Tim Burton will premiere this November a new series on Netflix. Wednesday will arrive on the streaming platform to tell us the story of the daughter of The Addams Family in her teens, during her time at the academy. But the film director has left us great films throughout his career and some of them are ideal to watch with children, without ever going out of style. For this reason, we collect these 7 Tim Burton movies to watch as a family.
Although there are many more essentials in the filmography of the Californian director, such as Mars Attacks! or Big Fish or Beetlejuice, we compile some of the best options if the movie session is with the little ones in the house. Disney movies and cartoons to immerse ourselves in the peculiar fantastic world of Burton.
James and the Giant Peach
One of the classics of the nineties that we can see again on Disney + is “James and the Giant Peach”. A film released in 1996 to watch as a family and that tells us how a child must start living with his cruel aunts after the death of his parents. A spider will be his way out, his escape route to get away from his new life through a giant peach that grows in the garden and that will transport him to a new world full of strange characters of all kinds.
Watch James and the Giant Peach on Disney+
Corpse Bride
In 2005, “Corpse Bride” arrived, a macabre and endearing animated film. A story of love and death that was nominated for an Oscar for best animated feature film. It tells us a story based on a 19th century Russian legend . He is a flesh and blood man who visits the town of his future wife but accidentally marries a corpse, changing everything.
Nightmare Before Christmas
One of Tim Burton’s great classics is, without a doubt, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”. The film was released in 1993 and has been a cross-generational hit, starring Jack Skellington as the lead. He is fed up with the usual routine and wants to be in charge of Christmas but it is far from being the same as always and the illusion of the children and the mission of Santa Claus is in danger if he does not stop trying.
Watch The Nightmare Before Christmas on Disney+
Frankenweenie
Based on the short film with which it shares its name, Tim Burton released the movie “Frankenweenie” for Disney in 2012. An animated feature film that tells us the story of how Victor does a scientific experiment to try to recover his dead dog Sparky. It will bring him back to life, but the result will not be as expected in this film that was nominated for “Best Animated Film” at the Oscars in 2012 and that we can see now on Disney +.
Watch Frankenweenie on Disney+
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Johnny Depp stars as television’s best-known chocolatier, Willy Wonka . In the chocolate factory, together with his Oompa Loompa, he will receive the lucky children who have achieved the golden ticket that opens the doors of the factory for them. Four totally different children will join you in the sweet and magical world of Wonka in this film based on the Roald Dahl novel with which it shares its name.
Watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on HBO Max
Alice in Wonderland
Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway star in this version of the tale that Tim Burton will embellish with gloomy elements, strange characters and a quirky setting in a story we all know. Alicia will return to the Wonderland that she knew as a child and will face all those classic characters inspired by the homonymous work by Lewis Carroll.
Watch Alice in Wonderland on Disney+
Dumbo
Tim Burton is also in charge of bringing the most popular elephant in history to life: Dumbo. Released in 2019, the remake of Disney’s animated classic is a fantastical film full of the director’s usual elements of fantasy and darkness. It tells how a circus that is going through a bad time will manage to regain success thanks to a baby elephant capable of flying… It is not the best Tim Burton film nor the best Disney film, but an option to relive the classic with the family with the essence of the director .
