processor slammed in the base of the toy's skull. This week Host Austin asks: do you remember the movie Small Soldiers maximumfun.org/episodes/sec...

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  • Anthony Iannaccio @mrtonynacho.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 10, 2025

    Tonight’s movie: Small Soldiers (1998)

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  • Joe Dante @thejoedante.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 2, 2025

    Ready for EVEN MORE STUFF from my archives? Of course you are. This week, we're auctioning stuff from Small Soldiers, The Second Civil War, Gremlins... ...And one of two SCREEN-USED prop pages from my film Matinee, featuring Dick Miller as B-movie actor Herb Denning! www.renfieldcollection.com

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  • Seamaster @seamaster.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 25, 2025

    I really liked Small Soldiers back when that movie came out. Archer caught my eye way back and after many years, I finally decided to give him a try. I tried both an Actual Archer and a Toy version.

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  • 👾 @skywlkr.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 1, 2023

    Does the 1998 film Small Soldiers mean anything to you?

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  • Danie Ware @danacea.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2025

    Completely random, but my son's just sent me this. If you're a fan of the movie #SmallSoldiers (which I loved) this is an homage, made with the Unreal engine, and it's absolutely wonderful. Worth watching all the way through! youtu.be/bcPqSTUt5D8?...

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  • Joseph Finn @josephfinn.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 1, 2025

    It's F This Movie Fest Day and we're opening with a new one for me. Now watching: SMALL SOLDIERS (1998). #fthismoviefest

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  • IGN Finds @igndeals.bsky.socialBluesky · May 5, 2025

    Small Soldiers 4K Blu-ray Steelbook up for preorder at Amazon for $30.99, comes out July 22. Underrated movie, in my opinion. zdcs.link/zEgAJ4

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  • 「 ✦ Jd🎃g ✦ 」 @jdogtoocool.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 13, 2025

    A favorite film that starts with the letter “S" #filmsky Small Soldiers, 1998

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  • Orbiting Kettle @orbitingkettle.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2025

    Remember when the "Small Soldiers" movie had the same plot and saw it as something abysmally stupid to do?

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  • Wonder-Waffle 🦆 @wonderwaffle93.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 23, 2026

    SMALL SOLDIERS MENTIONED 😭 and yes! I was so obsessed with this movie. I also had the ps1 game which was strangely its own thing lol like absolutely wildly different from the movie

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  • NemesisDType @nemesisdtype.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 18, 2026

    Small Soldiers. Forgot just how much I loved this movie as a kid. 👌🏼

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  • JP Jordan @jpjordan.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2026

    BRB, just thinking about the movie Small Soldiers

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  • Dr Laura Eastlake @victorianmasc.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 23, 2025

    I’d forgotten what a banger of a kids movie is Small Soldiers (1998). But if it was freaky as a kid then it’s extra freaky in the age of AI.

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  • Tom Voorhees @angelus04.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 18, 2025

    A horror movie version of Toy Story check out the trailer to #SmallSoldiers www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwIt...

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  • Bring Me The Head of Ramona Garcia @razorgirl1984.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 30, 2025

    Idk why but I was obsessed with this movie as a kid, along with Small Soldiers and Mouse Hunt.

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  • Nolan McBride @nolanmcbride.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 1, 2025

    Hoping to join #FThisMovieFest at some point tomorrow, but there’s no chance I’ll even be awake at 10 AM so I’m gonna watch SMALL SOLDIERS tonight while I edit a 5-hour podcast. Love Joe Dante doing GREMLINS again with action figures. This is definitely a comfort movie for me at this point.

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  • Scout Tafoya @honorszombie.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    Small Soldiers. good movie. Not talked about enough.

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  • mojito friend @mojitofiend.bsky.socialBluesky · May 9, 2026

    Small Soldiers… holds up. Great movie 👍🏼

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  • Rebecca Forth @chewbeccar.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 10, 2025

    I went 27 years not knowing that all but the leader (Archer, voiced by Frank Langella) of the Gorgonites in Small Soldiers were voiced by the members of Spinal Tap and now I love the film even more.

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  • Nolan McBride @nolanmcbride.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 9, 2025

    It’s not been long since I rewatched SMALL SOLDIERS, but excited to check out the 4K disc tonight. Don’t upgrade everything, but this is a comfort movie and I love steelbooks. Plus, this is from the era where 4K can (in my opinion) do wonders for blending early SFX with film (see also: PITCH BLACK).

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  • Amanda🌹🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦💙 @amandawrites.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 9, 2026

    #AprilMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky 4/9: Someone surrenders in a movie Small Soldiers (1998) youtu.be/pMoxr-jgd58?...

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  • LunaLuvgood2020 @lunaluvgood2020.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 27, 2026

    Small Soldiers the Movie is so underrated I love it and Babe both are up tonight cause I have my small nephew

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  • Phwoarhammer (but scary) 🎃 🏳️‍⚧️ @rustedwirewitch.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 22, 2026

    Improve a movie title with Big Naturals (and, in this case, a comma) Small Soldiers, Big Naturals

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  • Ryan Cate @ryancate.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 1, 2025

    I loved this movie as a kid (and still do). The action figure line was awesome, but hands down, the best part of Small Soldiers was Burger King's, Rodeo Burger. #FThisMovieFest

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  • ANTIFA BEVERLY @stewardship.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 5, 2026

    "Petey Kegsbreath" acts like he playing the lead part in the movie "Small Soldiers" where animation comes to life.

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  • Zappit @zappit.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 20, 2026

    Do we really need yet another Toy Story movie? “They’re doing Small Soldiers with an army of Buzz Lightyears.” Go on…

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  • IGN Finds @igndeals.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2025

    Small Soldiers 4K Blu-ray Steelbook is out tomorrow, preorder price is $25.99 at Amazon right now, 16% off the list price. Great movie, saw this in the theater back in the day. zdcs.link/QxAErj

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  • Sharktic 🦈💚 @sharktic.vtubers.socialBluesky · Apr 29, 2025

    Gonna do a late 90s movie night one of these days and just watch Galaxy Quest, Small Soldiers and Spawn back to back to back and remember when movies were good.

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  • Gabu @gabustudios.bsky.socialBluesky · May 28, 2026

    You know how I'd pitch an 'Evil Superman' project? Modern-day Small Soldiers movie. The evil toys are superheroes, and the good toys are kaijus and mechs.

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  • jordan @jbythekilowatt.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 25, 2026

    Using this opportunity to tell you that Fred Durst plays a semi-prominent role in the movie Y2K The only way I can describe this movie is if Small Soldiers + Superbad had a lovechild except this one is actually going to age well

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  • Jeff [REDACTED] @jeffderoshia.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 26, 2026

    He wouldn’t last a minute in the Small Soldiers movie.

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  • Haven’t Scene It @podsceneit.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 28, 2025

    Had to get the 4K Steelbook for my fav movie when I was a kid, Small Soldiers! Very excited to check this out

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  • Friendly Gayborhood Daddyman @biddlebrian.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 1, 2025

    #NowWatching #FThisMovieFest 1998 Small Soldiers | Joe Dante Always love a good 🍒 👀 in the morning! The vocal cast is amazing and you never go wrong with Dante! Good morning movie lovers! @j60660.bsky.social

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  • CJ @cjisbadatlife.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2026

    My earliest memory of Patrick Stewart isn’t Star Trek or X-Men, but his villainous turn in Masterminds, a film my brain routinely conflates with Toy Soldiers (not to be confused with Small Soldiers, the movie about toy soldiers). One of the best to do it. RIP.

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  • Anti-Wife Equation @antiwifeequation.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 31, 2025

    Small Soldiers is a movie I've been thinking on since I saw it last week. Such a masterful metaphor for how our media normalizes and sanitizes violence.

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  • Shana L. Darabie @shanadarabie.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 1, 2025

    Showing the kid a movie I’d taken my kittle sister to see, SMALL SOLDIERS #filmsky

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  • Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 30, 2023

    Yeah. I was watching the extras on the DVD of Small Soldiers a while back and the *stuff released as marketing pablum* is fairly frank about disputes about whether they were making a spiritual successor to Gremlins or a kids' film.

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  • 👻 Ghost Hunter Bush @drhbus.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2026

    SMALL SOLDIERS • a different kind of Toy Story • released #otd 1998! Listen to a classic Hate Watch/Great Watch Podcast episode all about it from @moviejawn.com or find it anywhere you get podcasts! www.moviejawn.com/hate-watch-g... 🎥🎦📽🎞🎬🎟🍿 #filmsky #moviesky #SmallSoldiers

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  • kate @katbrush.artBluesky · May 20, 2026

    we watched Small Soldiers last night and I gotta say, Transformers (2007) owes a LOT to that movie

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  • No soap, radio @vermstudio.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 19, 2026

    I loved the movie Small Soldiers as a kid btw

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  • Vixi and Friends [🎮 Iono] @vixichrome.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 4, 2026

    5. Small Soldiers Oh this movie would've given me nightmares as a kid if I ever saw it in full LOL

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  • supernerdsgaming.bsky.social @supernerdsgaming.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 20, 2026

    Small Soldiers on the PS1 Absolutely fantastic film and a good game to follow it up with #smallsoldiers #ps1 #playstation1 #ps1nostalgia #gamersunite

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  • Anti-Wife Equation @antiwifeequation.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 31, 2025

    Weirdly, science fiction war movies are never brought up as the ones that are generally the best. Like, Small Soldiers and Starship Troopers are not subtle. youtu.be/_zHTg0zM__I?...

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