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A movie many haven't seen that I really liked for its stylistic elements was Mirrormask. It was created by Neil Gaiman and the Jim Henson Company.
Its a very lovely little modern faerie tale told with the use of modern animation techniques. I like the take on the sphinx who tells a classic riddle, but is undone by the teenagers contrariness. The entire movie has a lot of interesting elements in it.