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Supernatural Fantasy movies

Spirits, curses, and mythic beings intrude on everyday life without building a full secondary world.

Jumanji: The Next Level

31. Jumanji: The Next Level

Adventure Comedy Fantasy Rescue Mission Adventure Parody
6.6

20192h 3min

United States

Director: Jake Kasdan

As the gang return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored in order to escape the world’s most dangerous game.

Themes

Role switching identity, Adaptive leadership under danger, Trust across shifting alliances, Old and new role tensions, Survival under drought, Risk and cooperation under pressure

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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Mary Poppins Returns

32. Mary Poppins Returns

Fantasy Family Comedy Supernatural Fantasy Holiday Family
6.7

20182h 11min

United States

Director: Rob Marshall

Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.

Themes

Economic precarity, Institutional corruption, Caregiving as catalyst, Family resilience, Debt and repossession, Depression era

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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A Ghost Story

33. A Ghost Story

Drama Fantasy Mystery Romance Supernatural Fantasy
6.8

20171h 33min

United States

Director: David Lowery

Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.

Themes

Grief and memory, Death and ghost, Loss and morality, Unreliable reality, House as memory, Piano as presence

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Pokémon Detective Pikachu

34. Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Action Adventure Fantasy City Adventure Supernatural Fantasy
6.5

20191h 45min

Japan, United States

Director: Rob Letterman

In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.

Themes

Neo-noir mood, Genetic engineering ethics, Memory loss and investigation, Corporate power and control, Coexistence of humans and creatures, Duty versus family ties

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Secret World of Arrietty

35. The Secret World of Arrietty

Fantasy Animation Family Supernatural Fantasy Anime
7.6

20101h 34min

France, Japan

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi

14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.

Themes

Secrecy drives adaptation, Coexistence with humans, Displacement and relocation, Protecting a hidden home, Fragile domestic boundaries, Human curiosity threatens life

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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Only Lovers Left Alive

36. Only Lovers Left Alive

Drama Romance Fantasy Dark Romance Supernatural Fantasy
7.2

20132h 3min

United Kingdom, Germany

Director: Jim Jarmusch

A depressed musician reunites with his lover. However, their romance, already played over several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.

Themes

Immortality and isolation, Art as refuge, Contamination anxiety, Reliance on scarce resources, Fear of exposure, Sibling disruption

Available on

Amazon Video
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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Spirited Away

37. Spirited Away

Animation Family Fantasy Anime Supernatural Fantasy
8.6

20012h 5min

Japan

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

In a bathhouse where spirits rule the night and stolen names erase who you are, a young girl watches her parents turn into pigs and the only way out is to work for the witch who owns her.

Themes

Parent child relationship, Parallel world crossing, Power of naming, Greed and generosity, Labor in a magical bathhouse, Courage under pressure

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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Rise of the Guardians

38. Rise of the Guardians

Animation Family Fantasy Action Adventure
7.2

20121h 37min

United States

Director: Peter Ramsey

When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.

Themes

Memory shaping identity, Fear and resilience, Maintaining childhood wonder, Belief and imagination, Collective guardianship and trust, Amnesia and self-discovery

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Ruby Sparks

39. Ruby Sparks

Comedy Romance Fantasy Drama Romantic Comedy
7.2

20121h 44min

United States

Director: Jonathan Dayton

Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.

Themes

Dreams versus reality, Magic realism tension, Between novelist and creation, Therapy shaping imagination, Imaginary friend influence, Nostalgia and reinvention

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Pete's Dragon

40. Pete's Dragon

Adventure Family Fantasy Adventure Epic Animal Companion Family
6.7

20161h 43min

United States

Director: David Lowery

For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

Themes

Belonging and chosen family, Trust between humans and nature, Guardianship and risk, Outsiders and integration, Survival and adaptation, Bridging worlds

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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