Genre: Claymation
Stories told in or about claymation — the painstaking, handmade art of bringing molded figures to life one frame at a time.
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Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Jason and the Argonauts is Ray Harryhausen's masterpiece. Don Chaffey directed it. Todd Armstrong plays Jason. Nancy Kovack plays Medea. Honor Blackman... -
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Clash of the Titans is Ray Harryhausen's final film and his farewell to the medium he helped invent. Desmond Davis directed it. Harry Hamlin plays... -
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad is the film where Ray Harryhausen invented the modern fantasy adventure. Nathan Juran directed it. Kerwin Mathews plays Sinbad... -
Coraline (2009)
Coraline is Laika's first feature and one of the best films ever made for children, with the understanding that "for children" includes a willingness to... -
Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave (1995)
A Close Shave is the third Wallace and Gromit short and one of the finest pieces of stop-motion animation ever produced. Nick Park directed it. The short... -
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is Nick Park's first feature-length Wallace and Gromit film and the rare animation that earns its long form. Park directed... -
Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)
Shaun the Sheep Movie is the rare modern feature animation that contains no spoken dialogue. Mark Burton and Richard Starzak co-directed. The film is... -
The Boxtrolls (2014)
The Boxtrolls is Laika's third feature and a strange, beautiful, sometimes overstuffed adventure that does not get the credit it deserves. Anthony Stacchi... -
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
James and the Giant Peach is Henry Selick's second feature and one of the strangest American family films of the 1990s. Tim Burton produced it. Selick...