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Plot Summary:
To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 405000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: existential, crying, psychotronic, buddy comedy, metafiction, postmodern, interesting, masterpiece
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Candy (1968)
Plot Summary:
Based on Terry Southern's satirical novel, a send-up of Voltaire's Candide. Young Candy is a high school girl who seeks truth and meaning in life, encountering a variety of kookie characters and humorous sexual situations in the process.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychedelic, melancholic, humorous, suspense, stylized, semi serious, realistic, surreal, sexual
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Ghost Chase (1987)
Plot Summary:
In an old Hollywood mansion, the spirit of an old family retainer inhabits an old grandfather clock. When a movie company uses the mansion for a film, the spirit inhabits the body of an alien and persuades the two filmmakers to track down an old house that will resolve a family scandal.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 929
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: West Germany
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, crying, independent film, urban fantasy
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Fun Size (2012)
Plot Summary:
Wren is invited to a Halloween party by her crush, Aaron Riley, but she is also forced by her mother to take her oddball little brother Albert with her when she goes out trick-or-treating on Halloween. When she goes to the party instead, she loses him and must find him before her mother finds out.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, funny, feel good, light, teen
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Abnormal Attraction (2018)
Plot Summary:
In a world where mythical creatures are real, monsters and humans are forced to coexist; and as prejudice and insecurity pulls everyone apart, three separate storylines manage to come together.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)
Plot Summary:
The story of best friends Barb and Star, who leave their small midwestern town for the first time to go on vacation in Vista Del Mar, Florida, where they soon find themselves tangled up in adventure, love, and a villain’s evil plot to kill everyone in town.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, parody, surreal, anamorphic, cult classic
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Dinosaur Island (1994)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to lush Dinosaur Island, where a tribe of gorgeous cavedwelling warrior women satisfy the exotic fantasies of five downed military airmen. Fearsome battles with the island's ferocious maneating dinosaurs are the only disruption of their seductive pleasures on this island paradise. Narrowly surviving with their lives, the rugged men fall under the seductive spell of their lovely captors and soon find their every dream fulfilled.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, independent film, psychotronic, sex comedy, erotic, semi serious, spoof, parody, cult film
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Barbarella (1968)
Plot Summary:
In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: futuristic, psychedelic, surreal, grindhouse, erotic, stylized, psychotronic, offbeat, visual, sex comedy
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Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
Plot Summary:
A Beverly Hills housewife in the middle of a divorce tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter's Wilderness Girls troop.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: family comedy, independent film, sentimental, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, crying, hispanic, weeping
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How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
Plot Summary:
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: satirical, dark comedy, light, enigmatic, ironic, talky, cynical, humorous, surreal, black comedy
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The First Wives Club (1996)
Plot Summary:
After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts - in the wallet!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, funny, entertaining, hilarious, captivating, romantic comedy, sweet, satirical
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Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
Plot Summary:
Two not-too-bright party girls reinvent themselves for their high school reunion. Armed with a borrowed Jaguar, new clothes and the story of their success as the inventors of Post-It notes, Romy and Michele descend on their alma mater, but their façade crumbles quickly.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, cult classic, hilarious, light, teen, entertaining, romantic comedy, relaxing, touching
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Plot Summary:
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK, West Germany, Spain, USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, visual, cult classic, visually appealing, visually stunning, mind blowing, epic, mindfuck, surreal, offbeat
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Plot Summary:
King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 563000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: absurd, humorous, surreal, parody, ironic, spoof, funny, slapstick, hilarious, dark comedy
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Ladyhawke (1985)
Plot Summary:
Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Italy, UK
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, dark fantasy, touching, atmospheric, period piece, sentimental, epic fantasy, fantasy adventure, captivating, epic
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Gulliver's Travels (2010)
Plot Summary:
Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, entertaining, satirical, absurd, funny, social, hilarious, teen, not serious
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Wonka (2023)
Plot Summary:
The origin of Willy Wonka and his adventures into Loompa Land.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, psychotronic, interesting, urban fantasy
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The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
Plot Summary:
Kate Pierce is reluctantly spending Christmas with her mom’s new boyfriend and his son Jack. But when the North Pole and Christmas are threatened to be destroyed, Kate and Jack are unexpectedly pulled into a new adventure with Santa Claus.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, captivating, fairy tale, funny
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Hook (1991)
Plot Summary:
The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—did just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. But a trip to see Granny Wendy in London, where the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland, could lead to a chance at redemption, in this family-oriented fantasy from director Steven Spielberg.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 269000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sweet, stylized, feel good, inspirational, touching, entertaining, sentimental, humorous, exciting
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13 Going on 30 (2004)
Plot Summary:
After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. With a little magic, her wish is granted, but it turns out that being thirty isn't as always as awesome as she thought it would be!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 210000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, light, funny, romantic comedy, sentimental, cute, teen, entertaining, sweet
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Wicked Stepmother (1989)
Plot Summary:
A mother/daughter pair of witches descend on a yuppie family's home and cause havoc, one at a time since they share one body & the other must live in a cat the rest of the time. Now it's up to the family's mother, a private detective and a suspended police officer to try and stop the witches.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, offbeat, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, campy
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Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
Plot Summary:
Wonder Woman comes into conflict with the Soviet Union during the Cold War in the 1980s and finds a formidable foe by the name of the Cheetah.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 287000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: entertaining, intense, emotional, suspense, action adventure, funny, retro, enigmatic, saga, period piece
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The Golden Compass (2007)
Plot Summary:
After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 195000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, epic, visual, visually stunning, aesthetic, dark fantasy, mystical, spiritual, exciting, atmospheric
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Lady Bird (2017)
Plot Summary:
A California high school student plans to escape from her family and small town by going to college in New York.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 318000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, art house, realistic, gothic, semi serious, cute, teen, comedy drama, indie film, aesthetic
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Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Plot Summary:
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 494000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: cerebral, surreal, philosophical, emotional, mind bending, psychedelic, entertaining, thought provoking, visually stunning, funny
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)
Plot Summary:
Billy Batson and his foster siblings, who transform into superheroes by saying "Shazam!", are forced to get back into action and fight the Daughters of Atlas, who they must stop from using a weapon that could destroy the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 115000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, tense, captivating, entertaining, surprise ending, lgbt cinema, psychotronic, interesting
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The Marvels (2023)
Plot Summary:
Carol Danvers, Monica Rambeau, and Kamala Khan trade places with each other every time they use their powers and must team up to fix their problem.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, exciting, humorous, suspense, entertaining, anime, light, surprise ending, crying
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Jumanji (1995)
Plot Summary:
When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for freedom is to finish the game, which proves risky as all three find themselves running from giant rhinoceroses, evil monkeys and other terrifying creatures.
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
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The Cat in the Hat (2003)
Plot Summary:
Conrad and Sally Walden are home alone with their pet fish. It is raining outside, and there is nothing to do. Until The Cat in the Hat walks in the front door. He introduces them to their imagination, and at first it's all fun and games, until things get out of hand, and The Cat must go, go, go, before their parents get back.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: stylized, humorous, feel good, entertaining, semi serious, offbeat, mysterious, black comedy, freeze frame, slapstick comedy
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Plot Summary:
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 513000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, stylized, colorful, offbeat, visual, touching, visually stunning, funny, sweet
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
Plot Summary:
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 205000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Iceland, Ireland, Australia
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: action adventure, psychotronic, epic fantasy, surprise ending, interesting