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Theme: Claymation

The 12 Slays of Christmas (2016)

23 December 202423 December 2024

Rating: ★

Christmas Horror Anthology

Director: Tony Newton, Natalie Bailey-Trist, Jason Figgis, James Atkins, …
Actors: Martin W. Payne, Natalie Bailey-Trist, Ryan Edwards, Darren Travers, …
Category: Horror

ABCs of Death 2 (2014)

1 November 201422 December 2024

Rating: ★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: E.L. Katz, Julian Barratt, Julian Gilbey, Robert Morgan, …
Actors: Andy Nyman, Julian Barratt, Tristan Risk, Conor Sweeney, …
Category: Horror

The ABCs of Death (2012)

26 February 201320 October 2024

Rating: ★★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Aaron Becker, Nacho Vigalondo, Adrian Garcia Bogliano, Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, …
Actors: Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley
Category: Horror

Alice (1988)

6 August 199910 August 2019

Rating: ★★★★★

Surreal Claymation Alice in Wonderland Adaptation

Director: Jan Svankmajer
Actors: Kristyna Kohoutova, Camilla Power
Category: Fantasy

Attack of the Adult Babies (2017)

17 June 20194 December 2023

Rating: ★

Gonzo Film

Director: Dominic Brunt
Actors: Andrew Dunn, Kurtis Lowe, Mica Proctor, Sally Dexter, …
Category: Horror

Chicken Run (2000)

25 June 20004 January 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Aardman Animation/Talking Chicken Escape Movie

Director: Peter Lord, Nick Park
Actors: Julia Sawalha, Mel Gibson, Miranda Richardson, Tony Haygarth, …
Category: Fantasy

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)

30 December 20231 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Aardman Animation/Talking Chicken Caper Film

Director: Sam Fell
Actors: Thandie/Thandiwe Newton, Zachary Levi, Bella Ramsey, Josie Sedgwick-Davies, …
Category: Fantasy

Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)

8 November 200410 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Surreal Kinkiness

Director: Jan Svankmajer
Category: Fantasy

Early Man (2018)

19 May 201828 December 2023

Rating: ★★

Aardman Animation/Prehistoric Sports Comedy

Director: Nick Park
Actors: Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, Timothy Spall, …
Category: Fantasy

Farmageddon (2019)

23 February 20202 January 2025

Rating: ★★½

Aardman Animation

Director: Will Becher, Richard Phelan
Actors: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Amalia Vitale, Kate Harbour, …
Category: Fantasy

Faust (1994)

28 June 200212 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Pact with the Devil/Surreal Puppet Version

Director: Jan Svankmajer
Actors: Andrew Sachs
Category: Fantasy

The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)

5 May 200718 January 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Gonzo Black Comedy

Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Tetsuro Tamba, Naomi Nishida
Category: Fantasy

If You Were the Last (2023)

12 April 202412 April 2024

Rating: ★★

NASA Space Mission Romantic Comedy

Director: Kristian Mercado
Actors: Anthony Mackie, Zoe Chao, Natalie Morales, Geoff Stults, …
Category: Science Fiction

Live Freaky! Die Freaky! (2006)

3 March 201430 June 2022

Rating: ★★★

Claymation/Bad Taste Satire of the Manson Family Killings

Director: John Roecker
Actors: Billie Joe Armstrong, Nelly Posbourne, Theo Kagan, Jane Wiedlin, …
Category: Fantasy

Mary and Max (2008)

13 August 200015 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Claymation/Friendship by Correspondence

Director: Adam Elliot
Actors: Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Humphries, Eric Bana
Category: Fantasy

Max & Co (2007)

24 September 20086 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Claymation/Talking Animals

Director: Frederic Guillaume, Samuel Guillaume
Category: Fantasy

Memoir of a Snail (2024)

15 December 20246 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Claymation/Eccentric Characters

Director: Adam Elliot
Actors: Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jackie Weaver, Magda Szubanski, …
Category: Fantasy

Moonwalker (1988)

1 June 200431 May 2022

Rating: ★

Michael Jackson Anthology/Michael Jackson Superhero

Director: Jim Blachfield, Jerry Kramer, Will Vinton, Colin Chilvers
Actors: Michael Jackson, Joe Pesci, Brandon Adams, Kellie Parker
Category: Fantasy

Night of the Living Dead Reanimated (2009)

7 September 201219 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Animated Night of the Living Dead Homage

Director: Mike Schneider
Category: Horror

Otesanek (2000)

3 May 200128 January 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Wooden Log-Baby Monster/Gonzo Surrealism

Director: Jan Svankmajer
Actors: Veronika Zilkova, Kristina Adamsova, Jan Hartl, Pavel Novy
Category: Fantasy

The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)

12 May 201221 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Aardman Animation/Gonzo Pirate Adventure

Director: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt
Actors: Hugh Grant, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, Martin Freeman, …
Category: Fantasy

Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)

8 August 201528 December 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Aardman Animation

Director: Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
Actors: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Omid Dhalili
Category: Fantasy

The Ugly Duckling (2010)

14 July 201527 April 2023

Rating: ★★★

Claymation/Fairytale

Director: Garri Bardin
Category: Fantasy

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)

4 November 201117 December 2022

Rating: ★★½

Gonzo Stoner Film

Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Actors: Kal Penn, John Cho, Neil Patrick Harris, Tom Lennon, …
Category: Fantasy

Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

16 September 20052 January 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Aardman Animation

Director: Steve Box, Nick Park
Actors: Peter Sallis, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes
Category: Fantasy

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)

4 January 20254 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Aardman Animation

Director: Merlin Crossingham, Nick Park
Actors: Ben Whitehead, Reece Shearsmith, Peter Kay, Lauren Patel, …
Category: Fantasy

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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