Movies directed by Tim Burton

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Alice in Wonderland

This review is based on an IMAX 3-D screening. Lewis Carroll's "Wonderland" stories, much like the collected works of Roald Dahl, can be perceived from a number of perspectives. Although traditionally seen as a children's tale, Alice's Wonderla...

Run Time: 1:48
U.S. Release Date: 2010-03-05
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: FANTASY/ADVENTURE
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, ...
Batman

The superheroes of DC Comics have been very good to Warner Brothers. In 1978, Superman became a major motion picture event, packing theaters and resulting in a franchise that generated three sequels before collapsing under the weight of bad writin...

Run Time: 2:06
U.S. Release Date: 1989-06-23
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, ...
Batman Returns

The box office performance of Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman assured there would be sequel but Burton’s desire for greater creative control caused the production of Batman Returns to linger in development longer than Warner Brothers preferred. In ad...

Run Time: 2:06
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-04-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, ...
Beetlejuice

Horror/comedies were all the rage in the 1980s, with many of the so-called “serious” genre entries displaying a toothy sense of humor (although one can debate to what extent this was intentional). Excepting perhaps 1984’s Ghostbusters, none ...

Run Time: 1:32
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-09-04
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Scary Images)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, ...
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a worthy follow-up to its 1988 predecessor, Beetlejuice. For this much-delayed sequel, director Tim Burton has hewed close to the strengths of the original, repeating them when appropriate and acknowledging them when not...

Run Time: 1:44
U.S. Release Date: 2024-09-06
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Gore, Scary Images, Profanity)
Genre: Comedy/Horror
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, ...
Big Eyes

Tim Burton's name is on the credits but Big Eyes doesn't feel at all like the visually eccentric, gothic-tinged productions we normally expect from the offbeat director. Oh, there are some "Burton-esque" moments, like a vacation in ...

Run Time: 1:40
U.S. Release Date: 2014-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Mature Themes, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Amy Adams, Terence Stamp, Jason Schwartzman, ...
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

If there is any living director who can do justice to the warped nature of Roald Dahl's "children's stories," it's Tim Burton. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory isn't the first time these two have "collaborated." Burton produced Henry Selick's anim...

Run Time: 1:55
U.S. Release Date: 2005-07-15
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Mature Themes)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Jordon Fry, Julia Winter, ...
Corpse Bride

Note: I suppose the official title of the movie is Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, presumably to distinguish it from William Shakepeare's Corpse Bride or Jane Austen's Corpse Bride. The wordiness seems silly so, for the purposes of this review, the fil...

Run Time: 1:18
U.S. Release Date: 2005-09-16
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
Cast: (voices) Johnny Depp, Michael Gough, Jane Horrocks, ...
Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows is a mess, and it's unclear whether its bizarre recipe of comedy, campy horror, and gothic melodrama will satisfy anyone, regardless of their familiarity with the source material. By attempting to be too faithful to Dan Curtis' cult TV...

Run Time: 1:53
U.S. Release Date: 2012-05-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: COMEDY/HORROR
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christopher Lee, Chloe Grace Moretz, ...
Dumbo

Dumbo is a perfectly adequate family film. While that may seem like damning with faint praise, keep in mind that this movie was never considered to be among Disney’s 2019 big guns. It fills a niche and does so nicely with a style and approac...

Run Time: 1:52
U.S. Release Date: 2019-03-29
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, ...