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Theme: Magicians and Sorcerers

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Sleight (2016)

6 August 201722 December 2019

Rating: ★★½

Street Magician

Director: J.D. Dillard
Actors: Jacob Latimore, Seychelle Gabriel, Dulé Hill, Storm Reid
Category: Science Fiction

The Smurfs 2 (2013)

11 August 201318 March 2025

Rating: ½

Cute Blue-Skinned Creatures

Director: Raja Gosnell
Actors: Hank Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Jayma Mays, …
Category: Fantasy

The Smurfs (2011)

10 August 201122 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Cute Blue-Skinned Creatures

Director: Raja Gosnell
Actors: Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria, Jayma Mays, Sofia Vergara, …
Category: Fantasy

Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1976)

25 February 201028 August 2020

Rating: ★

Animation/Cute Blue-Skinned Creatures

Director: John Rust
Actors: Cam Clarke, Bill Capizzi, Ron Gans, Richard Miller, …
Category: Fantasy

Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)

10 July 201718 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Animation/Cute Blue-Skinned Creatures

Director: Kelly Asbury
Actors: Demi Lovato, Rainn Wilson, Danny Pudi, Joe Manganiello, …
Category: Fantasy

Snow Queen (2002)

16 January 200519 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Fairy-Tale/Epic Quest

Director: David Wu
Actors: Bridget Fonda, Chelsea Hobbs, Jim Byrnes, Robert Wisden, …
Category: Fantasy

Solomon Kane (2009)

21 July 201020 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Puritan Era Sword and Sorcery/Robert E. Howard Adaptation

Director: M.J. Bassett
Actors: James Purefoy, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Pete Postlethwaite, Mackenzie Crook, …
Category: Fantasy

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (1978)

3 September 202014 March 2024

Rating: ★★

Animation/Magician’s Apprentice

Director: Karel Zeman
Category: Fantasy

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010)

17 July 201020 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Apprentice Wizard

Director: Jon Turteltaub
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina, Teresa Palmer, …
Category: Fantasy

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

19 March 20229 October 2024

Rating: ★★½

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Jon Watts
Actors: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Starving Games (2013)

26 December 201320 March 2020

Rating: ★

The Hunger Games Parody

Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Actors: Maiara Walsh, Diedrich Bader, Nick Gomez, Gralen Banks
Category: Science Fiction

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

Superman vs. The Elite (2012)

7 March 201728 April 2021

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Superhero/Animation

Director: Michael Chang
Actors: George Newbern, Robin Atkin Downes, Pauley Perrette, Melissa Disney, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Swan Princess (1994)

22 June 200015 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Animated Fairy-Tale

Director: Richard Rich
Actors: Jack Palance, John Cleese, Steven Wright, Sandy Duncan, …
Category: Fantasy

The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)

10 June 200220 December 2024

Rating: ★★½

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Albert Pyun
Actors: Lee Horsley, Richard Lynch, Kathleen Beller, Simon MacCorkindale, …
Category: Fantasy

The Sword in the Stone (1963)

21 January 200115 March 2024

Rating: ★★

King Arthur’s Childhood/Disney Animation

Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Actors: Rickie Sorenson, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews, Martha Wentworth, …
Category: Fantasy

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)

1 November 200226 August 2021

Rating: ★★

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Stephen Weeks
Actors: Miles O'Keeffe, Sean Connery, Cyrielle Claire, Leigh Lawson, …
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

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

Tale of Tales (2015)

21 May 201620 July 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Anthology of Fairytales

Director: Matteo Garrone
Actors: Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, …
Category: Fantasy

Tales from Earthsea (2006)

29 July 20074 August 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Epic Fantasy

Director: Goro Miyazaki
Category: Fantasy

Talos the Mummy (1998)

2 January 20014 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Revived Mummy

Director: Russell Mulcahy
Actors: Jason Scott Lee, Sean Pertwee, Lysette Anthony, Michael Lerner, …
Category: Horror

Taro, The Dragon Boy (1979)

28 November 200420 July 2023

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Young Boy’s Adventures

Director: Kirio Urayama
Category: Fantasy

The Tempest (1979)

5 July 200422 March 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Shakespeare Adaptation

Director: Derek Jarman
Actors: Heathcote Williams, Toyah Willcox, Karl Johnson, Richard Warwick, …
Category: Fantasy

Tempest (1982)

1 July 20004 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Modernised Shakespeare Adaptation

Director: Paul Mazursky
Actors: John Cassavetes, Susan Sarandon, Molly Ringwald, Gena Rowlands, …
Category: Fantasy

The Tempest (1998)

22 March 202310 June 2024

Rating: ★★½

Shakespeare Adaptation Updated to the US Civil War

Director: Jack Bender
Actors: Peter Fonda, Katherine Heigl, John Glover, Harold Perrineau Jr, …
Category: Fantasy

The Tempest (2010)

10 July 20119 April 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Shakespeare Adaptation

Director: Julie Taymor
Actors: Helen Mirren, Djimon Hounsou, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, …
Category: Fantasy

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

25 February 200626 June 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Arabian Nights Adventure

Director: Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan
Actors: Sabu, Conrad Veidt, John Justin, Rex Ingram, …
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: Ragnarok (2017)

3 February 201815 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Marvel Comics Norse God Superhero

Director: Taika Waititi
Actors: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Mark Ruffalo, Cate Blanchett, …
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 Throbbit (2015)

15 February 201623 March 2020

Rating: 0­

The Hobbit Parody

Director: Timothy Alan Richardson
Category: Fantasy

Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979)

23 December 200215 May 2025

Rating: ★★

Astronaut in King Arthur’s Court/Disney Comedy

Director: Russ Mayberry
Actors: Dennis Dugan, Jim Dale, Sheila White, Kenneth More, …
Category: Science Fiction

Vampire Hunters (2002)

18 October 200427 May 2025

Rating: ★★

Hong Kong Fantasy/Monks vs Undead

Director: Wellson Chin
Actors: Ken Chang, Michael Chow, Lam Suet
Category: Fantasy

The Vault of Horror (1973)

27 February 20031 April 2024

Rating: ★★

Amicus Horror Anthology

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Tom Baker, Denholm Elliott, Daniel Massey, Anna Massey, …
Category: Horror

V/H/S Viral (2014)

14 December 201427 February 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Anthology of Found Footage Horror Tales

Director: Marcel Sarmiento, Gregg Bishop, Nacho Vigalondo, Justin Benson, …
Actors: Justin Welborn, Patrick Lawrie, Emilia Zoryan, Emmy Argo, …
Category: Horror

The Visitors (1993)

29 August 19992 September 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Time-Travel Comedy

Director: Jean-Marie Poire
Actors: Jean Reno, Christian Clavier, Valerie Le Mercier, Christian Bujeau, …
Category: Fantasy

Warcraft (2016)

18 June 20166 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Computer Game Adaptation/Epic Fantasy

Director: Duncan Jones
Actors: Travis Fimmel, Toby Kebbell, Paula Patton, Ben Schnetzer, …
Category: Fantasy

Warlock (1989)

8 October 20056 June 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Witchfinder Pursues Warlock Through Time

Director: Steve Miner
Actors: Richard E. Grant, Julian Sands, Lori Singer
Category: Horror

Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)

6 November 199928 November 2023

Rating: ★

The Devil’s Son

Director: Anthony Hickox
Actors: Julian Sands, Chris Young, Paula Marshall, R.G. Armstrong, …
Category: Horror

The Warriors Gate (2016)

2 October 201725 December 2023

Rating: 0­

Videogamer Transported to Ancient China

Director: Matthias Hoene
Actors: Uriah Shelton, Mark Chao, Ni Ni, Dave Bautista, …
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

Weathering With You (2019)

13 January 202513 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Girl Who Can Control Weather

Director: Makoto Shinkai
Category: Fantasy

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, …
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 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, …
Category: Fantasy

The Wizard of Gore (1970)

12 May 19993 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Splatter Magician

Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis
Actors: Ray Sager, Judy Cler, Wayne Ratay
Category: Horror

The Wizard of Gore (2007)

21 February 202331 July 2023

Rating: ★★

Splatter Magician

Director: Jeremy Kasten
Actors: Crispin Glover, Kip Pardue, Bijou Phillips, Brad Dourif, …
Category: Horror

The Wizard of Oz (1910)

4 July 201726 December 2023

Rating: ★★

Silent Adaptation

Director: Otis Turner
Category: Fantasy

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, …
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 (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, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

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

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, …
Category: Fantasy

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
Category: Fantasy

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