Babe: Pig in the City (1998)

Chris Noonan directed Babe, but Miller took the reins for the sequel and made something stranger and braver: a talking-pig movie with a dark, dreamlike city, real peril and a streak of melancholy. It disappointed at the box office and some reviewers warned it was too dark for small children, yet Gene Siskel named it the best movie of 1998, and its reputation has climbed ever since. The Randy Newman song "That'll Do" was nominated for an Oscar. For anyone who loves Fury Road, the surprise is how much the two films share: a hero who protects the vulnerable and set pieces that build like clockwork.