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Actor: James McAvoy

Children of Dune (2003)

8 October 200516 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah

Director: Greg Yaitanes
Actors: Alec Newman, James McAvoy, Alice Krige, Steven Berkoff, …
Category: Science Fiction

Strings (2004)

15 December 200519 August 2024

Rating: ★★★★½

World of Puppets

Director: Anders Rønnow-Klarlund
Actors: James McAvoy, Catherine McCormack, Derek Jacobi, David Harewood, …
Category: Fantasy

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

15 December 200513 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld

Director: Andrew Adamson
Actors: Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, …
Category: Fantasy

Penelope (2006)

6 August 20246 August 2024

Rating: ★★

Modern Fairytale/Girl Cursed with a Pig-Like Face

Director: Mark Palansky
Actors: Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Peter Dinklage, Richard E. Grant, …
Category: Fantasy

Wanted (2008)

9 October 200827 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Super-Assassins/Action

Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Actors: James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, Marc Warren, …
Category: Fantasy

Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)

29 January 201111 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Animation/Shakespeare with Talking Garden Gnomes

Director: Kelly Asbury
Actors: Michael Caine, Patrick Stewart, Jim Cummings, Maggie Smith, …
Category: Fantasy

X: First Class (2011)

5 June 201110 October 2024

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Superheroes/Origin Prequel

Director: Matthew Vaughn
Actors: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, Rose Byrne, …
Category: Science Fiction

Arthur Christmas (2011)

15 December 201121 February 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Animation/Santa’s Son

Director: Sarah Smith
Actors: James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent, …
Category: Fantasy

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

25 May 201410 October 2024

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Bryan Singer
Actors: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, …
Category: Science Fiction

Victor Frankenstein (2015)

5 December 20152 June 2025

Rating: ★

Frankenstein Adaptation

Director: Paul McGuigan
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown-Findlay, Andrew Scott, …
Category: Horror

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

11 June 201610 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Bryan Singer
Actors: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, …
Category: Science Fiction

Split (2017)

4 February 20175 September 2024

Rating: ★★★

Split-Personality Psycho

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Actors: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Haley Lu Richardson, …
Category: Horror

Watership Down (2018)

19 April 201923 October 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Animation/Talking Rabbit Quest

Director: Noam Murro
Actors: James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, John Boyega, Ben Kingsley, …
Category: Fantasy

Sherlock Gnomes (2018)

4 August 201925 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Animation/Talking Garden Gnomes Adventures

Director: John Stevenson
Actors: Johnny Depp, James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, …
Category: Fantasy

X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)

7 September 201910 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Simon Kinberg
Actors: Sophie Turner, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, …
Category: Science Fiction

It: Chapter Two (2019)

30 November 201919 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Stephen King Adaptation/Killer Clown Monster

Director: Andy Muschietti
Actors: James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, James Ransone, …
Category: Horror

Glass (2019)

13 April 20195 September 2024

Rating: ★★

Ordinary Superhero and Villains

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Actors: James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Paulson, …
Category: Fantasy

Speak No Evil (2024)

15 November 20241 May 2025

Rating: ★★

Sinister Hosts

Director: James Watkins
Actors: James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scott McNairy, Aisling Franciosi, …
Category: Horror

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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