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Theme: Films Based on Toys and Games

Barbie & the Diamond Castle (2008)

11 January 200927 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Barbie Fairytale

Director: Gino Nichele
Actors: Kelly Sheridan, Cassidy Ladden, Maryske Hendrikse, Kathleen Barr, …
Category: Fantasy

Barbie and the Three Musketeers (2009)

27 February 201427 October 2019

Rating: ★

Animation/Barbie Swashbuckler

Director: William Lau
Actors: Kelly Sheridan, Mark Hildreth, Tim Curry, Willow Johnson, …
Category: Fantasy

Barbie as Rapunzel (2002)

24 May 200927 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Animation/Barbie Enacts Fairytale

Director: Owen Hurley
Actors: Kelly Sheridan, Anjelica Huston, Cree Summer, Ian James Corlett, …
Category: Fantasy

Barbie as The Island Princess (2007)

3 February 200822 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Barbie Fairytale

Director: Greg Richardson
Actors: Kelly Sheridan, Alessandro Juliani, Steve Marvel, Susan Roman, …
Category: Fantasy

Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper (2004)

17 July 200927 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Animation/Barbie Fairytale

Director: William Lau
Actors: Kelly Sheridan, Martin Short, Allesandro Juliano, Mark Hildreth, …
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 12 Dancing Princesses (2006)

31 December 201527 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Animation/Barbie Fairytale

Director: Greg Richardson
Actors: Kelly Sheridan, Catherine O'Hara, Chantal Strand, Nicole Oliver, …
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

Barbie Presents Thumbelina (2009)

12 September 200927 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Barbie Fairytale

Director: Conrad Helten
Actors: Anna Cummer, Kelly Metzger, Kelly Sheridan, Tabitha St. Germain, …
Category: Fantasy

Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts (2015)

22 January 202122 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Superhero/Animation

Director: Butch Lukic
Actors: Roger Craig Smith, Chris Diamantopoulos, Will Friedle, Charlie Schlatter, …
Category: Fantasy

Battleship (2012)

17 May 20127 November 2019

Rating: ★

US Navy vs Alien Invaders/Boardgame Adaptation

Director: Peter Berg
Actors: Taylor Kitsch, Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, …
Category: Science Fiction

BumbleBee (2018)

6 April 201912 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Transformers Spinoff

Director: Travis Knight
Actors: Hailee Steinfeld, Jorge Ledenborg Jr, John Cena, Jason Drucker, …
Category: Science Fiction

Care Bears Movie 2: A New Generation (1986)

3 June 200122 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Cute Talking Bears

Director: Dale Schott
Actors: Pam Hyatt, Cree Summer, Bob Dermer, Alyson Court
Category: Fantasy

The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (1987)

19 April 20077 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Cute Talking Bears

Director: Raymond Jafelice
Actors: Bob Dermer, Dan Hennessey, Colin Fox, Keith Knight, …
Category: Fantasy

Digimon: The Movie (2000)

15 March 200115 August 2020

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Cute Cyber-Creatures

Director: Mamoru Hosoda, Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Actors: Mona Marshall, Colleen O'Shaughnessy
Category: Fantasy

Dungeons & Dragons (2000)

8 December 200019 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Courtney Solomon
Actors: Justin Whalin, Jeremy Irons, Marlon Wayans, Thora Birch, …
Category: Fantasy

Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness (2013)

30 December 20136 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Gerry Lively
Actors: Jack Derges, Eleanor Gecks, Barry Aird, Lex Daniel, …
Category: Fantasy

G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)

27 March 201323 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Futuristic Military Action Team

Director: Jon M. Chu
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Channing Tatum, Adrianne Palicki, Byung-hun Lee, …
Category: Science Fiction

G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra (2009)

25 August 200930 January 2019

Rating: ★★

Futuristic Military Action Team

Director: Stephen Sommers
Actors: Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Marlon Wayans, Christopher Eccleston, …
Category: Science Fiction

Jem and the Holograms (2015)

29 January 201616 January 2021

Rating: ★

Girl Pop Band/Animation in Live-Action

Director: Jon M. Chu
Actors: Aubrey Peeples, Juliette Lewis, Stefanie Scott, Aurora Perrineau, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

3 June 201731 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Animation/Lego Universe Superheroes

Director: Chris McKay
Actors: Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, Zach Galifianakis, …
Category: Fantasy

The Lego Movie 2 (2019)

23 March 20192 January 2021

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Adventures in the Lego Universe

Director: Mike Mitchell
Actors: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Tiffany Haddish, …
Category: Fantasy

The Lego Movie (2014)

7 February 201424 September 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Animation/Adventures in the Lego Universe

Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Actors: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Will Ferrell, …
Category: Fantasy

The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)

22 October 201729 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Adventures in the Lego Universe

Director: Charlie Bean, Paul Fisher, Bob Logan, Paul Currie
Actors: Dave Franco, Justin Theroux, Olivia Munn, Fred Armisen, …
Category: Fantasy

Masters of the Universe (1987)

12 May 200413 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Intergalactic Sword-and-Sorcery

Director: Gary Goddard
Actors: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Courteney Cox, Billy Barty, …
Category: Science Fiction

Max Steel (2016)

29 January 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★

Film Based on Toy Franchise/Superhero Film

Director: Stewart Hendler
Actors: Ben Winchell, Josh Brener, Maria Bello, Ana Villafane, …
Category: Science Fiction

Pokemon The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998)

10 April 20012 May 2020

Rating: ★

Animation/Cute Creatures

Director: Kunihiko Yuyama, Michael Haigney
Actors: Veronica Taylor, Rachel Lillis, Eric Stuart, Philip Bartlett, …
Category: Fantasy

Pokemon: The Power of One (1999)

31 December 199916 June 2019

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Cute Creatures

Director: Kunihiko Yuyama, Michael Haigney
Actors: Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Ted Lewis, Eric Stuart
Category: Fantasy

Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (1985)

5 April 199912 May 2019

Rating: ★

Animation/Magic Horse Saves the Universe

Director: Bernard DeVries, Kimio Yabuki
Actors: Bettina, David Mendenhall, Andre Strojka, Rhonda Aldrich, …
Category: Fantasy

Transformers (2007)

3 July 200720 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Live-Action Transformer Robots

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Rachael Taylor, …
Category: Science Fiction

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

28 June 201419 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Transformer Robots

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Stanley Tucci, Jack Reynor, …
Category: Science Fiction

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

30 June 201126 June 2019

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Transformer Robots

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntingdon-Whiteley, John Turturro, Patrick Dempsey, …
Category: Science Fiction

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

30 June 200926 June 2019

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Transformer Robots

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, John Turturro, Ramon Rodriguez, …
Category: Science Fiction

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

23 September 201712 August 2019

Rating: ★½

Live-Action Transformer Robots

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Laura Haddock, Josh Duhamel, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

18 November 200126 March 2019

Rating: ★

Transformer Robot Wars/Animation

Director: Nelson Shin
Actors: Robert Stack, Leonard Nimoy, Orson Welles, Eric Idle, …
Category: Science Fiction

Trolls (2016)

6 February 201720 March 2019

Rating: 0­

Animation/Small Cute Creatures

Director: Mike Mitchell, Walt Dohm
Actors: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, …
Category: Fantasy

Ultramarines (2010)

10 July 201116 June 2019

Rating: ★★

Animation/Wargame Adaptation/Space Marines vs Demonic Forces

Director: Martyn Pick
Actors: Terence Stamp, Sean Pertwee, John Hurt, Steven Waddington, …
Category: Science Fiction

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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
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