– Director: Henry Selick

– Stacker score: 88.5

– Metascore: 82

– IMDb user rating: 8.0

– Runtime: 76 minutes

“The Nightmare Before Christmas” eschewed traditional two-dimensional animation in favor of stop-motion, bringing the dark tale of Jack Skellington to life. A citizen of “Halloween Town,” Skellington accidentally discovers “Christmas Town” and decides to celebrate the holiday in his own spooky way. Tim Burton came up with the original story as a poem back in 1982 as an animator for Disney.