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When the Whales Came (1989)

10 August 201523 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Period Drama/Preventing a Whale Curse

Director: Clive Rees
Actors: Paul Scofield, Helen Mirren, Max Rennie, Helen Pearce, …

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

4 February 201020 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Boy Frolics With Friendly Monsters

Director: Spike Jonze
Actors: Max Records, Catherine Keener, Pepita Emmerichs, Mark Ruffalo, …

A Whisker Away (2020)

15 November 202015 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Girl Transforms Into a Cat

Director: Junichi Sato, Tomotaka Shibayama

The White Buffalo (1977)

7 November 20187 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Western/Hunt for a Mythic Buffalo

Director: J. Lee Thompson
Actors: Charles Bronson, Jack Warden, Will Sampson, Slim Pickens, …

White Light (1991)

17 December 200731 January 2019

Rating: 0­

Return from the Afterlife Thriller

Director: Al Waxman
Actors: Martin Kove, Martha Henry, Allison Hossack, George Sperdakos, …

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)

9 May 20016 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Toon Detective Story

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Stubby Kaye, …

Who is Running? (1997)

15 August 199928 January 2019

Rating: ★★★

Tomorrow’s Newspaper Headlines

Director: Oxide Pang
Actors: Sonya Kunakorn, Nattarika Thumpridanun, Suchao Pongwilai, Wichitra Sukmak, …

The Whole Wide World (1996)

21 July 200026 October 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Robert E. Howard Biopic

Director: Dan Ireland
Actors: Renee Zellweger, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ann Wedgeworth, Harve Presnell

Wicked City (1987)

15 February 20017 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/War with Demon Dimension

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Wicked City (1993)

27 April 20136 October 2019

Rating: ★★

War with Demon Dimension

Director: Mak Tai Kit
Actors: Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Tatsuya Nakadai, …

Wicked Stepmother (1989)

31 August 200118 August 2019

Rating: 0­

Witch Moves In Comedy

Director: Larry Cohen
Actors: Bette Davis, Barbara Carrera, Colleen Camp, Lionel Stander, …

The Wild (2006)

10 November 20063 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Talking Zoo Animals

Director: Steve 'Spaz' Williams
Actors: Kiefer Sutherland, James Belushi, Eddie Izzard, Janeane Garofalo, …

Wild at Heart (1990)

22 May 200126 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Surreal Disturbed Road Movie

Director: David Lynch
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, Diane Ladd, …

Wilder Napalm (1993)

24 March 200319 January 2019

Rating: ★★★

Pyrokinesis Comedy

Director: Glenn Gordon Caron
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Debra Winger, Arliss Howard, Jim Varney

Willow (1988)

9 November 200331 January 2019

Rating: ★★

Epic Fantasy

Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Val Kilmer, Warwick Davis, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, …

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

29 July 20026 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Gonzo Children’s Adventure/Fantastical Candy Factory

Director: Mel Stuart
Actors: Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum, Jack Albertson, Roy Kinnear

The Wind in the Willows (1996)

18 August 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★★½

Talking Animals/Absurdist Adventures

Director: Terry Jones
Actors: Terry Jones, Steve Coogan, Eric Idle, Nicol Williamson, …

The Wind in the Willows (2006)

15 June 200826 December 2019

Rating: ★★½

Talking Animals/Absurdist Adventures

Director: Rachel Talalay
Actors: Matt Lucas, Mark Gatiss, Bob Hoskins, Lee Ingleby, …

Wings of Desire (1987)

5 December 20149 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Angels

Director: Wim Wenders
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Peter Falk, Otto Sander

Winnie the Pooh (2011)

14 July 201114 January 2019

Rating: ★★★

Disney Animation/Talking Animals

Director: Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall
Actors: Jim Cummings, Bud Luckey, John Cleese, Craig Ferguson, …

Winter’s Tale (2014)

15 February 201417 January 2019

Rating: ★★

Urban Fantasy/Romance/Fate and Miracles

Director: Akiva Goldsman
Actors: Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe, Jessica Brown-Findlay, William Hurt, …

Wired (1989)

11 April 20052 August 2019

Rating: ★

Surreal John Belushi Biopic

Director: Larry Peerce
Actors: Michael Chiklis, Ray Sharkey, J.T. Walsh, Gary Groomes, …

The Witch Files (2018)

24 August 202030 August 2020

Rating: ★★½

Found Footage/High School Witches

Director: Kyle Rankin
Actors: Holly Taylor, Alice Ziolkoski, Britt Flatmo, Tara Robinson, …

The Witches (1990)

16 December 20036 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Evil Witches/Roald Dahl Adaptation

Director: Nicolas Roeg
Actors: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Bill Paterson, Rowan Atkinson, …

The Witches (2020)

7 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Evil Witches/Roald Dahl Adaptation

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Jahzir Bruno, Chris Rock, …

The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

19 June 200323 September 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Witches vs the Devil/War of the Sexes Comedy

Director: George Miller
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon, Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, …

The Witches of Oz (2011)

2 June 201426 February 2020

Rating: ★

Wizard of Oz Sequel/Modernisation

Director: Leigh Scott
Actors: Paulie Rojas, Eliza Swenson, Billy Boyd, Lance Henriksen, …

Witching and Bitching (2013)

12 September 201412 November 2019

Rating: ★★½

Town of Witches Comedy

Director: Alex de la Iglesia
Actors: Hugo Silva, Mario Casas, Jaime Ordonez, Carolina Bang, …

The Wiz (1978)

5 May 200728 September 2020

Rating: ★★

All-Black Musical Wizard of Oz Remake

Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Richard Pryor, …

The Wizard of Baghdad (1960)

19 August 201530 August 2018

Rating: 0­

Arabian Nights Comedy

Director: George Sherman
Actors: Dick Shawn, Diane Baker, Barry Coe, John Van Dreelen, …

The Wizard of Oz (1910)

4 July 20176 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Silent Adaptation

Director: Otis Turner
Actors: Bebe Daniels, Robert Z. Leonard, Hobarth Bosworth, Winifred Greenwood, …

Wizard of Oz (1925)

31 July 20116 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Silent Slapstick Adaptation

Director: Larry Semon
Actors: Larry Semon, Dorothy Dwan, Charles Murray, Oliver N. Hardy, …

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

4 September 201225 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Adventures in a Magical Land

Director: Victor Fleming
Actors: Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, …

The Wizard of Speed and Time (1988)

21 January 201130 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Special Effects Wizard

Director: Mike Jittlov
Actors: Mike Jittlov, Richard Kaye, Paige Moore, Steve Brodie, …

Wizards (1977)

3 May 20039 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Post-Holocaust Sword and Sorcery/Animation

Director: Ralph Bakshi
Actors: Bob Holt, Jesse Wells, Richard Romanus, Stephen Gravers, …

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1984)

19 July 201330 August 2018

Rating: ½

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Hector Olivera
Actors: Bo Svenson, Vidal Peterson, Thom Christopher, Barbara Stock, …

Wolf Children (2012)

19 October 201312 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Werewolf Children

Director: Mamoru Hosoda

WolfWalkers (2020)

12 February 202116 February 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Werewolves

Director: Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart
Actors: Honor Kneafsey, Sean Bean, Simon McBurney, Maria Doyle Kennedy, …

The Wolves of Willougby Chase (1989)

31 July 201022 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Victorian Children’s Fantasy

Director: Stuart Orme
Actors: Stephanie Beacham, Mel Smith, Richard O'Brien, Geraldine James, …

The Woman in the Fifth (2011)

12 July 201213 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Femme Fatale

Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig, Samir Guesmi, …

Woman on Top (2000)

19 April 20106 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Magical Realism

Director: Fina Torres
Actors: Penelope Cruz, Harold Perrineau Jr, Murilo Benicio, Mark Feuerstein, …

Wonder Man (1944)

19 November 200117 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Ghost Twin Brother/Screwball Comedy

Director: Bruce Humberstone
Actors: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Allen Jenkins, Edward Brophy, …

Wonder Woman (2009)

27 January 201130 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Animation/DC Comics Superheroine

Director: Lauren Montgomery
Actors: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Alfred Molina, Virginia Madsen, …

Wonder Woman (2017)

8 July 20172 January 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Comic-Book Superheroine

Director: Patty Jenkins
Actors: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Danny Huston, Connie Nielsen, …

Wonder Woman: Bloodlines (2019)

14 October 20196 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/DC Comics Superheroine

Director: Justin Copeland, Sam Liu
Actors: Rosario Dawson, Jeffrey Donovan, Adrienne Moore, Nia Vardalos, …

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998)

25 April 20173 November 2020

Rating: ★

Ray Bradbury Adaptation/Magical Suit

Director: Stuart Gordon
Actors: Joe Mantegna, Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez, Esai Morales, Gregory Sierra, …

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

19 December 200211 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Brothers Grimm Anthology/Biopic

Director: Henry Levin, George Pal
Actors: Laurence Harvey, Karl Boehm, Barbara Eden, Oscar Homolka, …

Woodenhead (2003)

7 April 20108 April 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Surrealist Fairytale

Director: Florian Habicht
Actors: Nicholas Butler, Teresa Peters, Tony Bishop, Matthew Sunderland

World of Cars: Planes (2013)

10 August 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Disney Animation/Talking Aircraft

Director: Klay Hall
Actors: Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett, Teri Hatcher, …

The World’s Greatest Athlete (1973)

20 August 201523 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Disney Comedy/Jungle Boy Super-Athlete

Director: Robert Scheerer
Actors: Jan-Michael Vincent, John Amos, Tim Conway, Roscoe Lee Browne, …

Wrath of the Titans (2012)

29 March 201230 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Greek Mythology Adventure

Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Actors: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Rosamund Pike, …

Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

31 October 201226 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Disney Animation/The Secret Lives of Videogame Characters

Director: Rich Moore
Actors: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, …

A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

23 September 20184 April 2020

Rating: ★

Young Adult/Magical Journey Across the Universe

Director: Ava DuVernay
Actors: Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, …

Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)

24 May 200918 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Afterlife for Suicides

Director: Goran Dukic
Actors: Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham, Tom Waits, …

Written By (2009)

19 May 201031 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Meta-Fiction

Director: Wai Ka Fai
Actors: Lau Ching Wan, Kelly Lin, Chung Ying Kit, Jo Koo

Wrong (2012)

16 March 201425 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo Surrealism

Director: Quentin Dupieux
Actors: Jack Plotnick, William Fichtner, Eric Judor, Alexis Dziena, …

Wu Dang (2012)

17 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Martial Arts/Wu Xia Fantasy

Director: Patrick Leung
Actors: Vincent Zhao, Yang Mi, Xu Jiao, Louis Fan, …

Wu Yen (2001)

28 May 20109 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Mischievous Fairy

Director: Johnnie To, Wai Ka Fai
Actors: Sammy Cheng, Anita Mui, Cecilia Cheung, Raymond Wong

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

2 January 2021

Rating: ★★½

Comic-Book Superheroine

Director: Patty Jenkins
Actors: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, …

X (1996)

16 December 20012 January 2019

Rating: ★★½

Anime Superheroics

Director: Rintaro

Xanadu (1980)

1 January 20201 January 2020

Rating: ★

Disco Fantasy/Greek Muse Comes to Earth

Director: Robert Greenwald
Actors: Michael Beck, Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Dimitra Arliss, …

Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)

8 May 201610 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Gonzo Yakuza Vampire Film

Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Hayato Ichihara, Lily Frankie, Yayan Ruhian, Riko Narumi, …

Year One (2009)

30 January 20102 April 2019

Rating: ★★

Cavemen Stumble Through the Old Testament Comedy

Director: Harold Ramis
Actors: Jack Black, Michael Cera, David Cross, Oliver Platt, …

The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006)

2 September 201530 August 2018

Rating: ½

Christmas Film

Director: Ron Underwood
Actors: John Goodman, Chris Kattan, Eddie Griffin, Ethan Suplee, …

Year Without a Summer (2010)

17 October 201122 September 2018

Rating: 0­

Malaysian Magical Realism

Director: Tan Chui Mui
Actors: Namron, Azman Hassan, Mislina Mustaffa, Mohammed Norsuhaizan Hanafi, …

Yellow Submarine (1968)

5 July 20049 April 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/The Beatles Psychedelic Adventure

Director: George Dunning
Actors: Paul Angelius, John Clive, Geoffrey Hughes, Lance Percival, …

Yesterday (2019)

21 September 201923 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Alternate History Where The Beatles Never Existed

Director: Danny Boyle
Actors: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Joel Fry, Ed Sheeran, …

Yogi Bear (2010)

13 December 201023 November 2019

Rating: ★

Talking Bear/Cartoon in Live-Action

Director: Eric Brevig
Actors: Dan Aykroyd, Anna Faris, T.J. Miller, Justin Timberlake, …

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)

2 December 20136 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Historical Detective/Flying Swordsmen Fantasy

Director: Tsui Hark
Actors: Mark Chao, Angelababy, Feng Shaofeng, Lin Gengxin, …

Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

2 September 200328 November 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Teenage Sherlock Holmes/Adventure Film

Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Nicholas Rowe, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Alan Cox, …

Your Highness (2011)

15 April 20118 January 2019

Rating: ★

Epic Fantasy Comedy

Director: David Gordon Green
Actors: Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zooey Deschanel, …

Your Name. (2016)

17 April 201710 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Cross-Time Bodyswap

Director: Makoto Shinkai

Youth Without Youth (2007)

4 April 20122 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Man Regains His Youth

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Marcel Iures, …

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie – Pyramid of Light (2004)

3 September 20155 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Playing Card Dueling

Director: Hatsuki Suji
Actors: Dan Green, Eric Stuart, Darren Dunstan, John Campbell, …

Yuki: Snow Fairy (1981)

3 September 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Young Goddess Comes to Earth

Director: Tadashi Imai

Zelig (1983)

27 April 200322 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Human Chameleon Mockumentary

Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow

Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal (2015)

28 November 201617 September 2020

Rating: ★★½

Wu Xia Film

Director: Peter Pau, Zhao Tianyu
Actors: Chen Kun, Li Bingbing, Winston Chao, Yang Zishan, …

Zookeeper (2011)

24 July 201116 October 2019

Rating: ★

Talking Zoo Animals Offer Romantic Advice Comedy

Director: Frank Coraci
Actors: Kevin James, Rosario Dawson, Leslie Bibb, Joe Rogan, …

Zoom (2015)

9 December 201731 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Series of Nested Meta-Fictional Tales

Director: Pedro Morelli
Actors: Alison Pill, Gael Garcia Bernal, Tyler Labine, Michael Eklund, …

Zootopia (2016)

12 March 20165 July 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Disney Animation/World of Talking Animals

Director: Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush
Actors: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Nate Torrence, …

Zu Warriors (2001)

24 January 20131 October 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Wu Xia Film

Director: Tsui Hark
Actors: Ekin Cheng, Sammo Hung, Cecilia Cheung, Louis Koo, …

Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)

24 September 20001 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Wu Xia Film

Director: Tsui Hark
Actors: Yuen Biao, Brigitte Lin, Sammo Hung, Damian Lau, …

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