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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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The Woman King (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Action, Drama, History
Country: USA, South Africa, Ireland
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, dramatic, harsh, period piece, powerful, surprise ending, epic, black cinema
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Robin Hood (2018)
Plot Summary:
A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, action adventure, fairy tale, scenic, stylized, epic, mystic, period piece, costume drama
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The Legend of Hercules (2014)
Plot Summary:
In Ancient Greece 1200 B.C., a queen succumbs to the lust of Zeus to bear a son promised to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the king and restore peace to a land in hardship. But this prince, Hercules, knows nothing of his real identity or his destiny. He desires only one thing: the love of Hebe, Princess of Crete, who has been promised to his own brother. When Hercules learns of his greater purpose, he must choose: to flee with his true love or to fulfill his destiny and become the true hero of his time. The story behind one of the greatest myths is revealed in this action-packed epic - a tale of love, sacrifice and the strength of the human spirit.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Bulgaria, Germany
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, stylized, grindhouse, epic, fairy tale, perverse, surprise ending, psychotronic, bad ending
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Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
Plot Summary:
Vampire death dealer Selene fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. With her only allies, David and his father Thomas, she must stop the eternal war between Lycans and Vampires, even if it means she has to make the ultimate sacrifice.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 80000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, stylized, dark, bloody, splatter, saga, exciting, tense, captivating
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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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Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Plot Summary:
Thor is on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the prophecy of destruction to his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 801000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: entertaining, action comedy, funny, saga, action adventure, epic, stylized, exciting, dark fantasy, atmospheric
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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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Season of the Witch (2011)
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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Mirror Mirror (2012)
Plot Summary:
After she spends all her money, an evil enchantress queen schemes to marry a handsome, wealthy prince. There's just one problem - he's in love with a beautiful princess, Snow White. Now, joined by seven rebellious dwarves, Snow White launches an epic battle of good vs. evil.
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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Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Plot Summary:
Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 715000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, humorous, dark fantasy, heroic, stylized, visually stunning, psychotronic, epic, saga
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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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The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
Plot Summary:
Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 185000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: scenic, exciting, absurd, visually stunning, fairy tale, tense, romantic, action adventure, thought provoking, captivating
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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 Great Wall (2016)
Plot Summary:
European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 144000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, dark fantasy, entertaining, epic, absurd, stylized, colorful, psychotronic, mystical, captivating
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
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Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore will need to seek help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 302000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: mysterious, dark fantasy, breathtaking, atmospheric, exciting, saga, mystical, fairy tale, mystic, fantasy adventure
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Clash of the Titans (2010)
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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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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Plot Summary:
Captain Barbossa, long believed to be dead, has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. But nothing is quite as it seems.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 682000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, stylized, dark fantasy, humorous, surreal, semi serious, funny, saga, visually stunning
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Hellboy (2019)
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Hellboy comes to England, where he must defeat Nimue, Merlin's consort and the Blood Queen. But their battle will bring about the end of the world, a fate he desperately tries to turn away.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria, Canada, Portugal, France
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: dark fantasy, action adventure, bleak, enigmatic, epic, captivating, suspense, mystical, slasher, mystic
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Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 422000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, fairy tale, funny, inspirational
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The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
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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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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
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 128000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, scenic, exciting, atmospheric, cult classic, epic, intense, stylized, semi serious, visual
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Seventh Son (2014)
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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
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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
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 145000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada, USA, France
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IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 20000000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: epic, atmospheric, scenic, breathtaking, stylized, exciting, fairy tale, heroic, suspenseful, captivating
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Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 17000000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
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Plot tags: atmospheric, epic, captivating, exciting, dark fantasy, scenic, heroic, breathtaking, visually stunning, cult classic
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Plot Summary:
Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam bring the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark lord's realm.
IMDB Rating: 9.0
IMDB Votes: 19000000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 201 min
Plot tags: epic, atmospheric, stylized, breathtaking, exciting, captivating, heroic, cult classic, scenic, visually appealing
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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