The article ranks ten of the greatest American fantasy films, focusing on productions that were mainly financed and made in the United States. It argues that American fantasy cinema has developed distinctive approaches to the genre, despite fantasy often being associated with British settings, medieval worlds and English accents.

The selection highlights films including Tim Burton’s *Edward Scissorhands*, Henry Selick’s *Coraline* and Spike Jonze’s *Where the Wild Things Are*. It presents *Edward Scissorhands* as a modern fairy tale about an outsider, *Coraline* as an unsettling stop-motion story balancing beauty and menace, and *Where the Wild Things Are* as an emotionally mature adaptation about childhood and self-discovery.