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The Nightmare Before Christmas
Why this pick
Its tactile stop-motion world, macabre whimsy, and lovingly stylised creatures echo Coraline’s blend of childlike wonder and elegantly eerie darkness.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2009 1h 40m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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Why this pick
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Spirited Away
Why this pick
A young girl enters an enchanting but increasingly threatening alternate world, where visual invention and quiet courage make every discovery feel consequential.
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Why this pick
Its young heroine navigates a dreamlike alternate reality that turns familiar family anxieties into surreal, visually inventive dark fantasy.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Bored in her new home, little Coraline discovers a secret door that contains a world similar to hers but cooler. Coraline is delighted with the discovery, but soon discovers that something is wrong when her alternate parents try to keep her in this world forever.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Dakota Fanning
Coraline Jones (voice)
John Hodgman
Charlie Jones / Other Father (voice)
Ian McShane
Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
Teri Hatcher
Mel Jones / Other Mother (voice)
Jennifer Saunders
April Spink (voice)
Dawn French
Miriam Forcible (voice)
Keith David
Cat (voice)
Robert Bailey Jr.
Wyborne "Wybie" Lovat (voice)