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Plot Summary:
A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 97000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, gothic, gothic horror, dark, suspense, stylized, exciting, scary, serious, brutal
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Salem (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in the volatile world of 17th century Massachusetts, 'Salem' explores what really fueled the town's infamous witch trials and dares to uncover the dark, supernatural truth hiding behind the veil of this infamous period in American history. In Salem, witches are real, but they are not who or what they seem.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, gothic horror, stylized, serious, erotic, sexy, gothic, bloody
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Attack of the Gryphon (2007)
Plot Summary:
In a mystical land torn apart by civil war, a warrior princess must team up with a rival warrior prince to hunt down an evil sorcerer who has summoned a giant flying demon which is terrorizing their land.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, serious
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The Hexer (2001)
Plot Summary:
The TV series and the film were loosely based on Andrzej Sapkowski's book series The Witcher (Wiedźmin).
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Poland
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, offbeat
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Kull the Conqueror (1997)
Plot Summary:
A barbarian named Kull becomes ruler after defeating the old king in battle, thus receiving his crown. But direct heirs of the king, trying to topple Kull and regain the throne, bring an old witch queen Akivasha back to life. Their plan backfires, however, as Akivasha plans to have her demon lords rule the kingdom alone. The only thing that can stop her is the breath of the god Volka, and Kull.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, sexy, saga, dark fantasy, offbeat, serious, parody, light, humorous, entertaining
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Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
Plot Summary:
Based somewhat more authentically on the Grimm Brothers' story of a young woman who is unliked by her stepmother, the film includes the talking mirror, a poisoned apple, and some ruffian gold (not diamond) miners (and they aren't dwarfs or cute). It takes place at the time of the Crusades, and depicts the attitudes of the wealthy and the peasant classes toward one another.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: gothic, fairy tale, dark, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, mysterious, folk tale, fantasy adventure, cult classic
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Sleepy Hollow (2013)
Plot Summary:
Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, atmospheric, serious, detective, bloody, exciting, suspense, offbeat, dread
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The Brothers Grimm (2005)
Plot Summary:
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic, UK
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, dark fantasy, gothic, entertaining, period piece, surreal, visual, exciting, stylized, mystical
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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
Plot Summary:
After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their past.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 215000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, dark fantasy, exciting, suspenseful, splatter, action packed, dark, mystical, fantasy adventure, action adventure
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Black Death (2010)
Plot Summary:
As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are charged by the church to investigate. Their journey is filled with danger, but it's upon entering the village that their true horror begins.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, dark, bleak, scary, period piece, serious, suspenseful, suspense, surreal
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Outlander (2008)
Plot Summary:
During the reign of the Vikings, a man from another world crash-lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator. The man must fuse his advanced technology with the weaponry of the vikings to fight the monster.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, France, Czech Republic
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: epic, exciting, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, dark fantasy, cult classic, action adventure, stylized, suspense
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Solomon Kane (2009)
Plot Summary:
A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncing violence, but finds some things are worth burning for as he fights to free a young Puritan woman from the grip of evil.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, gothic, dark, atmospheric, gothic horror, bleak, exciting, stylized, visually stunning, rough
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Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
Plot Summary:
After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive. Almost a decade later, a grown Snow White is still in the clutches of the Queen. In order to obtain immortality, The Evil Queen needs the heart of Snow White. After Snow escapes the castle, the Queen sends the Huntsman to find her in the Dark Forest.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 299000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, dark fantasy, exciting, scenic, intense, dark, visual, teen, epic, mystical
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
Plot Summary:
Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 168000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, visually appealing, exciting, entertaining, dark fantasy, stylized, gothic, romantic, semi serious, teen
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Van Helsing (2004)
Plot Summary:
Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 281000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, scary, suspenseful, fairy tale, gothic horror, entertaining, serious, stylized
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Conan the Destroyer (1984)
Plot Summary:
Based on a character created by Robert E. Howard, this fast-paced, occasionally humorous sequel to Conan the Barbarian features the hero (Arnold Schwarzenegger) as he is commissioned by the evil queen Taramis (Sarah Douglas) to safely escort a teen princess (Olivia D'Abo) and her powerful bodyguard (Wilt Chamberlain) to a far away castle to retrieve the magic Horn of Dagon. Unknown to Conan, the queen plans to sacrifice the princess when she returns and inherit her kingdom after the bodyguard kills Conan. The queen's plans fail to take into consideration Conan's strength and cunning and the abilities of his sidekicks: the eccentric wizard Akiro (Mako), the wild woman Zula (Grace Jones), and the inept Malak (Tracey Walter). Together the hero and his allies must defeat both mortal and supernatural foes in this voyage to sword-and-sorcery land.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: stylized, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, cult classic, dark fantasy, epic, epic fantasy, fantasy adventure, action packed
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Dracula Untold (2014)
Plot Summary:
Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an army of 1,000 boys, including Vlad's son, he vows to find a way to protect his family. Vlad turns to dark forces in order to get the power to destroy his enemies and agrees to go from hero to monster as he's turned into the mythological vampire Dracula.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 205000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, scary, suspenseful, serious, fairy tale, epic, intense, psychotronic
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Clash of the Titans (2010)
Plot Summary:
Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, Perseus and his warriors will only survive if Perseus accepts his power as a god, defies fate and creates his own destiny.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 290000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, serious, stylized, mythical, fairy tale, action adventure, mystical, epic fantasy, epic
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
Plot Summary:
One year after their incredible adventures in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Susan Pevensie return to Narnia to aid a young prince whose life has been threatened by the evil King Miraz. Now, with the help of a colorful cast of new characters, including Trufflehunter the badger and Nikabrik the dwarf, the Pevensie clan embarks on an incredible quest to ensure that Narnia is returned to its rightful heir.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 222000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, UK
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: christian film, fairy tale, epic, feel good, saga, entertaining, spiritual, fantasy adventure, mystical, gothic
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The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
Plot Summary:
Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile Sinbad meets the Vizier who has another part of the interlocking golden map, and they mount a quest across the seas to solve the riddle of the map.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, light, suspense, humorous, stylized, semi serious, cult classic, mythical, mystical, epic
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The Mummy (1999)
Plot Summary:
Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell and his companion, Beni stumble upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle in 1923, 3,000 years after Imhotep has suffered a fate worse than death – his body will remain undead for all eternity as a punishment for a forbidden love.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 453000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: exciting, scary, entertaining, funny, suspense, semi serious, cult classic, horror comedy, dieselpunk, humorous
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SAGA: Curse of the Shadow (2013)
Plot Summary:
A secret cabal, The Shadow, works to bring about the return of Goth Azul - the Undead God - in the rich world of SAGA, populated by elves, orcs, dwarves and dragons. A ruthless elven bounty huntress (Nemyt) shoots down the dragon ridden by the fugitive orc shaman, Fangtor Bloodmoon. When Fangtor refuses to surrender quietly, the huntress must battle for her own life against the dangerous villain, and comes away with more than just his head.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, independent film
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The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
Plot Summary:
The modern world holds many secrets, but by far the most astounding is that witches still live among us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world and putting an end to the human race once and for all. Armies of witch hunters have battled this unnatural enemy for centuries, including Kaulder, a valiant warrior who many years ago slayed the all-powerful Witch Queen, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the Queen cursed Kaulder with immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter. Today, Kaulder is the last living hunter who has spent his immortal life tracking down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost family.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, China, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, mystical, suspenseful, psychotronic, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, mystic
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The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)
Plot Summary:
As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land, two renegades—Eric the Huntsman, who aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna in Snowwhite and the Huntsman, and his forbidden lover, Sara—set out to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 118000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, China
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, dark fantasy, exciting, absurd, intense, suspense, sentimental, sincere, captivating, action adventure
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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
Plot Summary:
When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword Excalibur from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy... whether he likes it or not.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 229000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: epic, entertaining, suspense, arthurian, period piece, costume drama, visually stunning, stylized, psychotronic, fairy tale
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Plot Summary:
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 859000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: epic, breathtaking, captivating, exciting, scenic, dark fantasy, epic fantasy, visually stunning, saga, fairy tale
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Conan the Barbarian (2011)
Plot Summary:
A quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the fierce Cimmerian warrior soon turns into an epic battle against hulking rivals, horrific monsters, and impossible odds, as Conan (Jason Momoa) realizes he is the only hope of saving the great nations of Hyboria from an encroaching reign of supernatural evil.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 102000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Bulgaria, Germany, India
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, exciting, epic, psychotronic, brutal, stylized, rough, bloody, light, action adventure
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Seventh Son (2014)
Plot Summary:
John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 80000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Canada, China
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, exciting, fairy tale, epic, absurd, scenic, stylized, satanic, teen, dark comedy
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Warcraft (2016)
Plot Summary:
The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 275000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: China, USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: exciting, dark fantasy, psychotronic, captivating, fairy tale, uplifting, breathtaking, saga, action adventure, mystic
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Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
Plot Summary:
In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: gothic, atmospheric, suspense, period piece, exciting, gothic horror, serious, costume drama, visual, historical drama
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Plot Summary:
Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard, Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 554000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: romantic, exciting, witty, humorous, semi serious, mystical, epic, saga, intense, confusing