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Danny Elfman

Actor · 27 credits · 4 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Frequent collaborators: Tim Burton, Steve Bartek, Leon Schneiderman, Johnny Vatos Hernandez, Dale Turner

Movies (27 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Nightmare Before Christmas

    1993 · ★ 7.8 (10,512 votes)

    Fantasy, Animation, Family

    1

  2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds

    2005 · ★ 8.9 (13 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy, Fantasy

    2

  3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition

    1994 · ★ 8.1 (5 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    3

  4. Oingo Boingo: Farewell (Live from the Universal Amphitheatre)

    1996 · ★ 10.0 (2 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    4

  5. Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

    2000 · ★ 6.9 (32 votes)

    Documentary, Horror

    5

  6. A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton

    2011

    Documentary

    6

  7. Oingo Boingo: Live at the Ritz

    1985 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    7

  8. Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

    2004 · ★ 6.7 (81 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

    8

  9. Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet

    1989

    9

  10. Live From Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton

    2015 · ★ 8.4 (9 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    10

  11. A Look Into 'The Forbidden Zone'

    — · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    11

  12. DemiUrge Emesis

    2010 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Animation, Horror

    12

  13. Oingo Boingo: Halloween '87

    1987 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    13

  14. Psycho Path

    1999 · ★ 7.2 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. Proud Iza

    2008

    Drama

    15

  16. Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'

    2004

    Documentary

    16

  17. Hollywood in Vienna 2017 - Fairytales

    2017

    Music

    17

  18. Cosmic Symphonies: Elfman in Space

    2002 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Science Fiction, Comedy

    18

  19. The Making of Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'

    1993

    Documentary

    19

  20. Becoming Oompa-Loompa

    2005

    Documentary

    20

  21. The Making of 'Hulk'

    2003

    Documentary

    21

  22. The Incredible Ang Lee

    2003

    Documentary

    22

  23. Fantasporto – Carnaval no Porto

    2000

    23

  24. Oingo Boingo: 1983 US Festival

    2011

    Music

    24

  25. Oingo Boingo: October 25th, 1990

    1990

    25

  26. A Danny Elfman Christmas Story

    2025

    Animation

    26

  27. The Hollywood Soundtrack Story

    1995

    Documentary, Music

    27

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.