Caroline

A young girl named Coraline moves into a new home with her parents and discovers a secret door that leads to an idealized version of her life. However, this seemingly perfect world hides a dark secret and a sinister Other Mother who wants to keep Coraline forever.

Coraline was widely acclaimed by critics for its stunning stop-motion animation, imaginative storytelling, and creepy atmosphere. It was praised for its ability to be both frightening for children and engaging for adults, becoming a commercial success and a benchmark for modern stop-motion animation.

• Visually spectacular stop-motion animation.

• A dark and inventive fairy tale that is both charming and unsettling.

• Successfully balances scares with wonder for a younger audience.

Google audience: Audiences generally loved Coraline's unique visual style and its ability to be spooky yet engaging. Many praised its creative storytelling and praised its effectiveness as a modern fairy tale that appeals to both children and adults.

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

The film required over 100,000 individual drawings for its stop-motion animation, with animators meticulously moving each puppet a fraction of an inch between frames.