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Plot Summary:
Richard Mayhew leads an ordinary life in London when one day a girl named Door falls, injured, across his path. The next thing he knows, his life is gone and he's pulled into the fantastical world of London Below. Pursued by the murderous Messrs. Croup and Vandemar, Door and Richard with the help of Hunter and the Marquis de Carabas, attempt to find the Angel Islington, who knows the secret behind the murder of Door's family, and possibly a way for Richard to go home.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, offbeat, serious, cult classic, stylized, urban fantasy
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Going Postal (2010)
Plot Summary:
Moist von Lipwig is a con-man with a particular talent-- he is utterly unremarkable. When his execution is stayed in Terry Pratchett's remarkable Discworld, he must work off his debt to society as the land's head Postman. Things are not always as they seem, and soon Lipwig is delivering mail for his very life!.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 185 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, colorful, atmospheric, captivating, witty, mystical, funny, unusual plot structure, semi serious
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Malice in Wonderland (2009)
Plot Summary:
A modern take on the classic fairytale, Alice in Wonderland, set in South East England.An American law student in London. Knocked down by a black cab, she wakes with amnesia in a world that's a million miles from home - Wonderland. We follow her adventures as she's dragged through an underworld filled with twisted individuals and the lowest low-lifers, by the enigmatic cab driver, Whitey. She needs to find out who she is, where she's from and use what wits she has left to get back home in one piece. As her journey progresses she discovers nothing is what it seems, realizes that fate and life are terminally entwined, and finds true love lurking in the unlikeliest place.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain, USA, Bahrain
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, surreal, exciting, stylized, fairy tale, mind blowing, mind bending, semi serious, offbeat, weird
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Jekyll and Hyde (2015)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the original novella by Robert Louis Stevenson, Jekyll and Hyde is set in 1930s London and follows Robert Jekyll, the grandson of Henry Jekyll, on his quest to discover his real identity, his true family history and the nature of his ‘curse’ – which his foster father, Dr Vishal Najaran, is controlling with medication. His journey takes him into a dark and unforgiving place, as his alter ego seems capable of anything. At the same time there are shadowy forces trying to find Jekyll and the source of his powers.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, exciting, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, costume drama
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Angel or Demon (2011)
Plot Summary:
Valeria is a 17-year-old girl leading a normal life in Madrid until one night, after arguing with her parents about her report card, she is seemingly tempted by a mysterious young woman named Isis into committing a horrible act. Afterward, a stranger named Nathael appears to inform Valeria that he is an Angel, Isis is a Demon and that Valeria is a Malak, someone destined to become an Angel...if she can resist the temptations of the evil ones who are determined to make her fall.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, demonic
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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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The Colour of Magic (2008)
Plot Summary:
As Rincewind involuntarily becomes a guide to the naive tourist Twoflower, they find themselves forced to flee the city of Ankh-Morpork to escape a terrible fire, and begin on a journey across the Disc. Unknown to them, their journey & fate is being decided by the Gods playing a board game the whole time.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 191 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, light, funny, enigmatic, parody, epic, cult classic, semi serious, spoof
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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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Gulliver's Travels (1996)
Plot Summary:
Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the Princess and Prince of the opposing lands. In this he is alternately aided and hampered by the Lilliputian town crier and general fussbudget, Gabby.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 186 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, serious, stylized, captivating, entertaining, light, sincere, epic, cult classic, costume drama
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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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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013)
Plot Summary:
In Victorian England, the young and beautiful Alice tells a tale of a strange new land that exists on the other side of a rabbit hole. Thinking Alice insane, her doctors aim to make her forget everything. While Alice is ready to put it all behind her, she knows this world is real. In the nick of time, the Knave of Hearts and the White Rabbit save her from a doomed fate. Together, the trio tumble down the rabbit hole to Wonderland, where nothing is impossible.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: stylized, serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful, humorous, mysterious, costume drama, teen, offbeat
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The Evermoor Chronicles (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young girl and her blended family move to the small cottage town of Evermoor. All is well until sinister things start to happen, magic tapestries, an enchanted typewriter. Only a few of the strange things found in the town of Evermoor.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 848
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, serious, suspenseful, humorous, captivating, light, nostalgic
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Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
Plot Summary:
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anthology, scary, spooky, dark, sitcom, dark fairy tale, atmospheric, mind bending, offbeat, serious
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Hex (2004)
Plot Summary:
Hex is a British television programme developed by Shine Limited and aired on the Sky One satellite channel. The story is set in a remote English boarding school with a mysterious past. Series one explores the supernatural relationship between a Fallen Angel named Azazeal and a student called Cassie who is also a witch. In the second series the story centres around 500 year old anointed one Ella Dee, and Azazeal's son Malachi. Both series of the show are currently available on Region 2 DVD, with the first series released on Region 1 DVD in June 2007. The show was cancelled in April 2006 after the end of the second series. The programme premiered in the United States on BBC America, sometime after, dividing the episodes into two equally long series for American viewers. Series 1 aired in the summer of 2006, while series 2 aired in the summer of 2007.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: satanic, atmospheric, enigmatic, scary, suspenseful, semi serious, biblical, queer cinema, tragic
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Gormenghast (2000)
Plot Summary:
A four-episode television serial based on the Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake. It was produced and broadcast by the BBC. Gormenghast is an ancient city-state which primarily consists of a rambling and crumbling castle. The narrative, based on the first two of the three Gormenghast novels by Mervyn Peake, begins with the birth of a son, Titus, to the 76th Earl, Sepulchrave Groan, and Countess Gertrude. This mismatched pair (he'd prefer the melancholy privacy of his library; she'd prefer the company of her menagerie of cats and birds) also have a teenaged daughter, Fuchsia, who resents her new brother but comes to love him dearly. Simultaneously, a young kitchen apprentice, Steerpike, takes advantage of an altercation between head cook Swelter and the Earl's manservant, Mr. Flay, and escapes from the kitchens. Gormenghast is rigidly feudal in structure, but Steerpike has ambitions.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 232 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, epic, captivating, fairy tale, gothic, dark fantasy
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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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There Will Be Brawl (2009)
Plot Summary:
In a Dystopian Mushroom Kingdom, corruption and avarice reign supreme. Even the greatest heroes of the land have buckled beneath the overwhelming will of the amoral elite. When a series of grisly crimes pushes an unlikely champion to seek the truth, a mystery unfolds that could completely destroy everything he holds dear.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: parody, neo noir, humorous, not serious, captivating, stylized
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Demons (2009)
Plot Summary:
Luke Rutherford is your average teenager - until his dead father's best friend, Rupert Galvin turns up to reveal his secret destiny: he's the great-grandson of Abraham Van Helsing, the infamous vampire hunter. Luke is set to inherit the family mantle as a warrior against the supernatural entities that lie deep beneath the streets of modern-day London.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, stylized, scary, gothic
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Believe (2014)
Plot Summary:
Believe is about an unlikely relationship between a gifted young girl and a man sprung from prison who has been tasked with protecting her from the evil elements that hunt her power.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, spooky, stylized
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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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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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The Hexer (2001)
Plot Summary:
The TV series and the film were loosely based on Andrzej Sapkowski's book series The Witcher (Wiedźmin).
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Poland
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, offbeat
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The Messengers (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a mysterious object crashes to Earth, a group of seemingly unconnected strangers die from the energy pulse, but then awaken to learn that they have assigned the task of preventing the impending Apocalypse.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, suspenseful, bleak, apocalyptic, action adventure, demonic
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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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Fate: The Winx Saga (2021)
Plot Summary:
The coming-of-age journey of five fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where they must learn to master their powers while navigating love, rivalries, and the monsters that threaten their very existence.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, UK
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, light, supernatural thriller, stylized, queer cinema
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The Hexer (2002)
Plot Summary:
Wiedźmin is a 2002 fantasy television series. 13 episodes were made. The series received relatively poor reviews, particularly in the light of the failure of the preceding movie. The story is based on the stories of The Witcher, by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Poland
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, dark fantasy, bleak, comic
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Good Omens (2019)
Plot Summary:
In 2019 the world is on the brink of an apocalypse as humanity prepares for a final judgment. But follies ensue — Aziraphale, a somewhat fussy angel, and Crowley, a demon aren’t enthusiastic about the end of the world, and can’t seem to find the Antichrist.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: exciting, witty, atmospheric, captivating, apocalyptic, emotional, supernatural thriller, offbeat, satanic, sitcom
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Constantine (2014)
Plot Summary:
A man struggling with his faith is haunted by the sins of his past but is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, stylized, scary, supernatural thriller, humorous, epic, detective, anime, horror comedy
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The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe (1988)
Plot Summary:
Four kids travel to the magical land of Narnia where they must battle an evil queen with the direction of the Lion, Aslan.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 171 min
Plot tags: exciting, offbeat, serious, mystical, mythical, cult classic, stylized
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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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Sleepy Hollow (2013)
Plot Summary:
Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, atmospheric, serious, detective, bloody, exciting, suspense, offbeat, dread