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The Best Movies Directed by Tim Burton
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- 1Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne WiestA scientist (Vincent Price) builds an animated human being -- the gentle Edward (Johnny Depp). The scientist dies before he can finish assembling Edward, though, leaving the young man with a freakish ...more
2Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena DavisAfter Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin) die in a car accident, they find themselves stuck haunting their country residence, unable to leave the house. When the unbearable Deetzes ...more- 3Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Kim BasingerHaving witnessed his parents' brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) fights crime in Gotham City disguised as Batman, a costumed hero who strikes fear into ...more
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4Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle PfeifferThe monstrous Penguin (Danny DeVito), who lives in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with wicked shock-headed businessman Max Shreck (Christopher Walken) to topple the Batman (Michael Keaton) once ...more![Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]()
5Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan RickmanEvil Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) lusts for the beautiful wife of a London barber (Johnny Depp) and transports him to Australia for a crime he did not commit. Returning after 15 years and calling ...more![Corpse Bride]()
6Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily WatsonVictor (Johnny Depp) and Victoria's (Emily Watson) families have arranged their marriage. Though they like each other, Victor is nervous about the ceremony. While he's in a forest practicing his ...more![Sleepy Hollow]()
7Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda RichardsonSet in 1799, "Sleepy Hollow" is based on Washington Irving's classic tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Faithful to the dreamy custom-bound world that Irving paints in his story, the film mixes ...more![Big Fish]()
8Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy CrudupWhen Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) becomes ill, his son, William (Billy Crudup), travels to be with him. William has a strained relationship with Edward because his father has always told exaggerated ...more![Ed Wood]()
9Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica ParkerBecause of his eccentric habits and bafflingly strange films, director Ed Wood (Johnny Depp) is a Hollywood outcast. Nevertheless, with the help of the formerly famous Bela Lugosi and a devoted cast ...more![Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]()
10Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David KellyBased on the beloved Roald Dahl tale, this comedic and fantastical film follows young Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) and his Grandpa Joe (David Kelly) as they join a small group of contest winners ...more![Pee-wee's Big Adventure]()
11Paul Reubens, E.G. Daily, Mark HoltonPee-wee Herman (Paul Reubens), an eccentric child-like man, loves his red bicycle and will not sell it to his envious neighbor, Francis (Mark Holton). While Pee-wee visits his friend Dottie ...more![Alice in Wonderland]()
12Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham CarterA young girl when she first visited magical Underland, Alice Kingsleigh (Mia Wasikowska) is now a teenager with no memory of the place -- except in her dreams. Her life takes a turn for the ...more![Mars Attacks!]()
13Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette BeningA fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale ...more![Frankenweenie]()
14Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin LandauYoung Victor Frankenstein (Charlie Tahan) is a science nerd and outsider at school, but he does have one good friend: his dog, Sparky. But then, tragedy strikes, and Sparky shuffles off this mortal ...more![Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children]()
15Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Eva Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Asa Butterfield![Frankenweenie (1984)]()
16Shelley Duvall, Daniel Stern, Barret OliverFrankenweenie is a 1984 Tim Burton-directed short film produced with Buena Vista Distribution and co-written by Burton with Leonard Ripps. It is both a parody and homage to the 1931 film Frankenstein ...more![Dark Shadows]()
17Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham CarterIn 18th-century Maine, Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) presides over the town of Collinsport. A rich and powerful playboy, Barnabas seals his own doom when he breaks the heart of a witch named ...more![Big Eyes]()
18Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny HustonIn the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz) achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret ...more![Vincent]()
19Leonard Nimoy, Vincent PriceVincent is a 1982 stop-motion short horror film written, designed and directed by Tim Burton, and produced by Rick Heinrichs. It is the second Disney horror film, the first being The Watcher in the ...more![Planet of the Apes]()
20Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham CarterDirector Tim Burton ("Batman") reinvents one of the most acclaimed and beloved works of science fiction, Pierre Boulle's classic novel "Planet of the Apes." Burton's "Planet of the Apes" begins with ...more![Hansel and Gretel]()
21Jim IshidaHansel and Gretel is a TV special that was made in 1982 for Disney directed by Tim Burton. It only aired once on October 31, 1983 at 10:30pm. The only other times it was shown was as part of the Tim ...more![Stalk of the Celery Monster]()
23Tim BurtonStalk of the Celery Monster is a 1979 short animated film written, directed and animated entirely in pencil by Tim Burton during his time as a student with the California Institute of the Arts. It ...more
