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Fantasy movies

Explore magic, fantastic creatures and imagined worlds.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 3,692 films · Page 132.

King of the Congo (1952)

fantasy film

Captain Roger Drum (Buster Crabbe) shoots down an enemy plane carrying microfilm while on its way to Africa to deliver it to an enemy of America. Intent on revealing this subversive group for whom the microfilm's message is intended, Drum assumes the enemy pilot's identity. He flies his twin-engine aircraft across the Atlantic, where he is forced to crash it in a remote African jungle.

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The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)

fantasy film

Aging shipbuilder Sam Griggs (Frank Morgan) is near the end of his career because of health problems. With the help of his friend Tom Carter (Cecil Kellaway), he has invested all of his family's money in a shaky real estate venture which he hopes will provide a large return. The rest of his family is happily unaware of the deal, preoccupied with their own future prospects.

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Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure (1988)

Action, Adventure, children's film, fantasy film, Science fiction

Andy Colby (Randy Josselyn) is a 12-year-old boy with too much time on his hands and an addiction to movies. He goes to a local video store looking for a movie he hasn't seen and asks the crazy video store clerk (John Bluto), for a real adventure. He is given a new video that isn't even on the shelves yet.

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Juju Stories (2021)

Drama, fantasy film, Horror, romance film

Juju Stories tackles juju in contemporary Lagos through three stories. In "Love Potion" by Omonua, an unmarried woman agrees to use juju to find her ideal mate. In "Yam" by Makama, consequences arise when a street urchin picks up seemingly random money from the roadside.

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Dragon Crusaders (2011)

Action, fantasy film, speculative fiction

A group of fugitive Knights Templar attacks a pirate ship and they are cursed to turn into hideous monsters. To fight the curse and ultimately save the world, they must defeat the Sorcerer (The Black Dragon) who is determined to destroy it.

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Fiddlers Three (1944)

Comedy

Tommy Taylor and "The Professor", two sailors returning from leave to Portsmouth on a tandem bicycle, rescue Lydia, a Wren, who had been hitch-hiking on the road and was assaulted by an over-amorous driver. They get a puncture as they reach Stonehenge. The professor tells them of an old legend that those caught at Stonehenge at midnight on midsummer's night are transported back in time.

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The Mirror Boy (2011)

fantasy film

The film tells the uplifting story of a young teenage African British boy who is taken back to the land of his mother's birth, but then gets mysteriously lost in a foreboding forest and embarks on a magical journey that teaches him about himself and the mystery of the father he has never seen.

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Beasties (1989)

Comedy horror, fantasy film, monster film, science fiction comedy

The film depicts an alien invasion, with extraterrestrial crafts landing on an area with many amorous teens. The plot deals with "Bionaut" (living) vessels, which have traveled back in time and have released small reconnaissance creatures that become violent when they get too far away from the Bionaut.

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A Viking Saga (2008)

Adventure, adventure video game, Drama, historical film, Justice Drama, medieval film, Pseudohistorical Fantasy

Almost Normal (2005)

Comedy drama, LGBTQ-related film

Brad Jenkins, a 40-year-old gay college professor, is still uncomfortable in his own skin. After a disagreement with mother, he storms out of his home, claiming that he is "going somewhere where [he] is more normal." A sudden car accident propels him back to his youth and into a world in which gay is "normal" and straight is not accepted. Brad has to weigh whether to remain in the past and be "normal" or attempt to return to his old life.

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Akumulátor 1 (1994)

Comedy, fantasy film, Science fiction

Young surveyor Olda (Petr Forman) is courting a girl, Jitka (Tereza Pergnerová), but his colleague Slezák (Bolek Polívka) coaxes her into bed at his home. The morally exhausted Olda does not stop them, and watches TV all night, where he appeared that day in an absurd interview. He loses consciousness for three days and ends up in a hospital room with the ageing Mikulík (Jiří Kodet).

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The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935)

Drama, fantasy film

The film focuses on a run-down boarding house in London, home to assorted residents. Many of them cling precariously to their social positions with only one figure, the wealthy self-made businessman Mr Wright, being truly successful. The house is owned by the grasping Mrs Sharpe, who mistreats the maid, Stasia, a rehabilitated juvenile delinquent.

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Mystery Monsters (1997)

fantasy film, speculative fiction

Tommy has just joined the cast of the top-rated kids' show, "Captain Mike's Mystery Monsters," and is anxious to find out just how the special effects crew gets the monsters to work. Imagine his surprise when he discovers they're not special effects at all! Complicating the situation, the monsters' previous owner, evil Queen Mara, has returned to Earth to reclaim her property and take revenge on Captain Mike for stealing them.

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The Excalibur Kid (1999)

Adventure, fantasy film, medieval film

Transported back in time to medieval England, Zack lands in the middle of a vicious battle between an evil witch and Merlin, the master sorcerer, for control of Arthur's kingdom. It's up to Zack to help Merlin and Arthur reclaim the magic sword Excalibur and return Arthur to his rightful place on the throne.

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The Midas Touch (1997)

Comedy, Comedy drama, fantasy film

Drama about a 12-year-old boy who fantasises about having enough money to be able to cure his grandmother's serious heart condition. When he finds himself in a haunted house, the mysterious owner 'grants' him one wish - the Midas touch. The boy soon learns that it is more of a curse than a blessing when everything he touches turns into gold.

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