Despite being widely unknown compared to Aardman Animations' other work,Early Manwas something of a critical darling.

Interestingly,The Little Princemixes stop motion animation with traditional computer-generated 3-D models.

It’s bizarre thatThe Little Princeisn’t more popular.

Jesse Eisenberg and Dominic Sessa in Now You See Me 3

It’s easy to see whyMary and Maxisn’t beloved by the masses.

But as one man’s career-defining project,Mad Godis a breathtaking testament to the possibilities of stop motion.

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One of the most charming of these forgotten non-Christmas specials isMad Monster Party?, a Halloween-themed special.

But whereas that film can get mildly spooky at times,Aliceis often downright dark.

A feverish dream of ambiguous morals,Aliceis one of the most impressively-rendered stop motion visions ever executed.

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Two characters standing outside in The Boxtrolls

Mary drinking a soda in Mary and Max

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Grasshopper, Centipede and James in James and the Giant Peach.

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