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Explore magic, fantastic creatures and imagined worlds.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 3,691 films · Page 93.

Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)

Fantasy, action film, fantasy film, treasure hunt film

The film is narrated by a mother who tells her daughter a bedtime story from a large book: In the city of Basra, the evil vizier Jaffar has clouded the caliph's mind and imprisoned his daughter, Princess Alina in order to marry her. Jaffar has four of the town's five sacred gems sent to dangerous and evil places where they will be carefully guarded by magical forces. Sinbad and his crew arrive at the caliph's palace, only to be captured by the hypnotised soldiers.

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Frog Dreaming (1986)

Adventure, Fantasy, adventure film, fantasy film

At an isolated pond in the wilderness of Victoria, Australia, a lone man fishing in a rowboat is surprised when the wind picks up, spinning an old farm windmill, and water violently churns in the middle of the pond. He flees to his ramshackle camp on the shore and is terrified by a large shape rising from the water. Young American orphan Cody Walpole finishes building his latest idea, a rail bike.

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The Flame and the Arrow (1950)

Adventure, Romance Film, adventure film, medieval film, swashbuckler film

During the reign of Frederick Barbarossa in Lombardy, Dardo Bartoli has brought his son Rudi to the town to see Count Ulrich, known as "the Hawk", who is accompanied by his niece, Lady Anne, and his mistress, Dardo's unfaithful wife Francesca. Dardo shows his archery skills by shooting Ulrich's expensive hunting hawk from the sky. In revenge, the count orders that Dardo's son be taken to his castle.

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Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown (2017)

fantasy film

Shaggy's distant cousin Tawny invites the Mystery Gang to visit her ranch in Sorghum City, a town that has recently been terrorized by vandalism, apparently caused by the ghost of Dapper Jack Rogers (Shaggy and Tawny's ancestor). When the gang arrives, everyone who encounters them initially flees, believing Shaggy is Dapper Jack. Tawny and her neighbor Rafe show the gang Jack's picture, revealing Shaggy looks just like his ancestor.

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The Midnight Man (2016)

Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, horror film

On a winter night in 1953, three children, Anna, her brother Max, and their friend Mary, are playing a demonic game in Anna’s attic, sitting inside a circle of salt while struggling to light candles to fend off the Midnight Man, who kills Mary and chases the others; Max leaves by the main door, violating the rules, hence also being killed. In the present, on another winter night, in the same house a senile Anna is put in bed by her granddaughter, teenager Alexandra ‘Alex’. Over the phone Alex's friend Miles offers to come.

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Topper Returns (1941)

Komödie, comedy film, fantasy film, ghost film, mystery film

Wealthy young heiress Ann Carrington and her best friend Gail Richards are riding in a speeding taxi driven by Bob, along the coast. A figure dressed all in black, with covered face and hat, aims a rifle with the telescopic sight crosshairs focused on the cab from a distance and shoots out the rear tire. The taxi flips on its side at the edge of a cliff, inches away from having fallen into crashing ocean waves below.

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Skinwalkers (2006)

Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, action film, fantasy film, horror film, werewolf film

Two packs of werewolves, divided by principles, are signaled by the moon of the coming of an ancient prophecy. A boy named Timothy approaches his 13th birthday, unaware this marks the time of his transformation. He has been raised by his grandmother Nana, his mother Rachel, his uncle Jonas, his cousin Katherine and Katherine's boyfriend, Adam.

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1948)

Komödie, Musical, comedy film, fantasy film, medieval film, musical film, science fiction film, time-travel film

American mechanic Hank Martin is knocked unconscious and awakens in the land and time of King Arthur. Initially captured and sentenced to die, he is freed and claims to be a wizard, awing the aged king and his court with the lighting of a match. Arthur rewards him with a blacksmith shop, a squire and the title of Sir Boss.

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Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (2007)

Adventure, Computeranimation, Komödie, children's film, comedy television program, crossover fiction, fantasy film

Two weeks ahead in the future dystopian Endsville, "Lord of Horror", an evil being, orders robotic duplicates of Billy and Mandy called Billybot and Mandroid to go back in time to eliminate their human counterparts and prevent them from reaching a powerful hand-like artifact in the Lord of Horror's possession before his past self does. Two weeks prior, Grim is sued for dereliction of duty and misuse of his powers by his old rival, the Boogey Man, the former having failed to reap General Skarr because of Billy and Mandy's interference. Grim, Billy, Mandy, and Irwin are set to be exiled by the Underworld Court and placed in the custody of…

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Arcade (1993)

horror film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film

Alex Manning (Megan Ward) is a troubled suburban teenager. Her mother committed suicide and the school counselor feels that she has not dealt with her feelings properly. Alex and her friends visit the local video arcade known as "Dante's Inferno", where a new virtual reality arcade game called Arcade is being test marketed by a computer company CEO, Difford, who hands out free samples of the home console version and hypes up the game.

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The Daydreamer (1966)

musical film

A teenaged Hans Christian Andersen, the son of a poor shoemaker, daydreams instead of studying for school. He runs away from home. Whenever he falls asleep, or goes into a daydreaming spell, he dreams that he is in strange adventures with two swindling tailors, a tiny girl no bigger than a thumb, a mermaid, a devil boy in Eden, and others.

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Spiral (2019)

Fantasy, Horror, drama film, horror film, mystery film

On December 12, 1983, teenagers Malik and Liam make out in a car when a group of men suddenly appear and brutally attack them. On November 7, 1995, Malik, his partner, Aaron, and Aaron’s teenage daughter, Kayla, moves into a new home in a small town to begin a new life as a family. During the first night in their home, Malik hears strange noises, and a mysterious, hooded person watches them from afar.

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The Plague of the Zombies (1966)

Zombiefilm, fantasy film, horror film, zombie film

In a Cornish village in August 1860, the inhabitants of the town are dying from a mysterious plague that seems to be spreading at an accelerated rate. Even the local doctor, Peter Tompson, cannot combat the disease. Alarmed, Tompson sends for outside help from his friend and former mentor, Sir James Forbes.

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The Mighty Kong (1998)

fantasy film

Ann Darrow, a down-on-her-luck actress looking for work, meets film director Carl Denham/C.B., who offers her a job in a new film. They board the Venture to leave for the film shoot. Ann meets a sailor boy named Rick and his Monkey Chips, she later meets Jack Driscoll after he saved her from almost being crushed by cargo.

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Unlikely Angel (1996)

Christmas film

While driving home from a bar one night, straight-talking singer Ruby Diamond crashes her car and dies. In heaven, she meets Saint Peter who reveals she can return to Earth, but only to reunite an estranged suburban family who have been torn apart since the mother died. If she succeeds by midnight on Christmas Eve, she will be granted her wings as an angel.

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Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)

Adventure, Animation, adventure film, animated film, children's film, fantasy film

Justin lives in the kingdom of Gabylonia and dreams of becoming a Knight of The Valour Kingdom like his grandfather, Sir Roland. However, knights were outlawed and replaced by lawyers after the King's death. Justin's father Reginald, the Queen's Chief Lawyer, grew to hate knights following Roland's death and insisted Justin become a lawyer.

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The Luck of the Irish (1948)

Komödie, fantasy film, romantic comedy

Stephen Fitzgerald, a newspaper reporter from New York, meets a leprechaun and beautiful young Nora, while traveling in Ireland. When he returns to his fiancée, Frances, and her wealthy father, David C. Augur, in the midst of a political campaign in New York, he finds that the leprechaun and the young woman are now in the big city as well.

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Yor, the Hunter from the Future (1983)

action film, fantasy film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film

Yor, a roving hunter and barbarian, jogs through a seemingly prehistoric desert landscape past the stone towers of Cappadocia, Turkey. Kalaa, a seemingly primitive cavewoman, and her mentor and protector Pag are hunting in a nearby village. They were hunting a small pig-like Polacanthus.

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Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (2006)

Horror, fantasy film, horror film, monster film

Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes plotline follows more closely to the first film, with townspeople angered over the local mortician stealing and selling the organs of their loved ones and then dumping the corpses in a swamp, rather than cremating them. When the townspeople find out, they have the old witch Haggis summon Pumpkinhead through the mummified body of Ed Harley (played by Lance Henriksen, who reprises his role from the first film). Pumpkinhead then proceeds to go on his killing rampage murdering all those responsible for the desecration, while Doc Frasier (Doug Bradley) hurries to murder those who summoned Pumpkinhead, which will…

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Outcast (2010)

Horror, Thriller, horror film

Cathal (James Nesbitt) is a killer who is pursuing his former lover Mary (Kate Dickie). Mary, a woman who comes from an ancient and magical Celtic race, and her son Fergal (Niall Bruton) hide in an outlying district of Edinburgh and use magic to protect themselves, but Cathal is determined to outsmart them. Local residents begin to die at the hands of an unidentified force, but it is unknown if Cathal is the killer, or if is he trying to destroy the beast.

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The Scarecrow (2000)

fantasy film, musical film

The film opens with an elderly woman named Ms. Bee Bee, who reveals herself to be a kindly witch, telling the audience about the town of Grisham Heights during colonial period America, owned by the selfish, wealthy and dance-obsessed Count Grisham. She explains that she was Grisham's former dance teacher, until he chased her into hiding when he accidentally discovered that she was a witch, and was forced to live in an abandoned house far outside of the village, with only her magic broom Bristles for company.

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Mr. North (1988)

Drama, Komödie, comedy drama, fantasy film

In 1920s Newport, Rhode Island, Theophilus North is an engaging, multi-talented, middle-class Yale University graduate who spends the summer catering to the wealthy families of the city. He becomes the confidant of James McHenry Bosworth, and a tutor and tennis coach to the families' children. He also befriends many from the city's servant class including Henry Simmons, Amelia Cranston, and Sally Boffin.

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