High-Concept Fantasy movies

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Claustrophobic Fast-paced Chaotic Stylish Intense

Overview

Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.

Themes

Labor exploitation, Resilience through collaboration, Debt pressure, Cartel corruption, Predatory contracts, Illicit influence

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Realistic Whimsical Stylish Witty Energetic

Overview

In a city where fire, water, land and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy will discover something elemental: how much they have in common.

Themes

Water elements coexistence, Fire city tensions, Earth air coexistence, Cross-element romantic tension, City pressure and change, Computer animation craft

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Playful Whimsical Dry Witty Energetic

Overview

When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.

Themes

Deception as survival, Found family formation, Emotional neglect, Caregiver warmth vs neglect, Old fashioned values vs modern world, Independence through alliance

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Tense Claustrophobic Dry Fast-paced Stylish

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In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.

Themes

Class inequality, Power and control, Labor exploitation, Ambition vs ethics, Media spectacle, Racial dynamics

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Whimsical Atmospheric Stylish Dreamlike Measured

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Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her neighbor that will tell her about the story of the Little Prince that he once met.

Themes

Parent child tension, Utopia vs dystopia, Efficiency vs imagination, Adult conformity, Social differences, Education as control

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Claustrophobic Dry Stylish Measured Oppressive

Overview

A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.

Themes

Video game control, Virtual reality escape, Dystopia under surveillance, Computer driven manipulation, Obsessive work pressure, Faith against system

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Claustrophobic Bleak Dry Restrained Eerie

Overview

The film tells the story of two good friends who live together, Andrew, an agoraphobic travel agent who works from his home, and Dave, a loser who works in an office where he is treated with contempt. Just when it seems things can't get any worse for the two, the entire world outside of their house disappears and is replaced with an endless white void.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Isolation and dependence, Trauma and growth, Erasure through hate, Confinement and conflict, Self-definition through adversity