There is a well-known Latin phrase that goes: divide et impera, or divide and command. Obviously the reference is to the world of war and therefore of armies, especially enemy ones, but in this case it goes well with the nature of the fame of the director we are about to talk about. Specifically, Tim Burtonis someone who has always divided – in terms of opinions. There are those who consider him overrated, those who consider him underrated. Everyone places it here or there within their own liking ranking. Some even have it tattooed on themselves. Anyway, on the occasion of his birthday, we put all his films in order (obviously from worst to best).
20. Planet of the Apes – Planet of the Apes
Last place for one of the most famous titles of cinematic science fiction, remake of the historical one dated 1968 and directed by Schaffner. After having shot seven intimate and successful films, the director from Burbank accepts the challenge of the Hollywood blockbuster but, beyond the beautiful graphic rendering, the film starring Mark Wahlberg ed Helena Bonham Carter turns out to be a bitter disappointment.
19. Alice in Wonderland
The iconic interpretation of Johnny Depp in the role of the Mad Hatter he doesn't essentially save a film that remains far from the feeling of the original work as well as from that of its animated transposition made by Disney in 1951. To a great cast (Mia Wasikowska, Anne Hathaway ed Helena Bonham Carter) comes alongside a creaking screenplay. The ending, extremely fantasy, is finally imposed by Disney, the company that distributes the film.
18. Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
It is the first film of Tim Burtonfired only the year before (1984) by Disney because of his short Frankenweenie. An executive who still believes in him gives him this Warner film. A Nice and lively product with Paul Reubens in the role of Pee-wee Herman, the undisputed idol of kids who, in large part, is also a tribute to Warner Bros itself.
17. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Net of possible interpretative readings, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice however, it is a very solid divertissement, perfectly consistent with Burton's poetics, embellished by the excellent soundtrack by Danny Elfman and enriched by a stellar cast, almost always in part (if you were wondering the answer is no, unfortunately Monica Bellucci he hasn't learned to act yet, but the few lines help). Only some superfluous lengths (such as the narrative arc of Willem Dafoe) and the didactic simplicity with which Burton lashes out against social media and influencers.
16. Dark Shadows
Johnny Depp is the vampire Barnabas Collins, in one of the most plastered interpretations of his association with Burton. The gothic style of the film – characterized by a lot of violence and several sex scenes – and the beautiful performances of Eva Green e Michelle Pfeiffer However, they are unable to fully save a film with an alternating pace and a flawed plot, especially at the end.
15. Big Eyes
A film that cannot fail to win over art lovers, then sublimated by the excellent acting of the protagonists Christoph Waltz e Amy Adams (which will win the Golden Globe). Unlike the first biopic of Burton (Ed Wood) the director's hand appears less evident here, if we exclude the beautiful pastel photography. Finally, the last half hour of the film, the one dedicated to the trial in which husband and wife face each other, appears too hasty.
14. Dumbo
The much criticized live action of the Disney classic is in reality a more than pleasant film with an exceptional cast: Danny De Vito, Eva Green, Michael Keaton on everyone. A film with its flaws but which exudes fairy-tale and inimitable sap Burton. The animalist sub-text that runs through the entire film is commendable, without losing the focus of the original work.
13. Miss Peregrine – Home for Peculiar Children
Nice film about diversity, which has the limitation of being mainly intended for an audience of teenagers and very young people. The film also marks the first and only collaboration with Samuel L. Jacksonin the role of the villain Mr. Barron. Gorgeous Eva Greenas much as the design of the special kids and the vacuous; much less the ending, far too bizarre and complicated.
12. The Chocolate Factory
A film capable of enchanting every child, but which, many years after its release, does not age as well unlike the iconic original version dated 1971. Willy Wonka is still one of the best masks of the histrionic Jonny Depp and the film in full Burtonian style.
11. Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The only musical of his career Burton has as its protagonist the barber-serial killer Sweeney Todd, (Johnny Depp) who ruthlessly kills his victims with his razor together with his wife (Elena Bonham Carter). The macabre musical is also by far his splattiest film, capable of earning an Oscar for best production design and triumphing at the Golden Globes.
10. Frankenweenie
Twenty-eight years later Burton takes revenge on Disney by finally managing to have the feature film published by the same Los Angeles production company that had originally rejected it Frankenweenie. An animated film entirely made in stop motion which, inspired by the legendary Frankenstein Of Mary Shelleyapplies the power of regeneration to a puppy instead of a human. It's an opportunity to see the Burton most sincere and inspired of the last ten years.
9. Sleepy Hollow
Homage to Demon Maska fundamental work in the field of legendary Italian horror cinema Mario Bava and, more generally, a tribute to the centuries-old legend of the Headless Horseman. Johnny Depp plays the young and disenchanted police officer Ichabod Crane, in a gothic mystery marred by mysterious murders by the perfect villain Christopher Walkenthe terrifying Knight of Hesse.
8. Mars Attacks!
The funniest and most irreverent film of Tim Burton. Mars Attacks! over time it has become a true cult, thanks to an exceptional ensemble cast composed of Jack Nicholson, Michael J. Fox, Danny DeVito, Natalie Portman and many others, which is the setting for a sharp satire that winks at classic 1950s science fiction. A sharp blow to conservative American culture.
7. Batman
In the first film of the dilogy of Batman, Burton succeeds in the feat of placing the bat man in a completely innovative setting for lovers of the saga, that is, his own gothic and dark world. It is the film that consecrates Michael Keaton as an internationally renowned actor, but the jewel in the crown is undoubtedly his performance Jack Nicholson as Joker.
6. The Corpse Bride
It is the very first film directed by Tim Burton with the stop motion animation technique, since it is very famous Nightmare Before Christmas the director from Burbank was in fact “only” a producer. The now close-knit couple Depp – Bonham Carter he voices the protagonists Victor and Emily. The soundtrack is also wonderful Danny Elfmanhistoric composer who accompanied Burton throughout his career. The relationship between Earth and the afterlife, so loved by the director, has never been so intense.
5. Beetlejuice – Little Pig
The real cinematic debut of Tim Burton which, after the first interesting and immature experiment, shows the world all its poetics. A young man Michael Keaton in 1988 he played one of the funniest and most incorrect characters ever to appear on the big screen, Betelgeuse, a devious bio-exorcist. A great ninety-minute horror-comedy capable of winning an Oscar for best make-up; it is the commercial success that inaugurates the brilliant career of Burton.
4. Batman – The Returns
Together with the previous chapter, the second Batman of Burton It's one of the best comics ever. An incredibly iconic film, thanks also to the Penguin by Danny De Vito and the catwoman of Michelle Pfeiffer. The diversity of the Penguin is the perfect demonstration of this Burton was phenomenal in representing the marginalized in his films.
3. Ed Wood
The most intimate project of Burton. After having grossed millions of dollars with previous films, the director decides to give life to a work that tells the story of Ed Wooda man defined by critics as “the worst director in history”. An incredible Johnny Depp manages to convey the boundless and blind passion of this forgotten and much derided director towards cinema and to whom Burton dedicates a touching work in black and white.
2. Edward Scissorhands
It is the film that will go down in history for having consecrated the star of Johnny Deppfrom that moment on one of the most loved and acclaimed actors in the world. A generational cult with a bittersweet flavor that revolves around Edward's iconic mask, that of a boy with scissorhands marginalized by everyone. It is the best known expression of the feeling of Tim Burton which cannot fail to move and strike the viewer.
1. Big Fish – Stories of an incredible life
The coveted gold medal ends up around the neck of the sweet film that the American director transposes from the novel of the same name by Daniel Wallace. The fairy-tale odyssey of Edward Bloom – played in his youth by Ewan McGregorwhile as an old man from Albert Finney – is the perfect synthesis of the poetics of Tim Burton. A film capable of forcefully showing the sincerity of human emotions within a mostly fantastic context, seasoned with an ending that is still capable of melting even the hardest hearts today.
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