Stop-Motion Animation

List creator: chester Created on: March 11, 2003 - 3:53 PM PST Description: Films featuring stop-motion animation - as the primary mode of filming (well, except for a few of the Svankmajer films)

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	movie title	related list	average rating	MPAA rating	watch	rent	buy
	The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
An amazingly dark and musical stop-motion film from Tim Burton and Danny Elfman
	Chicken Run (2000)
Hilarious stop-motion movie from the team who created Wallace and Gromit.
	The Brothers Quay Collection (2000)			Not Rated
Very fluid motion - very original. A number of stop-motion shorts.
	Alice (1988)			Not Rated
A tale of Alice in Wonderland with a lot of stop-motion - and Svankmajer gets pretty creative with it.
	Little Otik (2000)			Not Rated
An interesting mix of stop-motion and live action.
	The Cameraman's Revenge & Other Fantastic Tales (1912-1958)			Not Rated
Some of the earliest (turn-of-the-century) stop-motion animation.
	The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (1993)			Not Rated
Fascinating 1-hour film, fully stop-motion, even the live actors...
	The Puppet Films of Jiri Trnka (1949-1965)			Not Rated
Puppet films (and some propoganda).
	The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit (1992)			Not Rated
Aardman Animation's classic stories...
	Faust (1994)
Some stop-motion, but not as much as other movies featured here. More live action and human-sized marionettes.
	Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)			Not Rated
More Svankmajer: the 1.5 hr feature contains a bit of stop-motion, but catch the 15-minute short, Food, for a fascinating stop-motion film.
	Creature Comforts (1989)			Not Rated
More stop-motion films from Aardman - particulary the Oscar-winning title film...
	The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer vol.1 (2002)			Not Rated
Stop-motion shorts. The Fall of the House of Usher is particularly fascinating.
	The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer vol.2 (2002)			Not Rated
	Doggy Poo (2003)			Not Rated
Not the most enthralling film I've ever watched, but a good (and somewhat touching) piece of stop-motion. Contains a number of good extras.
	The Origins of Film: "Origins of American Animation" & "Origins of the Fantasy Feature" (1999)			Not Rated
Two 1917 silent stop-motion shorts are in the middle of the Origins of American Animation feature...
	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)			Not Rated
One of the few Rankin/Bass stop-motion holiday entries listed in GreenCine's catalog, I list it here, well, first of all, because it fits, and secondly, these holiday specials were what gave me an interest in stop-motion in the first place...
	Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971)
One of two Rankin/Bass stop-motion Easter specials that can be found on GreenCine.
	James and the Giant Peach (1996)
I guess it's appropriate to include this in the list; though it's a lot of live action, and I was greatly disappointed in it.