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Fantasy
see all genres ›Magicians, trolls and talking animals populate the fantasy film. Such films break from observable reality to introduce themes of wonder (often by way of fairy tales and popular myths).
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Genres / Fantasy
SUB-GENRES · Allegory · Dream · Fable · Fairy Tale · Folk Tale · Lost World · Magic · Miracle · Mythology · Superhero · Supernatural · Sword & Sorcery
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A Chinese Tall Story
While on the quest to retrieve the Buddhist scriptures, the Tang Monk (Nicholas Tse) and his three disciples led by the Monkey King come under attack by the evil Tree Demon. Tang escapes and meets Meiyan (Charlene Choi), an ugly lizard imp who instantly falls in love with the handsome but chaste monk....Start your free trial to watch
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Cinderella
French film pioneer Georges Méliès found the tale of Cinderella irresistible, producing a five-minute, full-color version in 1899 and this twenty four-minute version in 1912. Abandoning his earlier approach of hand-tinting each figure in favor of full-frame color tinting, he lavishes his attention on elaborate invention,...Start your free trial to watch
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Cinderella
An elaborately produced version of the well known fairy tale interrupted by just a few summarizing intertitles, with Florence LaBadie and Harry Benham. Although in-camera trick photography is important for the story, it is rather conventional, having been introduced over ten years earlier by French filmmaker Georges Méliès....Start your free trial to watch
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Cinderella 2000
Drive-in movie legends Al Adamson and Sam Sherman (DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN) created some of the most outrageous, colorful and beloved 'B' pictures ever to hit the silver screen. Adamson's CINDERELLA 2000 takes the popular Brothers Grimm fairy tale into the farthest reaches of a way-out future and puts an Orwellian spin on...Start your free trial to watch
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The Comb
THE COMB opens in the shadowy bedroom of a sleeping beauty and seems to enter her mind and burrow into her dreams. Based on a fragment of text by the Austrian writer Robert Walser, THE COMB is an exploration of the subconscious visualized as a labyrinthine playhouse haunted by a doll-like explorer. A mesmerizing and resonant...Start your free trial to watch
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Deadly Snail vs. Kung Fu Killer
In this kung fu fantasy, a daring duel of powers between the fairies finds the young mortal Cheung rescuing the Sky Mussel Fairy. His bravery is not repaid, however, as Cheung is driven out of his home by his uncle. Now Cheung must struggle to stay alive in a world of gods and demons with only his kung fu...Start your free trial to watch
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Death in Charge
An impatient single mom leaves her 9-year-old daughter, Whitney, with Death, carelessly mistaking the dark-cloaked, scythe-carrying Reaper for her tardy babysitter. Whitney teaches Death about life's many marvels through violent video games, macaroni and cheese, and the magic of Sea Munkees. But when Whitney reveals some dark...Start your free trial to watch
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Death Trance
Grave steals a mysterious coffin from a holy temple, a coffin said to contain a great and dangerous power. Imprisoned inside the coffin is the Goddess of Destruction, confined and held at bay from laying destruction to this world! Grave fearlessly travels the haunted forests dragging the coffin behind him, unaware of what...Start your free trial to watch
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December 7th
John Ford and Gregg Toland's DECEMBER 7TH was banned by the U.S. government for nearly fifty years. This restored version runs 82 minutes (with subtitles added to the controversial Japanese language sequences) whereas a censored 34 minute version of the film was released in the 1940s and earned John Ford his fourth Academy...Start your free trial to watch
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Demon Pond
From the director of GOZU and ICHI THE KILLER, DEMON POND is the modern-day story of a man searching for a friend who has mysteriously disappeared intersecting with a magical tale involving strange creatures, a heartbroken princess and a pact that cannot be broken. Conflicts between faith and skepticism (and between social...Start your free trial to watch
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Devil Doll
Grab a good seat and don't look away from the stage, for the Great Vorelli (Bryant Haliday) is about to dazzle London with his eerie mixture of hypnotism and ventriloquism. However, there may be something a little too lifelike about his dummy, Hugo, who has the ability to walk across the stage all by himself. Now Vorelli has...Start your free trial to watch
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Disappearing Act
DISAPPEARING ACT represents, as you might suspect, a magic act. Not any ordinary act, however. More of a "metamorphosis" in the hands of director Alice Guy. In the parlance of the era, the short is an example of a "trick" film (in that the magic performance is a result of camera trickery and not by any...Start your free trial to watch
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A Dog's Love
The fantasy centers on a dog and a child, a universally appealing movie subject. The loyal dog's attachment to his little girl playmate is treated with pictorial beauty and simple, honest sentiment. Reviewers of the time praised the double-exposure passages for their dramatic effectiveness. Baby Helen, also known as The...Start your free trial to watch
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The Dove's Lost Necklace
This second feature in Nacer Khemir’s "Desert Trilogy" is a visually ravishing folktale reminiscent of THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS. The story revolves around Hassan, who is studying Arabic calligraphy from a grand master. Coming across a fragment of manuscript, Hassan goes in search of the missing pieces,...Start your free trial to watch
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The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
A stunning visual fantasy adapted from the comics of Winsor McCay, which had appeared in the New York Telegram since 1904. Edwin S. Porter not only borrowed McCay's title but his dream-based narrative structure. Likewise, McCay's surreal imagery is convincingly realized on the screen using a variety of...Start your free trial to watch
