111 imaginative films to see before you die

This list was put together by Jeremy C. Shipp, Joshua Shipp, and Lena Coleman.

1. The Nightmare Before Christmas

2. The Fifth Element

3. Big Trouble in Little China

4. Labyrinth

5. The Dark Crystal

6. Spirited Away

7. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

8. The NeverEnding Story

9. The Fall

10. Memento

11. The Muppet Movie

12. Paprika

13. The City of Lost Children

14. Pan’s Labyrinth

15. The Happiness of the Katakuris

16. Dark City

17. Ghost in the Shell

18. Mulholland Drive

19. The Secret of Kells

20. Being John Malkovich

21. Hellboy

22. Fight Club

23. Akira

24. Redline

25. Total Recall

26. Spellbound

27. Planet of the Apes

28. Serenity

29. Dune

30. Blade Runner

31. Avatar

32. Ghostbusters

33. Beetlejuice

34. The Lord of the Rings series

35. The Lego Movie

36. Men in Black

37. Princess Mononoke

38. Ponyo

39. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

40. Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare

41. WALL-E

42. The Evil Dead series

43. Moon

44. Totoro

45. Willow

46. Tron

47. Dead Leaves

48. Godzilla series

49. Alien(s)

50. The Wizard of Oz

51. Evangelion Movies

52. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

53. The Secret of NIMH

54. Fantasia

55. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

56. The Three Lives of Thomasina

57. Pee-wee’s Big Adventure

58. Sin City

59. Captain EO

60. Raising Arizona

61. Cool World

62. Darby O’Gill and the Little People

63. Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

64. Team America

65. Like Water for Chocolate

66. Dead Alive

67. Eraserhead

68. King Kong

69. House 2

70. Hausu

71. The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra

72. The Harry Potter series

73. Where the Wild Things Are

74. Little Nemo

75. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

76. Brazil

77. Adaptation

78. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

79. Who Framed Roger Rabbit

80. The Princess Bride

81. The Matrix

82. Hook

83. Mars Attacks!

84. Moulin Rouge

85. Švankmajer’s Alice

86. Metropolis

87. Flash Gordon

88. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

89. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

90. Stargate

91. Kung Fu Hustle

92. The Triplets of Belleville

93. Jurassic Park

94. Rashomon

95. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

96. Toys

97. Dick Tracy

98. Batman

99. Return to Oz

100. Mad Max

101. The Blob

102. Gremlins

103. The Last Starfighter

104. Spawn

105. Kick-Ass

106. The Last Unicorn

107. 2001: A Space Odyssey

108. Black Swan

109. The Toxic Avenger

110. Duck Soup

111. Delicatessen

We’re just scratching the surface here. What are some of your favorite imaginative films?