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Theme: Tall Tales

The ABCs of Death (2012)

26 February 201320 October 2024

Rating: ★★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Aaron Becker, Nacho Vigalondo, Adrian Garcia Bogliano, Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, …
Actors: Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley
Category: Horror

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)

3 June 199916 September 2019

Rating: ★★★★

World’s Greatest Liar’s Absurdist Adventures

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: John Neville, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Eric Idle, …
Category: Fantasy

Arabian Nights (1974)

15 December 200727 November 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Tales of Arabian Nights

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Actors: Ines Pellegrini, Franco Merli
Category: Fantasy

Arabian Nights (2000)

2 July 20053 July 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Tales of Arabian Nights

Director: Steve Barron
Actors: Mili Avital, Dougray Scott, Jason Scott Lee, John Leguizamo, …
Category: Fantasy

Baron Munchausen (1962)

17 October 201316 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

World’s Greatest Liar’s Adventures

Director: Karel Zeman
Category: Fantasy

Bedtime Stories (2008)

28 December 200823 November 2022

Rating: ★

Bedtime Stories Come True Comedy

Director: Adam Shankman
Actors: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand, …
Category: Fantasy

Big Fish (2003)

9 March 200417 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Tall Tales

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, …
Category: Fantasy

The Fall (2006)

14 February 201010 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Storyteller’s Fable

Director: Tarsem Singh
Actors: Catinca Untaru, Lee Pace, Justine Waddell, Emil Hostina, …
Category: Fantasy

The Forbidden Room (2015)

3 October 201530 October 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Tapestry of Surreal Tall Tales

Director: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson
Actors: Roy Dupuis, Udo Kier, Mathieu Amalric, Maria de Madeiros, …
Category: Fantasy

Hercules (2014)

26 July 20141 March 2025

Rating: ★½

Greek Mythological Hero’s Ordinary Exploits

Director: Brett Ratner
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, John Hurt, …
Category: Fantasy

Münchausen (1943)

31 January 201012 January 2025

Rating: ★★★½

World’s Greatest Liar’s Adventures

Director: Josef von Baky
Actors: Hans Albers, Hubert von Meyerinck
Category: Fantasy

My Winnipeg (2007)

27 July 200828 October 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Surreal Documentary

Director: Guy Maddin
Actors: Ann Savage, Guy Maddin, Darcy Fehr, Amy Stewart, …
Category: Fantasy

The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)

14 October 20129 December 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Tapestry of Fabulist Tales

Director: Wojciech J. Has
Category: Fantasy

The Shout (1978)

6 April 201022 October 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Enigmatic Stranger With Supernatural Powers

Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Actors: Alan Bates, John Hurt, Susannah York, Tim Curry, …
Category: Fantasy

Song of the South (1946)

20 December 19999 August 2019

Rating: ★★★½

African-American Tall Tales/Disney Animation

Director: Harve Foster
Actors: James Baskett, Bobby Driscoll, Ruth Warrick, Luana Patten, …
Category: Fantasy

Tall Tale (1995)

23 September 20074 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Characters from Wild West Legends

Director: Jeremiah Chechik
Actors: Patrick Swayze, Oliver Platt, Nick Stahl, Scott Glenn, …
Category: Fantasy

Twisted Tales (1994)

19 November 20001 June 2021

Rating: ★★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Kevin J. Lindenmuth, Mick McCleery, Rita Klus
Actors: John Collins, Mick McCleery, Laura McLauchlin, Rick Poli
Category: Horror

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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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