The Shaggy Dog (2006)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy
A man (Allen) turns into a dog and tries to get back his normal life.
Starring: Tim Allen, Kristin Davis, Zena Grey, Spencer Breslin, Danny Glover, Robert Downey Jr.
Director: Brian Robbins
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Music
This sprawling, surrealist musical serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in Europe. Many actors play multiple roles, giving the film a stagy tone.
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts, Arthur Lowe, Helen Mirren, Graham Crowden
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day / Ano hi mita hana no namae o bokutachi wa mada shiranai (TV Series 2011)
Animation | Drama | Fantasy | Teen
A story about grief and the acceptance of death. Six children formed a group that they called The Peace Busters. One day, an incident occurred which took the life of one of their friends, Meiko Honma. After this, Jinta Yadomi, leader of the group when they were kids, neglects high school and lives as a shut-in when he unexpectedly starts seeing the ghost of Meiko, who can only interact with him and no one else. The Peace Busters disbanded and the friends began distancing themselves far away from each other. Years later, Meiko has returned to ask Jinta to fulfill the forgotten wish she made as a kid.
Starring: Saori Hayami, Miyu Irino, Ai Kayano, Takayuki Kondô, Mitsuru Ogata, Takahiro Sakurai, Asami Seto, Mutsumi Tamura, Haruka Tomatsu, Aki Toyosaki
Creator: Mari Okada
Big fish (2003)
Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures in this marvel of a movie.
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Helena Bonham Carter
Director: Tim Burton
Somewhere in Time (1980)
Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi
A Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to find the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel.
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright, George Voskovec, William H. Macy
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
L'âge des ténèbres / Days of Darkness / The Age of Ignorance (2007)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
In his dreams, Jean-Marc is a knight in shining armor, a star of stage and screen and a successful author who has women falling at his feet and into his bed. In reality, Jean-Marc is a nobody civil servant, insignificant husband, failed father and closet smoker. Will Jean-Marc be able to resist the temptations of his dreamland or will he decide to carve out a life of his own?
Starring: Marc Labrèche, Diane Kruger, Sylvie Léonard, Caroline Néron, Rufus Wainwright, Macha Grenon, Emma de Caunes
Director: Denys Arcand
Knights of Badassdom (2013)
Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror
A group of costumed "Live Action Role Players," dressed as knights, elves and other medieval characters, take to the woods for "The Battle of Evermore." But when a make-believe wizard casts a spell from an ancient book, purchased on eBay, fantasy becomes reality as a powerful demon manifests itself. Can these pretend warriors muster the courage to save themselves and the rest of humanity?
Starring: Peter Dinklage, Summer Glau, Margarita Levieva, Steve Zahn, Jimmi Simpson, Ryan Kwanten
Director: Joe Lynch
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Justice League: War (2014)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
The world's finest heroes found the Justice League in order to stop an alien invasion of Earth.
Starring: Jason O'Mara, Alan Tudyk, Justin Kirk, Michelle Monaghan, Shemar Moore, Sean Astin, Christopher Gorham, Rocky Carroll, Steve Blum
Director: Jay Oliva
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card / Kâdokaputâ Sakura: Fûin sareta kâdo (2000)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
All of the Clow Cards have been captured, and Sakura Kinomoto, the new Master of the Cards, is preparing to play the lead in the play for the town festival. However, a new evil force is causing mysterious events all over Tomoeda, including the disappearance of Sakura's cards. With Syaoran's help, Sakura must figure out the cause of these events, and save her town.
Starring: Sakura Tange, Motoko Kumai, Aya Hisakawa, Masaya Onosaka, Megumi Ogata, Junko Iwao
Director: Morio Asaka
Cardcaptor Sakura / Cardcaptors: The Movie / Gekijô-ban Kâdokaputâ Sakura (1999)
Adventure | Animation | Fantasy
Sakura wins a trip to Hong Kong. Even though she is extremely lucky, Kero questions whether Sakura was merely called to Hong Kong for a specific reason. As Sakura visits the local sites in Hong Kong, strange occurances happen to her. When two strange birds lead Sakura to a phantom world, she learns that she really was called to come to Hong Kong by a woman who wants revenge on Clow Reed.
Starring: Sakura Tange, Aya Hisakawa, Junko Iwao, Motoko Kumai, Tomokazu Seki, Megumi Ogata
Director: Morio Asaka
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004)
Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Mickey and the gang team up for a new holiday adventure and for the first time ever they are all computer animated. There will be five mini films that include: Belles on Ice, Christmas: Impossible, Christmas Maximus, Donald's Gift, Mickey's Dog-Gone Christmas.
Starring: Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo
Director: Carole Holliday, Matthew O'Callaghan, Theresa Cullen
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2013)
Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Ancient mysteries. Powerful evil. And a fearless hero's quest through a fantastical realm of steam-powered wonders and sinister magic… In THE ADVENTURER: THE CURSE OF THE MIDAS BOX, seventeen-year-old Mariah Mundi's life is turned upside down when his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. Following a trail of clues to the darkly majestic Prince Regent Hotel, Mariah discovers a hidden realm of child-stealing monsters, deadly secrets and a long-lost artifact that grants limitless wealth – but also devastating supernatural power. With the fate of his world, and his family at stake, Mariah will risk everything to unravel the Curse of the Midas Box!
Starring: Michael Sheen, Lena Headey, Sam Neill, Ioan Gruffudd, Aneurin Barnard, Keeley Hawes, Tristan Gemmill
Director: Jonathan Newman
City of Angels (1998)
Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Seth, an angel watching over Los Angeles, begins finding his job difficult as he falls in love with Maggie, a beautiful heart surgeon. She becomes interested in Seth, and soon his not-quite-mortal state seems a barrier rather than a gift. A choice must be made between celestial duty and earthly love.
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Andre Braugher, Dennis Franz, Colm Feore, Robin Bartlett
Director: Brad Silberling
Wonder Woman (2009)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
On the mystical island of Themyscira, a proud and fierce warrior race of Amazons have raised a daughter of untold beauty, grace and strength Princess Diana. When an Army fighter pilot, Steve Trevor, crash-lands on the island, the rebellious and headstrong Diana defies Amazonian law by accompanying Trevor back to civilization. Meanwhile, Ares (the god of War) has escaped his imprisonment at the hands of the Amazonians and has decided to exact his revenge – intending to start a world war that will not only last for centuries but will wipe out every living being on the planet, starting with the Amazons! It is up to Princess Diana to save her people and the world by using her gifts and becoming the ultimate Wonder Woman!
Starring: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Alfred Molina, Rosario Dawson, Marg Helgenberger, Oliver Platt, Virginia Madsen
Director: Lauren Montgomery
The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
The misadventures of an arrogant, egocentric young Emperor named Kuzco, who is transformed into a llama by his power-hungry advisor — the devious diva Yzma. Stranded in a jungle, Kuzco's only chance to get back home and reclaim the high life rests with a good-hearted peasant named Pacha.
Starring: David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, Tom Jones, Wendie Malick
Director: Mark Dindal
Blood-C: The Last Dark (2012)
Action | Animation | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery
Saya is part human, part monster, and has one thing on her mind: revenge. Visions of twisted experiments and creatures slaughtering everyone she loved fuel her thirst for vengeance. With blade in hand and rage boiling in her veins, she tracks her tormentor to Tokyo, where flesh-hungry beasts have begun to feed. There, she joins a group of young hackers hunting for the same man. As Saya slices her way through lies, traps, flesh, and bone, how much blood will she shed to cut down the mastermind behind her madness?
Starring: Nana Mizuki, Kenji Nojima
Director: Naoyoshi Shiotani
JIN / Time Slip Dr. Jin (TV Series 2009- )
Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
The story follows a brain surgeon named, Minakata Jin, who has spent the last two years in anguish, as his fiancee lies in a vegetative state after an operation he performed. One day, he faints at the hospital and awakens to find himself transported back in time to the Edo period. He is soon attacked by a samurai, but he escapes with the help of a man named Kyotaro. Kyotaro suffers a serious injury to the head while trying to protect him, but Jin manages to save his life despite a lack of proper medical equipment. Because of that, Kyotaro's sister Saki begins taking an interest in Jin and becomes his assistant. Meanwhile, Jin is determined to find a way back to the present.
Starring: Takao Ohsawa, Miki Nakatani, Haruka Ayase, Keisuke Koide, Kenta Kiritani, Masaaki Uchino, Hiromasa Taguchi, Tetsu Saiki, Daiki Nakae, Yumi Asô, Erena Mizusawa, Takahiro Fujimoto, Aki Mizusawa, Saki Takaoka
Creator: Yoshiko Morishita, Motoka Murakami
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods / Dragon Ball Z: Kami to Kami (2013)
Action | Animation | Fantasy
The events of Battle of Gods take place some years after the battle with Majin Buu, which determined the fate of the entire universe. Wiss, the God of Creation, along with Bills, the God of Destruction, are tasked with maintaining some sort of balance in the universe. After awakening from a long slumber, Bills is visited by Wiss and he learns that the galactic overlord Frieza has been defeated by a Super Saiyan from the North Quadrant of the universe named Goku, who is also a former student of the North Kai. Ecstatic over the new challenge, Goku ignores King Kai's advice and battles Bills, but he is easily overwhelmed and defeated. Bills leaves, but his eerie remark of "Is there nobody on Earth more worthy to destroy?" lingers on. Now it is up to the heroes to stop the God of Destruction before all is lost.
Starring: Masako Nozawa, Shigeru Chiba, Hiroko Emori, Toshio Furukawa, Tôru Furuya, Tesshô Genda, Aya Hirano
Director: Masahiro Hosoda
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 / Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers (2013)
Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Flint Lockwood now works at The Live Corp Company for his idol Chester V. But he's forced to leave his post when he learns that his most infamous machine is still operational and is churning out menacing food-animal hybrids.
Starring: Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Neil Patrick Harris, Benjamin Bratt
Director: Cody Cameron, Kris Pearn
Galaxy Express 999 / Ginga tetsudô 999 / Ginga tetsudô Three-Nine (1979)
Adventure | Animation | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Galaxy Express 999 is the name of a train which travels through space, beginning at Megalopolis Station on one end of the galaxy and terminating at Andromeda on the other. But the Galaxy Express is more than just a train, it's also a metaphor for life itself, with passengers constantly boarding, debarking, and dreaming along the way. Tetsuro Hoshino is a youth who'll give anything to board the Three-Nine, including a promise to accompany a mysterious woman named Maetel all the way to Andromeda, the planet where, she tells him, he can get a free machine body to avenge the cruel death of his mother at the hands of the villainous Count Mecha.
Starring: Masako Nozawa, Masako Ikeda, Yôko Asagami, Miyoko Asô, Toshiko Fujita, Banjô Ginga, Kaneta Kimotsuki, Kei Tomiyama
Director: Rintaro
