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Theme: Greek Mythology

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

11 September 20005 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Arabian Nights Adventures

Director: Nathan Juran
Actors: Kerwin Mathews, Torin Thatcher, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer
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

The Adventures of Hercules (1985)

2 January 20056 June 2019

Rating: ½

Greek Mythological Hero

Director: Luigi Cozzi
Actors: Lou Ferrigno, Milly Carlucci, Sonia Viviani, William Berger, …
Category: Fantasy

Allegro Non Troppo (1976)

6 April 200424 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Fantasia Spoof/Animation

Director: Bruno Bozzetto
Actors: Maurizio Nichetti
Category: Fantasy

Black Orpheus (1959)

11 July 199925 December 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Modernised Greek Myth

Director: Marcel Camus
Category: Fantasy

Cerberus (2005)

18 November 200710 April 2020

Rating: ★½

Mythological Monster

Director: John Terlesky
Actors: Greg Evigan, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Sebastian Spence
Category: Horror

Clash of the Titans (1981)

14 April 200121 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Greek Mythology Adventure

Director: Desmond Davis
Actors: Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith, …
Category: Fantasy

Clash of the Titans (2010)

3 April 201022 April 2020

Rating: ★

Greek Mythology Adventure

Director: Louis Leterrier
Actors: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, …
Category: Fantasy

Cross (2011)

22 January 201423 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Action Film/Mystical Artifacts

Director: Patrick Durham
Actors: Brian Austin Green, Michael Clarke Duncan, Vinnie Jones, Susie Abromeit, …
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

Dante’s Inferno (2007)

28 May 20107 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Vision of Hell/Puppet Show

Director: Sean Meredith
Actors: Dermot Mulroney, James Cromwell, Martha Plimpton, Tom Hallick, …
Category: Fantasy

Down to Earth (1947)

23 January 200131 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Greek Muse Comes Down to Earth

Director: Alexander Hall
Actors: Rita Hayworth, James Gleason, Roland Culver, Edward Everett Horton
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

Ghost Ship (2002)

27 February 20036 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Haunted Ship

Director: Steve Beck
Actors: Julianna Margulies, Gabriel Byrne, Desmond Harrington, Ron Eldard, …
Category: Horror

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)

12 November 20026 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Arabian Nights Adventure

Director: Gordon Hessler
Actors: John Philip Law, Tom Baker, Caroline Munro, Douglas Wilmer, …
Category: Fantasy

The Gorgon (1964)

7 April 200124 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

The Medusa/Hammer Film

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Richard Pasco, Barbara Shelley, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, …
Category: Horror

Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007)

13 August 200929 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Demon Superhero/Animation

Director: Victor Cook, Tad Stones
Actors: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, John Hurt, Doug Jones, …
Category: Horror

Hercules (1958)

28 May 200028 May 2020

Rating: ★★½

Greek Mythological Hero

Director: Pietro Francisci
Actors: Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Ivo Garrani, Mimmo Palmara, …
Category: Fantasy

Hercules (1983)

19 October 20026 March 2020

Rating: 0­

Greek Mythological Hero

Director: Luigi Cozzi
Actors: Lou Ferrigno, Sybil Danning, Mirella D'Angelo, William Berger, …
Category: Fantasy

Hercules (1997)

19 April 20072 June 2019

Rating: ★★

Disney Animation/Greek Mythology

Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Actors: Tate Donovan, Danny DeVito, Susan Egan, James Woods, …
Category: Fantasy

Hercules (2005)

14 December 200820 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Greek Mythological Hero

Director: Roger Young
Actors: Paul Telfer, Elizabeth Perkins, Leelee Sobieski, Sean Astin, …
Category: Fantasy

Hercules (2014)

26 July 201410 March 2020

Rating: ★½

Greek Mythological Hero’s Ordinary Exploits

Director: Brett Ratner
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, John Hurt, …
Category: Fantasy

Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964)

28 April 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★

Italian Muscleman Adventure

Director: Giacomo Gentilomo
Actors: Alan Steel, Anna Maria Polani, Jany Clair, Nando Tamberlini, …
Category: Fantasy

Hercules in New York (1970)

2 February 200329 June 2019

Rating: ★

Greek Mythological Hero in the Present/Comedy

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Stang, Deborah Loomis, Ernest Graves, …
Category: Fantasy

Hercules in the Center of the Earth (1961)

1 June 200415 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Greek Mythological Hero

Director: Mario Bava
Actors: Reg Park, Christopher Lee, Ida Galli, Leonora Ruffo
Category: Fantasy

Hercules Reborn (2014)

6 December 201617 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Greek Mythological Hero/Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Nick Lyon
Actors: John Hennigan, Dylan Vox
Category: Fantasy

Hercules Unchained (1959)

28 May 201024 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Greek Mythological Hero

Director: Pietro Francisci
Actors: Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Gabriele Antonini, Sylvia Lopez, …
Category: Fantasy

Immortals (2011)

19 November 201110 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Greek Myth

Director: Tarsem Singh
Actors: Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Freida Pinto, Stephen Dorff, …
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 20075 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Greek Myth Adventure

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

Land of the Minotaur (1977)

1 July 200230 August 2018

Rating: 0­

Minotaur-Worshipping Cult

Director: Costas Carayiannis
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Peter Cushing, Costa Skouras, Luan Peters, …
Category: Horror

Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

21 November 20031 March 2019

Rating: ★

Videogame Adaptation

Director: Jan De Bont
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciaran Hinds, Noah Taylor, …
Category: Fantasy

The Legend of Hercules (2014)

21 June 201410 March 2020

Rating: ★

Greek Myth

Director: Renny Harlin
Actors: Kellan Lutz, Scott Adkins, Liam McIntyre, Liam Garrigan, …
Category: Fantasy

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004)

19 November 20194 May 2020

Rating: ★★½

Adventure Film/Quest for Mythic Artifacts

Director: Peter Winther
Actors: Noah Wyle, Sonya Walger, Bob Newhart, Kyle MacLachlan, …
Category: Fantasy

Malpertuis (1972)

2 September 200230 August 2018

Rating: ★★★★

Mysterious Old House/Greek Gods

Director: Harry Kumel
Actors: Orson Welles, Susan Hampshire, Matthieu Carriere, Michel Bouquet, …
Category: Fantasy

Medea (1969)

7 April 202010 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Greek Mythology

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Actors: Maria Callas, Giuseppe Gentile, Massimo Girotti, Margareth Clementi
Category: Fantasy

Merlin and the Book of Beasts (2008)

6 February 201830 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Arthurian Legends Adventure

Director: Warren Sonoda
Actors: James Callis, Laura Harris, Jim Thorburn, Jesse Moss, …
Category: Fantasy

Mighty Aphrodite (1995)

15 July 200223 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Comedy/Greek Tragedy Spoof

Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Rapaport, …
Category: Fantasy

Monster Brawl (2011)

24 April 201430 August 2018

Rating: ★

Wrestling Match Between Famous Monsters

Director: Jesse Thomas Cook
Actors: Dave Foley, Art Hindle, Robert Maillet, Jimmy Hart, …
Category: Horror

The Muse (1999)

31 August 19999 August 2020

Rating: ★★½

Modern Muse/Hollywood Satire

Director: Albert Brooks
Actors: Albert Brooks, Sharon Stone, Andie MacDowell, Jeff Bridges, …
Category: Fantasy

Muse (2017)

18 May 20185 April 2019

Rating: ★★

Man Haunted by Supernatural Muses

Director: Jaume Balaguero
Actors: Elliot Cowan, Ana Ularu, Franka Potente, Christopher Lloyd, …
Category: Horror

Night in Paradise (1946)

2 July 200430 August 2018

Rating: ½

Greek Storyteller

Director: Arthur Lubin
Actors: Turhan Bey, Merle Oberon, Thomas Gomez, Ray Collins, …
Category: Fantasy

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

2 February 200125 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Depression-Era Version of The Odyssey

Director: Coen Brothers
Actors: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, …
Category: Fantasy

The Oracle (1953)

6 September 20031 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Greek Oracle/Predicting the Future

Director: Pennington Richards
Actors: Michael Medwin, Robert Beatty, Joseph Tomelty, Virginia McKenna, …
Category: Fantasy

Orpheus (1950)

3 July 200230 August 2018

Rating: ★★★★

Modernised Greek Myth

Director: Jean Cocteau
Actors: Jean Marais, Maria Casares, Francois Perier, Maria Dea, …
Category: Fantasy

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

14 February 201022 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Greek Myth in the Present Day

Director: Chris Columbus
Actors: Logan Lerman, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Brandon T. Jackson, …
Category: Fantasy

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)

16 August 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Greek Myth in the Present Day

Director: Thor Freudenthal
Actors: Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Douglas Smith, Leven Rambin, …
Category: Fantasy

Scoob! (2020)

22 May 202018 February 2021

Rating: ★★

Ghostbusting Team/Hanna-Barbera Crossover

Director: Tony Cervone
Actors: Will Forte, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Isaacs, Gina Rodriguez, …
Category: Fantasy

The Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior (2008)

13 August 200929 January 2019

Rating: ★

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Russell Mulcahy
Actors: Michael Copon, Randy Couture, Karen David, Simon Quarterman, …
Category: Fantasy

Sinbad and the War of the Furies (2016)

17 July 201712 June 2020

Rating: ½

Modernised Arabian Nights Adventure

Director: Scott Wheeler
Actors: John Hennigan, Jamie Bernadette, Wayne Crescendo Ward, Terrance TK Richardson, …
Category: Fantasy

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

4 July 200316 April 2019

Rating: ★★

Arabian Nights Adventure/Animation

Director: Patrick Gilmore, Tim Johnson
Actors: Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joseph Fiennes, …
Category: Fantasy

Siren (2016)

24 April 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Unearthly Woman Creature with a Mesmerising Song

Director: Gregg Bishop
Actors: Chase Williamson, Hannah Fierman, Justin Welborn, Michael Aaron Milligan, …
Category: Horror

Siren Song (2016)

24 March 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Greek Sirens in the Present Day

Director: Benedict Mart
Actors: Matt Silver, C. Thomas Howell, Rikke Leigh, Eloise Oliver, …
Category: Horror

The Spirit (2008)

11 January 200917 July 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Frank Miller
Actors: Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Mendes, Scarlett Johansson, …
Category: Fantasy

The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)

1 December 200927 October 2018

Rating: ★

Idiots Time-Travel to Ancient Greece

Director: Edward L. Bernds
Actors: Moe Howard, Joe de Rita, Larry Fine, Quinn Redeker, …
Category: Science Fiction

Troy: The Odyssey (2017)

19 March 20181 September 2020

Rating: ★★½

Greek Myth

Director: Tekin Girgin
Actors: Dylan Vox
Category: Fantasy

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, …
Category: Fantasy

Wonder Woman (2017)

8 July 20172 January 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Comic-Book Superheroine

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

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, …
Category: Fantasy

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, …
Category: Fantasy

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, …
Category: Fantasy

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