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Theme: The Ambiguously Fantastic

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The Magician (1958)

10 March 20044 January 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Enigmatic Magician

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Max Von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Åke Fridell, …
Category: Fantasy

Man Facing Southeast (1986)

8 May 200328 April 2022

Rating: ★★★★★

Christ-like Alien Visitor in a Psychiatric Institution

Director: Eliseo Subiela
Actors: Lorenzo Quinteros, Hugo Sato, Ines Vernengo
Category: Science Fiction

The Man From Earth (2007)

19 September 201025 March 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Immortal Man

Director: Richard Schenkman
Actors: David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, Richard Riehle, John Billingsley, …
Category: Science Fiction

Man on a Swing (1974)

2 December 20009 June 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Ambiguous Clairvoyant

Director: Frank Perry
Actors: Joel Grey, Cliff Robertson, Peter Masterson, George Voskovec, …
Category: Fantasy

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)

15 June 201920 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Delusionary Modern-Day Quest

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Joana Ribeiro, Stellan Skarsgård, …
Category: Fantasy

Martian Child (2007)

9 October 20086 January 2025

Rating: ★★½

Adopting a Possibly Alien Child

Director: Menno Meyjes
Actors: John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Joan Cusack, …
Category: Science Fiction

Martin (1976)

11 March 200113 May 2023

Rating: ★★★★★

Deconstructed Vampire

Director: George A. Romero
Actors: John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Tom Savini, Christine Forrest, …
Category: Horror

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

22 May 200112 August 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Santa in Court

Director: George Seaton
Actors: Edmund Gwenn, John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood
Category: Fantasy

Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

4 December 20033 June 2024

Rating: ★

Santa in Court

Director: Les Mayfield
Actors: Dylan McDermott, Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Mara Wilson, …
Category: Fantasy

Mister Frost (1990)

28 November 202328 November 2023

Rating: ★★★

The Devil in an Asylum

Director: Philippe Setbon
Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Kathy Baker, Alan Bates, Jean-Pierre Cassel, …
Category: Fantasy

The Moth Diaries (2011)

20 May 201210 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Possible Vampire in a Girl’s Boarding School

Director: Mary Harron
Actors: Lily Cole, Scott Speedman, Sarah Bolger, Sarah Gadon, …
Category: Horror

Munger Road (2011)

16 September 201312 January 2025

Rating: ★½

Escaped Killer/Haunted Stretch of Road

Director: Nicholas Smith
Actors: Bruce Davison, Randall Batinkoff, Trevor Morgan
Category: Horror

The Muse (1999)

31 August 19999 August 2020

Rating: ★★½

Modern Muse/Hollywood Satire

Director: Albert Brooks
Actors: Albert Brooks, Sharon Stone, Andie MacDowell, Jeff Bridges, …
Category: Fantasy

Never Let Go (2024)

1 November 20241 November 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Evil Force in the Woods

Director: Alexandre Aja
Actors: Halle Berry, Percy Daggs IV, Anthony B. Jenkins, Kathryn Kirkpatrick, …
Category: Horror

Night of the Demon (1957)

4 January 200119 January 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Occult Curse

Director: Jacques Tourneur
Actors: Dana Andrews, Niall MacGinnis, Peggy Cummins, Liam Redmond, …
Category: Horror

Night of the Eagle (1961)

5 July 20023 August 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Witchcraft

Director: Sidney Hayers
Actors: Peter Wyngarde, Janet Blair, Margaret Johnston
Category: Horror

Nine Miles Down (2009)

20 May 20116 May 2024

Rating: ★★½

Possible Borehole Opened to Hell by a Mining Operation

Director: Anthony Waller
Actors: Adrian Paul, Kate Nauta, Amanda Douge, Anthony Waller
Category: Horror

Nocturne (2020)

1 November 202022 October 2021

Rating: ★★★

Rivalry Between Sisters at a Music School/Occult Spell

Director: Zu Qurike
Actors: Sydney Sweeney, Madison Iseman, Jacques Colimon, Ivan Shaw, …
Category: Horror

Oculus (2013)

11 April 201424 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Evil Mirror

Director: Mike Flanagan
Actors: Karen Gillan, Katee Sackhoff, Brenton Thwaites, Rory Cochrane, …
Category: Horror

Outside Satan (2011)

31 December 20119 September 2021

Rating: ★★★

Ambiguous Miraculous Visitor

Director: Bruno Dumont
Actors: David Dewaele, Alexandra Lemaitre
Category: Fantasy

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

19 April 200726 December 2021

Rating: ★★★

Girl Discovers Magical Realm

Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Actors: Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones, …
Category: Fantasy

Perfect Strangers (2003)

2 March 20041 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Abduction Thriller/Ambiguous Ghost

Director: Gaylene Preston
Actors: Sam Neill, Rachael Blake, Joel Toebeck
Category: Horror

Pin (1988)

3 March 20203 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Man’s Disturbed Relationship with a Sinister Anatomical Dummy

Director: Sandor Stern
Actors: David Hewlett, Cyndy Preston, Terry O'Quinn, John Pyper-Ferguson, …
Category: Horror

Possum (2018)

29 December 202029 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Sinister Puppet/Disturbed Psychology

Director: Matthew Holness
Actors: Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong, Charlie Eales
Category: Horror

Prancer (1989)

25 December 201312 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Girl Discovers Santa’s Reindeer

Director: John Hancock
Actors: Rebecca Harrell, Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Ariana Richards, …
Category: Fantasy

Progeny (1998)

25 October 201829 June 2021

Rating: ★★

Alien Abduction and Impregnation

Director: Brian Yuzna
Actors: Arnold Vosloo, Jillian McWhirter, Brad Dourif, Lindsay Crouse, …
Category: Science Fiction

Pyewacket (2017)

12 November 202412 November 2024

Rating: ★★★

Teenager Casts a Death Spell

Director: Adam MacDonald
Actors: Nicole Muñoz, Laurie Holden, Chloe Rose, Eric Osbourn, …
Category: Horror

Radio Free Albemuth (2014)

30 November 20148 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Philip K. Dick Adaptation/Possible Messages from Aliens

Director: John Alan Simon
Actors: Jonathan Scarfe, Shea Whigham, Alanis Morissette, Katheryn Winnick, …
Category: Science Fiction

Red Lights (2012)

9 July 20121 April 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Psychic Debunkers

Director: Rodrigo Cortes
Actors: Cillian Murphy, Robert De Niro, Sigourney Weaver, Elizabeth Olsen, …
Category: Fantasy

Reign of Assassins (2010)

14 September 201223 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Chinese Flying Swordsmen Film

Director: Chao Bin-Su
Actors: Michelle Yeoh, Shawn Yue, Barbie Hsu, Leon Dai, …
Category: Fantasy

Relic (2020)

24 July 202022 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Mysterious Happenings in a House

Director: Natalie Erika James
Actors: Bella Heathcote, Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin, Chris Bunton
Category: Horror

Requiem (2006)

21 September 200626 February 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Possible Demonic Possession/True Story

Director: Hans-Christian Schmid
Actors: Sandra Hüller, Burghart Klaußner, Walter Schmidinger
Category: Horror

Resurrection (2022)

7 April 20239 April 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Disturbed Psychology/Mysterious Man from the Past

Director: Andrew Seamans
Actors: Rebecca Hall, Tim Roth, Grace Kaufman, Michael Esper, …
Category: Horror

Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)

4 July 201217 July 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Possible Time Machine

Director: Colin Trevorrow
Actors: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni, …
Category: Science Fiction

Save the Green Planet (2003)

27 January 202527 January 2025

Rating: ★★½

Man Imprisoned By Someone Who Insists He is an Alien

Director: Jang Joon-hwan
Actors: Shin Ha-kyun, Baek Yoon-sik, Lee Jae-yong, Hwang Jung-min, …
Category: Science Fiction

Saving Grace (1998)

18 February 19996 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Contemporary Jesus

Director: Costa Botes
Actors: Jim Moriarty, Kirsty Hamilton
Category: Fantasy

Schock (1977)

30 May 201415 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Possible Haunting/Possible Hallucinations

Director: Mario Bava
Actors: Daria Nicolodi, David Colin Jr, John Steiner
Category: Horror

Shadow Hours (2000)

14 July 200030 August 2024

Rating: ★★★

Possibly Diabolic Temptation

Director: Isaac H. Eaton
Actors: Balthazar Getty, Peter Weller, Rebecca Gayheart, Peter Greene, …
Category: Horror

The Shadow of the Cat (1961)

17 October 202417 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Anglo-Horror/Possibly Supernatural Cat Killings

Director: John Gilling
Actors: Barbara Shelley, Andre Morell, Conrad Phillips, Richard Warner, …
Category: Horror

Signs (2002)

17 August 200230 September 2021

Rating: ★★

Crop Circles/Alien Invasion

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Actors: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin, …
Category: Science Fiction

Slingshot (2024)

22 November 202422 November 2024

Rating: ★★★

Space Expedition/Onboard Paranoia

Director: Mikael Håfström
Actors: Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, Tomer Capone, Emily Beecham, …
Category: Science Fiction

Sound of My Voice (2011)

27 January 20143 January 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Cult Led by a Woman Who May Have Come from the Future

Director: Zal Batmanglij
Actors: Brit Marling, Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicius, Constance Wu
Category: Science Fiction

Special (2006)

15 August 201221 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Man Believes He is a Superhero

Director: Hal Haberman, Jeremy Passmore
Actors: Michael Rapaport, Paul Blackthorne, Jack Kehler, Josh Peck, …
Category: Science Fiction

Sphere (1998)

16 December 199924 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Crashed UFO Underwater/Michael Crichton Adaptation

Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Coyote, …
Category: Science Fiction

Stranded (2013)

17 March 201428 March 2025

Rating: ★

Alien Impregnation

Director: Roger Christian
Actors: Christian Slater, Amy Matysio, Michael Therriault, Brendan Fehr
Category: Science Fiction

Take Shelter (2011)

5 November 201110 November 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Possible Premonitions of Disaster

Director: Jeff Nichols
Actors: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham, Robert Longstreet, …
Category: Fantasy

The Third Miracle (1999)

4 November 199922 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Catholic Sainthood and Miracles

Director: Agnieszka Holland
Actors: Ed Harris, Anne Heche, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Michael Rispoli, …
Category: Fantasy

Tideland (2005)

23 February 200816 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Surreal World of Childhood Imagination

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Jodelle Ferland, Jeff Bridges, Brendan Fletcher, Janet McTeer, …
Category: Fantasy

To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996)

27 April 200330 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Ghosts of Memory

Director: Michael Pressman
Actors: Peter Gallagher, Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, …
Category: Fantasy

Toad Road (2012)

28 February 201430 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Drug Taking/Journey Along Pathway to Hell

Director: Jason Banker
Actors: James Davidson, Sara Anne Jones
Category: Horror

The Turn of the Screw (1992)

23 February 20089 May 2025

Rating: ★★

Psychological Ghost Story

Director: Rusty Lemorande
Actors: Patsy Kensit, Julian Sands, Stephan Audran, Marianne Faithfull
Category: Horror

The Turn of the Screw (2009)

31 July 201414 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Psychological Ghost Story

Director: Tim Fywell
Actors: Michelle Dockery, Eva Bayer, Josef Lindsay, Dan Stevens, …
Category: Horror

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

16 December 200031 August 2022

Rating: ★★

Fantasy Anthology/TV Series Remake

Director: John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, George Miller
Actors: John Lithgow, Vic Morrow, Kathleen Quinlan, Burgess Meredith, …
Category: Fantasy

Uforia (1985)

27 January 200114 May 2025

Rating: ★★★

UFO Religion

Director: John Binder
Actors: Fred Ward, Cindy Williams, Harry Dean Stanton
Category: Science Fiction

Uninhabited (2010)

16 July 202016 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Haunted Island

Director: Bill Bennett
Actors: Geraldine Hakewill, Henry James
Category: Horror

Urban Ghost Story (1998)

6 July 199914 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Haunted Apartment

Director: Genevieve Jolliffe
Actors: Stephanie Buttle, Jason Connery, Billy Boyd, Nicola Stapleton, …
Category: Horror

Vinyan (2008)

16 April 201131 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Haunted Journey Into the Southeast Asian Jungle

Director: Fabrice Du Welz
Actors: Emmanuelle Beart, Rufus Sewell
Category: Horror

Visitors (2003)

7 March 20053 June 2025

Rating: ★★★

Yachtboard Ghost Story

Director: Richard Franklin
Actors: Radha Mitchell, Susannah York, Domenic Purcell, Ray Barrett, …
Category: Horror

Voice from the Stone (2017)

30 July 201728 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Possible Haunting

Director: Eric Dennis Howell
Actors: Emilia Clarke, Marton Csokas
Category: Horror

The Wasteland (2021)

1 May 20231 May 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Possible Monster Attacks at an Isolated Home

Director: David Casademunt
Actors: Asher Flores, Inma Cuesta, Roberto Alamo, Maria Llop
Category: Horror

We Need to Do Something (2021)

18 February 202418 February 2024

Rating: ★★★

Family Trapped in a Bathroom During a Mysterious Catastrophe

Director: Sean King O’Grady
Actors: Sierra McCormick, Pat Healy, Vinessa Shaw, Lisette Alexis, …
Category: Horror

The Wind (2018)

11 October 20208 September 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Pioneer Woman Alone in a Cabin Haunted by Possibly Imagined Demons

Director: Emma Tammi
Actors: Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Ashley Zukerman, Dylan McTee, …
Category: Horror

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