Updated: Mar 30, 2023

Tim Burton (Movies In Order)

Tim Burton has directed 19 movies. The first movie was Pee-Wee's Big Adventure in 1985. Here is a complete list of Tim Burton movies in order.

1. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure was released in 1985 by Tim Burton, starring Paul Reubens. The movie has a runtime of 1 hour and 31 minutes. The movie generated a return of $34,940,662.

"There's a lotta things about me you don't know anything about, Dottie. Things you wouldn't understand. Things you couldn't understand. Things you shouldn't understand."

The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.

Genre: Comedy

Budget: $6,000,000

Revenue: $40,940,662

2. Beetlejuice (1988)

Beetlejuice was released in 1988 by Tim Burton, starring Alec Baldwin. The movie has a runtime of 1 hour and 32 minutes. The movie generated a return of $59,714,298.

"Well, I've read through that handbook for the recently deceased. It says: 'live people ignore the strange and unusual". I myself am strange and unusual."

After an untimely death, a newly dead New England couple seek help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.

Genre: Fantasy

Budget: $15,000,000

Revenue: $74,714,298

3. Batman (1989)

Batman was released in 1989 by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton. The movie has a runtime of 2 hours and 6 minutes. The movie generated a return of $376,348,924.

"I'm not going to kill you. I want you to do me a favor. I want you to tell all your friends about me."

Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself "The Joker" seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld.

Genre: Fantasy

Series: Batman

Budget: $35,000,000

Revenue: $411,348,924

4. Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Edward Scissorhands was released in 1990 by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp. The movie has a runtime of 1 hour and 45 minutes. The movie generated a return of $33,000,000.

"No, sweetheart. I'm an old woman now. I would rather he remember me the way I was."

A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

Genre: Fantasy

Budget: $20,000,000

Revenue: $53,000,000

5. Batman Returns (1992)

Batman Returns was released in 1992 by Tim Burton, starring Michael Keaton. The movie has a runtime of 2 hours and 6 minutes. The movie generated a return of $200,000,000.

"Why is there always someone who brings eggs and tomatoes to a speech?"

While Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin, an employee of a corrupt businessman transforms into the Catwoman.

Genre: Action

Series: Batman

Budget: $80,000,000

Revenue: $280,000,000

6. Ed Wood (1994)

Ed Wood was released in 1994 by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp. The movie has a runtime of 2 hours and 7 minutes. The movie generated a return of $-12,112,543.

"Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams?"

The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.

Genre: Comedy

Budget: $18,000,000

Revenue: $5,887,457

7. Mars Attacks! (1996)

Mars Attacks! was released in 1996 by Tim Burton, starring Jack Nicholson. The movie has a runtime of 1 hour and 46 minutes. The movie generated a return of $31,371,017.

"I bet you're psyched about the Martians coming, Grandma? I mean, you've seen a lot of crazy stuff already. Everyone must have been real scared when they invented the train!"

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.

Genre: Comedy

Budget: $70,000,000

Revenue: $101,371,017

8. Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Sleepy Hollow was released in 1999 by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp. The movie has a runtime of 1 hour and 45 minutes. The movie generated a return of $106,071,502.

"Villainy wears many masks, none so dangerous as the mask of virtue."

New York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. Locals believe the culprit to be none other than the legendary Headless Horseman.

Genre: Drama

Budget: $100,000,000

Revenue: $206,071,502

9. Planet Of The Apes (2001)

Planet Of The Apes was released in 2001 by Tim Burton, starring Mark Wahlberg. The movie has a runtime of 1 hour and 59 minutes. The movie generated a return of $262,211,740.

"The young ones make great pets. Just make sure you get rid of them before they mature. Believe me, the last thing you want is a human teenager running around your house."

After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.

Genre: Thriller

Series: Planet Of The Apes

Budget: $100,000,000

Revenue: $362,211,740

10. Big Fish (2003)

Big Fish was released in 2003 by Tim Burton, starring Ewan Mcgregor. The movie has a runtime of 2 hours and 5 minutes. The movie generated a return of $53,218,424.

"A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way he becomes immortal."

Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

Genre: Adventure

Budget: $70,000,000

Revenue: $123,218,424

11. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (2005)

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory was released in 2005 by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp. The movie has a runtime of 1 hour and 55 minutes. The movie generated a return of $324,968,763.

"Everything in this room is eatable, even I'm eatable! But that is called "cannibalism", my dear children, and is in fact frowned upon in most societies."

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

Genre: Adventure

Series: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

Budget: $150,000,000

Revenue: $474,968,763

12. Corpse Bride (2005)

Corpse Bride was released in 2005 by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp. The movie has a runtime of 1 hour and 17 minutes. The movie generated a return of $78,133,252.

"I was a bride. My dreams were taken from me. But now - now I've stolen them from someone else. I love you, Victor, but you are not mine."

Set in a 19th-century European village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride Victoria waits bereft in the land of the living.

Genre: Romance

Budget: $40,000,000

Revenue: $118,133,252

13. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (2007)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street was released in 2007 by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp. The movie has a runtime of 1 hour and 56 minutes. The movie generated a return of $102,000,000.

"We could have a life we two, maybe not like you remember. Maybe not like I imagined. But we could get by."

The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

Genre: Drama

Budget: $50,000,000

Revenue: $152,000,000

14. Alice In Wonderland (2010)

Alice In Wonderland was released in 2010 by Tim Burton, starring Mia Wasikowska. The movie has a runtime of 1 hour and 48 minutes. The movie generated a return of $825,467,110.

"I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are."

Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.

Genre: Family

Series: Alice In Wonderland

Budget: $200,000,000

Revenue: $1,025,467,110

15. Dark Shadows (2012)

Dark Shadows was released in 2012 by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp. The movie has a runtime of 1 hour and 53 minutes. The movie generated a return of $95,527,149.

"I'm going to make an offer to you, Barnabas. My last. You can join me by my side and we can run Collinsport together as partners, and lovers ... or I'll put you back in the box."

Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.

Genre: Comedy

Budget: $150,000,000

Revenue: $245,527,149

16. Frankenweenie (2012)

Frankenweenie was released in 2012 by Tim Burton, starring Charlie Tahan. The movie has a runtime of 1 hour and 27 minutes. The movie generated a return of $42,493,846.

"I think the confusion here is that you are all very ignorant. Is that right word, ignorant? I mean stupid, primitive,unenlightened. You do not understand science, so you are afraid of it. Like a dog is afraid of thunder or balloons. To you, science is magic and witchcraft because you have such small minds. I cannot make your heads bigger, but your children's heads, I can take them and crack them open."

When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.

Genre: Animation

Budget: $39,000,000

Revenue: $81,493,846

17. Big Eyes (2014)

Big Eyes was released in 2014 by Tim Burton, starring Amy Adams. The movie has a runtime of 1 hour and 46 minutes. The movie generated a return of $18,883,511.

"Oh. Well, I believe that you can see things in the eyes. The eyes are the window to the soul."

In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret, is the real painter behind the brush. Although Margaret is horrified to learn that Walter is passing off her work as his own, she is too meek to protest too loudly.

Genre: Drama

Budget: $10,000,000

Revenue: $28,883,511

18. Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children (2016)

Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children was released in 2016 by Tim Burton, starring Eva Green. The movie has a runtime of 2 hours and 7 minutes. The movie generated a return of $186,482,446.

"You don't have to make us feel safe ... because you've made us feel brave."

A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.

Genre: Fantasy

Budget: $110,000,000

Revenue: $296,482,446

19. Dumbo (2019)

Dumbo was released in 2019 by Tim Burton, starring Colin Farrell. The movie has a runtime of 1 hour and 52 minutes. The movie generated a return of $183,284,621.

"Your children need you to believe in them."

A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.

Genre: Family

Budget: $170,000,000

Revenue: $353,284,621

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Who Is Tim Burton?

Tim Burton is an American filmmaker, born and raised in California. Burton is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films, such as Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands. His movies have won numerous praise, including an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award.