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Category: Fantasy

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What Women Want (2011)

27 July 20128 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Man Can Read Womens’ Minds/Romantic Comedy

Director: Chen Daming
Actors: Andy Lau, Gong Li, Russell Wong, Osric Chau

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999)

20 November 201914 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Coming of Age Story/Eccentric Psychic Father

Director: Peter Hewitt
Actors: Michael Legge, Tom Courtenay, Laura Fraser, Stephen Fry, …

When in Rome (2010)

17 April 20148 June 2025

Rating: 0­

Romantic Comedy/Fountain of Love

Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Actors: Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Danny DeVito, Dax Shepard, …

When Marnie Was There (2014)

14 June 20152 September 2021

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Ghost Story

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi

When Pigs Fly (1993)

16 December 200923 October 2023

Rating: ★★

Ghosts of Dublin

Director: Sara Driver
Actors: Alfred Molina, Marianne Faithfull, Seymour Cassel

When the Whales Came (1989)

10 August 20158 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Period Drama/Preventing a Whale Curse

Director: Clive Rees
Actors: Paul Scofield, Helen Mirren, David Threlfall, John Hallam, …

Where is Anne Frank (2021)

6 August 20224 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Anne Frank’s Imaginary Companion Comes to Life

Director: Ari Folman
Actors: Ruby Stokes, Emily Carey, Ralph Prosser, Sebastian Croft, …

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

2 November 20099 June 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Boy Frolics With Friendly Monsters

Director: Spike Jonze
Actors: Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, James Gandolfini, …

A Whisker Away (2020)

15 November 20204 December 2023

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Girl Transforms Into a Cat

Director: Junichi Sato, Tomotaka Shibayama

The White Buffalo (1977)

7 November 201826 June 2021

Rating: ★★★

Western/Hunt for a Mythic Buffalo

Director: J. Lee Thompson
Actors: Charles Bronson, Jack Warden, Will Sampson, Slim Pickens, …

White Light (1991)

17 December 20079 June 2025

Rating: 0­

Return from the Afterlife Thriller

Director: Al Waxman
Actors: Martin Kove, Martha Henry, Allison Hossack, Heidi von Palleske, …

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)

9 May 20016 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Toon Detective Story

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Stubby Kaye, …

Who is Running? (1997)

15 August 199931 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Tomorrow’s Newspaper Headlines

Director: Oxide Pang

The Whole Wide World (1996)

21 July 200026 October 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Robert E. Howard Biopic

Director: Dan Ireland
Actors: Renee Zellweger, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ann Wedgeworth, Harve Presnell

Wicked City (1987)

15 February 20017 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/War with Demon Dimension

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Wicked City (1993)

27 April 20136 October 2019

Rating: ★★

War with Demon Dimension

Director: Mak Tai Kit
Actors: Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Tatsuya Nakadai, …

Wicked: Part 1 (2024)

11 January 20256 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Musical/The Wizard of Oz Prequel

Director: Jon M. Chu
Actors: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande-Butera, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, …

Wicked Stepmother (1989)

31 August 20013 January 2023

Rating: 0­

Witch Moves In Comedy

Director: Larry Cohen
Actors: Bette Davis, Barbara Carrera, Colleen Camp, Lionel Stander, …

The Wild (2006)

10 November 20069 June 2025

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Talking Zoo Animals

Director: Steve 'Spaz' Williams
Actors: Kiefer Sutherland, Eddie Izzard, Janeane Garofalo, Richard Kind, …

Wild at Heart (1990)

22 May 200126 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Surreal Disturbed Road Movie

Director: David Lynch
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, Diane Ladd, …

Wilder Napalm (1993)

24 March 200322 August 2022

Rating: ★★★

Pyrokinesis Comedy

Director: Glenn Gordon Caron
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Debra Winger, Arliss Howard, Jim Varney

Willow (1988)

9 November 200323 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Epic Fantasy

Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, …

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

29 July 20023 February 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Gonzo Children’s Adventure/Fantastical Candy Factory

Director: Mel Stuart
Actors: Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum, Jack Albertson, Roy Kinnear

The Wind in the Willows (1996)

18 August 201510 June 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Talking Animals/Absurdist Adventures

Director: Terry Jones
Actors: Terry Jones, Steve Coogan, Eric Idle, Nicol Williamson, …

The Wind in the Willows (2006)

15 June 200810 June 2025

Rating: ★★½

Talking Animals/Absurdist Adventures

Director: Rachel Talalay
Actors: Matt Lucas, Mark Gatiss, Bob Hoskins, Lee Ingleby, …

Wings of Desire (1987)

1 November 20026 December 2023

Rating: ★★★★★

Angels

Director: Wim Wenders
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Peter Falk, Otto Sander

Winnie the Pooh (2011)

14 July 201110 June 2025

Rating: ★★★

Disney Animation/Talking Animals

Director: Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall
Actors: Jim Cummings, Bud Luckey, John Cleese, Craig Ferguson, …

Winter’s Tale (2014)

15 February 201410 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Urban Fantasy/Romance/Fate and Miracles

Director: Akiva Goldsman
Actors: Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe, Jessica Brown-Findlay, William Hurt, …

Wired (1989)

11 April 20052 August 2019

Rating: ★

Surreal John Belushi Biopic

Director: Larry Peerce
Actors: Michael Chiklis, Ray Sharkey, J.T. Walsh, Gary Groomes, …

The Witch Files (2018)

24 August 20204 March 2024

Rating: ★★½

Found Footage/High School Witches

Director: Kyle Rankin
Actors: Holly Taylor, Alice Ziolkoski, Britt Flatmo, Tara Robinson, …

The Witches (1990)

16 December 20036 September 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Evil Witches/Roald Dahl Adaptation

Director: Nicolas Roeg
Actors: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Bill Paterson, Rowan Atkinson, …

The Witches (2020)

7 November 20204 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Evil Witches/Roald Dahl Adaptation

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Jahzir Bruno, Chris Rock, …

The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

19 June 200329 September 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Witches vs the Devil/War of the Sexes Comedy

Director: George Miller
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon, Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, …

The Witches of Oz (2011)

2 June 201426 February 2020

Rating: ★

Wizard of Oz Sequel/Modernisation

Director: Leigh Scott
Actors: Paulie Rojas, Eliza Swenson, Billy Boyd, Lance Henriksen, …

Witching and Bitching (2013)

12 September 201428 May 2025

Rating: ★★½

Town of Witches Comedy

Director: Alex de la Iglesia
Actors: Hugo Silva, Mario Casas, Jaime Ordonez, Carolina Bang, …

Witchslayer Gretl (2012)

17 March 202217 March 2022

Rating: ★★

Faiirytale Adaptation

Director: Mario Azzopardi
Actors: Shannen Doherty, Paul McGillion, Emilie Ullerup, Sarain Boylan

The Wiz (1978)

5 May 200711 January 2025

Rating: ★★

All-Black Musical Wizard of Oz Remake

Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Richard Pryor, …

The Wizard of Baghdad (1960)

31 May 200111 June 2025

Rating: 0­

Arabian Nights Comedy

Director: George Sherman
Actors: Dick Shawn, Diane Baker, John Van Dreelen, Robert F. Simon, …

The Wizard of Oz (1910)

4 July 201726 December 2023

Rating: ★★

Silent Adaptation

Director: Otis Turner

Wizard of Oz (1925)

21 April 200811 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Silent Slapstick Adaptation

Director: Larry Semon
Actors: Larry Semon, Dorothy Dwan, Oliver Hardy, Josef Swickard, …

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

4 September 201211 January 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Adventures in a Magical Land

Director: Victor Fleming
Actors: Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, …

The Wizard of Speed and Time (1988)

21 January 201112 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Special Effects Wizard

Director: Mike Jittlov
Actors: Mike Jittlov, Steve Brodie, David Conrad, Frank LaLoggia, …

Wizards (1977)

3 May 200325 April 2025

Rating: ★★★

Post-Holocaust Sword and Sorcery/Animation

Director: Ralph Bakshi
Actors: Bob Holt, Richard Romanus, David Proval, Mark Hamill, …

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1984)

19 July 201312 June 2025

Rating: ½

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Hector Olivera
Actors: Bo Svenson, Vidal Peterson, Thom Christopher, Edward Morrow

Wolf Children (2012)

19 October 201312 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Werewolf Children

Director: Mamoru Hosoda

WolfWalkers (2020)

12 February 20218 April 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Werewolves

Director: Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart
Actors: Honor Kneafsey, Sean Bean, Simon McBurney, Maria Doyle Kennedy, …

The Wolves of Willougby Chase (1989)

31 July 20104 June 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Victorian Children’s Fantasy

Director: Stuart Orme
Actors: Stephanie Beacham, Mel Smith, Richard O'Brien, Geraldine James, …

The Woman in the Fifth (2011)

12 July 201212 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Femme Fatale

Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig, Samir Guesmi, …

Woman on Top (2000)

22 September 20101 September 2021

Rating: ★★★

Magical Realism

Director: Fina Torres
Actors: Penelope Cruz, Harold Perrineau Jr, Murilo Benicio, Mark Feuerstein, …

Wonder Man (1944)

19 November 200110 July 2024

Rating: ★★

Ghost Twin Brother/Screwball Comedy

Director: Bruce Humberstone
Actors: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Allen Jenkins, Edward Brophy, …

Wonder Woman (2009)

27 January 20116 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Animation/DC Comics Superheroine

Director: Lauren Montgomery
Actors: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Alfred Molina, Virginia Madsen, …

Wonder Woman (2017)

8 July 201727 July 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Comic-Book Superheroine

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

Wonder Woman: Bloodlines (2019)

14 October 20197 November 2023

Rating: ★★

Animation/DC Comics Superheroine

Director: Justin Copeland, Sam Liu
Actors: Rosario Dawson, Jeffrey Donovan, Adrienne Moore, Nia Vardalos, …

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998)

25 April 201716 June 2025

Rating: ★

Ray Bradbury Adaptation/Magical Suit

Director: Stuart Gordon
Actors: Joe Mantegna, Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez, Esai Morales, Gregory Sierra, …

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

19 December 200216 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Brothers Grimm Anthology/Biopic

Director: Henry Levin, George Pal
Actors: Laurence Harvey, Karl Boehm, Barbara Eden, Oscar Homolka, …

Wonka (2023)

3 February 202413 April 2024

Rating: ★★

Willy Wonka Origin Story

Director: Paul King
Actors: Timothee Chalamet, Olivia Colman, Hugh Grant, Jim Carter, …

Woodenhead (2003)

7 April 20108 April 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Surrealist Fairytale

Director: Florian Habicht
Actors: Nicholas Butler, Teresa Peters, Tony Bishop, Matthew Sunderland

World of Cars: Planes (2013)

10 August 20137 February 2025

Rating: ★★½

Disney Animation/Talking Aircraft

Director: Klay Hall
Actors: Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett, Teri Hatcher, …

The World’s Greatest Athlete (1973)

19 October 200813 June 2025

Rating: ★★★

Disney Comedy/Jungle Boy Super-Athlete

Director: Robert Scheerer
Actors: Jan-Michael Vincent, John Amos, Tim Conway, Roscoe Lee Browne, …

Wrath of the Titans (2012)

29 March 20126 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Greek Mythology Adventure

Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Actors: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Rosamund Pike, …

Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

31 October 201226 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Disney Animation/The Secret Lives of Videogame Characters

Director: Rich Moore
Actors: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, …

A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

23 September 20184 April 2020

Rating: ★

Young Adult/Magical Journey Across the Universe

Director: Ava DuVernay
Actors: Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, …

Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)

24 May 200913 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Afterlife for Suicides

Director: Goran Dukic
Actors: Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham, Tom Waits, …

A Writer’s Odyssey (2021)

14 November 202214 November 2022

Rating: ★★

Meta-Fiction

Director: Lu Yang
Actors: Lei Jiayin, Yang Mi, Dong Zijian, Hewei Yu, …

Written By (2009)

19 May 201015 October 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Meta-Fiction

Director: Wai Ka Fai
Actors: Lau Ching Wan, Kelly Lin

Wrong (2012)

16 March 201420 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo Surrealism

Director: Quentin Dupieux
Actors: Jack Plotnick, William Fichtner, Eric Judor, Alexis Dziena, …

Wu Dang (2012)

17 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Martial Arts/Wu Xia Fantasy

Director: Patrick Leung
Actors: Vincent Zhao, Yang Mi, Xu Jiao, Louis Fan, …

Wu Yen (2001)

14 April 200112 January 2024

Rating: ★★

Mischievous Fairy

Director: Johnnie To, Wai Ka Fai
Actors: Anita Mui, Cecilia Cheung, Raymond Wong, Sammi Cheng

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

2 January 202110 February 2024

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Superheroine

Director: Patty Jenkins
Actors: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, …

X (1996)

16 December 200117 April 2022

Rating: ★★½

Anime Superheroics

Director: Rintaro

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, …

Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)

8 May 201610 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Gonzo Yakuza Vampire Film

Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Hayato Ichihara, Lily Frankie, Yayan Ruhian, Riko Narumi, …

Year One (2009)

30 January 201017 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Cavemen Stumble Through the Old Testament Comedy

Director: Harold Ramis
Actors: Jack Black, Michael Cera, David Cross, Oliver Platt, …

The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006)

18 November 200717 June 2025

Rating: ½

Christmas Film

Director: Ron Underwood
Actors: John Goodman, Chris Kattan, Eddie Griffin, Ethan Suplee, …

Year Without a Summer (2010)

17 October 201117 June 2025

Rating: 0­

Malaysian Magical Realism

Director: Tan Chui Mui

Yellow Submarine (1968)

5 July 200417 June 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/The Beatles Psychedelic Adventure

Director: George Dunning
Actors: Paul Angelius, Lance Percival, Dick Emery

Yesterday (2019)

21 September 201923 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Alternate History Where The Beatles Never Existed

Director: Danny Boyle
Actors: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Joel Fry, Ed Sheeran, …

The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity (2020)

16 May 202216 May 2022

Rating: ★★★

Wu Xia Film

Director: Geo Jing Ming
Actors: Mark Chao, Allen Deng, Olivia Wang, Jessie Le, …

Yogi Bear (2010)

13 December 201023 November 2019

Rating: ★

Talking Bear/Cartoon in Live-Action

Director: Eric Brevig
Actors: Dan Aykroyd, Anna Faris, T.J. Miller, Justin Timberlake, …

You Won’t Be Alone (2022)

26 March 20239 April 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Folk Horror/Body Hopping Witch

Director: Goran Stolevski
Actors: Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Sara Klimoska, …

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)

2 December 20136 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Historical Detective/Flying Swordsmen Fantasy

Director: Tsui Hark
Actors: Mark Chao, Angelababy, Feng Shaofeng, Lin Gengxin, …

Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

2 September 200328 November 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Teenage Sherlock Holmes/Adventure Film

Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Nicholas Rowe, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Alan Cox, …

Your Highness (2011)

15 April 201117 June 2025

Rating: ★

Epic Fantasy Comedy

Director: David Gordon Green
Actors: Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zooey Deschanel, …

Your Name. (2016)

17 April 201727 December 2023

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Cross-Time Bodyswap

Director: Makoto Shinkai

Youth Without Youth (2007)

4 April 200911 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Man Regains His Youth

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Marcel Iures, …

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie – Pyramid of Light (2004)

4 October 200424 December 2023

Rating: ★★

Anime/Playing Card Dueling

Director: Hatsuki Suji
Actors: Dan Green, Eric Stuart

Yuki: Snow Fairy (1981)

18 October 200418 June 2025

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Young Goddess Comes to Earth

Director: Tadashi Imai

Zelig (1983)

27 April 20032 November 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Human Chameleon Mockumentary

Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow

Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal (2015)

28 November 20166 December 2021

Rating: ★★½

Film

Director: Peter Pau, Zhao Tianyu
Actors: Chen Kun, Li Bingbing, Winston Chao, Yang Zishan, …

Zookeeper (2011)

24 July 201113 August 2021

Rating: ★

Talking Zoo Animals Offer Romantic Advice Comedy

Director: Frank Coraci
Actors: Kevin James, Rosario Dawson, Leslie Bibb, Donnie Wahlberg, …

Zoom (2015)

9 December 201731 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Series of Nested Meta-Fictional Tales

Director: Pedro Morelli
Actors: Alison Pill, Gael Garcia Bernal, Tyler Labine, Michael Eklund, …

Zootopia (2016)

12 March 20165 February 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Disney Animation/World of Talking Animals

Director: Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush
Actors: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Nate Torrence, …

Zu Warriors (2001)

24 January 201315 March 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Wu Xia Film

Director: Tsui Hark
Actors: Ekin Cheng, Sammo Hung, Cecilia Cheung, Louis Koo, …

Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)

24 September 20001 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Wu Xia Film

Director: Tsui Hark
Actors: Yuen Biao, Brigitte Lin, Sammo Hung, Damian Lau, …

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