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Theme: Mythic and Magical Creatures

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Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists (2000)

2 February 200214 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Arabian Nights Adventure/Animation

Director: Allan Jacobs, Evan Ricks
Actors: Brendan Fraser, Jennifer Hale, Leonard Nimoy, John Rhys-Davies
Category: Fantasy

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

4 July 200316 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Arabian Nights Adventure/Animation

Director: Patrick Gilmore, Tim Johnson
Actors: Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joseph Fiennes, …
Category: Fantasy

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

The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

21 April 200821 March 2025

Rating: ★★½

Secret World of Magical Creatures

Director: Mark Waters
Actors: Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Sarah Bolger, David Strathairn, …
Category: Fantasy

Spirited Away (2001)

12 April 200212 February 2021

Rating: ★★★★★

Anime/Afterlife Bathhouse

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Fantasy

Stardust (2007)

23 September 200710 March 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Epic Fantasy Adventure

Director: Matthew Vaughn
Actors: Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, …
Category: Fantasy

Thale (2012)

4 May 201310 April 2025

Rating: ★★★

Mysterious Girl/Mythic Creature

Director: Aleksander L. Nordaas
Actors: Erlend Nervold, Silje Reinamo
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

U (2006)

29 July 200714 May 2025

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Talking Animal Frolics

Director: Serge Elissalde, Gregoire Solotareff
Category: Fantasy

Ulysses (1954)

14 March 20231 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Greek Myth Adventure

Director: Mario Camerini
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, Anthony Quinn, Rossana Podesta
Category: Fantasy

Unico (1981)

8 November 200415 May 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Anime/Young Unicorn Boy’s Adventures

Director: Toshio Hirata
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

The Watchers (2024)

13 July 20246 April 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Mysterious Creatures in the Woods

Director: Ishana Night Shyamalan
Actors: Dakota Fanning, Olwen Fouere, Georgina Campbell, Oliver Finnegan, …
Category: Horror

Witchslayer Gretl (2012)

17 March 202217 March 2022

Rating: ★★

Faiirytale Adaptation

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

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, …
Category: Fantasy

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