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Corpse Bride (2005)

In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.

Directed byMike Johnson, Tim Burton

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  1. 01

    Big Fish

    Same director

    2003 · 125 min · Adventure · Drama · Fantasy

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    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.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • principal cast overlap
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  2. 02

    Dark Shadows

    Same director

    2012 · 113 min · Comedy · Fantasy

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    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.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • several principal cast members
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  4. 04

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    Same director

    2007 · 116 min · Drama · Horror

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    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.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • strong shared themes: macabre and musical
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  5. 05

    Coraline

    Shared themes

    2009 · 100 min · Animation · Family · Fantasy · Horror

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    Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: 3d animation and dark fantasy
    • shared genre DNA
    • a closely matched era
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  6. 06

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    Strong story similarity

    2001 · 146 min · Adventure · Drama · Science Fiction

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    David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
    • shared production studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
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  8. 08

    Ed Wood

    Same director

    1994 · 127 min · Comedy · Drama · History

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    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.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • a principal cast member
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    Ghost

    Strong story similarity

    1990 · 127 min · Fantasy · Romance · Thriller

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    After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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