'Wednesday' on Netflix has put me back into a Burton state of mind, particularly his splendorous 80s-90s run. I've been enjoying the Wednesday series fine, but it's admittedly made me yearn for a return of this type of charactered content in feature form.

This trend of limited series on cable and streaming services has certainly had its positive attributes, but it's also permitted a lot of overindulgence and time-filling in the scripting and editing stages. Outside of the likes of A24, a tight 100-minute runtime where every beat is a precision strike feels oddly antiquated of late.

A couple of friends and I talked last night and we each ranked Burton's films. While there were plenty of differences, we did find that all of our top 7-8 titles were the same in some order. Would love to hear where others stand on this, as I'm admittedly unclear as to what the general public opinion is of Burton's more contemporary work. I certainly know my opinion, but that of others interests me.

Here's my ranking. Feel free to question and judge; I'll defend my choices in the comments:

1.) Ed Wood
2.) Edward Scissorhands
3.) Big Fish
4.) Batman Returns
5.) Batman
6.) Beetlejuice
7.) Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
8.) Sweeney Todd
9.) Sleepy Hollow
10.) Big Eyes
11.) Corpse Bride
12.) Mars Attacks!
13.) Dumbo
14.) Frankenweenie
15.) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
16.) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
17.) Dark Shadows
18.) Alice in Wonderland
19.) Planet of the Apes

Cue the moody, mischievous, romping Elfman march...