Skip to content
Moria

Moria

The Science Fiction Horror and Fantasy Film Review

  • Home
  • All
  • Science Fiction
  • Horror
  • Fantasy
  • Film Themes
  • Annuals
  • Directors
  • Actors

Theme: Fairies

Artemis Fowl (2020)

20 June 20208 July 2020

Rating: ★★½

Young Adult/Child Genius vs the Magical Underworld

Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Josh Gad, Judi Dench, …
Category: Fantasy

Barbie Fairytopia (2004)

2 May 200527 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Land of Fairies

Director: Walter P. Martishius, Will Lau
Actors: Kelly Sheridan, Kathleen Barr, Lee Tockar, Tabitha St. Germain, …
Category: Fantasy

Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow (2007)

9 September 20078 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Land of Fairies

Director: William Lau
Actors: Kelly Sheridan, Kathleen Barr, Venus Terzo, Lee Tockar, …
Category: Fantasy

Barbie in The Nutcracker (2001)

20 December 200927 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Animation/Barbie Enacts Fairytale

Director: Owen Hurley
Actors: Kelly Sheridan, Kirby Morrow, Tim Curry, Christopher Gaze, …
Category: Fantasy

Barbie Mariposa (2008)

14 December 200827 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Land of Fairies

Director: Conrad Helten
Actors: Chiara Zanni, Kathleen Barr, Erin Mathews, Nicole Oliver, …
Category: Fantasy

Barbie Mermaidia (2006)

18 October 201822 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Fairy Barbie Visits the Mermaid Kingdom

Director: William Lau, Walter P. Martishius
Actors: Kelly Sheridan, Chiara Zanni, Alessandro Juliani, Christopher Gaze, …
Category: Fantasy

Barbie of Swan Lake (2003)

7 March 200527 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Barbie Enacts Fairytale

Director: Owen Hurley
Actors: Kelly Sheridan, Mark Hildreth, Kelsey Grammer, Venus Terzo, …
Category: Fantasy

The Blue Bird (1940)

27 October 200019 February 2020

Rating: ★

Fairy-Tale

Director: Walter Lang
Actors: Shirley Temple, Gale Sondergaard, Russell Hicks, Spring Byington, …
Category: Fantasy

Bright (2017)

1 January 20188 February 2021

Rating: ★★★

Alternate Present Where Fantasy Creatures and Humans Coexist

Director: David Ayer
Actors: Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Lucy Fry, Edgar Ramirez, …
Category: Fantasy

Cinderella (1950)

1 July 199919 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Disney Animation/Fairy-Tale

Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Actors: Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, William Phipps, June Foray
Category: Fantasy

Cinderella (2015)

14 March 201519 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Fairytale Adaptation

Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Lily James, Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett, Holliday Grainger, …
Category: Fantasy

Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007)

13 February 200919 April 2020

Rating: ★½

Disney Animation Sequel

Director: Frank Nissen
Actors: Jennifer Hale, Tress MacNeille, Rob Paulsen, Corey Burton, …
Category: Fantasy

Descendants 2 (2017)

29 March 20194 April 2019

Rating: 0­

The Children of Disney Villains

Director: Kenny Ortega
Actors: Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Mitchell Hope, Cameron Boyce, …
Category: Fantasy

Descendants (2015)

27 December 201522 July 2020

Rating: 0­

The Children of Disney Villains

Director: Kenny Ortega
Actors: Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, BooBoo Stewart, Cameron Boyce, …
Category: Fantasy

Donkey Skin (1970)

5 February 201420 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Absurdist Fairytale

Director: Jacques Demy
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Delphine Seyrig, Jacques Perrin, Jean Marais, …
Category: Fantasy

Ella Enchanted (2004)

12 December 200430 September 2020

Rating: 0­

Revisionist Cinderella Comedy

Director: Tommy O'Haver
Actors: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes, Aidan McArdle, …
Category: Fantasy

Erotic Ghost Story (1990)

5 May 200313 October 2020

Rating: ★★½

Hong Kong Erotica/Mischievous Fairies

Director: Ngai Kai Lam
Actors: Amy Yip, Leslie Cheung, Chung Lam, Manfred Wong
Category: Fantasy

Erotic Ghost Story II (1991)

10 November 200313 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Hong Kong Erotica/Horny Demon

Director: Peter Ngor
Actors: May Law, Anthony Wong
Category: Fantasy

Erotic Ghost Story – Perfect Match (1997)

7 November 201423 March 2020

Rating: ★

Hong Kong Erotica/Heavenly Bunny Women

Director: Lam Yee Hung
Actors: Elvis Tsui, Geung Ga Ling, Diana Pang Dan, Wong Nei
Category: Fantasy

The Ewok Adventure (1984)

21 December 20023 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Children’s Planetary Adventure/Star Wars Spinoff

Director: John Korty
Actors: Aubree Miller, Warwick Davis, Eric Walker, Debbie Carrington, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Fairy (2011)

18 October 201110 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Woman Claims to Be a Fairy Comedy

Director: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy
Actors: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Philippe Martz, Bruno Romy, …
Category: Fantasy

FairyTale: A True Story (1997)

28 October 199910 November 2020

Rating: ★★½

Photos of Fairies/”True Story”

Director: Charles Sturridge
Actors: Peter O'Toole, Harvey Keitel, Florence Hoath, Phoebe Nicholls, …
Category: Fantasy

Fantasia (1940)

15 July 200212 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Disney Animation and Music Anthology

Director: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe, Norman Ferguson, …
Category: Fantasy

Ferngully: The Last Rainforest (1992)

4 April 201023 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Environmentally Aware Animation

Director: Bill Kroyer
Actors: Samantha Mathis, Jonathan Ward, Robin Williams, Christian Slater, …
Category: Fantasy

Five Children and It (2004)

25 May 201015 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Children’s Film/Sand Fairy Grants Wishes

Director: John Stephenson
Actors: Freddie Highmore, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Izzard, Poppy Rogers, …
Category: Fantasy

Hellboy (2019)

19 July 201926 November 2020

Rating: ★

Demon Superhero/Comic-Book Adaptation

Director: Neil Marshall
Actors: David Harbour, Sasha Lane, Ian McShane, Milla Jovovich, …
Category: Fantasy

Hogfather (2006)

15 June 200812 June 2019

Rating: ★★★

Fantasy Comedy/Terry Pratchett Adaptation

Director: Vadim Jean
Actors: Marc Warren, David Jason, Joss Ackland, Michelle Dockery, …
Category: Fantasy

Hook (1991)

9 March 200020 January 2019

Rating: ★★

Grown-Up Peter Pan

Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoksins, …
Category: Fantasy

Legend (1985)

27 April 200328 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Adult Fairytale

Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, …
Category: Fantasy

Liza, The Fox-Fairy (2015)

5 February 201630 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Hungarian Black Comedy/Woman and Her Jealous Ghost Companion

Director: Karoly Ujj Meszaros
Actors: Moni Balsai, Szabolcs Bede Fazekas, David Sakurai, Zoltan Schmied, …
Category: Fantasy

The Magical Land of the Leprechauns (1999)

1 May 201020 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Leprechaun Fantasy

Director: John Henderson
Actors: Randy Quaid, Colm Meaney, Whoopi Goldberg, Orla Brady, …
Category: Fantasy

Maleficent (2014)

31 May 20145 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Prequel to Disney’s Sleeping Beauty

Director: Robert Stromberg
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Imelda Staunton, …
Category: Fantasy

Maleficent, Mistress of Evil (2019)

11 January 202010 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Sleeping Beauty Continuation

Director: Joachim Rønning
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Harris Dickinson, …
Category: Fantasy

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999)

15 May 199922 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Shakespeare Adaptation/Fairy Enchantments

Director: Michael Hoffman
Actors: Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Calista Flockhart, …
Category: Fantasy

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2005)

19 April 20077 March 2019

Rating: ★★½

Modernised Shakespeare Adaptation

Director: Ed Fraiman
Actors: Bill Paterson, Imelda Staunton, Lennie James, Dean Lennox Kelly, …
Category: Fantasy

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014)

22 June 201516 October 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Shakespeare Adaptation/Fairy Enchantments

Director: Julie Taymor
Actors: David Harewood, Kathryn Hunter, Lily Englert, Jake Horowitz, …
Category: Fantasy

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016)

1 August 201722 October 2020

Rating: ★★½

Modernised Shakespeare Adaptation

Director: David Kerr
Actors: Matt Lucas, Nonso Anozie, Prisca Bakare, Matthew Tennyson, …
Category: Fantasy

Movie 43 (2013)

8 November 20132 January 2021

Rating: 0­

Anthology of Bad Taste Comedy Skits

Director: Steven Brill, Peter Farrelly, Will Graham, Steve Carr, …
Actors: Adam Cagley, Devin Eash, Mark L. Young, Fisher Stevens, …
Category: Fantasy

Mythica: The Darkspore (2015)

16 September 201619 May 2020

Rating: ★★½

Epic Fantasy Adventure

Director: Anne Black
Actors: Melanie Stone, Adam Johnson, Jake Stormoen, Nicola Posener, …
Category: Fantasy

Neverland (2011)

10 January 201213 February 2021

Rating: ★★★

SF Version of Peter Pan

Director: Nick Willing
Actors: Rhys Ifans, Anna Friel, Charlie Rowe, Q'Orianka Kilcher, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1999)

8 January 20119 June 2020

Rating: ½

Living Puppet Boy

Director: Michael Anderson
Actors: Martin Landau, Udo Kier, Sarah Alexander, Simon Schatzberger, …
Category: Fantasy

Onward (2020)

5 April 20204 January 2021

Rating: ★★★

Pixar Animation/Alternate Present Inhabited by Magic Creatures

Director: Dan Scanlon
Actors: Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, …
Category: Fantasy

Oz: The Great and Powerful (2013)

8 March 201310 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

The Wizard of Oz Prequel

Director: Sam Raimi
Actors: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, …
Category: Fantasy

Pan (2015)

1 November 201510 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Peter Pan Origin Story

Director: Joe Wright
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, …
Category: Fantasy

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

19 April 200710 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Girl Discovers Magical Realm

Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Actors: Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones, …
Category: Fantasy

Peter Pan (1953)

7 February 19997 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Disney Animation/Children’s Adventures in a Magic Land

Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Actors: Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conreid
Category: Fantasy

Peter Pan (2003)

31 December 200330 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Children’s Adventures in a Magic Land

Director: P.J. Hogan
Actors: Rachel Hurd-Wood, Jeremy Sumpter, Jason Isaacs, Ludivine Sagnier, …
Category: Fantasy

Photographing Fairies (1997)

14 June 20023 September 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Fairies and Altered Perception

Director: Nick Willing
Actors: Toby Stephens, Ben Kingsley, Frances Barber, Emily Woof, …
Category: Fantasy

Pinocchio (1940)

8 July 20059 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Disney Animation/Living Puppet Boy

Director: Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen
Category: Fantasy

Pinocchio (2019)

13 June 202013 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Living Puppet Boy

Director: Matteo Garrone
Actors: Federico Ielapi, Roberto Benigni, Massimo Ceccherini, Rocco Papaleo, …
Category: Fantasy

The Pirate Fairy (2014)

25 August 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Disney Animation/Tinker Bell Adventure

Director: Peggy Holmes
Actors: Mae Whitman, Christina Hendricks, Tom Hiddleston, Lucy Liu, …
Category: Fantasy

Return to Never Land (2002)

31 December 200215 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Disney Animation/ Peter Pan Sequel

Director: Robin Budd, Donovan Cook
Actors: Harriet Owen, Blayne Weaver, Corey Burton, Kath Soucie, …
Category: Fantasy

Rise of the Guardians (2012)

12 December 201229 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Animation/Team-Up Between Imaginary Characters

Director: Peter Ramsey
Actors: Chris Pine, Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, …
Category: Fantasy

Screamtime (1983)

18 March 202018 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Michael Armstrong
Actors: Robin Bailey, Dora Bryan
Category: Horror

The Secret of Kells (2009)

23 March 20159 February 2021

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Celtic History and Mythology

Director: Tomm Moore
Actors: Ewan McGuire, Brendan Gleeson, Mick Lally, Paul Young
Category: Fantasy

Shrek 2 (2004)

5 July 20046 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Fairytale Spoof

Director: Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon
Actors: Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, …
Category: Fantasy

A Simple Wish (1997)

25 February 20016 March 2019

Rating: 0­

Inept Fairy Godmother

Director: Michael Ritchie
Actors: Martin Short, Mara Wilson, Kathleen Turner, Amanda Plummer, …
Category: Fantasy

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

5 November 199911 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Disney Animation/Fairy-Tale

Director: Clyde Geronimi
Actors: Verna Felton, Eleanor Audley
Category: Fantasy

The Sleeping Beauty (2010)

17 November 201010 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Fairytale

Director: Catherine Breillat
Actors: Diana Rudychenko
Category: Fantasy

Sleeping Beauty (2014)

19 August 20167 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Fairytale Adventure/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Casper Van Dien
Actors: Finn Jones, Grace Van Dien, Olivia D'Abo, Edward French, …
Category: Fantasy

The Slipper and the Rose (1976)

21 March 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Cinderella Adaptation

Director: Bryan Forbes
Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Gemma Craven, Michael Hordern, Kenneth More, …
Category: Fantasy

Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

31 May 201210 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Adult Fairytale Adaptation/Epic Fantasy

Director: Rupert Sanders
Actors: Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Sam Claflin, …
Category: Fantasy

Song of the Sea (2014)

28 March 201512 February 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Selkies and Celtic Mythology

Director: Tomm Moore
Actors: David Rawle, Brendan Gleeson, Fionnula Flanagan, Lisa Hannigan, …
Category: Fantasy

The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

21 April 200815 March 2019

Rating: ★★½

Secret World of Magical Creatures

Director: Mark Waters
Actors: Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Sarah Bolger, David Strathairn, …
Category: Fantasy

Strange Magic (2015)

6 February 201526 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Animation/World of Fairies

Director: Gary Rydstrom
Actors: Evan Rachel Wood, Alan Cumming, Meredith Ann Bull, Elijah Kelley, …
Category: Fantasy

Tam-Lin (1971)

27 April 201630 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Modern-Day Queen of the Fairies

Director: Roddy McDowall
Actors: Ava Gardner, Ian McShane, Stephanie Beacham, Richard Wattis, …
Category: Fantasy

Thumbelina (1994)

6 July 200026 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Animated Fairy-Tale

Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Actors: Jodi Benson, Gary Imhoff, Gino Conforti, Joe Lynch, …
Category: Fantasy

TinkerBell (2008)

7 April 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Disney Animation/Fairy’s Adventures

Director: Bradley Raymond
Actors: Mae Whitman, Jeff Bennett, Rob Paulsen, Pamela Adlon, …
Category: Fantasy

tom thumb (1958)

18 December 200015 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Miniature Boy/Fairy Tale

Director: George Pal
Actors: Russ Tamblyn, Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas, Alan Young, …
Category: Fantasy

Tooth Fairy (2010)

27 January 201018 December 2018

Rating: ★

Tough Guy Becomes a Tooth Fairy

Director: Michael Lembeck
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Stephen Merchant, Julie Andrews, …
Category: Fantasy

Willow (1988)

9 November 200331 January 2019

Rating: ★★

Epic Fantasy

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

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, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

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, …
Category: Fantasy

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
Category: Fantasy

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, …
Category: Fantasy

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, …
Category: Fantasy

Recent Posts

  • The Deeper You Dig (2019)
  • Monster Hunter (2020)
  • The Stand (2020-2021)
  • Among the Shadows (2019)
  • Retribution (1987)
  • Mega Time Squad (2018)
  • Dead Dicks (2019)
  • Villains (2019)
  • Death of Me (2020)
  • The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)
  • Willy’s Wonderland (2021)
  • Archive (2020)
  • High School Girl Rika, Zombie Hunter (2008)
  • Chrysalis (2008)
  • MPD Psycho (2000)

Theme Essays

  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Nazis
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Sexual Fetishism in Fantastic Cinema
  • 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 Based on 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

© Copyright Richard Scheib 1999-2021

∧
Jump to top