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Crew: Denise Di Novi

Batman Returns (1992)

26 December 20001 February 2025

Rating: ★★★★★

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito, Christopher Walken, …
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

Catwoman (2004)

4 October 20043 February 2022

Rating: ★

Comic-Book Superheroine

Director: Pitof
Actors: Halle Berry, Sharon Stone, Benjamin Bratt, Lambert Wilson, …
Category: Fantasy

Ed Wood (1994)

24 November 200230 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★

World’s Worst Director Biopic

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, …
Category: Science Fiction, Horror

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

5 July 200230 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Alienated Artificial Boy

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Alan Arkin, Dianne Wiest, …
Category: Fantasy

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

Meet the Applegates (1991)

3 July 20005 July 2021

Rating: ★★★

Family of Insects/Black Comedy

Director: Michael Lehmann
Actors: Ed Begley Jr, Stockard Channing, Dabney Coleman, Cami Cooper, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

8 February 200423 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Halloween Denizens Take Over Christmas/Stop-Motion Animation

Director: Henry Selick
Actors: Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, …
Category: Fantasy

Practical Magic (1998)

19 June 200029 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Modern Witches

Director: Griffin Dunne
Actors: Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Aidan Quinn, Stockard Channing, …
Category: Fantasy

Unforgettable (2017)

14 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Psycho Ex

Director: Denise Di Novi
Actors: Rosario Dawson, Katherine Heigl, Geoff Stults, Isabella Kai Rice, …
Category: Horror

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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
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • 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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