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Tim Burton

American filmmaker and artist (born 1958)

4.13body-of-work score · ranked #267 of 2631 directors · 10 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
August 25, 1958 · Burbank
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer, writer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Tim Burton
Harald Krichel · CC BY-SA 4.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Ed Wood

    1994 · United States · biography, drama, comedy

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1995 #5 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1995 #8 · Siskel's annual top 10 1994 #3

    1.416 citations
  2. 2
    Edward Scissorhands

    1990 · United States · romance, fantasy, drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1991 #7 · Empire 500 (2008) #66

    0.582 citations
  3. 3
    Pee-wee's Big Adventure

    1985 · United States · comedy

    Empire 500 (2008) #271 · Criterion Collection spine #1293 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.463 citations
  4. 4
    Big Fish

    2003 · United States · fantasy, drama, comedy

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2004 #10 · Kehr's annual top 10 2003 #9

    0.442 citations
  5. 5
    Mars Attacks!

    1996 · United States · comedy, sci-fi

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1997 #8

    0.321 citation
  6. 6
    Beetlejuice

    1988 · United States · horror, comedy, fantasy

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.282 citations
  7. 7
    Batman Returns

    1992 · United States · film-noir, action, fantasy

    Empire 500 (2008) #401

    0.171 citation
  8. 8
    Batman

    1989 · United States / United Kingdom · film-noir, action

    Empire 500 (2008) #458

    0.171 citation
  9. 9
    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    2007 · United Kingdom / United States · musical, horror, drama

    Empire 500 (2008) #490

    0.171 citation
  10. 10
    Corpse Bride

    2005 · United Kingdom / United States · comedy, romance, fantasy

    Kehr's annual top 10 2005 #10

    0.141 citation

Complete filmography

All 30 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.