The Best Movies Directed by Tim Burton

Reference reranked 6 of 19 total items on The Best Tim Burton Film. Check out the original list to vote on it yourself!
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  • Edward Scissorhands
    1
    210 votes
    Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest
    A 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
  • Beetlejuice
    2
    208 votes
    Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis
    After 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
  • Batman
    3
    177 votes
    Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger
    Having 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
  • Batman Returns
    4
    158 votes
    Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer
    The 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
    5
    165 votes
    Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman
    Evil 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
  • Sleepy Hollow
    6
    160 votes
    Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson
    Set 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