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Avatar (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization
Duration: 162 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 14000000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: alien, fantasy world, ecology, culture clash, creature, beautiful scenery, battles, alien life-form, space and aliens, alien planet, space travel, alien encounter, scientist, human nature, distant planet, space colony, interracial relations, mysterious planet, escapades, mythology, choice, expedition, interspecies romance, jungle, fighting the system
Mr. Nobody (2009)
Plot Summary:
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092
Duration: 141 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 243000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Belgium, Germany, Canada, France, UK, Luxembourg, USA
Plot tags: time, philosophy, destiny, alternate reality, surrealism, butterfly effect, depression, utopia, choice, twists and turns, multiple outcomes, bittersweet, parallel world, life changing experience, time travel, parallel universe, immortality, love and romance, borderline personality disorder, existentialism, divorce, death, first love, imaginary, coming of age
Magadheera (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Harsha, a bike stunter from Vishakapatnam, accidentally meets Indu, he discovers his warrior life Kala Bhairava in his last birth. the remaining story portrays how Indu and Kala Bhairava are connected
Duration: 147 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: reincarnation, true love, past life, supernatural, fall in love, danger, lovers reunited, heroes, rivalry, curses spells and rituals, death, warrior, chase, motorcyclist, fashion, meditation, tragic love, love and romance, love affair, lovers apart, old love, renewed love, love, dancing, princess
Coraline (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, with caring parents and all her dreams coming true. When the Other Mother invites Coraline to stay in her world forever, the girl refuses and finds that the alternate reality where she is trapped is only a trick to lure her
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 257000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Plot tags: stop motion, children, monster, parallel world, alternate reality, weirdo, doll, secret place, heroine, fantasy world, loneliness, imagination, danger, family relations, alternate world, young heroes, clue, parents and children, magic, nightmare, imaginary, save the day, distopia, dream, goth
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Plot Summary:
As Harry begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as 'Property of the Half-Blood Prince', and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past
Duration: 153 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 582000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: harry potter, witch, magic, magical, witchcraft, teenager, school, good versus evil, chosen one, wizards and magicians, young heroes, boarding school, boarding school life, danger, supernatural ability, prophecy, secret place, obsessive quest, mentor, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, death, boy hero, magic wand, spell
The Secret of Kells (2009)
Plot Summary:
Adventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to finish Brother Aiden's book, Brendan must overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that will take him beyond the abbey walls and into the enchanted forest where dangerous mythical creatures hide. Will Brendan succeed in his quest?
Duration: 71 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Belgium, France
Plot tags: good versus evil, magic, legends and myths, medieval, monastery, imaginary, self discovery, heroic mission, fairy, viking, children, art, obsessive quest, woods, pagan, secrets, folklore, mythology, nature, storytelling, childhood, forest, witch, teenager, women
Yahsi Bati - The Ottoman Cowboys (2009)
Plot Summary:
Two Ottoman government officials travel to USA in 19th Century in order to give gift to President from Sultan of Ottoman
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Western
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: horse, cowboy, robbery, theft, escapades, gem, disorder, silly humor, mission gone awry, turk, wrestling, diamond, native american, profanity, card playing, wanted, special agent, violent content, indians, tribe, church, diplomat, usa president, american indian, u.s. president
Wonder Woman (2009)
Plot Summary:
On the mystical island of Themyscira, a proud and fierce warrior race of Amazons have raised a daughter of untold beauty, grace and strength: Princess Diana. When an Army fighter pilot, Steve Trevor, crash-lands on the island, the rebellious and headstrong Diana defies Amazonian law by accompanying Trevor back to civilization
Duration: 74 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, female warrior, wonder woman, heroes, vengeance, heroine, betrayal, revenge, women, justice, brutality, vigilantism, vigilante, good versus evil, comic book, rescue, superpower, heroic mission, princess, pilot, rivalry, master villain, save the world, escapades, danger
Enter the Void (2009)
Plot Summary:
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar (Nathaniel Brown), a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda (Paz de la Huerta). When Oscar is killed by police during a bust gone bad, his spirit journeys from the past -- where he sees his parents before their deaths -- to the present -- where he witnesses his own autopsy -- and then to the future, where he looks out for his sister from beyond the grave
Duration: 161 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan
Plot tags: surrealism, afterlife, trippy, hallucination, lsd, stripper, drug trip, life after death, male nudity, youth, incest, sex, drug, explicit sex, abortion, death of father, death of mother, drug use, existentialism, storytelling, oral sex, supernatural, junkie, siblings relations, drug dealing
Green Lantern: First Flight (2009)
Plot Summary:
Test pilot Hal Jordan finds himself recruited as the newest member of the intergalactic police force, The Green Lantern Corps
Duration: 77 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, comic book, good versus evil, betrayal, frame up, law enforcement, heroic mission, intergalactic, pilot, theft, supernatural ability, imaginary, secret identity, master villain, protagonist as suspect, battles, murder, test pilot, false accusation, multiverse, torture, villain, green lantern, distopia, superpower
Thirst (2009)
Plot Summary:
Sang-hyun (Song Kang-ho), a respected priest, volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life as a vampire. Now, Sang-hyun is torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for Tae-ju (Kim Ok-vin), the wife of his childhood friend
Duration: 134 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: South Korea, USA
Plot tags: vampire, supernatural, priest, deadly virus, infection, death, experiment gone awry, macabre, murder, doctor, transformation, infidelity, danger, character change, gore, violence, pandemic, asian, violent, epidemic, bloodsucker, virus, religion, betrayal, gory
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)
Plot Summary:
United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite meteor to frame Superman and declare a $1 billion bounty on the heads of the Man of Steel and his ‘partner in crime’, Batman. Heroes and villains alike launch a relentless pursuit of Superman and Batman, who must unite—and recruit help—to try and stave off the action-packed onslaught, stop the meteor Luthors plot
Duration: 67 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, batman, good versus evil, justice, frame up, false accusation, superman, violence, transformation, comic book, heroes, fight scenes, heroism, supernatural power, danger, save the world, u.s. president, save the planet, imaginary, dishonesty, master villain, uninhibited rivalry, murder, space travel, fistfight
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Plot Summary:
A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 162000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Plot tags: princess, jazz, good versus evil, prince, magical, disney princess, animal life, imaginary, cinderella story, love and romance, dream, fall in love, transformation, human becomes animal, restaurant, firefly, girl, enemies to lovers, happy ending, talking animal, frog, turned into an animal, curses spells and rituals, african american, interracial romance
The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
Plot Summary:
Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 156000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: time travel, time, time traveler, love story, love and romance, fall in love, time paradox, time loop, love affair, true love, tragic love, marriage, travel, couple relations, supernatural ability, impossible love, disappearance, supernatural romance, bittersweet, supernatural, relationships, first love, parallel universe, imaginary, lifestyle
9 (2009)
Plot Summary:
When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good
Duration: 79 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 146000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Luxembourg
Plot tags: steampunk, apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopia, survival, danger, technology gone awry, life is a bitch, vestiges of humanity, distopia, fate of humanity, robot, save the world, parallel world, end of the world, artificial intelligence, transformation, alternate history, scientist, man versus machine, hopes, heroes, friendship, post apocalyptic, trippy
Hulk Vs. (2009)
Plot Summary:
Two stories featuring Marvel's anti-hero The Incredible Hulk and his encounters with the X-Man Wolverine and the god known as Thor
Duration: 82 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, battles, supernatural, experiment gone awry, hulk, comic book, danger, imaginary, monster, heroes, mutant, beast, blood, alien, mature, family life, trap, supernatural ability, escapades, rivalry, fighting crime, wilderness, countryside, disorder, top secret
Triangle (2009)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around the passengers of a yachting trip in the Atlantic Ocean who, when struck by mysterious weather conditions, jump to another ship only to experience greater havoc on the open seas
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 127000
Genere: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Plot tags: time loop, twists and turns, ship, time travel, supernatural, ghost ship, ocean, insanity, isolation, gory, time paradox, macabre, shipwreck, bermuda triangle, plot twist, deja vu, masked killer, danger, blood, murder, ghost, murder mystery, survival, puzzle, paradox
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Plot Summary:
Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But when the falling food reaches gargantuan proportions, Flint must scramble to avert disaster. Can he regain control of the machine and put an end to the wild weather before the town is destroyed?
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 252000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: food, inventor, nerd, natural disaster, father son relationship, mad scientist, greed, small town, parents and children, save the world, friendship, weatherman, goofy hero, fall in love, social misfits, inventions and discoveries, disorder, save the day, chaos, monkey, restaurant, cooking, scientist, mayor, technophobia
Ink (2009)
Plot Summary:
Invisible forces exert power over us in our sleep. A mercenary named Ink, on a literal nightmare mission, captures the spirit of 8-year-old Emma in the dream world. To save her, the dream-givers marshal all their resources, focusing on saving the soul of Emma's tragically broken father
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: another dimension, parallel universe, good versus evil, imagination, supernatural, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, time paradox, fantasy world, existentialism, surrealism, dystopia, nightmare, trippy, mind control, imaginary kingdom, sacrifice, alien, magic, time travel, addiction, myth, occult, consciousness, little girl
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
Plot Summary:
A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting
Duration: 123 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 153000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Canada
Plot tags: surrealism, imaginary kingdom, deal with the devil, mysterious character, magic, imagination, destiny, transformation, bet, magical, steampunk, insanity, trippy, immortality, creativity, eccentricity, alternate reality, good versus evil, circus, deal, ancient, chases and races, escapades, choice, danger
A Christmas Carol (2009)
Plot Summary:
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption
Duration: 96 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 126000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: christmas, holiday, ghost, scrooge, redemption, snow, time travel, christmas spirit, greed, christmas eve, regret, victorian england, life changing experience, christmas season, rich and poor, supernatural, human nature, coldhearted, afterlife, christmas carol, xmas, adaptation, winter, lesson, charles dickens
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Plot Summary:
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts -- Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander -- crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways
Duration: 101 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Germany, USA, Australia
Plot tags: childhood, creature, mischievous children, imaginary kingdom, fantasy world, imagination, loneliness, island, children, coming of age, youth, anger, surrealism, magical, child, unlikely friendships, boy, storytelling, journey, adventurer, imaginary, young heroes, friendship, forgiveness, family relations
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009)
Plot Summary:
A blue harvest moon will rise, allowing the fairies to use a precious moonstone to restore the Pixie Dust Tree, the source of all their magic. But when Tinker Bell accidentally puts all of Pixie Hollow in jeopardy, she must venture out across the sea on a secret quest to set things right
Duration: 81 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, India
Plot tags: fairy, friendship, imaginary kingdom, mischievous children, magic, supernatural, imaginary, tinkerbell, pirate, heroes, friends, family relations, escapades, danger, disorder, siblings relations, young heroes, good versus evil, curses spells and rituals, mission, female protagonist, peter pan, small town, love, teenager
The Lovely Bones (2009)
Plot Summary:
After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal
Duration: 135 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 177000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, New Zealand
Plot tags: afterlife, serial killer, murderer, family drama, rape, pedophile, loss of daughter, teenage girl, murder mystery, missing child, death in the family, investigation, heaven, child killer, loss of family member, dealing with death, father daughter relationship, tragic event, loss of child, grief, mother daughter relationship, teenager, serial child killer, serial murder, child murderess
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
Plot Summary:
A prequel to the first two Underworld films, this fantasy explains the origins of the feud between the Vampires and the Lycans. Aided by his secret love, Sonja, courageous Lucian leads the Lycans in battle against brutal Vampire king Viktor. Determined to break the king's enslavement of his people, Lucian faces off against the Death Dealer army in a bid for Lycan independence
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 166000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand, Australia
Plot tags: vampire, werewolf, sword fight, beast, monster, supernatural, vengeance, dungeon, transformation, fictional war, castle, immortality, dark hero, battles, evil empire, aristocracy, supernatural romance, lovers, leader, apocalypse, survival, superhero, revenge, brutality, chase
The Invention of Lying (2009)
Plot Summary:
Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 147000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: atheism, society, alternate reality, rags to riches, love and romance, misfit, truth, love triangle, satire, life after death, life philosophy, existentialism, creativity, stupidity, dishonesty, religion, disorder, pretense, alternate history, homeless, distopia, overnight success, dating, fictional reality, loser
Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to a covert government compound. She is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of Monsters
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 173000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: alien, alien invasion, giant, superhero, monster, robot, mad scientist, evil alien, giant robot, space and aliens, unlikely friendships, mutant, fantasy world, talking animal, save the world, good versus evil, heroic mission, heroes, invasion, escapades, team, rivalry, danger, imaginary, secret place
17 Again (2009)
Plot Summary:
On the brink of a midlife crisis, 30-something Mike O'Donnell wishes he could have a "do-over." And that's exactly what he gets when he wakes up one morning to find he's 17 years old again. With his adult mind stuck inside the body of a teenager, Mike actually has the chance to reverse some decisions he wishes he'd never made. But maybe they weren't so bad after all
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 213000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: high school, youth, body swapping, teenage life, teenager, popularity, adolescence vs adulthood, family relations, high school life, bullying, college, adult as child, parents and children, adolescence, wish come true, switching places, school, transformation, hopes, basketball, teenage girl, coming of age, social relations, high school sports, cheerleader
Cold Souls (2009)
Plot Summary:
Paul Giamatti stars as himself, agonizing over his interpretation of "Uncle Vanya." Paralyzed by anxiety, he stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-tech company promising to alleviate suffering by extracting souls. Giamatti enlists their service -- only to discover that his soul is the shape and size of a chickpea
Duration: 101 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Plot tags: existentialism, loneliness, depression, art, artists and showbiz, life turned upside down, actor's life, self discovery, lifestyle, disorder, hopes, introspection, satire, husband wife relationship, hotel, suicide, lonely, filmmaking, soul selling, trouble, cognitive science, profanity, redemption, switching roles, human nature
The Revenant (2009)
Plot Summary:
A horror movie/buddy comedy about Joey and his undead friend Bart who comes back from the dead as a revenant: an articulate zombie that needs to drink blood to arrest the decomposition of his body
Duration: 117 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Plot tags: zombie, supernatural, vampire, vigilante, imaginary, partner, police, dark humor, vigilantism, criminal heroes, undead, epidemic, gore, shark, apocalypse, ghost, virus, military, halloween, underground, living dead, dead, joke, buddy, flesh eater