stop-motion
noun
stop-mo·tion
ˈstäp-ˈmō-shən 
often attributive
: a filming technique in which successive positions of objects (such as clay models) are photographed to produce the appearance of movement
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In the classic stop-motion film The Nightmare Before Christmas, the worlds of Halloween and Christmas collide, leading to some seriously wacky and exciting mischief.
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Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Three years after their wonderfully creepy first feature film Coraline, the stop-motion wizards at Laika released this horror comedy about an 11-year-old boy who can communicate with the dead.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Best known for his frequent collaborations with Wes Anderson, Ryan has most recently been seen in Asteroid City, his other projects with the filmmaker being Moonrise Kingdom, Isle of Dogs and a stop-motion Sony Xperia commercial, as well as a short film directed by Anderson.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
This beautiful stop-motion spectacle is a darker rendition than is typical of Pinocchio stories, putting the beloved puppet in a dangerous Italy with fascism on the rise and the very real terrors of the adult world all around him.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
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Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Three years after their wonderfully creepy first feature film Coraline, the stop-motion wizards at Laika released this horror comedy about an 11-year-old boy who can communicate with the dead.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Best known for his frequent collaborations with Wes Anderson, Ryan has most recently been seen in Asteroid City, his other projects with the filmmaker being Moonrise Kingdom, Isle of Dogs and a stop-motion Sony Xperia commercial, as well as a short film directed by Anderson.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
This beautiful stop-motion spectacle is a darker rendition than is typical of Pinocchio stories, putting the beloved puppet in a dangerous Italy with fascism on the rise and the very real terrors of the adult world all around him.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stop-motion
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“Stop-motion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stop-motion. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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