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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.

The Mummy

831. The Mummy

Adventure Action Fantasy Globetrotting Adventure Epic Action
7.1

19992h 4min

United States

Director: Stephen Sommers

Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.

Themes

Good versus evil, Survival under pressure, Ancient power vs modern ambition, Ritual danger and disruption, Competition over artifacts, Group loyalty under threat

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The Devil's Arithmetic

832. The Devil's Arithmetic

TV Movie Drama Thriller Fantasy
6.3

19991h 35min

Lithuania, United States

Director: Donna Deitch

An American-born Jewish adolescent, Hannah Stern, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives. However, she begins to revaluate her heritage when she has a supernatural experience that transports her back to a Nazi death camp in 1941. There she meets a young girl named Rivkah, a fellow captive in the camp. As Rivkah and Hannah struggle to survive in the face of daily atrocities, they form an unbreakable bond.


Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

833. Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

Fantasy Science Fiction Horror
7.1

19991h 48min

Japan

Director: Shusuke Kaneko

With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.


Alice in Wonderland

834. Alice in Wonderland

Fantasy Family
6.3

19992h 13min

Germany, United Kingdom

Director: Nick Willing

Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?


Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar

835. Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar

Family Adventure Comedy Fantasy
6.0

19991h 49min

France, Germany

Director: Claude Zidi

Set in 50 B.C., Asterix and Obelix are living in a small but well-protected village in Gaul, where a magic potion concocted by Druids turns the townsfolk into mighty soldiers. When Roman troops carve a path through Gaul to reach the English Channel, Caesar and his aide de camp Detritus discover the secret elixir and capture the Druid leader who knows its formula, and Asterix and Obelix are sent off to rescue them.


Purgatory

836. Purgatory

Fantasy Western TV Movie
6.8

19991h 34min

United States

Director: Uli Edel

An outlaw band flees a posse and rides into Refuge, a small town where no one carries a gun, drinks, or swears. The town is actually Purgatory, and the peaceful inhabitants are all famous dead outlaws and criminals such as Doc Holiday and Wild Bill Hickok who must redeem themselves before gaining admittance to Heaven... or screw up and go to Hell.


The Miracle of P. Tinto

837. The Miracle of P. Tinto

Comedy Fantasy
7.1

19981h 42min

Spain

Director: Javier Fesser

Wafer factory-owner P. Tinto and his wife Olivia want a child of their own more than anything else in the world. Years of trying, however, have left them with nothing but a pair of extraterrestrial midgets living in the spare bedroom. When they decide to try adoption, a series of misroutings and chance encounters results in an escaped adult mental patient arriving at their door with adoption papers in hand. P. Tinto and Olivia accept this without question and welcome him in as their son. Can this family arrangement work?


Kirikou and the Sorceress

838. Kirikou and the Sorceress

Fantasy Adventure Animation Family
7.5

19981h 11min

France, Belgium

Director: Michel Ocelot

Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba.


Immortality

839. Immortality

Fantasy Romance Thriller
6.2

19981h 38min

United Kingdom

Director: Leong Po-Chih

A vampire in London is searching for the ideal woman to 'redeem' him.


Meet Joe Black

840. Meet Joe Black

Fantasy Drama Romance Supernatural Fantasy Tragic Drama
7.2

19982h 58min

United States

Director: Martin Brest

Bill Parrish wants more time to protect his empire and his family. The price is guiding Death itself through the pleasures of living — including love for Bill’s own daughter Susan. Now Bill must choose which life to sacrifice…

Themes

Life and death ethics, Duty versus desire, Power and control, Wealth and influence, Romantic longing, Mortality and time

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