Tim Burton: 5 Awesome Movies & 5 That Sucked

5. Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985)

I don€™t care what anyone says. It might be one of Tim Burton€™s earliest and least mature films, as well as structurally a bit of a mess, but I absolutely adore Pee Wee€™s Big Adventure. Starring Paul Reubens as the bow-tied man child Pee Wee, his first big screen adventure sees him trekking across America to find his beloved stolen Bike. It€™s a journey which takes him from his bizarre gadget filled home, to the outskirts of Texas and eventually to a fantastic finale at the Warner Bros studios in California. Ridiculous, inventive, and good fun for both children and adults, Pee Wee€™s Big Adventure deserves to be regarded as highly as many of Burton€™s more respected films which came after the success of this bizarre debut. It€™s a travesty that to this day the film isn€™t available in the U.K on DVD or Blu-ray, meaning that the film is something of a little seen oddity in this country - despite now being considered a true cult-classic. Honorable Mentions: Big Fish, Batman, Sweeney Todd, Sleepy Hollow.

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Cult horror enthusiast and obsessive videogame fanatic. Stephen considers Jaws to be the single greatest film of all-time and is still pining over the demise of Sega's Dreamcast. As well regularly writing articles for WhatCulture, Stephen also contributes reviews and features to Ginx TV.