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Status Update (2018)

4 April 20244 April 2024

Rating: ★

Magical Cellphone That Causes Things to Come True

Director: Scott Speer
Actors: Ross Lynch, Dani McKensie, Harvey Guillen, Rob Riggle, …
Category: Fantasy

Storm Warriors (2009)

18 November 201415 March 2023

Rating: ★★

Flying Swordsmen Fantasy

Director: Oxide Pang, Danny Pang
Actors: Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng, Simon Yam, Nicholas Tse, …
Category: Fantasy

Stuff (1999)

6 July 201431 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Resurrection Ring/Black Comedy

Director: James Dunnison
Category: Fantasy

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018)

8 April 201830 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Team-Up of DC Comics Super-Villains

Director: Sam Liu
Actors: Christian Slater, Tara Strong, Vanessa Williams, Billy Brown, …
Category: Fantasy

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

27 May 202331 May 2025

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Videogame Adaptation

Director: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic
Actors: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, …
Category: Fantasy

Suzume (2022)

4 August 20244 August 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Quest to Close Portals

Director: Makoto Shinkai
Category: Fantasy

Swordsman (1990)

14 April 20019 September 2024

Rating: ★★★

Hong Kong Flying Swordsmen Fantasy

Director: King Hu
Actors: Sam Hui, Michelle Reis, Fennie Yuen
Category: Fantasy

The Swordsman (1992)

15 August 201129 August 2024

Rating: ★

Mystical Sword/Action/Reincarnation

Director: Michael Kennedy
Actors: Lorenzo Lamas, Claire Stansfield, Michael Champion, Eugene Clark, …
Category: Fantasy

Swordsman II (1992)

29 March 20013 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Hong Kong Flying Swordsmen Fantasy

Director: Ching Siu-Tung
Actors: Jet Li, Brigitte Lin, Michelle Reis, Rosamund Kwan
Category: Fantasy

Swordsman III: The East is Red (1993)

5 May 200110 July 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Hong Kong Flying Swordsmen Fantasy

Director: Ching Siu-Tung, Raymond Lee
Actors: Brigitte Lin, Joey Wong
Category: Fantasy

A Tale from the East (1990)

15 September 20164 April 2025

Rating: ½

Hong Kong Supernatural Comedy

Director: Manfred Wong
Actors: Billy Lau, Joey Wang
Category: Fantasy

Tales That Witness Madness (1973)

1 November 200220 April 2021

Rating: ★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Joan Collins, Kim Novak, Jack Hawkins, …
Category: Horror

Tangled (2010)

14 April 20117 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Disney Animation/Rapunzel Adaptation

Director: Nathan Greno, Byron Howard
Actors: Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Ron Perlman, …
Category: Fantasy

Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006)

26 March 20071 June 2022

Rating: ★★

Rockstars’ Gonzo Quest

Director: Liam Lynch
Actors: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Paul F. Tompkins, Tim Robbins, …
Category: Fantasy

There’s Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000)

11 January 200910 April 2025

Rating: ★★½

Magic Soccer Boots

Director: John Hay
Actors: Lewis McKenzie, Robert Carlyle, Gina McKee, Ben Miller, …
Category: Fantasy

The Thief and the Cobbler (1994)

23 February 200428 September 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Gonzo Arabian Nights Adventure/Animation

Director: Richard Williams
Actors: Steven Lively, Bobbi Page, Vincent Price, Ed E. Carroll, …
Category: Fantasy

The Thief Lord (2006)

11 January 200911 April 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Orphan Thieves Fantasy

Director: Richard Claus
Actors: Rollo Weeks, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jim Carter, Jasper Harris, …
Category: Fantasy

The Thief of Baghdad (1961)

3 June 200511 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Arabian Nights Adventure

Director: Arthur Lubin
Actors: Steve Reeves, Arturo Dominici, Daniele Vargas
Category: Fantasy

The Thief of Baghdad (1978)

27 February 200325 December 2024

Rating: ★

Arabian Nights Adventure

Director: Clive Donner
Actors: Roddy McDowall, Terence Stamp, Kabir Bedi, Peter Ustinov, …
Category: Fantasy

Thor: God of Thunder (2022)

9 August 20239 August 2023

Rating: ★★

Norse Superhero/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Noah Luke
Actors: Myrom Kingery, Vernon Wells, Vaune Suitt, Daniel O'Reilly, …
Category: Fantasy

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

17 September 202217 September 2022

Rating: ★★★

Marvel Comics Norse God Superhero

Director: Taika Waititi
Actors: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Taika Waititi, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Thor: Tales of Asgard (2011)

24 November 201215 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Animation/Marvel Comics Norse God Superhero

Director: Sam Liu, Gary Hartle
Actors: Matt Wolf, Rick Gomez, Tara Strong, Chris Britton, …
Category: Fantasy

A Thousand and One Nights (1945)

27 November 20241 April 2025

Rating: ★★½

Arabian Nights Adventure

Director: Alfred E. Green
Actors: Cornel Wilde, Phil Silvers, Evelyn Keyes, Adele Jergens, …
Category: Fantasy

The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2017)

30 December 201816 February 2021

Rating: ★★

Wu Xia/Flying Swordsman Fantasy

Director: Yuen Wo Ping
Actors: Da Peng, Ni Ni, Aarif Lee, Zhou Dongyu, …
Category: Fantasy

The Throbbit (2015)

15 February 201623 March 2020

Rating: 0­

The Hobbit Parody

Director: Timothy Alan Richardson
Category: Fantasy

Time Raiders (2016)

20 January 201718 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Tomb-Raiding Adventures

Director: Daniel Lee
Actors: Jing Boran, Lu Han, Wang Jingchun, Ma Sichun, …
Category: Fantasy

Tin Man (2007)

19 January 20083 September 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Modernised Wizard of Oz

Director: Nick Willing
Actors: Zooey Deschanel, Alan Cumming, Neal McDonough, Kathleen Robertson, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Tomb Invader (2018)

6 May 20196 May 2019

Rating: ★★

Tomb Raiding Adventures/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: James H. Thomas
Actors: Gina Vitori, Andrew J. Katers, Samantha Bowling, Evan Weinstein, …
Category: Fantasy

Treasure of the Four Crowns (1983)

5 July 20157 May 2025

Rating: ★★

Caper Adventure

Director: Ferdinando Baldi
Actors: Tony Anthony, Ana Obregon, Gene Quintano, Francisco Rabal
Category: Fantasy

The Turkish Star Wars (1982)

27 February 20156 May 2020

Rating: 0­

Planetary Adventure/Bad Movie Classic

Director: Cetin Inanc
Category: Science Fiction

Turnabout (1940)

14 October 202029 April 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Husband-Wife Bodyswap Screwball Comedy

Director: Hal Roach
Actors: John Hubbard, Carole Landis, Adolphe Menjou, William Gargan, …
Category: Fantasy

Upworld (1991)

15 February 20015 July 2022

Rating: ½

Cop and Gnome Partner

Director: Stan Winston
Actors: Anthony Michael Hall, Claudia Christian, Jerry Orbach, Robert Z'dar
Category: Fantasy

User Friendly (1990)

3 July 20101 August 2024

Rating: ★★

Eccentric Comedy/Statuette With Rejuvenative Powers

Director: Gregor Nicholas
Actors: William Brandt, Alison Bruce, Judith Gibson, David Letch, …
Category: Fantasy

Vibes (1988)

5 May 20032 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Psychic Powers Comedy-Adventure

Director: Ken Kwapis
Actors: Cyndi Lauper, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Falk, Googy Gress, …
Category: Fantasy

Vice Versa (1988)

23 February 200424 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Father-Son Bodyswap Comedy

Director: Brian Gilbert
Actors: Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage, Corinne Bohrer, Swoozie Kurtz, …
Category: Fantasy

Volcano High (2001)

3 July 20033 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

High School Fantastical Martial Arts

Director: Tae-gyun Kim
Actors: Kyuk Jang, Su-ro Kim, Min-a Shin, Jun-ho Heo, …
Category: Fantasy

Warriors of Virtue (1997)

14 June 202325 February 2024

Rating: ★★

Fantasy Otherworld

Director: Ronny Yu
Actors: Mario Yedidia, Angus Mcfadyen, Marley Shelton, Doug Jones, …
Category: Fantasy

The Watch (2020)

3 September 202111 December 2023

Rating: ★

Terry Pratchett Adaptation

Director: Craig Viveiros, Brian Kelly, Emma Sullivan
Actors: Richard Dormer, Lara Rossi, Adam Hugill, Marama Corlett, …
Category: Fantasy

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, …
Category: Fantasy

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, …
Category: Fantasy

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
Category: Fantasy

The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy (1964)

3 February 20223 February 2022

Rating: 0­

Mexican Wrestlers vs Revived Mummy

Director: Rene Cardona
Actors: Lorena Velazquez, Elizabeth Campbell, Armando Silvestre, Victor Velazquez
Category: Horror

Wu Dang (2012)

17 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Martial Arts/Wu Xia Fantasy

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

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, …
Category: Fantasy

YatterMan (2009)

19 May 201129 March 2023

Rating: ★★★

Anime TV Series in Live-Action/Gonzo Giant Robot Heroics

Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Sho Sakurai, Kyoko Fukada, Saki Fukuda, Sadao Abe, …
Category: Science Fiction

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, …
Category: Fantasy

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, …
Category: Fantasy

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