Have you seen all Tim Burton movies starring Johnny Depp?
Although the debut film of this famous and praised director ('Pee-wee's Big Adventure', 1985) didn't have the collaboration of Johnny Depp, there's no doubt that the actor is an important muse of Tim Burton.
Director Tim Burton (1958) and actor Johnny Depp (1963) have won many Academy Award nominations, Golden Globe awards, BAFTAs, and Emmys together. The two American stars have succeeded separately, but any cinema lover couldn't imagine one without the other.
Tim Burton's dark, weird, and whimsical aesthetic seems to have perfectly fitted Johnny Depp's acting style and extravagant transformations on screen.
And although the two Hollywood giants haven't worked together since 2012, Burton has assured that he would collaborate with the actor again without question: "If the right thing was around, sure... I always would like to try it with him."
While we don't know if that desired collaboration will really happen again, the audience is left with the fantastic work that these two geniuses have released together over the course of their careers. Let's see which are the eight Tim Burton movies in which Johnny Depp has starred.
The movie tells the story of a strange boy (Johnny Depp) who has long scissors-like fingers instead of actual hands. After his creator dies, Edward is found by Peg (Dianne Wiest), a vacuum saleswoman who brings him to her middle-class home and introduces Edward to his family. The weird boy can't help falling in love with Peg's teenage daughter, Kim (Winona Ryder).
The story was created by a teenage Tim Burton who felt like an outsider in his neighborhood of Burbank, California. The movie received several Oscars and BAFTA nominations and was praised by critics and the audience. Fun fact: Johnny Depp and Wynona's chemistry onscreen was real because the couple was actually dating in real life.
This is a biographical comedy film about the cult movie maker, Ed Wood (Johnny Depp). In the movie, we witness the time when Wood is creating some of his most famous films and how he tries to help the veteran horror film actor Bela Lugosi (Martin Landau). It is a perfect representation of Ed Wood's optimistic but difficult journey in the industry.
Although Burton has explained that the biopic wasn't as accurate as reality goes, he wanted to create a heartwarming and funny set of characters that paid homage to the real persons behind them. And that was exactly what Depp and the rest of the cast (Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, and Bill Murray, among others) achieved with their performances.
The town of Sleepy Hollow is experiencing a series of unexpected and gruesome deaths that no one is able to stop. The arrival of the innovative and cowardly New York detective, Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp), is supposed to help solve Sleepy Hollow's mystery murders. According to its citizens, they are caused by the terrible Headless Horseman (Christopher Walken).
The cast of the slasher horror movie is complete with Christina Ricci, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Christopher Lee, and more. The movie, which was proposed to Burton by 20th Century Fox, won the Oscar for Best Art Direction.
In the movie, we see how Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) finds one of the golden tickets hidden in Willy Wonka's (Johnny Depp) chocolate bars. The ticket allows Charlie and his grandfather (David Kelly) to visit the mysterious and magical factory of the most famous candy maker in the world.
This movie is special for several reasons. It may be one of Johnny Depp's most iconic characters of his career and it is also the first musical for Tim Burton. In addition, it is the second highest-grossing movie in Tim Burton's filmography. All in all, a total success for both artists. The Warner Bros film is the second adaptation of the tale written by Roald Dahl in 1964.
In a dark and dull city set in Victorian times, two families are trying to improve their financial situation through an arranged marriage between their two children, Victor and Victoria. However, a series of unexpected events causes Victor to get married to Emily (Helena Bonham Carter) instead. She's a bride who had been murdered before. The accidental marriage forces Victor to live in the world of the dead.
The film is an animated movie based on a Jewish tale that Tim Burton heard when he was looking for inspiration for 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' (1993). The production of his animated movie coincided with 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and Depp had to be two completely different characters at the same time. As Burton said: "He was Willy Wonka by day and Victor by night so it might have been a little schizophrenic for him."
This macabre musical centers on the story of Sweeney Todd (Johnny Depp), an English barber who was wrongfully convicted by Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) and exiled to Australia. When he returns to his barber shop, he tries to seek vengeance whilst killing his customers and making them into meat pies with the help of his friend, Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter).
The movie is an adaptation of the stage musical of the same name created by Stephen Sondheim. It was something Tim Burton had wanted to do ever since he saw the play in the '80s. The film was well received by critics and won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction and two Golden Globes, one for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Film and the other for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Film (Johnny Depp).
In the film based on the famous story, Alice (Mia Wasikowska) is living a dull and ordinary life, but it all changes when she sees a rabbit with a pocket watch going into a deep rabbit hole. Once the girl enters, she sees an incredible fantasy world where she meets strange characters like the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), the White Queen (Anne Hathaway), and the evil Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter).
The adaptation by Tim Burton of Lewis Carrol's novel is a nuanced and complex story in the fantasy world of Alice in Wonderland. The director explains why he adapted it: "I never really felt any real emotional connection to the story." Johnny Depp also contributed to a more complex interpretation of the book, playing one of his most iconic characters, the Mad Hatter. It's a "grounding to the character … as opposed to just being mad."
And then, there's 'Dark Shadows'. After an evil witch (Eva Green) murders his parents, the wealthy Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) is cursed to become a vampire and buried in a tomb for 200 years. Once released, he finds out that his family has fallen into ruin and that the evil witch is still around.
The dark comedy is based on the US soap opera 'Dark Shadows' which aired in the United States in the '60s. The film got mixed reviews and it had box office numbers below the ones we would expect from a Tim Burton film. It had nothing to do with the cast though, which included Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, and Chloë Grace Moretz, among others.