The Nightmare Before Christmas
19931h 16mU · CBFCPG · MPAA
Directed by Henry Selick · Starring Danny Elfman & Chris Sarandon
95%Rotten Tomatoes7.9IMDb82Metacritic
Jack Skellington, the King of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town and decides to bring Christmas to his ghoulish citizens — with disastrous results.
ChristmasAnimationFamilyFantasyMusical
— Critical consensus, summarised
Henry Selick's Tim-Burton-produced stop-motion phenomenon — critics widely embraced it then, and it has become an annual cultural ritual. Danny Elfman's score is unforgettable; the holiday-mashup conceit became a brand.
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added 9 May 2026 · TMDB 9479