

After young Clara receives a wooden nutcracker as a Christmas gift, she dreams about a fantastical battle between her Nutcracker Prince and the evil Mouse King. At stake is the Nutcracker's freedom - and Clara's future happiness.
Production
Hand-drawn animation before CG murdered Christmas movies
Score
Tchaikovsky rearranged with 90s synth flourishes
Director
Paul Schibli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Kiefer Sutherland's only animated feature role until he voiced Jack Bauer in a Family Guy cutaway nobody asked for.
The stop-motion puppet sequences were subcontracted to a different studio, creating the jarring visual whiplash that traumatized an entire generation of 90s children.