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Theme: Magicians and Sorcerers


The term magician refers to people who wield magic. The term is synonymous and interchangeable with other phrases like wizard, sorcerer or magic user. The cliche figure of the magician is Merlin or Gandalf in long beard, robes and pointy hat, although there is an equal number of black magicians who fulfil villainous roles.

Magicians are most commonly found in Epic Fantasy Films settings usually joining a party of adventurers on a quest. Of recent years, there have been a number of works that take place in contemporary urban settings as well a number of magician superheroes. There have also been several films about stage magicians who have or gain real powers.

Magicians are commonly taken to be a male practitioner of the craft. A female practitioner of magic is usually referred to as a witch or a sorceress – see Films About Witches.

For more detail and an overview of the genre see the Theme Essay Films About Magicians and Sorcerers.


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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

Aladdin (1992)

3 July 19994 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Disney Animation/Arabian Nights Adventure

Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Actors: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, …
Category: Fantasy

Aladdin (2019)

17 August 20193 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Disney Remake/Arabian Nights

Director: Guy Ritchie
Actors: Will Smith, Naomi Scott, Mena Massoud, Marwan Kenzari, …
Category: Fantasy

Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)

20 December 200327 September 2019

Rating: ★★½

Disney Animation/Arabian Nights Adventure

Director: Tad Stones
Actors: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, John Rhys-Davies, …
Category: Fantasy

Alakazam the Great (1961)

5 May 199927 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Mischievous Monkey’s Adventures/Animation

Director: Osamu Tezuka, Taiji Yabushita
Actors: Frankie Avalon, Jonathan Winters, Sterling Holloway
Category: Fantasy

The Alchemist (1983)

5 March 201524 April 2020

Rating: ½

Evil Sorcerer

Director: Charles Band
Actors: Robert Ginty, John Sanderford, Robert Glaudini
Category: Horror

Alice Through the Looking Glass (1987)

29 June 200825 June 2025

Rating: ★

Animation/Alice in Wonderland Film

Director: Andrea Presciani, Richard Slapczynski
Actors: Janet Waldo, Townsend Coleman, Phyllis Diller, George Gobel, …
Category: Fantasy

Alienoid (2022)

11 November 202411 November 2024

Rating: ★★

South Korean Time-Hopping SF Action

Director: Dong Hoon-choi
Actors: Ryu Jun-yeol, Kim Woo-bin, Kim Tae-ri, Choi Yu-ri, …
Category: Science Fiction

Anastasia (1997)

31 March 199918 January 2023

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Amnesiac Russian Royal

Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Actors: Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Christopher Lloyd, Kelsey Grammer, …
Category: Fantasy

Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (2020)

18 January 202318 January 2023

Rating: ★

Princess Anastasia Time Travels to the Present

Director: Blake Harris
Actors: Emily Carey, Amiah Miller, Brandon Routh, Donna Murphy, …
Category: Fantasy

The Ant Bully (2006)

10 November 20064 September 2019

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Boy Reduced to Ant Size

Director: John A. Davis
Actors: Zach Tyler Eisen, Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Bruce Campbell, …
Category: Fantasy

Arabian Adventure (1979)

18 June 19994 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Arabian Nights Adventure

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Oliver Tobias, Christopher Lee, Puneet Sira, Emma Samms, …
Category: Fantasy

Arabian Nights (2000)

2 July 20053 July 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Tales of Arabian Nights

Director: Steve Barron
Actors: Mili Avital, Dougray Scott, Jason Scott Lee, John Leguizamo, …
Category: Fantasy

Arabian Nights (2015)

8 August 201627 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Anthology of Portuguese Magical Realist Vignettes

Director: Miguel Gomes
Category: Fantasy

Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot (2020)

8 July 20219 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Arthurian Legends Adventure

Director: Giles Alderson
Actors: Richard Short, Richard Brake, Joel Phillimore, Jennifer Matter, …
Category: Fantasy

Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (2018)

11 May 202130 March 2024

Rating: ★★

Animation/Comic-Book Character

Director: Alexandre Astier, Louis Clichy
Category: Fantasy

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

10 August 201922 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Marvel Comics Superhero Team-Up

Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Actors: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, …
Category: Science Fiction

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

3 November 201822 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Marvel Comics Superhero Team-Up

Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Actors: Robert Downey Jr, Josh Brolin, Chris Hemsworth, Benedict Cumberbatch, …
Category: Science Fiction

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 Beastmaster (1982)

4 June 19997 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Don Coscarelli
Actors: Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn, John Amos, …
Category: Fantasy

Beauty and the Beast (1961)

26 September 20007 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Fairy-Tale

Director: Edward L. Cahn
Actors: Mark Damon, Joyce Taylor, Eduard Franz, Michael Pate, …
Category: Fantasy

The Beyond (1981)

6 March 201019 October 2023

Rating: ★★

Italian Zombie Film/Gateway to Hell

Director: Lucio Fulci
Actors: Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck, Veronica Lazar, Al Cliver, …
Category: Horror

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

7 May 20034 June 2022

Rating: ★★★

Chinese Supernatural/Martial Arts Fantasy

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, Victor Wong, …
Category: Fantasy

Black Adam (2022)

3 December 20221 May 2025

Rating: ★★★

Superhero Film

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Shahi, …
Category: Fantasy

The Brainiac (1962)

7 February 20248 February 2024

Rating: ★★½

Warlock’s Retribution

Director: Chano Urueta
Actors: Abel Salazar, Ruben Rojo, Luis Aragon, German Robles, …
Category: Horror

Camelot (1967)

27 March 200119 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Arthurian Legends Musical

Director: Joshua Logan
Actors: Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, David Hemmings, …
Category: Fantasy

Captain Sindbad (1963)

9 June 200118 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Arabian Nights Adventures

Director: Byron Haskin
Actors: Guy Williams, Pedro Armendariz, Abraham Sofaer
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

Chandu the Magician (1932)

11 April 200126 June 2024

Rating: ★★½

Mystical Superhero

Director: William Cameron Menzies, Marcel Varnel
Actors: Edmund Lowe, Bela Lugosi, Irene Ware, Herbert Mundin, …
Category: Fantasy

Cheatin’ (2013)

14 August 201512 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Surrealist Animation/Sexual Jealousies

Director: Bill Plympton
Category: Fantasy

Chemical Wedding (2008)

18 November 20155 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

The Reincarnation of Aleister Crowley

Director: Julian Doyle
Actors: Simon Callow, Lucy Cudden, John Shrapnel, Christina Chong
Category: Horror

A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)

23 May 200318 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Hong Kong Supernatural Fantasy

Director: Ching Siu-Tung
Actors: Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong, Jackie Cheung, Michelle Reis, …
Category: Fantasy

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989)

19 June 200525 December 2024

Rating: ★★½

Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld

Director: Alex Kirby
Actors: Sophie Wilcox, Jonathan R. Scott, David Thwaites, Samuel West, …
Category: Fantasy

The Colour of Magic (2008)

11 January 200923 July 2021

Rating: ★★★

Fantasy Comedy/Terry Pratchett Adaptation

Director: Vadim Jean
Actors: David Jason, Sean Astin, Tim Curry, David Bradley, …
Category: Fantasy

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

31 May 200126 October 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Sword and Sorcery

Director: John Milius
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Sandahl Bergman, Mako, …
Category: Fantasy

Conan the Destroyer (1984)

31 May 200126 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Olivia D'Abo, Tracey Walter, …
Category: Fantasy

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1949)

27 April 200310 May 2020

Rating: ★

Modern Man Time Travels Back to Camelot

Director: Tay Garnett
Actors: Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, William Bendix, Cedric Hardwicke, …
Category: Fantasy

The Covenant (2006)

21 October 20078 May 2025

Rating: 0­

Teen Male Witches

Director: Renny Harlin
Actors: Steven Strait, Laura Ramsey, Sebastian Stan, Toby Hemingway, …
Category: Horror

The Craft: Legacy (2020)

16 January 202110 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Teen Witches

Director: Zoe Lister-Jones
Actors: Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna, …
Category: Fantasy, Horror

Demon City Shinjuku (1988)

14 March 20161 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Suburb of Tokyo Taken Over by Demonic Forces

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Category: Fantasy

Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018)

10 November 201914 July 2020

Rating: ★★½

Historical Detective/Flying Swordsmen Fantasy

Director: Tsui Hark
Actors: Mark Chao, Carina Lau
Category: Fantasy

Doctor Mordrid (1992)

7 May 201411 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Magician Superhero

Director: Albert Band, Charles Band
Actors: Jeffrey Combs, Yvette Nipar, Brian Thompson, Jay Acovone
Category: Fantasy

Doctor Strange (2007)

1 January 200829 May 2022

Rating: ★★

Marvel Comics Magician Superhero/Animation

Director: Frank D. Paur, Patrick Archibald, Jay Oliva, Richard Sebast
Actors: Kevin Michael Richardson, Fred Tatisciore, Tara Strong
Category: Fantasy

Doctor Strange (2016)

19 November 201616 December 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Marvel Comics Magician Superhero

Director: Scott Derrickson
Actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, …
Category: Fantasy

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

1 July 202227 January 2024

Rating: ★★

Marvel Comics Magician Superhero

Director: Sam Raimi
Actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Rachel McAdams, Xochitl Gomez, …
Category: Fantasy

Dr. Strange (1978)

28 February 20126 July 2021

Rating: ★★★

Marvel Comics Magician Superhero

Director: Philip DeGuere
Actors: Peter Hooten, John Mills, Jessica Walter, Anne-Marie Martin/Eddie Benton, …
Category: Fantasy

Dragonball: Evolution (2009)

14 April 200916 December 2024

Rating: ½

Anime in Live-Action/Martial Arts Superheroes

Director: James Wong
Actors: Justin Chatwin, Emmy Rossum, Chow Yun Fat, Jamie Chung, …
Category: Fantasy

Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer’s Curse (2015)

28 August 201528 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Dragon Fantasy

Director: Colin Teague
Actors: Julian Morris, Tamzin Merchant, Ben Kingsley, Jassa Ahluwalia, …
Category: Fantasy

Dragonslayer (1981)

28 August 200125 June 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Sorcerer’s Apprentice vs Dragon

Director: Matthew Robbins
Actors: Peter MacNichol, Ralph Richardson, Caitlin Clarke, Peter Eyre, …
Category: Fantasy

Dream One (1984)

21 March 201028 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Adventures in Dreamland/Characters from Fiction

Director: Arnaud Selignac
Actors: Jason Connery, Harvey Keitel, Mathilda May, Charley Boorman, …
Category: Fantasy

Dudes & Dragons (2015)

15 May 201628 September 2020

Rating: ★

Epic Fantasy Comedy

Director: Maclain Nelson, Stephen Shimek
Actors: Adam Johnson, James Marsters, Maclain Nelson, Kaitlin Doubleday, …
Category: Fantasy

Dungeons & Dragons (2000)

8 December 200010 May 2023

Rating: ★★

Sword and Sorcery

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

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

13 May 202316 December 2023

Rating: ★★

Sword and Sorcery

Director: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Actors: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, …
Category: Fantasy

Earthsea (2004)

21 June 200630 September 2020

Rating: ★

Epic Fantasy/Apprentice Wizard

Director: Robert Lieberman
Actors: Shawn Ashmore, Kristin Kreuk, Isabella Rossellini, Danny Glover, …
Category: Fantasy

Embodiment of Evil (2008)

26 July 201130 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Black Sorcerer

Director: Jose Mojica Marins
Actors: Jose Mojica Marins
Category: Horror

Eragon (2006)

11 February 20078 October 2020

Rating: ★

Epic Dragon Fantasy

Director: Stefen Fangmeier
Actors: Ed Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Rachel Weisz, Robert Carlyle, …
Category: Fantasy

Excalibur (1981)

28 June 200212 October 2023

Rating: ★★★★★

Arthurian Legends

Director: John Boorman
Actors: Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, …
Category: Fantasy

Fading of the Cries (2011)

13 July 201121 October 2024

Rating: ★½

Flight from Occult Forces

Director: Brian A. Metcalf
Actors: Brad Dourif, Elaine Hendrix, Jordan Matthews, Hallee Hirsh, …
Category: Horror

Fantasia (1940)

15 July 200218 April 2022

Rating: ★★★★★

Disney Animation and Music Anthology

Director: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Jim Handley, …
Category: Fantasy

Fantasia 2000 (1999)

3 January 20004 January 2022

Rating: ★★

Disney Animation and Music Anthology

Director: Don Hahn, Pixote Hunt, Hendel Butoy, Eric Goldberg, …
Actors: Penn Jillette, James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin, …
Category: Fantasy

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

10 December 20169 June 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Harry Potter Spinoff

Director: David Yates
Actors: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Colin Farrell, …
Category: Fantasy

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

2 March 201913 February 2023

Rating: ★★

Harry Potter Spinoff

Director: David Yates
Actors: Eddie Redmayne, Johnny Depp, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, …
Category: Fantasy

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)

11 June 202211 June 2022

Rating: ★★

Harry Potter Spinoff

Director: David Yates
Actors: Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Mads Mikkelsen, Dan Fogler, …
Category: Fantasy

The Flight of Dragons (1982)

29 May 201211 October 2022

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Epic Fantasy

Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr
Actors: John Ritter, Harry Morgan, James Earl Jones, Don Messick, …
Category: Fantasy

Fullmetal Alchemist (2017)

10 March 201816 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Anime in Live-Action/Magician Heroes

Director: Fumihiko Sori
Actors: Ryosuke Yamada, Tsubasa Honda, Dean Fujioka, Ryuta Sato, …
Category: Fantasy

Fullmetal Alchemist: Final Transmutation (2022)

16 December 202416 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Anime in Live-Action/Magician Heroes

Director: Fumihiko Sori
Actors: Ryosuke Yamada, Senyo Uchino, Keisuke Watanabe, Tsubasa Honda, …
Category: Fantasy

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar (2022)

16 December 202416 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Anime in Live-Action/Magician Heroes

Director: Fumihiko Sori
Actors: Ryosuke Yamada, Tsubasa Honda, Mackenyu Arata, Keisuke Watanabe, …
Category: Fantasy

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011)

13 July 201214 June 2023

Rating: ★★

Anime TV Series Spinoff/Magician Heroes

Director: Kazuya Murata
Category: Fantasy

Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)

29 July 20022 April 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Absurdist Comedy

Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Tom Smothers, Orson Welles, Katharine Ross, John Astin
Category: Fantasy

Ghost Lantern (1993)

17 September 202018 January 2023

Rating: ★★

Hong Kong Reincarnation Romance Comedy

Director: Andrew Lau
Actors: Tony Leung Ka-fai, Chingmy Yau, Roy Cheung
Category: Fantasy

Going Postal (2010)

31 July 20103 August 2023

Rating: ★★

Terry Pratchett Adaptation

Director: Jon Jones
Actors: Richard Coyle, David Suchet, Charles Dance, Claire Foy, …
Category: Fantasy

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)

12 November 200221 December 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Arabian Nights Adventure

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

Happily N’Ever After (2006)

7 March 200910 December 2024

Rating: 0­

Animation/Fairytale Deconstruction

Director: Paul Bolger
Actors: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr, Andy Dick, Wallace Shawn, …
Category: Fantasy

Harlequin (1980)

1 May 200010 December 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Enigmatic Magician

Director: Simon Wincer
Actors: Robert Powell, David Hemmings, Carmen Duncan, Broderick Crawford
Category: Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

6 December 20021 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Young Wizard

Director: Chris Columbus
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Kenneth Branagh, Richard Harris, Robbie Coltrane, …
Category: Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010)

17 November 20101 July 2021

Rating: ★★★

Young Wizard

Director: David Yates
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, John Hurt, …
Category: Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)

15 July 20111 July 2021

Rating: ★★★

Young Wizard

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

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

26 November 200510 December 2024

Rating: ★★½

Young Wizard

Director: Mike Newell
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Brendan Gleeson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, …
Category: Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

17 July 20091 July 2021

Rating: ★★½

Young Wizard

Director: David Yates
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Rupert Grint, …
Category: Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

11 July 200710 December 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Young Wizard

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

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

15 June 200410 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Young Wizard

Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Robbie Coltrane, …
Category: Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

18 November 200122 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Young Wizard

Director: Chris Columbus
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, …
Category: Fantasy

Hearts and Armour (1983)

6 December 200211 December 2024

Rating: ★★½

Chivalry and Sorcery

Director: Giacomo Battiato
Actors: Tanya Roberts, Leigh McCloskey, Barbara De Rossi, Maurizio Nichetti, …
Category: Fantasy

Hellboy (2019)

19 July 201926 November 2024

Rating: ★

Demon Superhero/Comic-Book Adaptation

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

The Heroic Trio (1993)

1 November 200219 July 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Hong Kong Superheroines

Director: Johnny To
Actors: Anita Mui, Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, Damian Lau, …
Category: Fantasy

History of the Occult (2020)

15 May 202515 May 2025

Rating: ★★½

Televised Interview with a Black Magician

Director: Cristian Ponce
Actors: Hector Ostrofsky, German Baudino, Nadia Lozano, Ivan Esquerre, …
Category: Horror

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

Hogfather (2006)

15 June 200812 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Fantasy Comedy/Terry Pratchett Adaptation

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

The Holy Mountain (1973)

21 December 200012 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Transcendental Mysticism

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Actors: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Category: Fantasy

House of the Dead (2003)

17 February 200629 April 2020

Rating: ★½

Zombies/Videogame Adaptation

Director: Uwe Boll
Actors: Jurgen Prochnow, Jonathan Cherry, Ona Grauer, Ellie Cornell, …
Category: Horror

The House With a Clock in Its Walls (2018)

10 March 201911 August 2024

Rating: ★★½

Boy and His Eccentric Warlock Uncle

Director: Eli Roth
Actors: Owen Vaccaro, Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Kyle MacLachlan, …
Category: Fantasy

Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

7 January 200613 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Epic Fantasy

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Fantasy

The Illusionist (2006)

19 April 20073 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Enigmatic Stage Magician

Director: Neil Burger
Actors: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, …
Category: Fantasy

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)

24 May 20094 November 2021

Rating: ★★½

Epic Fantasy Adventure/Videogame Adaptation

Director: Uwe Boll
Actors: Jason Statham, Burt Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Matthew Lillard, …
Category: Fantasy

The Invincible Iron Man (2007)

12 February 201317 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Animation/Marvel Comics Superhero

Director: Frank D. Paur, Patrick Archibald, Jay Oliva
Actors: Marc Worden, Elisa Gabrielli, John McCook, Fred Tatasciore, …
Category: Science Fiction

Jack the Giant Killer (1962)

19 June 200017 August 2023

Rating: ★★

Heroic Fantasy Adventure

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

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015)

2 August 201518 August 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Rivalry Between Magicians

Director: Toby Haynes
Actors: Eddie Marsan, Bertie Carvel, Marc Warren, Alice Englert, …
Category: Fantasy

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  • Possession Films
  • 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 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
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Copyright Richard Scheib 1999-2025

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