Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

 

An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation. 

Wonderfully quirky adult animation feature with colorful characters and lots of amusing details, all lovingly staged in old-fashioned stop-motion.

Maltin***: "Amusing fable...brought to life through appealingly old-fashioned stop-motion. Fine voice-work and a buoyant score by Alexandre Desplat complete the package." 

The BFG (2016)

An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.

As to be expected from this director, all's well done in the production department, but this children's film lacks charm and fun for most of the time.

36 Hours (1964)

Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him