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Theme: Chick Flicks

13 Going on 30 (2004)

14 August 200422 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Young Girl in a Woman’s Body

Director: Gary Winick
Actors: Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer, Andy Serkis, …
Category: Fantasy

The Age of Adaline (2015)

25 April 201523 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Woman Who Does Not Age

Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Actors: Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford, Ellen Burstyn, …
Category: Fantasy

Aquamarine (2006)

21 June 200621 September 2019

Rating: ★½

Mermaid Teen Romantic Comedy

Director: Elizabeth Allen
Actors: Sara Paxton, Joanna Jojo Levesque, Emma Roberts, Jake McDorman, …
Category: Fantasy

Bewitched (2005)

3 September 200513 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Witch in Love/TV Series Remake

Director: Nora Ephron
Actors: Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, …
Category: Fantasy

Black Rock (2012)

26 June 201323 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Wilderness Survival Horror

Director: Katie Aselton
Actors: Katie Aselton, Kate Bosworth, Lake Bell
Category: Horror

The Butcher’s Wife (1991)

3 April 199917 March 2020

Rating: ★★½

Magical Realist Romance

Director: Terry Hughes
Actors: Demi Moore, Jeff Daniels, George Dzundza, Mary Steenburgen, …
Category: Fantasy

Camille Rewinds (2012)

12 April 201330 March 2024

Rating: ★★

Time Travel/Divorcee Revisists Her Youth

Director: Noemie Lvovsky
Actors: Noemie Lvovsky, Samir Guesmi, Judith Chemla, Jean-Pierre Leaud, …
Category: Fantasy

Chocolat (2000)

19 January 20013 February 2024

Rating: ★★

Magical Realism

Director: Lasse Hallström
Actors: Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, …
Category: Fantasy

A Cinderella Story (2004)

4 October 200422 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Modernised Cinderella

Director: Mark Rosman
Actors: Hilary Duff, Chad Michael Murray, Jennifer Coolidge, Dan Byrd, …
Category: Fantasy

City of Angels (1998)

14 April 199920 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Angel Romance

Director: Brad Silberling
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Dennis Franz, Colm Feore, …
Category: Fantasy

The Future (2011)

4 November 201119 August 2024

Rating: ★★★

Whimsical Relationship Drama/Magical Realism

Director: Miranda July
Actors: Miranda July, Hamish Linklater, David Warshofsky, Angela Trimbur
Category: Fantasy

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

10 May 20099 August 2021

Rating: ★

Playboy’s Supernatural Redemption/Romantic Comedy

Director: Mark Waters
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer, …
Category: Fantasy

Just Like Heaven (2005)

27 January 200618 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Ghost Romantic Comedy

Director: Mark Waters
Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Dina Waters, Jon Heder, …
Category: Fantasy

Just My Luck (2006)

21 June 200622 December 2021

Rating: ½

Good Luck-Bad Luck Teen Romantic Comedy

Director: Donald Petrie
Actors: Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Faizon Love, Samaire Armstrong, …
Category: Fantasy

Kate & Leopold (2001)

28 December 20017 September 2023

Rating: ★★½

Time Travel Romance

Director: James Mangold
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Meg Ryan, Liev Schreiber, Breckin Meyer, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Lake House (2006)

24 June 200623 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Letters Across Time/Romance

Director: Alejandro Agresti
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dylan Walsh, Shohreh Aghdashloo, …
Category: Fantasy

Life or Something Like It (2002)

24 May 20099 March 2023

Rating: ★

Woman Receives a Prophecy of Her Death

Director: Stephen Herek
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub, James Gammon, …
Category: Fantasy

Lost in Austen (2008)

31 December 200810 May 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Modern Woman Trapped Inside Pride and Prejudice

Director: Dan Zeff
Actors: Jemima Rooper, Elliot Cowan, Tom Mison, Hugh Bonneville, …
Category: Fantasy

Making Mr Right (1987)

7 May 19999 May 2024

Rating: ★★½

Android Romance Comedy

Director: Susan Seidelman
Actors: Ann Magnuson, John Malkovich, Glenne Headly, Laurie Metcalf, …
Category: Science Fiction

Me Myself I (1999)

10 June 20009 June 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Woman’s Alternate Life Pathways

Director: Pip Karmel
Actors: Rachel Griffiths, David Roberts, Yael Stone, Trent Sullivan, …
Category: Fantasy

Michael (1996)

28 February 199916 June 2023

Rating: ★★

Irreverent Angel

Director: Nora Ephron
Actors: John Travolta, William Hurt, Andie McDowell, Robert Pastorelli, …
Category: Fantasy

Over Her Dead Body (2008)

30 November 200930 September 2023

Rating: ★

Ghostly Ex Comedy

Director: Jeff Lowell
Actors: Eva Longoria, Lake Bell, Paul Rudd, Stephen Root, …
Category: Fantasy

Passion of Mind (2000)

7 June 200018 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Woman’s Double Life in Dreams

Director: Alain Berliner
Actors: Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsgård, William Fichtner, Sinead Cusack, …
Category: Fantasy

Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

19 October 20021 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Time Travel/Housewife Revisists Her Youth

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: Kathleen Turner, Nicholas Cage, Barry Miller, Kevin J. Connor
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

Prelude to a Kiss (1992)

11 January 200312 February 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Bodyswap

Director: Norman Rene
Actors: Alec Baldwin, Meg Ryan, Sydney Walker, Ned Beatty, …
Category: Fantasy

Premonition (2007)

1 September 20078 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Clairvoyant Visions

Director: Mennan Yapo
Actors: Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon, Nia Long, Peter Stormare, …
Category: Fantasy

Safe Haven (2013)

4 December 20136 March 2025

Rating: ★

Romantic Film/Fantastic Twist Ending

Director: Lasse Hallström
Actors: Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, David Lyons, Cobie Smulders, …
Category: Fantasy

Sliding Doors (1998)

31 May 20101 June 2022

Rating: ★★

Alternate Life Pathways

Director: Peter Howitt
Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Lynch, John Hannah, Jeanne Tripplehorn, …
Category: Fantasy

Solitaire for 2 (1995)

1 June 201520 March 2025

Rating: ★

Romantic Comedy/Telepathic Woman

Director: Gary Sinyor
Actors: Mark Frankel, Amanda Pays, Roshan Seth, Jason Isaacs, …
Category: Fantasy

Somewhere in Time (1980)

25 September 200027 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Time-Travel Romance

Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Actors: Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer
Category: Fantasy

The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009)

20 October 200927 April 2025

Rating: ★★½

Time Travel Romance

Director: Robert Schwentke
Actors: Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Arliss Howard, Tatum McCann, …
Category: Science Fiction

Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998)

28 October 199928 November 2023

Rating: ★★★

The Past Revisited/Romance

Director: Maria Ripoll
Actors: Douglas Henshall, Lena Headey, Penelope Cruz, Mark Strong, …
Category: Fantasy

A Valentine Carol (2007)

13 July 200826 May 2025

Rating: ★

Romantic Redemption Fantasy

Director: Mark Jean
Actors: Emma Caulfield, Barbara Niven, John Reardon, Dominic Zamprogna, …
Category: Fantasy

Virtual Sexuality (1999)

15 August 20013 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Teen Romance/Idealised Guy Manifest

Director: Nick Hurran
Actors: Rupert Penry Jones, Laura Fraser, Kieran O'Brien, Ruth Sheen
Category: Science Fiction

What Women Want (2000)

17 December 20008 June 2025

Rating: ★★½

Man Can Read Womens’ Minds/Romantic Comedy

Director: Nancy Meyers
Actors: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Ashley Johnson, Alan Alda, …
Category: Fantasy

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, …
Category: Fantasy

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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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