Wallace & Gromit in Three Amazing Adventures (2001)

Wallace & Gromit in Three Amazing Adventures is Nick Park's earliest and arguably his best work. The subtle expressions and gestures of all the characters are spot-on -- from cheese-loving window-washing inventor Wallace and his right-hand dog Gromit to the chicken-burglar penguin and Shaun the sheep and all the accompanying characters. If you love impossibly contrived Rube Goldberg-type contraptions, Keystone Cops-style chase scenes, British silliness, and physical humor, stop right here and watch the whimsy of The Wrong Trousers (Wallace's robotic trousers are hijacked by a nefarious penguin), A Grand Day Out (our duo takes a ship to the moon in search of cheese), and A Close Shave (sheep rustlers frame Gromit but get foiled in the end). For extras, don't miss the 10 minishorts called Cracking Contraptions -- my favorite is the Snoozotron! Chicken Run and Curse of the Were-Rabbit are grander productions with more going on, but for comically genius stopmotion animation these Three Amazing Adventures are my favorites. 5 stars.