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Norman McLaren

Director · 117 credits · 30 in highly-rated films

Best known for Neighbours (1952)

Frequent collaborators: Grant Munro, Evelyn Lambart, Claude Jutra, Alexandre Alexeieff, René Jodoin

Best Norman McLaren movies by genre

Directed movies (94 total, ranked by score)

  1. Neighbours

    1952 · ★ 7.6 (121 votes)

    Comedy, Animation

    1

  2. Begone Dull Care

    1949 · ★ 6.7 (61 votes)

    Animation, Music

    2

  3. Dots

    1940 · ★ 6.0 (40 votes)

    Animation

    3

  4. Pas de Deux

    1968 · ★ 6.6 (69 votes)

    Music, Drama

    4

  5. Pinscreen

    1973 · ★ 6.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary, Animation

    5

  6. Synchromy

    1971 · ★ 6.6 (19 votes)

    Animation

    6

  7. A Phantasy

    1952 · ★ 6.1 (17 votes)

    Fantasy, Animation

    7

  8. Love on the Wing

    1939 · ★ 6.0 (8 votes)

    Animation

    8

  9. A Chairy Tale

    1957 · ★ 6.8 (36 votes)

    Comedy, Animation, Fantasy

    9

  10. Spook Sport

    1940 · ★ 5.9 (24 votes)

    Animation, Music, Horror

    10

  11. Up There in the Mountains

    1946 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)

    Animation

    11

  12. On the Farm

    2003 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    12

  13. Blackbird

    1958 · ★ 6.3 (21 votes)

    Animation, Music

    13

  14. NBC Valentine Greeting

    1940 · ★ 5.0 (6 votes)

    Animation

    14

  15. Keep Your Mouth Shut

    1944 · ★ 5.9 (9 votes)

    Animation, War

    15

  16. Spheres

    1969 · ★ 5.7 (8 votes)

    Animation, Music

    16

  17. Christmas Cracker

    1963 · ★ 7.0 (8 votes)

    Family, Animation, Comedy

    17

  18. Alouette

    1944 · ★ 5.7 (10 votes)

    Animation, Music

    18

  19. La poulette grise

    1947 · ★ 5.5 (22 votes)

    Music, Animation

    19

  20. Two Bagatelles

    1953 · ★ 5.5 (6 votes)

    Comedy, Animation

    20

  21. Animated Motion: Part 2

    1977 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary, Animation

    21

  22. Scherzo

    1939 · ★ 6.2 (11 votes)

    Animation

    22

  23. Serenal

    1959 · ★ 5.2 (5 votes)

    Animation

    23

  24. Camera Makes Whoopee

    1935 · ★ 5.3 (4 votes)

    24

  25. Polychrome Fantasy

    1935 · ★ 5.1 (7 votes)

    25

  26. Now Is the Time

    1951 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Animation

    26

  27. Animated Motion: Part 1

    1976 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    Animation, Documentary

    27

  28. Animated Motion: Part 3

    1977 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary, Animation

    28

  29. Ballet Adagio

    1972 · ★ 7.1 (10 votes)

    Music

    29

  30. Opening Speech

    1969 · ★ 6.8 (12 votes)

    Animation, Comedy

    30

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