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Plot Summary:
A Southern California kid named Calvin Fuller is magically transported to the medieval kingdom of Camelot through a crack in the ground caused by an earthquake. Once there, he learns he was summoned by the wizard Merlin, who needs Calvin to save Camelot. Using dazzling modern inventions, can Calvin help King Arthur retain his crown and thwart the evil Lord Belasco?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Hungary, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: arthurian, epic, period piece, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, slapstick comedy, epic fantasy, light
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The Stronghold (2017)
Plot Summary:
A solar eclipse activates a magic time portal, and a regular schoolboy Vit'ko from the 21st century goes a thousand years back in time. It doesn’t take Vitya long to recognize the legendary bogatyrs in young Oleshko, powerful Ilya and severe Dobrynya. Their life passes in fighting cumans who try to destroy Rusichi at any cost, using both weapons and black magic. Vitya finds himself in the very midst of incredible events, battles with mythical creatures and acquires real courage.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: captivating, stylized, atmospheric
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Arthur the King (1983)
Plot Summary:
Classic tale of King Arthur and how his wife is kidnapped by his evil sister. Lancelot is sent out to try and retrieve the lost queen and unfortunately falls in love with her. Forbidden love, revenge, family rivalry, and magic are all prominent themes.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 443
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Yugoslavia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, arthurian, exciting, semi serious
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2001)
Plot Summary:
Every hundred years, the evil sorceress Morgana returns to claim Fingall's talisman from Merlin, with which she intends to destroy the world. For the last fourteen hundred years she has failed... now she intends to conquer all. Young Ben Clark moves with his parents to a new town, where he befriends his elderly magician neighbor, Milner. Ben has a natural talent for magic and wants to learn all that he can from this old man. Ben carries the same scar as the original staff-bearer 1,400 years before. Both Morgana and Milner, who is revealed to be Merlin, see this as a sign that this time, the battle between good and evil will be stronger and harder than ever. Ben must make his own choice between good and evil as he is drawn into a battle and must draw on his own spirit and magic to decide which path to follow and hence, the fate of the world as we know it.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 672
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: semi serious, exciting, captivating, arthurian, colorful, psychotronic, colourful
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The Legend of Galgameth (1996)
Plot Summary:
The kingdom of Donnegold is being subverted from within, and young prince Davin must defend against the traitors with the help of a legendary, metal-eating dragon called Galgameth.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 671
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, daikaiju, independent film, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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The Polar Bear King (1991)
Plot Summary:
After his father is killed, Prince Valemon ascends the throne, only to be turned into a polar bear by a bitter witch who wants to be his queen.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 903
Genere: Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Norway, Sweden, Germany, France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, mysterious, exciting, touching, feel good, semi serious, psychotronic
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Warriors of Virtue (1997)
Plot Summary:
A young man, Ryan, suffering from a disability, wishes to join the other kids from his schools football team. During an initiation rite, Ryan is swept away through a whirlpool to the land of Tao. There he is hunted by the evil Lord Komodo, who desires the boy as a key to enter the real world. Ryan is rescued by the protectors of Tao, five humanoid kangaroos, each embued with the five elements and virtues. Ryan learns his valuable lesson while saving the land of Tao.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Hong Kong, China, Canada
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: stylized, disgusting, independent film, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, unusual plot structure, melancholic, surreal, visually appealing
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A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1995)
Plot Summary:
A modern riff of the 1889 novel by Mark Twain.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Canada, France, UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Arthur's Quest (1999)
Plot Summary:
To escape the clutches of the evil warrior and sorceress Morgana, Merlin transports young King Arthur into modern day America. When Merlin comes back ten years later to retrieve him, he finds a hip 15 year-old Arthur who does not believe Merlin, nor does he want to return to the past. Merlin must convince Arthur of his true identity, before Morgana can retrieve Excalibur and allow the Dark Forces to take over the world.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 505
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, semi serious, exciting, light, captivating, sincere, fairy tale, arthurian, independent film
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A Knight in Camelot (1998)
Plot Summary:
Yet another variation on Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee At King Arthur's Court." Here, a computer malfunction causes a science researcher to be sent back in time with her laptop, which she uses to amaze the court.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, captivating, entertaining, parody, slapstick, arthurian, offbeat, semi serious
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1989)
Plot Summary:
After a horse accident, Karen wakes up to find herself in past Britain, close to Camelot, the famous castle of King Arthur.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, witty, semi serious
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Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979)
Plot Summary:
A NASA spacecraft proves Einstein right when, travelling faster than light, it ends up near King Arthur's Camelot. On board are big-hearted Tom Trimble and Hermes, the look-alike robot he built. Tom immediately makes friends with pretty Alisande and enemies with the awful knight Sir Nordred. It seems Nordred is out to oust Arthur, while Alisande's father is not the goose she believes him to be but is also a victim of Nordred's schemes. It's as well the Americans have arrived.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: arthurian, feel good, humorous, semi serious, psychotronic
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Prince Charming (2001)
Plot Summary:
After an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a maiden to kiss and then marry him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, fairy tale, touching, semi serious, humorous, offbeat, mysterious, sex comedy, period piece, costume drama
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Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
Plot Summary:
Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a game with a brave knight. Gawain journeys across the land, learning about life, saving damsels, and solving the Green Knight's riddle.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: fantasy adventure, arthurian, epic, grindhouse, exciting, serious, stylized, independent film, weird, cult film
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Jabberwocky (1977)
Plot Summary:
A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, talky, exciting, surreal, cult classic, stylized, not serious, spoof, sexy
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Dragonheart: A New Beginning (1999)
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When Geoff, an orphaned stable boy (Chris Masterson), discovers Drake (voice of Robby Benson), the world's last living dragon, he realizes that his dream of becoming a knight in shining armor can now come true. Together, they soon face challenges that turn them into heroes. But caught up in the excitement of their new lives, Geoff and Drake fail to see the hidden dangers that surround them.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, action adventure, feel good, captivating, entertaining, mystical, saga, mythical, fantasy adventure, stylized
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The Neverending Story III (1994)
Plot Summary:
A young boy must restore order when a group of bullies steal the magical book that acts as a portal between Earth and the imaginary world of Fantasia.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: offbeat, feel good, fairy tale, mysterious, fantasy adventure, cult classic, action adventure, stylized, semi serious, metafiction
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What would you wish for if you were eleven and could have anything in the world? Your parents don't understand you. Your teenage brother is constantly getting you in trouble...for things he did! You're in love with the twelve-year-old girl across the street... who, unfortunately, is dating the local bully. Then, one afternoon, while being chased by the bully, you fall into a sinkhole, which happens to be in an ancient Indian burial ground. You find a glass, which you discover turns out to be a witchdoctor's Wishing Glass. When Ryan Mitchell discovers the Wishing Glass, he wishes that all the teenagers and parents would disappear. Soon it's "Kids World," with no adults and teenagers - nobody over the age of 12 anywhere! You can only imagine what happens next... *IT'S A CANADIAN FILM*.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 303
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, New Zealand, USA
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Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, suspense
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, entertaining, melancholic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, epic, mysterious, visual, creepy
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The Secret of Moonacre (2008)
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When 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn't know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre Manor.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Hungary, UK, France, Australia, USA, New Zealand
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, sentimental, captivating, mystical, romantic, scenic, mystic, period piece, happy
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The 10th Kingdom (2000)
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Two centuries after Snow White and Cinderella had their adventures, the Nine Kingdoms ready themselves for the coronation of Prince Wendel, Snow White's grandson, to the throne of the Fourth Kingdom. But an evil once-queen has freed herself from prison, and turns the prince into a golden retriever. Wendel, by means of a magic mirror, escapes into a hitherto-unknown Tenth Kingdom (modern day New York City) and meets Virginia and her father Tony. Pursued by trolls, cops, and a wolf in man's form, the three blunder back into the Nine Kingdoms and begin their adventures to restore Wendel to his human form and throne, and find the magic mirror that will take Tony and Virginia back home, all the while unknowing that Virginia already has a connection to the Nine Kingdoms that may prove deadly before we reach Happily Ever After.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 417 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, scenic, feel good, humorous, colorful, cult classic, epic, dark fantasy, visually appealing
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In their quest to confront the ultimate evil, Percy and his friends battle swarms of mythical creatures to find the mythical Golden Fleece and to stop an ancient evil from rising.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 124000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 96 min
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In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 444000
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, romantic, surreal, absurd, visual, cute, costume drama, aesthetic
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A live-action retelling of the 1992 Disney film of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 285000
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In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 129000
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 282000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
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Martin Lawrence plays Jamal, an employee in Medieval World amusement park. After sustaining a blow to the head, he awakens to find himself in 14th century England.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, hilarious, funny, parody, entertaining, light, slapstick, captivating, sweet
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 164000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 369000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, offbeat, light, humorous, fairy tale, funny, feel good, epic, atmospheric