10 Great Directors With No Movies In The IMDB Top 250

7. Tim Burton

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Highest-Rated Movies: Big Fish (8.0) and Edward Scissorhands (7.9)

Tim Burton movies are not for everybody - if the wildly-varying IMDB scores his movies have received are any indication, his oddball style definitely divides audiences - but it's impossible to deny that he's been one of the most culturally influential filmmakers of the past 30 years.

Whether it's 1989's Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Mars Attacks! or Beetlejuice, Burton's movies are instantly identifiable, and timeless in their iconography. Who doesn't remember Nicholson's Joker, Keaton's Beetlejuice, or Depp's Ed (both of them), and who doesn't find the gloriously irreverent charm of Big Fish, Corpse Bride or Frankenweenie effortlessly captivating?

True, Burton has had one or two stumbles over the years - there's no defending Planet Of The Apes, and his Charlie And The Chocolate Factory pales in comparison to the original - but it's hard to think of a filmmaker with as famous a style as the one Burton has developed over his years as a director.

And though he's not in the Top 250 quite yet, his upcoming Dumbo remake might just be the ticket that takes him there.

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