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Plot Summary:
The great sorcerer Merlin has returned to Camelot, a kingdom now vulnerable to ill fates and war since the theft of the Holy Grail, its greatest gift and protection. With the help of Jack, an irascible young beggar-thief imbued with his own unruly magic, the fight against unknown dangers begins-to find the Grail, restore it to its rightful place, and bring Camelot back to its glory days.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 176 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, humorous, semi serious, arthurian, exciting, fairy tale, epic, costume drama, offbeat, vintage
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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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Merlin: The Return (2000)
Plot Summary:
"Merlin: The Return" is the story of the battle between good and evil. The dark forces of Mordred are pitted against the mythical sorcery of Merlin. Mordred and his mother Morgana have been imprisoned in another world for the past 1500 years while Merlin's magical powers kept them at bay. However, in the present, a scientist accidentally finds the gateway to the other world and is about to release Mordred into 20th Century life. Arthur is reawakened from his slumber and together with Merlin, tries to find a way to stop Mordred from re-entering this world.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 790
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: semi serious, exciting, captivating, arthurian, independent film
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Arabian Nights (2000)
Plot Summary:
Scheherezade puts herself in danger to save Sultan Schariar, her childhood friend, from the madness that has gripped him since the death of his cheating wife at his own hands.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Turkey, Jordan, USA
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: epic, exciting, fairy tale, humorous, semi serious, mysterious, multicultural, period piece, costume drama, dark fantasy
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Tales from the Neverending Story (2001)
Plot Summary:
Twelve-year-old Bastian Balthazar Bux had lost the wonderful imagination he had as a child somewhere between growing older, watching TV, going to school and playing with his Gameboy. But when his mother dies suddenly, Bastian's limitless imagination is reborn. Bastian comes across a magical book, 'The Neverending Story,' in a curious little bookstore. Inspired by the book, Bastian creates an enchanted world called Fantasia, inhabited by dragons, dark knights and assorted heroes and villains.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 923
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 375 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, stylized, semi serious, fairy tale, exciting, serious, nostalgic
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Snow Queen (2002)
Plot Summary:
The Snow Queen is a powerful story of friendship and the triumph of love over wickedness. The story follows a young woman who is forced to battle the wicked snow queen in order to save the soul of the man she loves.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, stylized, semi serious, humorous, epic, period drama
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Voyage of the Unicorn (2001)
Plot Summary:
One day the Aislings find themselves magically transported to a ship called the Unicorn. Here, they discover that they've been chosen to fulfill an incredible quest! They undergo an incredible journey of discovery in strange lands with enchanted creatures, but find their voyage is really one of the spirit, as they each learn faith and the power of love.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: stylized, touching, inspirational, sentimental, epic, semi serious, fairy tale
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Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001)
Plot Summary:
Jack Robinson is a wealthy business man with no time for anything but work. However, a family curse is looming over him - no man in the Robinson line ever lives past the age of thirty. With his upcoming birthday appears the remains of literally giant skeleton and a mysterious woman who claims to have once known the giant. Jack decides to go with her to another world where all is revealed to him along with the story of his ancestor, the original Jack and the Beanstalk. In order to save his own life and the world of the giants, Jack must right the wrongs of the past and return the magical harp and goose that lays the golden eggs to their rightful home.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, semi serious, mind bending, epic, mysterious, exciting, stylized
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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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Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999)
Plot Summary:
Remake of Jules Verne's classic story finds adventurers seeking a mysterious hidden land. They are joined by the wife of another man, who had previously gone on a similar expedition and disappeared.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: epic, gothic horror, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, computer animated
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The Letter for the King (2020)
Plot Summary:
A young boy holds the fate of the kingdom in his hands when he embarks on a quest to deliver a secret message in this sweeping fantasy series.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, light, entertaining, costume drama, children's program, enigmatic
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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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Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995)
Plot Summary:
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles. It ran for six seasons, producing action figures and other memorabilia as it became one of the highest rated syndicated television shows in the world at that time. It also gained a cult following along with its spin-off, Xena: Warrior Princess. It was preceded by several TV movies with the same major characters in 1994 as part of Universal Television's Action Pack: in order, Hercules and the Amazon Women, Hercules and the Lost Kingdom, Hercules and the Circle of Fire, Hercules in the Underworld, and Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur, the last of which served mostly as a "clip show" of the previous movies as a lead up to the series.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: exciting, fairy tale, retro, epic, light, feel good, humorous, juvenile, mythical, action adventure
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Knights of Bloodsteel (2009)
Plot Summary:
The adventure is set in the sorcerous land of Mirabilis, where a populace of elves, goblins, dwarves and humans hanker for the mystical element Bloodsteel; an ore with magical ability-giving properties. When a ruthless band of soldiers led by the wicked Dragon-Eye go seeking the powerful ore, a sorcerer elf Tesselink is given the task of finding its source - the legendary Crucible.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 693
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, atmospheric, epic
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Young Hercules (1998)
Plot Summary:
Young Hercules was a spin-off from the 1990s syndicated television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. It was aired on Fox Kids from September 12, 1998, to May 12, 1999. It lasted one season with 50 episodes and starred Ryan Gosling in the title role.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, retro, juvenile, epic, serious, dark fantasy
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The Crown and the Dragon (2013)
Plot Summary:
In a war-torn country that is plagued by a vicious dragon, Elenn, an arrogant, young noblewoman, accompanies her aunt on a mission to bring an ancient relic to the secret coronation of the rightful king.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 969
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, serious, sincere, feel good
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Earthsea (2004)
Plot Summary:
A reckless youth is destined to become the greatest sorcerer that the mystical land of Earthsea has ever known.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Fantasy, Drama, Adventure
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, serious, stylized, epic, historical drama, epic fantasy, vintage
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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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Merlin (1998)
Plot Summary:
The legendary wizard tells his story of his war against Queen Mab of the Sidhe and his creation of Camelot.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 182 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, epic, exciting, atmospheric, light, arthurian, dark fantasy, entertaining, mystical, gothic
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Dragonheart: A New Beginning (1999)
Plot Summary:
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 Shannara Chronicles (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young Healer armed with an unpredictable magic guides a runaway Elf in her perilous quest to save the peoples of the Four Lands from an age-old Demon scourge.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, serious, suspense, apocalyptic, entertaining, sexy, costume drama, cliffhanger
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Camelot (2011)
Plot Summary:
Camelot is a historical-fantasy-drama television series based on the Arthurian legend, was produced by Graham King, Morgan O'Sullivan and Michael Hirst.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, stylized, serious, arthurian, epic, costume drama, historical drama, sexual, erotic
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The Mists of Avalon (2001)
Plot Summary:
A unique re-working of the Arthurian epic, based on the novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon tells the familiar tale but with an important twist: The story is told through the eyes of the women who wielded power behind King Arthur's throne. Filmed on location in Prague, The Mists of Avalon follows the women of Avalon through the ultimate fulfillment of their destinies.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Germany, USA
Duration: 183 min
Plot tags: epic, exciting, fairy tale, atmospheric, arthurian, captivating, entertaining, serious, erotic, period piece
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The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999)
Plot Summary:
American businessman Jack Woods rents a cottage on the enchanted Emerald Isle which is occupied by a family of leprechauns. Leprechaun Seamus Muldoon's son and son's friends crash the fairies' costume ball and Muldoon's son falls in love with fairy Princess Jessica. Their love re-ignites a feud between the leprechauns and the fairies, which escalates into a war. The Grand Banshee warns of terrible consequences and Jack Woods is chosen to make peace. Woods interrupts his own romance with an Irish beauty to help, and becomes involved in a strange and wonderful magical adventure.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: stylized, feel good, semi serious, captivating, fairy tale, epic, mysterious, humorous, crying
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Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001)
Plot Summary:
Snow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's representatives, granting him three wishes.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, touching, feel good, semi serious, epic, mysterious, costume drama, humorous, period drama, corny
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Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)
Plot Summary:
They're two best friends, a million miles from home. On an incredible adventure, beyond the boundaries of space and time. A fantasy about a lonely boy who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real father is the king.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Soviet Union, Norway
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, light, captivating, entertaining, exciting, cult classic, humorous, stylized, semi serious, crying
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The 10th Kingdom (2000)
Plot Summary:
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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Once Upon a Time (2011)
Plot Summary:
There is a town in Maine where every story book character you've ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth and only one can break the spell. Emma Swan is a 28-year-old bail bonds collector who has been supporting herself since she was abandoned as a baby. Things change for her when her son Henry, whom she abandoned years ago, finds her and asks for her help explaining that she is from a different world where she is Snow White's missing daughter.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 234000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, offbeat, stylized, sentimental, captivating, touching, serious, mysterious, costume drama, mythical
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Atlantis (2013)
Plot Summary:
A fantasy drama set in a world of legendary heroes and mythical creatures. Far from home and desperate for answers, Jason washes up on the shores of an ancient land. A mysterious place; a world of bull leaping, of snake haired goddesses and of palaces so vast it was said they were built by giants - this is the city of Atlantis. Aided by his two new friends, Pythagoras and Hercules, Jason embarks on a voyage of discovery, and salvation, which sees him brush shoulders with Medusa, come face to face with the Minotaur and even do battle with the dead.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, atmospheric, captivating, costume drama, mythical, epic fantasy, stylized
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Merlin (2008)
Plot Summary:
The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: epic, exciting, arthurian, humorous, fairy tale, captivating, mythical, stylized, mystical, funny
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Dungeons & Dragons (2000)
Plot Summary:
The classic role-playing game comes to life in this magical adventure. The empire of Izmer is a divided land: Elite magicians called Mages rule while lowly commoners are powerless. When Empress Savina (Thora Birch) vows to bring equality and prosperity to her land, the evil Mage Profion (Jeremy Irons) plots to depose her. But this good-vs.-evil battle is no game!.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Czech Republic, Canada
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, fantasy adventure, action adventure, mystical, mythical, cult classic, action packed, epic fantasy