Over the Garden Wall (2014)

IMDb plot summary: Two brothers find themselves lost in a mysterious land and try to find their way home.

Directed by Katie Krentz and Patrick McHale. Starring Elijah Wood, Collin Dean, and Melanie Lynskey.

Over the Garden Wall is a TV miniseries of short animated episodes following two lost boys trying to find their way back home and encountering a series of strange characters and situations along the way. It's been a stable of my husband's autumn rewatches for years, and so while I've seen pieces of it just from being in the same room, this was the first time I actually sat down and paid attention to it, and I'm so glad I did. It's such a delightful mix of charming and creepy, and Greg is one of the most immediately likable characters I've ever seen in animation. Each episode feels very thematically connected to the rest, without ever feeling like it's too repetitive. And, of course, the songs are a ton of fun, especially now that I get to hear them in their proper context. I finally get the hype around this one and am glad I finally made space to watch it for real.

How it entered my Flickchart:

Over the Garden Wall > The Blues Brothers

Over the Garden Wall > Dark Passage

Over the Garden Wall > The White Tiger

Over the Garden Wall < The Great Dictator

Over the Garden Wall > The Gods Must Be Crazy

Over the Garden Wall > Bicycle Thieves

Over the Garden Wall < 10 Cloverfield Lane

Over the Garden Wall < My Neighbor Totoro

Over the Garden Wall < The Apartment

Over the Garden Wall > Rashomon

Over the Garden Wall > Chaplin

Final spot: #290 out of 3829, or 92%.