Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Jason and the Argonauts is Ray Harryhausen's masterpiece. Bernard Herrmann composed the score in his fourth and final collaboration with Harryhausen.
Genre: Ray Harryhausen
The stop-motion master whose skeletons, cyclopes, and saucers defined an era of screen wonder. Reviews of the Harryhausen films that made a generation love monsters.
Ray HarryhausenMysterious Island (1961)
Mysterious Island is the Harryhausen adaptation of Jules Verne. The film adapts Verne's 1874-1875 novel L'Île mystérieuse, with substantial creative liberty.
Ray HarryhausenThe Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad is the second Harryhausen Sinbad film and the last great Harryhausen fantasy adventure. John Phillip Law plays Sinbad.
ClaymationClash of the Titans (1981)
Clash of the Titans is Ray Harryhausen's final film and his farewell to the medium he helped invent. Judi Bowker plays Andromeda.
Creature FeatureMighty Joe Young (1949)
Mighty Joe Young is the film where Ray Harryhausen learned what he would spend the rest of his career doing. Willis O'Brien, the stop-motion pioneer who had created King Kong in 1933, was the credited animator.
Creature FeatureThe Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is the film that invented the modern atomic-age monster movie. The third act involves the rhedosaurus, a fictional dinosaur, attacking lower Manhattan and eventually being killed at Coney Island.
Creature Feature20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
20 Million Miles to Earth is the Harryhausen film set in Italy. William Hopper plays Colonel Robert Calder, an astronaut.
ClaymationThe 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad is the film where Ray Harryhausen invented the modern fantasy adventure. Kerwin Mathews plays Sinbad.