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Theme: Miniature Adventures and People

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)

5 August 20025 February 2022

Rating: ★★★

Big and Small Adventures

Director: Jack Sher
Actors: Kerwin Mathews, June Thorburn, Lee Patterson, Basil Sydney, …
Category: Fantasy

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

11 September 20005 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Arabian Nights Adventures

Director: Nathan Juran
Actors: Kerwin Mathews, Torin Thatcher, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer
Category: Fantasy

Alice (1988)

6 August 199910 August 2019

Rating: ★★★★★

Surreal Claymation Alice in Wonderland Adaptation

Director: Jan Svankmajer
Actors: Kristyna Kohoutova, Camilla Power
Category: Fantasy

Alice in Wonderland (1999)

30 June 20033 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Alice in Wonderland TV Adaptation

Director: Nick Willing
Actors: Tina Majorino, Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, Christopher Lloyd, …
Category: Fantasy

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

9 March 20105 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Alice in Wonderland Adaptation/Epic Adventure

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, …
Category: Fantasy

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

4 June 201610 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Alice in Wonderland Sequel

Director: James Bobin
Actors: Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, …
Category: Fantasy

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1972)

6 May 199926 July 2019

Rating: ★★½

Alice in Wonderland Adaptation

Director: William Sterling
Actors: Fiona Fullerton, Michael Crawford, Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore, …
Category: Fantasy

The Ant Bully (2006)

10 November 20064 September 2019

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Boy Reduced to Ant Size

Director: John A. Davis
Actors: Zach Tyler Eisen, Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Bruce Campbell, …
Category: Fantasy

Ant-Man (2015)

18 July 201525 March 2023

Rating: ★★★

Marvel Comics Miniature Superhero

Director: Peyton Reed
Actors: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

15 December 201826 April 2023

Rating: ★★

Marvel Comics Miniature Superhero

Director: Peyton Reed
Actors: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michael Peña, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

29 April 202330 April 2023

Rating: ★★½

Marvel Comics Miniature Superhero

Director: Peyton Reed
Actors: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Douglas, …
Category: Science Fiction

Arrietty (2010)

3 November 20119 July 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Miniature People Adventures

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Category: Fantasy

Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)

11 February 20079 July 2025

Rating: ★★½

Miniature Magical World

Director: Luc Besson
Actors: Freddie Highmore, Madonna, Mia Farrow, Adam LeFevre, …
Category: Fantasy

Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009)

5 May 201127 May 2023

Rating: ★

Miniature Magical World

Director: Luc Besson
Actors: Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow, Robert Stanton, Penny Balfour, …
Category: Fantasy

Arthur and the Two Worlds War (2010)

14 May 201427 May 2023

Rating: ★

Miniature Magical World

Director: Luc Besson
Actors: Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow, Ronald Leroy Crawford, Robert Stanton, …
Category: Fantasy

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

10 August 201922 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Marvel Comics Superhero Team-Up

Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Actors: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, …
Category: Science Fiction

Babes in Toyland (1961)

6 May 199919 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Fairytale Adventures

Director: Jack Donohue
Actors: Annette Funicello, Ray Bolger, Tommy Sands, Ed Wynn, …
Category: Fantasy

Bad Channels (1992)

27 April 200324 October 2019

Rating: ★

Aliens Invade Radio Station

Director: Ted Nicolaou
Actors: Paul Hipp, Martha Quinn, Victor Rogers, Michael Huddleston, …
Category: Science Fiction

Barbie in The Nutcracker (2001)

20 December 200923 September 2023

Rating: ★★

Animation/Barbie Enacts Fairytale

Director: Owen Hurley
Actors: Kelly Sheridan, Tim Curry, Christopher Gaze, Peter Kelamis, …
Category: Fantasy

The Borrowers (1997)

16 July 19995 October 2021

Rating: ★★★

Miniature People Adventures

Director: Peter Hewitt
Actors: John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Flora Newbigin, Bradley Pierce, …
Category: Fantasy

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

14 May 201625 April 2025

Rating: ★★★½

War Between Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Actors: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr, Sebastian Stan, Scarlett Johansson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Despicable Me (2010)

17 July 201013 August 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Comic Travails of a Super-Villain

Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Actors: Steve Carell, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Jason Segel, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Devil-Doll (1936)

28 August 200129 November 2024

Rating: ★★★

Miniaturised People/Revenge Drama

Director: Tod Browning
Actors: Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton, Henry B. Walthall, …
Category: Horror

Dollman (1990)

2 August 200113 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Miniature Cop

Director: Albert Pyun
Actors: Tim Thomerson, Jackie Earle Haley, Frank Collison, Humberto Ortiz, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dollman Vs. the Demonic Toys (1993)

1 June 200427 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Miniature Cop vs Satanic Dolls

Director: Charles Band
Actors: Tim Thomerson, Tracy Scoggins, Melissa Behr, Phil Brock, …
Category: Science Fiction

Downsizing (2017)

4 February 201831 August 2020

Rating: ★★½

Miniaturised People

Director: Alexander Payne
Actors: Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Kristen Wiig, Hong Chau, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dr Cyclops (1940)

29 September 200118 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Mad Scientist/Miniaturised People

Director: Ernest B. Schoedsak
Actors: Albert Dekker, Charles Halton, Victor Killian
Category: Science Fiction

Epic (2013)

31 May 20138 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Miniature Adventures Among the Leaf People

Director: Chris Wedge
Actors: Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson, Colin Farrell, Jason Sudeikis, …
Category: Fantasy

Erotic Ghost Story III (1992)

7 November 200513 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Hong Kong Erotica in the Afterlife

Director: Ivan Lai
Actors: Pauline Chan
Category: Fantasy

Fantastic Voyage (1966)

16 December 200012 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Submarine Journey Through the Human Body

Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Donald Pleasence, Arthur Kennedy, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ferngully: The Last Rainforest (1992)

4 April 201023 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Environmentally Aware Animation

Director: Bill Kroyer
Actors: Samantha Mathis, Jonathan Ward, Robin Williams, Christian Slater, …
Category: Fantasy

Gamera: Super Monster (1980)

10 November 201526 December 2024

Rating: 0­

Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Noriaki Yuasa
Category: Science Fiction

Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster (1964)

23 February 20089 April 2021

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Akiko Wakabayashi, Yuriko Hoshi, Yosuke Natsuki, Yumi Ito, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Gnome-Mobile (1967)

15 June 200414 January 2023

Rating: ★★★

Gnome Adventure/Disney Film

Director: Robert Stevenson
Actors: Walter Brennan, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Richard Deacon, …
Category: Fantasy

Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992)

6 July 20218 May 2024

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Takao Okawara
Actors: Tetsuya Bessho, Takehiro Murata, Megumi Odaka, Akira Takarada
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla vs the Thing (1964)

19 October 200217 September 2024

Rating: ★★½

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Akira Takarada, Yuriko Hoshi, Yoshifumi Tajima, Emi Ito, …
Category: Science Fiction

Gulliver’s Travels (1939)

3 August 20019 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Land of Little People

Director: Dave Fleischer
Category: Fantasy

Gulliver’s Travels (1977)

17 January 200121 August 2020

Rating: ★★½

Land of Little People

Director: Peter Hunt
Actors: Richard Harris, Catherine Schell
Category: Fantasy

Gulliver’s Travels (2010)

13 January 20115 February 2022

Rating: ★★

Land of Little People

Director: Rob Letterman
Actors: Jack Black, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, Amanda Peet, …
Category: Fantasy

Have Rocket — Will Travel (1959)

4 January 20234 January 2023

Rating: ★★

Idiots Launched Into Space Comedy

Director: David Lowell Rich
Actors: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe DeRita, Jerome Cowan
Category: Science Fiction

Help! (1965)

5 July 200028 October 2024

Rating: ★

The Beatles Gonzo Hijinks

Director: Richard Lester
Actors: Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, …
Category: Fantasy

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

15 February 200129 June 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Miniaturised Backyard Adventures

Director: Joe Johnston
Actors: Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Jared Rushton, Robert Oliveri, …
Category: Science Fiction

Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves! (1997)

30 July 200024 August 2021

Rating: ★★

Miniaturised Adventures

Director: Dean Cundey
Actors: Rick Moranis, Stuart Pankin, Eve Gordon, Bug Hall, …
Category: Science Fiction

Horton Hears a Who! (2008)

21 April 200831 May 2021

Rating: ★★½

Dr Seuss Adaptation/Animation

Director: Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino
Actors: Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, …
Category: Fantasy

The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

17 April 200325 October 2023

Rating: ★★★★★

Miniaturised Man

Director: Jack Arnold
Actors: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, William Schallert, Paul Langton
Category: Science Fiction

The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)

9 June 20038 November 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Miniaturised Housewife Comedy

Director: Joel Schumacher
Actors: Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Mark Blankfield, Ned Beatty, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)

25 August 20028 November 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Toy Indian Comes to Life

Director: Frank Oz
Actors: Hal Scardino, Litefoot, David Keith, Richard Jenkins, …
Category: Fantasy

Innerspace (1987)

3 November 200314 June 2022

Rating: ★★

Fantastic Voyage Spoof

Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, …
Category: Science Fiction

Josh Kirby … Time Warrior! Last Battle for the Universe (1996)

31 December 199621 December 2021

Rating: ★★★

Juvenile Adventures Through Time

Director: Frank Arnold
Actors: Corbin Allred, Jennifer Burns, Derek Webster, Barrie Ingham
Category: Science Fiction

Justice League of America (1997)

9 September 201127 March 2021

Rating: 0­

Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Felix Alcala
Actors: Kim Oja, Matthew Settle, John Kassir, Miguel Ferrer, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Magic Sword (1962)

16 August 200015 April 2021

Rating: ★★½

Heroic Fantasy Adventure

Director: Bert I. Gordon
Actors: Gary Lockwood, Basil Rathbone, Estelle Winwood, Anne Helm, …
Category: Fantasy

Meet Dave (2008)

31 July 200831 May 2025

Rating: ★★½

Eddie Murphy as a Spaceship Comedy

Director: Brian Robbins
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Pat Kilbane, …
Category: Science Fiction

Melies Cinemagician (2011)

12 June 200221 July 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Compilation of Georges Melies Shorts

Director: Georges Melies
Category: Fantasy

Men in Black II (2002)

29 July 20027 January 2025

Rating: ★

Alien Coverup Conspiracy Agency

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Actors: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Lara Flynn Boyle, Rosario Dawson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mothra (1962)

19 April 201022 August 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Franky Sakai, Jerry Ito, Hiroshi Koizumi, Ken Uehara
Category: Science Fiction

Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008)

27 July 201512 December 2023

Rating: ★★

Animation/The Children of Marvel Superheroes

Director: Jay Oliva, Gary Hartle
Actors: Brenna O'Brien, Aidan Drummond, Tom Kane, Shawn MacDonald, …
Category: Science Fiction

Night at the Museum 2 (2009)

24 May 200910 August 2023

Rating: ★★

Museum Exhibits Come to Life

Director: Shawn Levy
Actors: Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Hank Azaria, …
Category: Fantasy

Night at the Museum (2006)

11 February 200710 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Museum Exhibits Come to Life

Director: Shawn Levy
Actors: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, …
Category: Fantasy

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)

24 January 201510 August 2023

Rating: ★

Museum Exhibits Come to Life

Director: Shawn Levy
Actors: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, …
Category: Fantasy

The Phantom Planet (1961)

27 May 20072 April 2021

Rating: ★

Miniature Planet

Director: William Marshall
Actors: Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Anthony Dexter, Dolores Faith, …
Category: Science Fiction

Rebirth of Mothra (1996)

19 September 201222 August 2024

Rating: ★★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Okihiro Yoneda
Category: Science Fiction

The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (1993)

16 December 200924 June 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Little Person/Surreal Bizarreness

Director: Dave Borthwick
Category: Fantasy

The Secret Kingdom (1997)

16 December 20039 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Miniature World Under the Kitchen Sink

Director: David Schmoeller
Actors: Billy O', Tricia Dickson, Jamieson K. Price, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, …
Category: Fantasy

Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)

12 February 200517 March 2025

Rating: ★

Alien Twin Geniuses/Kurt Vonnegut Adaptation

Director: Steven Paul
Actors: Jerry Lewis, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, John Abbott, …
Category: Science Fiction

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

Superman Unbound (2013)

6 May 20146 December 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Comic-Book Superhero/Animation

Director: James Tucker
Actors: Matt Bomer, Stana Katic, John Noble, Molly Quinn, …
Category: Science Fiction

Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)

21 June 200417 August 2021

Rating: ★

Talking Trains/Children’s Film

Director: Britt Allcroft
Actors: Alec Baldwin, Mara Wilson, Peter Fonda, Russell Means, …
Category: Fantasy

Thumbelina (1994)

6 July 200015 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Animated Fairy-Tale

Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Actors: Jodi Benson, Gilbert Gottfried, Carol Channing, John Hurt
Category: Fantasy

tom thumb (1958)

18 December 200028 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Miniature Boy/Fairy Tale

Director: George Pal
Actors: Russ Tamblyn, Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas, Alan Young, …
Category: Fantasy

Tooth Fairy (2010)

27 January 201023 December 2024

Rating: ★

Tough Guy Becomes a Tooth Fairy

Director: Michael Lembeck
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Stephen Merchant, Julie Andrews, …
Category: Fantasy

Ultimate Avengers (2006)

6 June 200920 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Marvel Comics Superhero Team/Animation

Director: Bob Richardson, Curt Geda, Steven E. Gordon
Actors: Justin Gross, Michael Massee, Marc Worden, Olivia D'Abo, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ultimate Avengers II (2006)

21 September 201014 May 2025

Rating: ★★

Marvel Comics Superhero Team/Animation

Director: Bob Richardson, Will Meugniot, Richard Sebast
Actors: Justin Gross, Marc Worden, Nolan North, Grey DeLisle, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Uncanny (1977)

6 July 199930 September 2023

Rating: ★★

Cat Horror Anthology

Director: Denis Heroux
Actors: Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence, Ray Milland, Susan Penhaligon, …
Category: Horror

The Wild, Wild Planet (1965)

17 August 199917 February 2022

Rating: ★★

Italian Space Opera

Director: Antonio Margheriti
Actors: Tony Russell, Massimo Serato, Franco Nero, Umberto Raho
Category: Science Fiction

Willow (1988)

9 November 200323 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Epic Fantasy

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