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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 3,691 films · Page 95.

The Reptile (1966)

Horror, fantasy film, horror film

In the 19th century in the fictional village of Clagmoor Heath in Cornwall several locals are dying from what the locals call the "Black Death". Harry Spalding inherits his late brother Charles' cottage and arrives with his new bride, Valerie. The inhabitants of the village keep clear of the newly arrived couple and only the publican, Tom Bailey, befriends them.

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Gabriel Over the White House (1933)

Fantasy, Komödie, comedy film, drama film, fantasy film

After his inauguration, U.S. President Judson "Judd" Hammond, an amiable party-line politician, tells his new secretary Harley "Beek" Beekman that two people may be admitted to his presence at any time: his young nephew Jimmy, and Pendola "Pendie" Molloy, Hammond's mistress, who is made Beek's assistant. At a press conference, Hammond says he will not meet with John Bronson, the leader of a million unemployed men marching to Washington, as he considers Bronson an anarchist, and also says he considers unemployment and racketeering to be local issues, and therefore not his responsibility.

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The Borrowers (1993)

Adventure, Family Drama, Fantasy, fantasy television program

The Clock Family are "borrowers," tiny people who live in the houses of regular sized "human beans" (a borrower mispronunciation of human beings). They survive by borrowing all they need from big people and try to keep their existence secret. The main characters are a teenage borrower girl named Arrietty and her parents, Pod and Homily.

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Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie (1999)

children's film, fantasy anime and manga, fantasy film, magical girl anime and manga

Sakura Kinomoto, Cardcaptor of the Clow Cards, successfully seals the Arrow Card with help from her friends Syaoran Li, Kero, Tomoyo Daidoji, and Meiling Li. That night, Sakura experiences a strange dream where two pieces of cloth pull her underwater. After school ends for spring break, Sakura and Tomoyo visit the "Twin Bells" shop where Sakura participates in a lottery to win a vacation to Hong Kong.

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Alma (2009)

Animation, Fantasy, Horror

The film has no spoken dialogue, just lighthearted music playing throughout the background. A young girl is walking down a snow-covered street of Barcelona. She stumbles across a wall with names written in chalk on it.

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Equinox (1970)

Action, Fantasy, horror film, monster film

A reporter visits David Fielding in a psychiatric hospital for a follow-up story on the deaths of his three friends exactly one year and one day ago. David is catatonic but attacks the reporter when shown a photo of Dr. Watermann, his former professor.

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Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2 (2012)

Animation, fantasy film

A year after the events of the previous film, Merliah Summers is competing in the heats of an invitational surf-meet. Merliah wins first place, narrowly beating rival surfer, Kylie Morgan, though both get to compete in the finals in Australia. Merliah uses her magical necklace to transform into a mermaid and tells her mother Queen Calissa the good news.

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The Gamers (2002)

Fantasy, fantasy film

The movie flips between following a group of gamers in a dorm immersed in a role-playing game, and their characters (played by the same actors) as they journey through a world of fantasy and wonder to defeat a being known as "The Shadow" and rescue a princess. The latter is theoretically a heroic quest, but while the game master attempts to foster in a narrative, the players tend to be more interested in their characters' tolerance for ale, trying to apply the sneak attack damage multiplier to siege weaponry, et cetera. The movie both makes fun of gamer stereotypes and plays the discrepancy between an optimal RPG plot and the events of an…

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The ChubbChubbs! (2002)

Computeranimation, Sci-Fi

Meeper, the janitor of an alien pub called the Ale-E-Inn, has higher aspirations—a karaoke performer. After he accidentally electrocutes a singer, he is ejected from the pub. Outside, he is told by an incautious Gungan that "The ChubbChubbs are coming!" Meeper sees aircraft land in the distance, and huge, weapon-bearing monsters exit the craft.

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Adventures in Dinosaur City (1991)

adventure film, children's film, comedy film, drama film, fantasy film, science fiction film

Three teenage friends, named Timmy, Mick, and Jamie, enjoy watching an animated TV series called Dino Saurs, which features anthropomorphic dinosaurs and cavepeople. Wanting to watch the cartoon on a better screen, Timmy, the youngest of the three, suggests that they try watching it on the big TV screen in his parents' laboratory. However, this screen is part of an experimental device designed to open a portal to another dimension.

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Miracle on 34th Street (1973)

Christmas film, children's film, drama film

When an old man spies the department store Santa Claus getting drunk before taking part in the Macy's Thanksgiving parade, he immediately complains to Karen Walker, the parade director. She fires her Santa, and the old man, who is named Kris Kringle, volunteers to take his place for the children's sake. Kris does so well that he is hired to be the store's main Santa for the holidays.

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Nightdreams (1981)

fantasy film, pornographic film, science fiction film

Two scientists use electric jolts to induce surreal and erotic dreams in a woman named Mrs. Van Houten. The dreams include a series of bizarre scenes, ranging from having sex with a man inside a Cream of Wheat box to a descent into the abyss of Hell.

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Invitation to the Dance (1956)

Musical, fantasy film, musical film

"Circus" The first segment, set to original music composed for the film by Jacques Ibert, is a tragic love triangle set in a mythical land sometime in the past. Kelly plays a clown, who is in love with another circus performer, played by Claire Sombert. She, however, is in love with an aerialist, played by Youskevitch.

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Sabrina, Down Under (1999)

Komödie, comedy film, fantasy film

Sabrina travels to Australia's Great Barrier Reef with Gwen, a fellow witch from England, for a week-long vacation where they try to help protect a hidden mermaid colony whose habitat is threatened by ocean pollution, and by local marine biologist Dr. Julian Martin, who is determined to find the colony as his claim to fame. While Sabrina finds a friendship with Barnaby, a "merman" from the mermaid colony, Salem the cat finds a possible romance with another witch-turned-into-a-cat named Hilary, but finds Sabrina's problems interfering with his plans.

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The Saddest Music in the World (2003)

Drama, Musical, Tragic Comedy Film, musical film

During the Great Depression in 1933 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, beer baroness Lady Helen Port-Huntley announces a competition to find the saddest music in the world, as a publicity stunt to promote her company, Muskeg Beer, as Prohibition is about to end in the United States. The prize is $25,000 "Depression-era dollars" and musicians from all over the world pour into Winnipeg to compete. Chester Kent, a failing Broadway producer, decides to enter the contest representing America, even though he is Canadian and originally from Winnipeg.

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Warriors of Virtue: The Return to Tao (2002)

action film, fantasy film

Despite only a few years having passed in the real world, many decades have passed in Tao, the parallel universe from the first movie. The kangaroos have changed over the years, now appearing little different from normal humans, and a new villain, Dogon, seizes control of Tao from its young queen. Ryan Jeffers and his friend Chucky, now 16-year-old martial arts competitors in Beijing, find themselves unexpectedly transported to Tao where it is shown that they are to become Warriors of Virtue.

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Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979)

comedy film, fantasy film, medieval film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film, time-travel film

After Trimble's NASA spacecraft travels faster than the speed of light, it takes him and his android back to King Arthur's Camelot in the year 508 AD. They then use their 20th-century technology to help defeat a plot by the evil Sir Mordred and Merlin to oust King Arthur from his throne.

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The Adventures of the American Rabbit (1986)

fantasy film

The story begins just after the birth of Robert Rabbit (Barry Gordon). As his parents and friends welcome him into the world, a mysterious old rabbit who is 80 years old, walks with a cane, greets 30-year old and 4-foot (48-inch) tall Rob, and disappears. The old rabbit shows up a few more times throughout Rob's childhood, always disappearing after making comments or inquiries about his talents and attitude.

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead (2009)

Fantasy, Horror comedy, Vampirfilm, comedy film, comedy horror, horror film, vampire film

Unemployed young lothario Julian Marsh is forced by his doctor father to accept a job directing an off-Broadway play called Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead, which is described as a weird adaptation of Hamlet. The play has been written by mysterious, pallid Romanian Theo Horace, a vampire who has just killed a young woman. Unaware of the danger surrounding Theo's play, Julian casts his best friend Vince as Hamlet and uses his new job to impress his ex-girlfriend Anna, an aspiring actress.

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Heartless (2010)

Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, Mysterie, drama film, horror film

Jamie Morgan is a lonely, troubled photographer with a large heart-shaped birthmark that covers nearly half of his face. He is still a virgin at 25 because a lifetime of alienation and bullying have left him unable to make friends or attract women. At the photographic studio, he shares with his brother and nephew Lee, he meets aspiring model Tia.

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