10. Casper the Friendly Ghost, Casper (1995)

CHARACTER STUDY The Friendly Ghost of Harvey Comics fame is brought to life — well, to afterlife — along with his three mischievous and similarly spectral uncles in this live-action film, opposite fleshly costars Christina Ricci and Bill Pullman.

INNOVATION In Casper and his uncles, the film boasted the first all-digital characters ever integrated into a live-action feature. ''They had to be physically created by animators in [Industrial Light & Magic]'s computers,'' director Brad Silberling told EW. ''It was like cooking it up from scratch.'' Considering that he paved the way for more blatantly cartoonish CGI characters in live-action movies (Scooby-Doo, Jar Jar Binks), Casper is surprisingly subtle, a translucent, apparently 3D creation who seems both tactile and ethereal at once.