| # | Rank ▲ | Film | Year | Director | Country | Genre | Keywords | Votes | IMDb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 269 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | 1993 | Henry Selick | USA | Musical | Christmas, Puppet Animation, Halloween, Fantasy, Portal Fantasy, Gothic, Dark Fantasy, Romance, Horror Comedy | 77 | IMDb ↗ |
| 2 | 615 | Dolls | 1987 | Stuart Gordon | USA | Supernatural | Low Fantasy, Stop-Motion, Black Comedy, Puppet Animation, Horror Comedy, Evil Doll | 37 | IMDb ↗ |
| 3 | 641 | Coraline | 2009 | Henry Selick | USA | Fantasy | Puppet Animation, Portal Fantasy, Gothic, Dark Fantasy, Fairy Tale, Family, Coming-of-Age, Haunted House, Surrealism, Body Horror, Mystery, Family Drama, Supernatural | 75 | IMDb ↗ |
| 4 | 1115 | Neco z Alenky | 1988 | Jan Svankmajer | Czechia | Fantasy | Surrealism, Stop-Motion, Adventure, Fairy Tale, Portal Fantasy, Live-Action Animation, Puppet Animation, Cutout Animation, Absurdist Comedy, Object Animation, Psychological Horror | 11 | IMDb ↗ |
| 5 | 1281 | Stopmotion | 2023 | Robert Morgan | UK | Psychological | Psychological Horror, Stop-Motion, Body Horror, Puppet Animation | 12 | IMDb ↗ |
| 6 | 1532 | Seed of Chucky | 2004 | Don Mancini | USA | Comedy | Satire, Supernatural, Horror Comedy, Slasher, Black Comedy, LGBTQ, Postmodernism, Puppetry, Splatter, Puppet Animation, Evil Doll | 16 | IMDb ↗ |
| 7 | 2151 | Mad Monster Party? | 1967 | Jules Bass | USA | Musical | Parody, Puppet Animation, Horror Comedy, Stop-Motion, Science Fiction, Gothic | 8 | IMDb ↗ |
| 8 | 2342 | Faust | 1994 | Jan Svankmajer | Czechia | Fantasy | Surrealism, Stop-Motion, Live-Action Animation, Black Comedy, Claymation, Puppetry, Puppet Animation, Absurdist Comedy, Supernatural | 6 | IMDb ↗ |
| 9 | 2649 | Krysar | 1986 | Jirí Barta | Czechia | Fantasy | Fairy Tale, Gothic, Puppet Animation, Medieval, Dark Fantasy, German Expressionism | 5 | IMDb ↗ |
Keyword data is still being added, so some films have incomplete or missing keywords.