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Theme: Fantastic Journeys

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

Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)

31 March 199920 February 2020

Rating: ★

Gonzo Road Movie

Director: John Landis
Actors: Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, Nia Peeples, …
Category: Fantasy

Cabin Boy (1994)

6 December 200214 May 2020

Rating: ★★½

Idiot’s Absurdist Adventures

Director: Adam Resnick
Actors: Chris Elliott, Melora Walters, Ann Magnuson, James Gammon, …
Category: Fantasy

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

7 September 200030 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Fantastical Flying Car/Musical

Director: Kenneth Hughes
Actors: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Gert Frobe, Lionel Jeffries, …
Category: Fantasy

The Core (2003)

9 June 200310 June 2024

Rating: ★

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Director: Jon Amiel
Actors: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Tcheky Karyo, …
Category: Science Fiction

Drifting Home (2022)

4 December 2023

Rating: ★★½

Anime/Apartment Building Drifts Out to Sea

Director: Hiroyasu Ishida
Category: Fantasy

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958)

20 September 201214 March 2024

Rating: ★★★★½

Jules Verne Adaptation/Steampunk

Director: Karel Zeman
Category: Science Fiction

Fantastic Voyage (1966)

16 December 200012 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Submarine Journey Through the Human Body

Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Donald Pleasence, Arthur Kennedy, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Hobbit (1977)

3 September 20051 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Epic Fantasy Adventure/Animation

Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr
Actors: Orson Bean, John Huston, Richard Boone, Hans Conreid, …
Category: Fantasy

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

14 December 201231 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Epic Fantasy Adventure

Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis, …
Category: Fantasy

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

20 December 201411 October 2022

Rating: ★★½

Epic Fantasy Adventure

Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Luke Evans, …
Category: Fantasy

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

14 December 201312 December 2024

Rating: ★½

Epic Fantasy Adventure

Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Aidan Turner, …
Category: Fantasy

An Impossible Voyage (1904)

23 September 20114 November 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Train Journey Into Space

Director: Georges Melies
Category: Science Fiction

James and the Giant Peach (1996)

1 December 200018 November 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Fantastical Journey/Stop-Motion Animation/Roald Dahl Adaptation

Director: Henry Selick
Actors: Paul Terry, Miriam Margolyes, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite, …
Category: Fantasy

Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

2 September 20037 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Greek Myth Adventure

Director: Don Chaffey
Actors: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Nigel Green, Laurence Naismith, …
Category: Fantasy

Jason and the Argonauts (2000)

23 September 200717 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Greek Myth Adventure

Director: Nick Willing
Actors: Jason London, Dennis Hopper, Jolene Blalock, Brian Thompson, …
Category: Fantasy

Jauja (2014)

13 October 201419 August 2024

Rating: ★★★

19th Century Explorers/Fantastic Journey

Director: Lisandro Alonso
Actors: Viggo Mortensen, Villbjork Malling Agger, Adrian Fondari, Ghita Norby
Category: Fantasy

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)

8 February 201226 November 2024

Rating: ★

Jules Verne Adaptation/Island of Giant Fauna

Director: Brad Peyton
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Josh Hutcherson, Michael Caine, Vanessa Hudgens, …
Category: Science Fiction

Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)

30 July 201522 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Journey Through Prehistory

Director: Karel Zeman
Category: Science Fiction

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

12 April 200320 September 2021

Rating: ★★½

Underground Adventures/Jules Verne Adaptation

Director: Henry Levin
Actors: James Mason, Pat Boone, Arlene Dahl, Thayer David, …
Category: Science Fiction

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1988)

21 October 200713 November 2019

Rating: 0­

Underground Adventures

Director: Rusty Lemorande, Albert Pyun
Actors: Nicola Cowper, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Jeremy Crutchley
Category: Science Fiction

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999)

3 July 201022 December 2021

Rating: ★★½

Underground Adventures/Jules Verne Adaptation

Director: George Miller (ii)
Actors: Treat Williams, Jeremy London, Bryan Brown, Hugh Keays-Byrne
Category: Science Fiction

Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D (2008)

9 October 200822 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Underground Adventures/Jules Verne Adaptation

Director: Eric Brevig
Actors: Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem
Category: Science Fiction

The Lord of the Rings (1978)

17 December 200011 October 2022

Rating: ★★★

Epic Fantasy/Animation

Director: Ralph Bakshi
Actors: Christopher Guard, John Hurt, Simon Chandler, Dominic Guard, …
Category: Fantasy

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

19 December 200131 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Epic Fantasy Adventure

Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Bean, …
Category: Fantasy

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

23 December 200331 December 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Epic Fantasy Adventure

Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Andy Serkis, Sean Astin, …
Category: Fantasy

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

24 December 200231 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Epic Fantasy Adventure

Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Sean Astin, …
Category: Fantasy

The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)

20 November 20007 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Journey into Absurdist Realm/Animation

Director: Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow
Actors: Butch Patrick
Category: Fantasy

The Polar Express (2004)

28 November 20044 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Train Journey to the North Pole

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Tom Hanks, Daryl Sabara, Jimmy Bennett
Category: Fantasy

Rainbow (1995)

27 April 200321 February 2025

Rating: ★

Journey Up a Rainbow/Children’s Film

Director: Bob Hoskins
Actors: Bob Hoskins, Dan Akyroyd, Jacob Tierney, Saul Rubinek
Category: Fantasy

Three Businessmen (1998)

18 December 200215 April 2025

Rating: ★

Surreal Journey

Director: Alex Cox
Actors: Miguel Sandoval, Alex Cox, Robert Wisdom
Category: Fantasy

The Time Machine (1960)

19 January 20012 July 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Time Travel/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: George Pal
Actors: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Time Machine (2002)

9 April 20023 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Time Travel/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Simon Wells
Actors: Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Orlando Jones, Mark Addy, …
Category: Science Fiction

A Trip to the Moon (1902)

18 May 201229 August 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Expedition to the Moon/Comedy

Director: Georges Melies
Actors: Georges Melies
Category: Science Fiction

Tron (1982)

18 December 20022 October 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Journey into Cyberspace

Director: Steven Lisberger
Actors: Jeff Bridges, David Warner, Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, …
Category: Science Fiction

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

29 July 20023 February 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Gonzo Children’s Adventure/Fantastical Candy Factory

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

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

4 September 201211 January 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Adventures in a Magical Land

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

Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

27 January 20062 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Space Opera Boardgame

Director: Jon Favreau
Actors: Josh Hutcherson, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins
Category: Science Fiction

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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
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  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
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  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
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  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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