Ten Favorite Movies Featuring the Work of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop
(Some of these movies feature the puppetry and animatronic effects for which the Creature Shop is best known; some of them most definitely do not. I’ve arranged them in chronological order.)
The Muppet Movie (directed by James Frawley, 1979)
Dreamchild (directed by Gavin Millar, 1985)
Labyrinth (directed by Jim Henson, 1986)
The Witches (directed by Nicolas Roeg, 1990)
The English Patient (directed by Anthony Minghella, 1996)
Gosford Park (directed by Robert Altman, 2001)
Batman Begins (directed by Christopher Nolan, 2005)
MirrorMask (directed by Dave McKean, 2005)
The Darjeeling Limited (directed by Wes Anderson, 2007)
Where the Wild Things Are (directed by Spike Jonze, 2009)
— February 9, 2021