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1. Coraline (2009)
PG | 100 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, an 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.
Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman, Jennifer Saunders
Votes: 264,610 | Gross: $75.29M
2. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
PG | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman
Votes: 271,227 | Gross: $21.00M
3. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
PG | 76 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.
Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey
Votes: 375,823 | Gross: $75.08M
4. Corpse Bride (2005)
PG | 77 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
When a shy groom practices his wedding vows in the inadvertent presence of a deceased young woman, she rises from the grave assuming he has married her.
Directors: Tim Burton, Mike Johnson | Stars: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman
Votes: 299,459 | Gross: $53.36M
5. Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
PG | 101 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armour worn by his late father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past.
Director: Travis Knight | Stars: Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Matthew McConaughey, Ralph Fiennes
Votes: 138,650 | Gross: $48.02M
6. Mary and Max (2009)
Not Rated | 92 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
In 1976 Melbourne, a lonely 8-year-old girl strikes up a correspondence with an unlikely pen pal: a severely obese 44-year-old New Yorker with Asperger's syndrome.
Director: Adam Elliot | Stars: Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana, Barry Humphries
Votes: 187,067
7. The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
Director: Michael Showalter | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio
Votes: 39,052
8. ParaNorman (2012)
PG | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse.
Directors: Chris Butler, Sam Fell | Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Tucker Albrizzi
Votes: 110,107 | Gross: $56.00M
9. The Boxtrolls (2014)
PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.
Directors: Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade
Votes: 61,634 | Gross: $50.84M
10. Frankenweenie (2012)
PG | 87 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
When a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau
Votes: 117,308 | Gross: $35.29M
11. The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)
PG | 88 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the year Award. The quest takes Captain and his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London.
Directors: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt | Stars: Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven, Martin Freeman
Votes: 51,487 | Gross: $31.05M
12. Hell and Back (2015)
R | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Two best friends set out to rescue their pal after he's accidentally dragged to hell.
Directors: Tom Gianas, Ross Shuman | Stars: Nick Swardson, Mila Kunis, Bob Odenkirk, T.J. Miller
Votes: 5,285 | Gross: $0.16M
13. Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (2011 Video)
16+ | 3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Three puppets known as Red Guy, Yellow Guy and Duck learn about creativity from a talking sketchbook.
Directors: Joseph Pelling, Becky Sloan | Stars: Joseph Pelling, Becky Sloan, Baker Terry
Votes: 5,400
14. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
G | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn join Mark Twain on his airship to meet Halley's Comet.
Director: Will Vinton | Stars: James Whitmore, Michele Mariana, Gary Krug, Chris Ritchie
Votes: 3,418 | Gross: $0.85M
15. Junk Head (2017)
100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In a distant future, humanity has lost its ability to reproduce. An expedition is sent to an underground city where artificial humanoids are still fertile.
Director: Takahide Hori | Stars: Takahide Hori, Atsuko Miyake, Yuji Sugiyama
Votes: 1,495
16. The Pied Piper (1986)
Not Rated | 55 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror
The story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin with a twist.
Director: Jirí Barta | Stars: Oldrich Kaiser, Jirí Lábus, Michal Pavlícek, Vilém Cok
Votes: 1,699
17. The Miracle Maker (1999)
G | 90 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
The story of Jesus Christ.
Directors: Derek W. Hayes, Stanislav Sokolov | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Michael Bryant, Julie Christie, Rebecca Callard
Votes: 1,789
18. Mad Monster Party? (1967)
Unrated | 94 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
On the Isle of Evil, Baron Boris von Frankenstein reveals his imminent retirement and that he has refined the secret of total destruction, only to be upset when the other monsters try to steal the secret and kill his nephew, Felix Flanken.
Director: Jules Bass | Stars: Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Gale Garnett, Phyllis Diller
Votes: 3,567
19. Bump in the Night (1994–1995)
TV-Y | 25 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The misadventures of a small green monster named Mr. Bumpy, a blue monster named Squishington, and a rag doll named Molly Coddle in a bedroom of a 10 year old boy.
Stars: Jim Cummings, Rob Paulsen, Gail Matthius, Scott McAfee
Votes: 669
20. Harvie Krumpet (2003)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
The odd biography of a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung around his neck.
Director: Adam Elliot | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Kamahl, John Flaus, Julie Forsyth
Votes: 9,039
21. The Trap Door (1984–1986)
TV-G | 5 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
3D plasticine animation, featuring Berk, a blue creature who lives as servant to the unseen 'Thing Upstairs' in an ancient castle. Every time the trap door opens a new adventure begins for ... See full summary »
Stars: William Rushton, Nick Shipley
Votes: 1,826
22. Blood Tea and Red String (2006)
Not Rated | 71 min | Animation, Fantasy
A handmade stop-motion fairy tale for adults that tells the tale of the struggle between the aristocratic White Mice and the rustic Creatures Who Dwell Under the Oak over the doll of their heart's desire.
Director: Christiane Cegavske
Votes: 1,635
23. The Apostle (2012)
84 min | Animation, Horror
An escaped prison convict attempts to retrieve a loot hidden years ago in a lonely village. Sinister elders, strange disappearances, spirits, a peculiar priest and even the Archpriest of ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Cortizo | Stars: Carlos Blanco, Xosé Manuel Olveira 'Pico', Paul Naschy, Jorge Sanz
Votes: 903
24. Peter and The Wolf (2006)
G | 32 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
An animated retelling set to Prokofiev's suite.
Director: Suzie Templeton
Votes: 4,332
25. Mary Shelley's Frankenhole (2010–2017)
TV-MA | 15 min | Animation, Comedy, Horror
After mastering immortality, mad scientist Victor Frankenstein turns his attention to time travel, creating a number of wormholes connected to his Eastern European village, allowing him ... See full summary »
Stars: Jeff Bryan Davis, Britta Phillips, Mark Rivers, Scott Adsit
Votes: 994
26. Seven Seas Pirates (2012)
Not Rated | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A swashbuckling adventure aboard a pirate ship, turns into a battle for survival when Selkirk and Pupi, find themselves captive and marooned on a deserted island after the crew steals their treasure map and discovers their true identities.
Director: Walter Tournier | Stars: Ariel Cister, Mariano Chiesa, Karin Zavala, Gabriel Rovito
Votes: 236
27. Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids (2000–2013)
23 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
An anthology series that centres around horrible children getting their comeuppance, often in horribly gruesome ways.
Stars: Nigel Planer, Björn Granath, Ilkka Heiskanen, Timm Mehrens
Votes: 890
28. The Story of the Fox (1937)
63 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Renard the Fox's mischievous pranks go too far, King Lion is forced to attempt to bring the trickster to justice.
Directors: Irene Starewicz, Wladyslaw Starewicz | Stars: Claude Dauphin, Romain Bouquet, Sylvain Itkine, Léon Larive
Votes: 1,559
29. Imagination (2007)
Not Rated | 70 min | Animation, Fantasy
Dr. Reineger is a child neuro-psychologist who has become confident that the twin Anna has a form of autism called Asperger's Syndrome, rendering her unable to cope with reality. As for her... See full summary »
Director: Eric Leiser | Stars: Ed K. Gildersleeve, Nikki Haddad, Jessi Haddad, Courtney Sanford
Votes: 218
30. Bobby Yeah (2011)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Short, Horror
Bobby Yeah is a subhuman creature who experiences a series of increasingly bizarre, nightmarish encounters after stealing a malevolent baby's prized pet.
Director: Robert Morgan
Votes: 727
31. The Sandman (1991)
10 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Upstairs, in the moonlit and empty room, a little boy scared of the dancing shadows, encounters a figment of his vivid imagination: the horrible Sandman.
Director: Paul Berry
Votes: 1,538
32. Live Freaky Die Freaky (2006)
Unrated | 75 min | Animation, Comedy, Musical
In a distant future, a cult forms around the Manson Family, when Charles Manson is mistaken for the messiah. Meanwhile, in 1969, Manson convinces his followers to murder Sharon Tate.
Director: John Roecker | Stars: Nick 13, Billie Joe Armstrong, Tim Armstrong, Rob Aston
Votes: 707 | Gross: $0.01M
33. Truckers (1992)
11 min | Animation, Adventure, Crime
Under the floorboards of an old department store live the nomes, tiny people for whom things like Outside and Sun and Rain are just daft old legends. Then a group of new nomes arrive from ... See full summary »
Stars: Joe McGann, Edward Kelsey, Debra Gillett, Rosalie Williams
Votes: 216
34. Mad God: Part 1 (2014)
12 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
MAD GOD is an experimental animated film set in a Miltonesque world of monsters, mad scientists, and warpigs. Directed by legendary visual effects and stop-motion craftsman Phil Tippett, ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Tippett | Star: Niketa Roman
Votes: 189
35. Thunderbolt Fantasy (2016– )
Animation, Action, Adventure
Set in an Eastern fantasy setting, Dan Fei and her brother, guardians of a sword known as the Tian Xíng Jin, are pursued by the evil Xuan Gui Zong clan, who seek to obtain the sword for ... See full summary »
Stars: Sayaka Ôhara, Jun'ichi Suwabe
Votes: 207
36. Hansel and Gretel (1954)
Approved | 72 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
An "electronic puppet" version of the Humperdinck opera, adapted for children and using spoken dialogue as well as Humperdinck's music.
Director: John Paul | Stars: Anna Russell, Mildred Dunnock, Frank Rogier, Delbert Anderson
Votes: 283
37. The Adventures of Curious George (1982)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Short
Contains two stop-motion animation episodes featuring Margret & H.A. Rey's inquisitive monkey: 'Curious George' and 'Curious George Goes to the Hospital'.
Director: John Clark Matthews | Stars: June Foray, Ruth Buell, Corey Burton, Bobbie Spiedel
Votes: 69
38. The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (1985 TV Movie)
TV-G | 50 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
At a council convened by The Great Ak, the forest being tells the story of Santa Claus to explain why he deserves to be made immortal.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Earl Hammond, Earle Hyman, Larry Kenney, Lynne Lipton
Votes: 1,421
39. Plasmo (1997)
5 min | Animation, Sci-Fi
Plasmo is a two and a half year old space orphan. He lives on the uncharted world of Pynco, with his friends Parsty and Niknik. There are no adults on this planet. Plasmo has no idea who, ... See full summary »
Stars: Abbe Holmes, Pia Morley, Phillip Houghton
Votes: 81
40. Lavender Castle (1999–2000)
TV-Y7-FV | 10 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Lavender Castle is a place of mystery and legend, fabled throughout the universe, a floating city of light, a place of peace, harmony and all the things that have ever been dreamt of. It is... See full summary »
Stars: Kate Harbour, Rob Rackstraw, David Holt, Jimmy Hibbert
Votes: 90
41. The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold (1981 TV Movie)
TV-G | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
An Irish sailor is stranded on an island full of Leprechauns and soon finds himself aiding them in protecting their gold from a greedy Hag.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Art Carney, Peggy Cass, Bob McFadden, Ken Jennings
Votes: 767
42. The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (1991 TV Movie)
60 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A meek young Russian peasant finds himself on the adventure of a lifetime when he is mysteriously bestowed with a flying ship that sets sail for the Tsar's royal court.
Director: Francis Vose | Stars: Robin Bailey, Maurice Denham, Jimmy Hibbert, Martin Jarvis
Votes: 404
43. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
76 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
The first puppet kinescope in the world. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Three worlds meet in this story: the noble world of three Athens couples, a common ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Trnka | Stars: Joss Ackland, Ann Bell, Richard Burton, Tom Criddle
Votes: 469
44. Madame Tutli-Putli (2007)
17 min | Animation, Short, Thriller
Exhausted and profoundly melancholic, anachronistic Madame Tutli-Putli wants to board a train. And, surrounded by a lifetime's worth of personal belongings, she waits patiently. Is she running away from her past?
Directors: Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski | Star: Laurie Maher
Votes: 2,939
45. Hoffmaniada (2018)
78 min | Animation, Biography, Fantasy
Based around three of Hoffmann's tales; Klein Zaches, The Golden Pot and The Sandman, with the main character being Hoffmann himself.
Director: Stanislav Sokolov | Stars: Vladimir Koshevoy, Aleksey Petrenko, Pavel Lyubimtsev, Vyacheslav Polunin
Votes: 107
46. Zero (III) (2010)
13 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Born into a world of numbers, an oppressed zero discovers that through determination, courage, and love, nothing can be truly something.
Director: Christopher Kezelos | Stars: Nick McKay, Reina McAndrew, Shelley Hepworth, Anthony Clarke
Votes: 1,758
47. Oh Willy... (2012)
17 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Forced to return to his naturist roots, Willy bungles his way into noble savagery.
Directors: Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels
Votes: 572
48. Achilles (1995)
11 min | Animation, Short
With the loss of Patroclus (his undeclared male lover), Greek warrior Achilles returns to the Trojan War.
Director: Barry Purves | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Simon Green, David Holt, Tim Morgan
Votes: 405
49. Dick Spanner, P.I. (1987– )
6 min | Animation, Comedy, Crime
A robot detective investigates numerous bizarre crimes in a futuristic city.
Stars: Shane Rimmer, Andrew Clements, Connor Flanagan, Chris Thompson
Votes: 131
50. Raging Balls of Steel Justice (2013)
15 min | Short, Action, Comedy
Chuck Steel is a maverick, renegade, lone wolf, loose cannon, cop on the edge who doesn't play by the rules.
Director: Mike Mort | Star: Mike Mort
Votes: 216