
Tim Burton films, ranked by your taste
Director and actor · 26 films on Boxlist
Known for Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Beetlejuice.
See which ones match your tasteStarring Tim Burton

The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDBTired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas...

Joker: Put on a Happy Face
2020 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDBFeaturing interviews with filmmakers and industry legends, discover the origins and evolution of The Joker, and learn why The Clown Prince of Crime is universally hailed as the greatest comic-book supervillain of all time.

The Muppet Movie
1979 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDBA Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there he meets his future muppet crew while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDBAfter 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.

Singles
1992 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDBRomantic comedy about six of Seattle's young people, most of whom live in the same apartment building and whose lives revolve around the city's ever-expanding music scene. The interrelated stories about each character's progress through...

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBA 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.

Hoffa
1992 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDBA portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt.
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Directed by Tim Burton

Corpse Bride
2005 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDBSet in a 19th-century european village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride Victoria waits bereft in the land...
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBThe 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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Beetlejuice
1988 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDBThanks to an untimely demise via drowning, a young couple end up as poltergeists in their New England farmhouse, where they fail to meet the challenge of scaring away the insufferable new owners, who want to make drastic changes. In...
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Edward Scissorhands
1990 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDBA small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

Batman
1989 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBBatman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself "The Joker" seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld.

Big Fish
2003 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDBThroughout 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...

Ed Wood
1994 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDBThe 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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Vincent
1982 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDBYoung Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams that annoy his mother.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDBAfter 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.

Frankenweenie
2012 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBWhen 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...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDBA young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

Sleepy Hollow
1999 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDBNew York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. Locals believe the culprit to be none other than the legendary Headless Horseman.
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Batman Returns
1992 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBWhile Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin, an employee of a corrupt businessman transforms into the Catwoman.

Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDBThe 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...
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Big Eyes
2014 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDBThe story of the awakening of painter, Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBA 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.

Mars Attacks!
1996 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor. This star studded cast must play victim to the alien’s fun and games in this comedy...
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Alice in Wonderland
2010 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDBAlice, 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.

Planet of the Apes
2001 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDBAfter 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...
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Dumbo
2019 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDBA 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.

Dark Shadows
2012 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDBVampire 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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