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Theme: Giants

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)

5 August 20025 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Big and Small Adventures

Director: Jack Sher
Actors: Kerwin Mathews, June Thorburn, Lee Patterson, Basil Sydney, …
Category: Fantasy

The 30-Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)

28 June 201711 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Giant Woman Comedy

Director: Sidney Miller
Actors: Lou Costello, Dorothy Provine, Gale Gordon, Jimmy Conlin, …
Category: Science Fiction

300 (2007)

19 April 200719 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Fantasticised Historical Battle/Graphic Novel Adaptation

Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, …
Category: Fantasy

300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

8 March 201419 December 2020

Rating: ★★½

Fantasticised Historical Battle

Director: Noam Murro
Actors: Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey, Hans Matheson, …
Category: Fantasy

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)

3 June 199916 September 2019

Rating: ★★★★

World’s Greatest Liar’s Absurdist Adventures

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: John Neville, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Eric Idle, …
Category: Fantasy

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

9 March 20103 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Alice in Wonderland Adaptation/Epic Adventure

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, …
Category: Fantasy

Aliens in the Attic (2009)

20 October 20097 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Children vs Alien Invaders

Director: John Schultz
Actors: Carter Jenkins, Austin Butler, Ashley Tisdale, Robert Hoffmann, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)

10 August 20104 August 2019

Rating: ★★½

Atomically Mutated Giant

Director: Bert I. Gordon
Actors: Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, William Hudson, Larry Thor, …
Category: Science Fiction

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)

4 November 200027 September 2019

Rating: ★

Giant Woman/Classic Bad Movie

Director: Nathan Juran
Actors: Allison Hayes, Yvette Vickers, William Hudson, George Douglas, …
Category: Science Fiction

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993)

13 December 200227 September 2019

Rating: ★★½

Giant Woman

Director: Christopher Guest
Actors: Daryl Hannah, Daniel Baldwin, William Windom, Christi Conaway, …
Category: Science Fiction

Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfolds (1995)

21 April 201328 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman Spoof

Director: Fred Olen Ray
Actors: J.J. North, Tammy Parks, John LaZar, Ted Monte, …
Category: Science Fiction

Attack on Titan (2015)

29 November 201528 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Live-Action Anime Adaptation/Invasion by Giants

Director: Shinji Higuchi
Actors: Haruma Miura, Kiko Mizuara, Kanata Hongo, Satomi Ishihara, …
Category: Fantasy

Attack on Titan II: End of the World (2015)

9 January 201728 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Anime Adaptation/Invasion by Giants

Director: Shinji Higuchi
Actors: Haruma Miura, Kiko Mizuara, Kanata Hongo, Hiroki Hasegawa, …
Category: Fantasy

Beanstalk (1994)

29 July 20007 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Modernised Fairy-Tale

Director: Michael Paul Davis
Actors: Margot Kidder, Stuart Pankin, J.D. Daniels, Patrick Renna, …
Category: Fantasy

Beauty and the Beast (2014)

18 January 20157 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Fairy-Tale

Director: Christophe Gans
Actors: Lea Seydoux, Vincent Cassel, Andre Dussolier, Eduardo Noriega, …
Category: Fantasy

The BFG (1989)

1 March 20156 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Roald Dahl Adaptation/Friendly Giant

Director: Brian Cosgrove
Actors: David Jason, Don Henderson
Category: Fantasy

The BFG (2016)

10 July 20166 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Roald Dahl Adaptation/Friendly Giant

Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, …
Category: Fantasy

Big Fish (2003)

9 March 200415 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Tall Tales

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, …
Category: Fantasy

Big Man Japan (2007)

8 September 201115 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Giant Japanese Superhero Mockumentary

Director: Hitoshi Matsumoto
Actors: Hitoshi Matsumoto
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

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

14 May 201621 March 2020

Rating: ★★★½

War Between Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Actors: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr, Sebastian Stan, Scarlett Johansson, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair (1990)

6 January 200230 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld

Director: Alex Kirby
Actors: Tom Baker, David Thwaites, Camilla Power, Richard Henders, …
Category: Fantasy

The Cyclops (1957)

26 November 20155 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Atomically Mutated Giant

Director: Bert I. Gordon
Actors: Gloria Talbott, Lon Chaney Jr, James Craig, Tom Drake
Category: Science Fiction

Eegah (1962)

4 May 200830 September 2020

Rating: ½

Classic Bad Movie/Caveman Amok

Director: Arch Hall Sr
Actors: Arch Hall Jr, Richard Kiel
Category: Science Fiction

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

Evil Alien Conquerors (2003)

7 November 20133 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Stupid Alien Invaders Comedy

Director: Chris Matheson
Actors: Diedrich Bader, Michael Weston, Chris Parnell, Tyler Labine, …
Category: Science Fiction

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

Fantastic Planet (1973)

23 February 200412 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Bizarre Alien Planet/Animation

Director: Rene Laloux
Category: Science Fiction

Frozen II (2019)

22 February 202022 February 2020

Rating: ★

Disney Animation

Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Actors: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, …
Category: Fantasy

Fun & Fancy Free (1947)

4 December 201430 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Disney Animation Anthology

Director: Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts
Actors: Edgar Bergen, Luana Patten, Cliff Edwards, Dinah Shore, …
Category: Fantasy

The Giant (2016)

6 October 201625 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Deformed Man Has Daydreams of Being a Giant

Director: Johannes Nyholm
Actors: Christian Andren, Johan Kylen, Anna Bjelkerud, Linda Faith
Category: Fantasy

Giant from the Unknown (1958)

5 December 20195 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Resurrected Conquistador

Director: Richard E. Cunha
Actors: Edward Kemmer, Morris Ankrum, Buddy Baer
Category: Horror

Gulliver’s Travels (1939)

3 August 200121 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Land of Little People

Director: Dave Fleischer
Category: Fantasy

Gulliver’s Travels (1977)

17 January 200121 August 2020

Rating: ★★½

Land of Little People

Director: Peter Hunt
Actors: Richard Harris, Catherine Schell
Category: Fantasy

Gulliver’s Travels (2010)

13 January 201125 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Land of Little People

Director: Rob Letterman
Actors: Jack Black, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, Amanda Peet, …
Category: Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)

15 July 201126 February 2019

Rating: ★★★

Young Wizard

Director: David Yates
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, …
Category: Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

11 July 200725 February 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Young Wizard

Director: David Yates
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon, Rupert Grint, …
Category: Fantasy

Hawk the Slayer (1980)

25 January 200313 April 2020

Rating: ★

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Terry Marcel
Actors: Jack Palance, John Terry, Bernard Bresslaw, Morgan Sheppard, …
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

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

14 December 201229 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Epic Fantasy Adventure

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

Honey I Blew Up the Kid (1992)

16 August 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Giant Baby

Director: Randal Kleiser
Actors: Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Robert Oliveri, Daniel Shalikar, …
Category: Science Fiction

Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011)

7 May 201130 August 2018

Rating: ★

Animation/Fairytale Parody

Director: Mike Disa
Actors: Hayden Panettiere, Patrick Warburton, Glenn Close, Joan Cusack, …
Category: Fantasy

I Kill Giants (2017)

1 April 20181 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Girl Believes in Giants

Director: Anders Walter
Actors: Madison Wolfe, Zoe Saldana, Imogen Poots, Art Parkinson, …
Category: Fantasy

Into the Woods (2014)

25 December 20149 October 2019

Rating: ★

Fairytale Parody Musical

Director: Rob Marshall
Actors: Meryl Streep, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Emily Blunt, …
Category: Fantasy

Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

25 March 202010 July 2020

Rating: ★

Two Idiots Enact Fairytale

Director: Jean Yarbrough
Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy Baer
Category: Fantasy

Jack and the Beanstalk (1997)

19 November 201030 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Fairytale

Director: Martin Gates
Actors: Ben Savage, Sara Gilbert, Melvyn Hayes, Tone-Loc, …
Category: Fantasy

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001)

12 February 200520 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Revisionist Fairytale

Director: Brian Henson
Actors: Matthew Modine, Mia Sara, J.J. Feild, Jon Voight, …
Category: Fantasy

Jack the Giant Killer (1962)

19 June 200025 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Heroic Fantasy Adventure

Director: Nathan Juran
Actors: Kerwin Mathews, Torin Thatcher, Judi Meredith, Don Beddoe, …
Category: Fantasy

Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

28 February 20137 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Fairytale Adaptation/Epic Fantasy

Director: Bryan Singer
Actors: Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, …
Category: Fantasy

Josh Kirby … Time Warrior! The Human Pets (1995)

31 December 199530 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Juvenile Adventures Through Time

Director: Frank Arnold
Actors: Corbin Allred, Jennifer Burns, Barrie Ingham, John DeMita, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Mad Monk (1993)

4 May 200229 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Hong Kong Heavenly Comedy

Director: Ching Siu-Tung, Johnny To
Actors: Stephen Chow, Maggie Cheung, Paul Chun, Anita Mui
Category: Fantasy

Mahabharat (1965)

6 June 200623 May 2020

Rating: ★★½

Indian Epic Legend

Director: Babubhai Mistry
Actors: Abhi Bhattacharya, Pradeep Kumar, Padmini, Dara Singh, …
Category: Fantasy

Melies Cinemagician (2011)

12 June 200223 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Compilation of Georges Melies Shorts

Director: Georges Melies
Category: Fantasy

Monsters vs Aliens (2009)

4 April 200910 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Friendly Monsters vs Alien Invaders

Director: Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon
Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, …
Category: Science Fiction

New York Stories (1989)

28 November 200410 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anthology of New York Tales/Giant Nagging Mother

Director: Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen
Actors: Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Mae Questel, Heather McComb, …
Category: Fantasy

Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)

21 September 20105 December 2020

Rating: ★

Videogame Adaptation/Post-Holocaust Zombies

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Actors: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Wentworth Miller, Boris Kodjoe, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)

24 September 20125 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Videogame Adaptation/Complex of Zombies and Mutants

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Actors: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Sienna Guillory, Li Bingbing, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

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

Sucker Punch (2011)

27 March 201112 March 2019

Rating: ★★

Fantasy Action in Dreamed Alternate Realities

Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, …
Category: Fantasy

The Temptation of Dr Antonio (1962)

22 December 201130 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Giant Anita Ekberg Steps Off a Billboard

Director: Federico Fellini
Actors: Anita Ekberg, Peppino De Filippo
Category: Fantasy

Thor: Tales of Asgard (2011)

24 November 201219 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Marvel Comics Norse God Superhero

Director: Sam Liu, Gary Hartle
Actors: Matt Wolf, Rick Gomez, Tara Strong, Chris Britton, …
Category: Fantasy

Time Bandits (1981)

29 July 200211 September 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Gonzo Adventures Throughout Time

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Craig Warnock, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, Jack Purvis, …
Category: Fantasy

Ultimate Avengers (2006)

6 June 20092 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Marvel Comics Superhero Team/Animation

Director: Bob Richardson, Curt Geda, Steven E. Gordon
Actors: Justin Gross, Michael Massee, Marc Worden, Olivia D'Abo, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ultimate Avengers II (2006)

21 September 20106 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Marvel Comics Superhero Team/Animation

Director: Bob Richardson, Will Meugniot, Richard Sebast
Actors: Justin Gross, Marc Worden, Nolan North, Grey DeLisle, …
Category: Science Fiction

Village of the Giants (1965)

2 September 200318 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Giant Teenagers Amok

Director: Bert I. Gordon
Actors: Tommy Kirk, Beau Bridges, Ron Howard, Joseph Turkel
Category: Science Fiction

War of the Colossal Beast (1958)

11 February 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Atomically Mutated Giant

Director: Bert I. Gordon
Actors: Dean Parkin, Sally Fraser, Roger Pace, Russ Bender, …
Category: Science Fiction

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, …
Category: Fantasy

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, …
Category: Fantasy

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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
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