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Fantasy movies

Step into realms of magic, mythical creatures, and supernatural events where the impossible becomes reality.

Subgenres include: Epic Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Fantasy.

Spellbound

561. Spellbound

Horror Comedy Fantasy Romance
6.8

20111h 54min

Director: Hwang In-ho

A magician meets a weird girl and offers her to work together in his magic show. It's only until a year later that he starts to know her personally and develops a feeling towards her despite her own problems.


Immortals

562. Immortals

Fantasy Action Drama Mythological Fantasy Epic Action
6.0

20111h 50min

United States

Director: Tarsem Singh

Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.

Themes

Fate vs free will, Divine restraint, Captivity and uprising, Loyalty under oppression, Visions as guiding force, Mythic resistance

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Good Witch's Family

563. The Good Witch's Family

Drama Family Fantasy TV Movie
6.9

20111h 25min

Director: Craig Pryce

A young witch visits her cousin in a small town during a heated mayoral election race. Her kind-hearted cousin, the town’s beloved “good witch” and newlywed with two teenage step-kids, is running for office, but must keep her family from falling apart when their visitor uses her magic to put them—and the whole town—under her bitter spell.


Puss in Boots

564. Puss in Boots

Animation Family Fantasy Adventure Comedy
6.6

20111h 30min

United States

Director: Chris Miller

Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough and street smart Kitty Softpaws and the mastermind Humpty Dumpty to save his town. This is the true story of The Cat, The Myth, The Legend... The Boots.

Themes

Wealth as lure, Loyalty under pressure, Betrayal and alliance, Revenge as motive, Deception within alliances, Fugitive status and public gaze

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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The Legend of La Llorona

565. The Legend of La Llorona

Animation Family Fantasy Adventure
6.2

20111h 15min

Director: Alberto Rodríguez

Based on a famous Mexican legend, a group of kids must stop the ghost of a woman whose guilt over the drowning of her own children leads her to abduct youngsters who wander the woods at night.


The Painting

566. The Painting

Fantasy Animation
7.3

20111h 20min

Director: Jean-François Laguionie

Three characters living in an unfinished painting venture out into the real world in search of their creator to convince him to finish his work.


Ronal the Barbarian

567. Ronal the Barbarian

Animation Adventure Fantasy Animated Fantasy Adventure Rescue Mission Adventure
6.5

20111h 29min

Denmark

Director: Philip Einstein Lipski

Ronal is a young barbarian with low self-esteem, the polar opposite of all the muscular barbarians in his village. He's a real wuss. However, as fate would have it, responsibility for the tribe's survival falls on Ronal's scrawny shoulders, when the evil Lord Volcazar raids the village and abducts every living barbarian with the exception of Ronal, who is forced to go on a perilous quest to save his enslaved clan and thwart Volcazar’s plot to rule the world.

Themes

Duty under pressure, Romance amid conflict, Unexpected alliances, Physical inferiority and hidden strengths, Knowledge as power, Gender expectations in combat

Available on

Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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Faust

568. Faust

Fantasy Drama Dark Fantasy Tragic Drama
6.5

20112h 20min

Russia

Director: Aleksandr Sokurov

A doctor in early 19th-century Germany becomes infatuated with the sister of a man he unintentionally killed and bargains with the Devil incarnate to conjure their union in exchange for his soul.

Themes

Deals with the devil, Pursuit of knowledge, Desire versus duty, Science vs superstition, Folklore and myth, Ambition and consequence

Available on

Kanopy
Hoopla
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The Man from the Future

569. The Man from the Future

Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction Romance
7.0

20111h 46min

Director: Cláudio Torres

Zero is a brilliant scientist. However, 20 years ago, he was publicly humiliated when he lost Helena, the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions causes him to travel back in time to 1991. Having taken the opportunity to change history, Zero returns to own time to find totally changed.


Barbie: Princess Charm School

570. Barbie: Princess Charm School

Family Animation Fantasy
6.5

20111h 19min

Director: Ezekiel Norton

Blair, a waitress in the kingdom of Gardania, realises that she strongly resembles the region's missing queen. She then gets to go to Princess Charm School and causes problems for the teacher.