This list of fictional cats and other felines is subsidiary to the list of fictional cats. It is restricted solely to notable feline characters from notable live action, (or primarily live action) films. For characters that appear in several separate films, only the earliest film will be recorded here.
| Character | Origin | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angus Scattergood | Rock Dog | An English Persian cat | |
| Binx | Hocus Pocus | The Sanderson Sisters (Witches Winnifred, Sarah, and Mary) turned Thackary Binx into a cat when he tried to save his sister from them at the beginning of the movie. He then plays a talking cat for most of the movie until the spell is broken at the end.[1] | |
| Blanche | House | A little girl’s pet white Persian cat with a long bushy tail who turns out to be a demon | |
| Butch | The Incredible Shrinking Man | Played by Orangey. | |
| Cat | Breakfast at Tiffany's | The cat actor, Orangey, also appeared in the movies The Diary of Anne Frank and Rhubarb. Won the PATSY animal acting award in 1952 and 1962. He also guest starred in a Mission Impossible episode "The Seal" as IMF agent Rusty cat. | |
| Cat Beast | 9 | A machine with the skull of a cat with the sole purpose of reactivating the Fabrication Machine from the 2009 film 9. | |
| Church | Pet Sematary | A gray cat resurrected after being run over. | |
| Clementine | Visit to a Small Planet | Played by Orangey and voiced by June Foray. | |
| Cleopatra | The Comedy of Terrors | Played by Orangey. | |
| Crookshanks | Harry Potter | A kneazle-domestic cat hybrid, belonging to Hermione Grainger. Rather large, very intelligent and fond of chasing gnomes.[2] | |
| Cosmic Creepers | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Miss Eglantine Price's scruffy and slightly grumpy black cat. | |
| DC | That Darn Cat! | A wily, adventurous Siamese tomcat who lives with two young women, suburbanite sisters Ingrid and Patti Randall, whose parents are traveling abroad at the time of the story. | |
| Duck | Constantine | Angela’s gray cat whom John Constantine uses to help cross over into hell. | |
| Duffy | A Talking Cat!?! | The eponymous talking cat who helps the human characters with their lives. Played by Squeaky, voiced by Eric Roberts. | |
| Fat Louie | The Princess Diaries | Mia's cat, played by four different cats - one of which belonged to the film's star, Anne Hathaway. | |
| Filby | Primer | Aaron’s cat. When missing, called by name by Aaron and Abe during the fountain scene. Filby is most likely named as a tribute to a minor character in the science fiction novel, The Time Machine, written by H.G. Wells in 1894.[3] [4] | |
| Goose | Captain Marvel | Orange tabby. The cat's name in the comics was Chewie | |
| Hecate | Batman: The Movie | Appeared in the 1966 Batman movie as Catwoman's pet cat; Unknown if Hecate also appeared in 1960's Batman episode "The Purr-fect Crime/Better Luck Next time" as Catwoman's felonious feline pet (which is adopted by Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson); This episode also featured a kitten sent to Police HQ by Catwoman. | |
| Jake | The Cat from Outer Space | A cat-like alien. His real name is Zunar-J-5/9 Doric-4-7. | |
| Jones | Alien and Aliens | Jones, or Jonesy, is a cat with orange fur who serves as mascot aboard the Nostromo. He and Ellen Ripley are the only survivors of their mission to planet LV-426. After Ripley saved Jonesy from the wreck of the Nostromo, he stays and sleeps with her when she is in hospital and, later, when she gets her own apartment. When Ripley must return to LV-426, she fondly curses him and says, "You're staying here". | |
| Keanu | Keanu | Tabby kitten. | |
| Kitty Galore | Former M.E.O.W.S. agent Ivana Clawyu | ||
| Mrs. Norris | Harry Potter | A ‘scrawny, dust-coloured creature with bulging, lamp-like eyes’.[5] Devoted pet/accomplice of Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch.[6] | |
| Mr. Bigglesworth | Austin Powers | A parody of Blofeld's cat from James Bond films. | |
| Mr. Tinkles | Cats & Dogs | An evil snow-white cat planning to sabotage the efforts of Professor Brody to discover a cure for human allergies to dogs. | |
| Mr. Jinx | Meet the Parents | Played by two five-year-old Himalayan cats named Bailey and Misha. The American Humane Association oversaw the filming of all scenes where the cats were used and ensured the animals' obedience and well-being by keeping two trainers and a veterinarian on set at all times. | |
| Milo | The Adventures of Milo and Otis | Ginger kitten | |
| Morris the Cat | The Long Goodbye and Shamus | Advertising cat best known as finicky cat Morris of 9 Lives cat food | |
| Mouschi | The Diary of Anne Frank | Played by Orangey. | |
| Napoleon | Mrs. Miniver | The Miniver family's cat | |
| Neutron | This Island Earth | Played by Orangey. | |
| Cat | Breakfast at Tiffany's | The cat actor, Orangey, also appeared in the movies The Diary of Anne Frank and Rhubarb. Won the PATSY animal acting award in 1952 and 1962. He also guest starred in a Mission Impossible episode "The Seal" as IMF agent Rusty cat. | |
| Orion | Men in Black (1997 film) | Orange and white cat who carries an entire galaxy in his collar (referred to as Orion's belt) | |
| Pyewacket | Bell, Book and Candle | Siamese cat and familiar of Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak), who is a witch | |
| Rhubarb | Rhubarb | Played by 14 different cats, including Orangey. | |
| Rroû | Mon chat et moi, la grande aventure de Rroû = A Cat’s Life (with the cat being named Lou, film 2022) | A Cat's Life is the 2024 film version in English (with Rroû the cat renamed Lou) of the 2023 PG-rated French film Mon chat et moi, la grande aventure de Rroû released in the United States on March 29, 2024. Because of fear, death, abandonment, divorce, and language, parental guidance is suggested for this 2023 film adaptation of the popular French novel Rroû by Maurice Genevoix. | |
| Sassy | A Himalayan voiced by Sally Field. The film was a remake of The Incredible Journey which featured a Siamese cat and named Tao. | ||
| Snowbell | Stuart Little | The pet Persian cat voiced by Nathan Lane later Kevin Schon white cat of the Little family who gradually warms up to Stuart voiced by Michael J Fox. | |
| Smarf | Too Many Cooks | An anthropomorphic cat puppet used in the short, a parody of various other puppets used in sitcoms. | |
| Spot | Star Trek Generations | Data's cat seen in and Star Trek Generations | |
| Stray cat | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Tabby cat who arrives at the Swedish dwelling of Mikael Blomkvist. The male cat (who is not specifically given a name by the characters) is seen several times during the film, sitting by himself on a chair, table or bed, in typical feline behaviour. However, the cat becomes a victim of revenge, and is last seen dismembered and left in front of the door as a warning. | |
| Sweetie | The Fifth Element | A white cat who lives with Korben Dallas in his apartment in New York City.[7] | |
| Tad Lazenby | Black bowtie wearing Tuxedo cat head of "M.E.O.W.S." Homage to James Bond 007; voiced by Roger Moore; his name is a spoof of George Lazenby | ||
| Thomasina | The Three Lives of Thomasina | A cat who is reincarnated twice after death and grows closer to Lori and Mr. McDhui. | |
| Tonto | Harry and Tonto | ||
| Turkish Angora Cat | James Bond films, 1962–present | Sidekick pet of Ernst Stavro Blofeld; appeared in movies Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Thunderball ; You Only Live Twice; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and Diamonds Are Forever. In For Your Eyes Only, appeared as trademark sidekick of unnamed villain implied to be Blofeld. A similar cat appears in Spectre where Bond is tortured. Spoofed in and its sequels, as Dr. Evil's pet Mr. Bigglesworth and Mini Me's pet Mini Mr. Bigglesworth; in a Powerpuff Girls cartoon, as Mr. Tinkles; and in movies Cats & Dogs and | |
| Ulysses | Inside Llewyn Davis | Orange tabby. | |
| unnamed | And Then There Were None | American shorthair appears throughout the film, taking its customary position on the lap of the villain, Judge Francis J. Quincanon, played by Barry Fitzgerald, shortly before the Judge dies in the penultimate scene of the movie |