Top 10 best movies and cartoons by Tim Burton

Tim Burton is without a shadow of a doubt the most recognizable director in the world. From just one frame of his cartoon or film, you can determine who “had a hand in him.” He creates a modernized spectacular cinema, the obligatory attribute of which is black humor or macabre elements (translated from French “macabre“- gloomy, funerary).

In addition to directing, Tim Burton is engaged in producing, acting as an animator and actor. He also tried himself as a writer, wrote several books.

Creativity Burton causes conflicting reviews. Someone comes to the delight of his projects, for someone they are unacceptable. But there are very few people who are indifferent to Tim’s works, because they are significantly different from others.

If you have not yet met the work of this director, pay attention to our selection of the best films and cartoons by Tim Burton. If you are a fan of his, this is a good reason to revisit your favorite films.

10 Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Tim Burton filmed “his” “Alice in Wonderland“. This is a fantasy adventure film, a reimagining of the work of Lewis Carroll, which is not a continuation or remake of films about this character.

Alice is 19 years old. This adult girl has long forgotten about her adventures. Her life became normal. She is going to marry an unloved person, this is the desire of her parents.

At an engagement party, Alice spots the White Rabbit and starts chasing him. Soon she finds herself in a rabbit hole. The Hatter, the Red Queen, the Cheshire Cat – these are not all the fairy-tale characters she will meet …

9. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

The film is based on the novel of the same name by American writer Ransom Riggs. Jacob Portman grew up with his grandfather’s stories. The old man told him that he spent his childhood on an island where children with unusual abilities lived. Jacob believed in these stories, so his peers considered him strange, eccentric.

After the death of his grandfather, the young man learns that Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children actually existed. Portman finds his grandfather’s book, where the address of this house is written. He decides to travel…

8. Dark Shadows (2012)

Gothic tragicomedy, adaptation of the series of the same name, popular in the late 70s.

Handsome Barnabas Collins is fabulously rich and very popular with women. He changes darlings like gloves, until one day he makes a mistake.

A short romance with Angelique Beauchard brings him many problems. The girl wants to avenge her broken heart. Barnabas had no idea that this beauty was a witch. She kills his family, and turns Collins himself into a vampire and places him in a crypt. The main character of the filmDark Shadows“It will only be possible to get out of it after a couple of hundred years…

7. Big Eyes (2014)

Biographical drama about the artist Margaret Keane. It was very popular in the mid 50s. Margaret has created her own unique style, unlike any other. She painted children, women and animals with big eyes. Her art was liked not only by connoisseurs, but also by ordinary people.

Keane achieved commercial success with cheap reproductions on utensils, and her paintings were also used as prints. The talented woman was not very happy in her personal life, but only when she decided to divorce, she realized who her husband really was …

6. Corpse Bride (2005)

This work by Tim Burton hit the top five highest-grossing puppet cartoons. The action takes place in Great Britain in the XNUMXth century.

Victor and Victoria are to be married. They do not know each other, this is the desire of the parents. Fortunately, at a personal meeting, the bride and groom understand that they really like each other. At the rehearsal of the wedding, Victor is very worried, he forgets the words of the marriage vow and runs away into the forest to calm down. The young man decides to rehearse a little and puts the engagement ring on the bough of the tree. He doesn’t know what it is yet. bride’s corpse.

The dry tree was once a girl named Emily. She never knew happiness, but at death she promised herself that she would wait for a handsome prince. Emily drags Victor into the world of the dead, he becomes the groom of the deceased …

5. Sweeney Todd, Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Musical film adaptation of the musical of the same name. The main character of the filmSweeney Todd, demon hair stylist with Fleet Street“- a barber. In the past, he was happy, he had a family and a job. His wife Lucy attracted the attention of the judge, who without thinking twice sent Sweeney to hard labor.

After 15 years, he manages to escape. Arriving in London, he learns that his wife has poisoned himself, and the judge is trying to win the favor of his grown-up daughter. Todd has a goal – revenge. He decides to take up hairdressing, hoping that someday a judge will visit his salon…

4. Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Gothic horror film based on the novel by Washington Irving “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. The action takes place in America. 1799

Constable Ichabod Crane adheres to modern views, he does not believe in witchcraft, mysticism, and believes that any phenomenon can be explained scientifically.

The management is not very happy with the behavior of Ichabod, so the man is sent to a small village called Sleepy Hollow. Terrible things happen there: someone beheaded three local residents and took their heads. There is a version that this crime was committed by a headless horseman …

3. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Puppet animated film-musical. “The nightmare before christmas” tells about a special world, where each kingdom has its own rules. In Halloween, the dead and zombies live, their task is to scare people.

Every year the best scarecrow is chosen. Often it becomes Jack Skellington. This time he wins again, but she does not please him.

By chance, Jack finds himself in another realm – Christmas. All the inhabitants of this kingdom congratulate each other, have fun and celebrate. Jack has a dream…

2. Big Fish (2003)

«Big fish“- a fantastic tragicomedy about the traveling merchant Edward Bloom. He loves to tell different stories, usually adds a little and embellishes them. So, at least, his son, the pragmatic clerk Will, believes.

When his father is diagnosed with cancer, Will and his wife come to support him. Soon he will realize that his father’s fantasies are his opportunity to escape from reality. In fact, most of his stories are not invented, Edward was simply not fixated on rationalism and wanted to bring some bright colors into the harsh reality …

1. Edward – Scissorhands (1990)

Tim Burton’s first film. An old scientist decides to create a human-like creature. He does not have time to finish it, it turns out a man without arms, instead of upper limbs he has some kind of scissors. That is why the creature received such a nickname “Edward Scissorhands».

He lived alone in the castle for a long time, but meeting a kind woman changed his life for the better. Edward began to go out to people, to help them. It turned out that he was excellent at hairdressing, cutting bushes, people and dogs equally well. The people of the town fell in love with Edward, but everything changed when he fell in love…