Movies Directed by Tim Burton
Movies (20)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
WizRank: 78.96A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
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Corpse Bride (2005)
WizRank: 77.60In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.
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Ed Wood (1994)
WizRank: 77.48The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
WizRank: 75.98The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
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Big Fish (2003)
WizRank: 75.26Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.
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Beetlejuice (1988)
WizRank: 74.88A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
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Batman (1989)
WizRank: 73.28Having witnessed his parents' brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne fights crime in Gotham City disguised as Batman, a costumed hero who strikes fear into the hearts of villains. But when a deformed madman known as 'The Joker' seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld, Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis ever while protecting both his identity and his love interest, reporter Vicki Vale.
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Frankenweenie (2012)
WizRank: 72.38When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.
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Batman Returns (1992)
WizRank: 71.43The monstrous Penguin, who dwells in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with corrupt mayoral candidate Max Shreck to topple the Batman once and for all. But when Shreck's timid assistant Selina Kyle finds out, and Shreck tries to kill her, she's transformed into the sexy Catwoman. She teams up with the Penguin and Shreck to destroy Batman, but sparks fly unexpectedly when she confronts the caped crusader.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
WizRank: 71.36A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
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Sleepy Hollow (1999)
WizRank: 71.08Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman.
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Big Eyes (2014)
WizRank: 68.55In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret, is the real painter behind the brush. Although Margaret is horrified to learn that Walter is passing off her work as his own, she is too meek to protest too loudly. It isn't until the Keanes' marriage comes to an end and a lawsuit follows that the truth finally comes to light.
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
WizRank: 67.71After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
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| Cast | Baby Beetlejuice (voice) (uncredited) (Cast Order: 40) |
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
WizRank: 65.62The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.
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| Cast | Thug in Alley (uncredited) (Cast Order: 60) |
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
WizRank: 65.42A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.
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| Cast | Passenger on an Attraction (uncredited) (Cast Order: 50) |
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Alice in Wonderland (2010)
WizRank: 61.24Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.
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Mars Attacks! (1996)
WizRank: 60.85A 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 receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
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Dumbo (2019)
WizRank: 59.15A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.
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Dark Shadows (2012)
WizRank: 56.62Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.
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Planet of the Apes (2001)
WizRank: 54.23After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.
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