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American cinema: Fantasy
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)
Gordon Hessler
Sinbad is out sailing one sunny afternoon when a strange bat-like creature appears from nowhere and accidentally drops a gold ornament at his feet...
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Gordon Hessler
Groundhog Day (1993)
Harold Ramis
Phil Connors, an arrogant, self-absorbed weather forecast presenter, is far from happy about being forced to report on the annual Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney...
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Harold Ramis
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Ernst Lubitsch
After a life of dissolute pleasure-seeking, Henry Van Cleve considers he has earned his place in Hell. But when he arrives in the entrance hall to Satan's fiery domain, he encounters an imposing figure who is less certain of his credentials...
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Ernst Lubitsch
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Alexander Hall
Prize fighter Joe Pendleton is fooling about in his private aeroplane when he loses control and crashes into the ground. Just before impact, his soul is snatched from his body by an overly enthusiastic angel, Messenger 7013, and taken to the transit point to the next world...
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Alexander Hall
I Married a Witch (1942)
René Clair
During the Salem witch trials of the early 1690s, Massachusetts landowner Jonathan Wooley has an alleged witch, Jennifer, and her father Daniel burned at the stake for witchcraft...
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René Clair
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
René Clair
In America in the 1940s, Larry and Sylvia Stevens are preparing to celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary when Larry insists on letting the world know of the bizarre turn of events that led to their happy union... [More...]
René Clair
In America in the 1940s, Larry and Sylvia Stevens are preparing to celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary when Larry insists on letting the world know of the bizarre turn of events that led to their happy union... [More...]
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Frank Capra
On the death of his father, George Bailey has no choice but to take over the management of the family's loan and savings business... [More...]
Frank Capra
On the death of his father, George Bailey has no choice but to take over the management of the family's loan and savings business... [More...]
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Don Chaffey
In ancient Greece, Aristo, the benevolent King of Thessaly, is overthrown by his rival, Pelias, but a prophesy foretells that one day Aristo's son Jason will return to reclaim the throne... [More...]
Don Chaffey
In ancient Greece, Aristo, the benevolent King of Thessaly, is overthrown by his rival, Pelias, but a prophesy foretells that one day Aristo's son Jason will return to reclaim the throne... [More...]
Jungle Book (1942)
Zoltan Korda
In India, a party of British tourists listen in rapture as an old local storyteller recounts a tale from his youth. Years ago, he lived in a village that was attacked by the tiger Shere Khan... [More...]
Zoltan Korda
In India, a party of British tourists listen in rapture as an old local storyteller recounts a tale from his youth. Years ago, he lived in a village that was attacked by the tiger Shere Khan... [More...]
King Kong (1933)
Merian C. Cooper
The illustrious filmmaker Carl Denham is preparing an expedition to a remote island where he intends to shoot his next film... [More...]
Merian C. Cooper
The illustrious filmmaker Carl Denham is preparing an expedition to a remote island where he intends to shoot his next film... [More...]
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Roger Corman
Gravis Mushnick is the mean-spirited owner of a cheap florist's shop in Skid Row, New York. He has two assistants, the simple-minded Audrey and the inept Seymour, but even with their combined efforts he has difficulty attracting customers... [More...]
Roger Corman
Gravis Mushnick is the mean-spirited owner of a cheap florist's shop in Skid Row, New York. He has two assistants, the simple-minded Audrey and the inept Seymour, but even with their combined efforts he has difficulty attracting customers... [More...]
Lost Horizon (1937)
Frank Capra
1935. As bloody revolution sweeps across China, British diplomat Robert Conway is charged with evacuating Westerners from the city of Baskul... [More...]
Frank Capra
1935. As bloody revolution sweeps across China, British diplomat Robert Conway is charged with evacuating Westerners from the city of Baskul... [More...]
The Lost World (1925)
Harry O. Hoyt
No one believes Professor Challenger's claims that living dinosaurs have been discovered in South America. Eager to make a name for himself, a young journalist named Edward Malone persuades his newspaper to back a mission to the Amazon to rescue Maple White, the leader of a previous expedition, whose journal contains sketches of the dinosaurs he has apparently encountered... [More...]
Harry O. Hoyt
No one believes Professor Challenger's claims that living dinosaurs have been discovered in South America. Eager to make a name for himself, a young journalist named Edward Malone persuades his newspaper to back a mission to the Amazon to rescue Maple White, the leader of a previous expedition, whose journal contains sketches of the dinosaurs he has apparently encountered... [More...]
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Roger Corman
12th Century Europe is being scourged by many plagues, the most fearsome of which is the Red Death. When Prince Prospero learns that this plague has reached the villages surrounding his castle, he orders his men to burn them to the ground... [More...]
Roger Corman
12th Century Europe is being scourged by many plagues, the most fearsome of which is the Red Death. When Prince Prospero learns that this plague has reached the villages surrounding his castle, he orders his men to burn them to the ground... [More...]
Monkey Business (1952)
Howard Hawks
Dr Barnaby Fulton is a brilliant research chemist who, to his wife's dismay, has become obsessed with developing a drug that will throw the ageing process back into reverse... [More...]
Howard Hawks
Dr Barnaby Fulton is a brilliant research chemist who, to his wife's dismay, has become obsessed with developing a drug that will throw the ageing process back into reverse... [More...]
The Mummy (1932)
Karl Freund
In 1921, a team of British archaeologists led by Joseph Whemple unearth an ancient Egyptian tomb. Inside, they find a burial casket containing a well-preserved mummified corpse... [More...]
Karl Freund
In 1921, a team of British archaeologists led by Joseph Whemple unearth an ancient Egyptian tomb. Inside, they find a burial casket containing a well-preserved mummified corpse... [More...]
Mysterious Island (1961)
Cy Endfield
During the American Civil War, a party of Union soldiers manage to escape from a Confederate prison via a hot air balloon... [More...]
Cy Endfield
During the American Civil War, a party of Union soldiers manage to escape from a Confederate prison via a hot air balloon... [More...]
New Nightmare (1994)
Wes Craven
Heather Langenkamp, the actress who played Nancy in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street, is disturbed when she has a dream in which her husband Chase, a special effects designer, is attacked by a mechanical claw that he has created... [More...]
Wes Craven
Heather Langenkamp, the actress who played Nancy in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street, is disturbed when she has a dream in which her husband Chase, a special effects designer, is attacked by a mechanical claw that he has created... [More...]
The Nutty Professor (1963)
Jerry Lewis
Professor Julius Kelp is an accident-prone and socially inept chemistry professor at an American university. When he is picked upon by one of his more muscular students, Kelp makes up his mind to build himself up, but his visits to the gym prove disastrous... [More...]
Jerry Lewis
Professor Julius Kelp is an accident-prone and socially inept chemistry professor at an American university. When he is picked upon by one of his more muscular students, Kelp makes up his mind to build himself up, but his visits to the gym prove disastrous... [More...]
The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
Maurice Tourneur
10-year-old Gwendolyn is miserable beyond belief, despite the fact that her parents are filthy rich and she lives in a palatial mansion waited on night and day by an army of servants... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
10-year-old Gwendolyn is miserable beyond belief, despite the fact that her parents are filthy rich and she lives in a palatial mansion waited on night and day by an army of servants... [More...]
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Woody Allen
New Jersey, at the height of the Great Depression. Cecilia's life is one of unending misery. Abused by her thug of a husband, barely scraping by on what she earns as a waitress, her only refuge is the movies... [More...]
Woody Allen
New Jersey, at the height of the Great Depression. Cecilia's life is one of unending misery. Abused by her thug of a husband, barely scraping by on what she earns as a waitress, her only refuge is the movies... [More...]
The Raven (1963)
Roger Corman
Living alone in his ancient castle with his daughter Estelle, the sorcerer Dr Erasmus Craven continues to mourn the death of his beloved wife Lenore, who died two years ago... [More...]
Roger Corman
Living alone in his ancient castle with his daughter Estelle, the sorcerer Dr Erasmus Craven continues to mourn the death of his beloved wife Lenore, who died two years ago... [More...]
The Shining (1980)
Stanley Kubrick
Jack Torrance is delighted when he is offered the job of winter caretaker at the Overlook, a sprawling luxury hotel set in a remote mountain location in Colorado... [More...]
Stanley Kubrick
Jack Torrance is delighted when he is offered the job of winter caretaker at the Overlook, a sprawling luxury hotel set in a remote mountain location in Colorado... [More...]
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Tim Burton
New York City, 1799. Ichabod Crane is a young police officer whose new methods of forensic investigation have brought him into conflict with his superiors... [More...]
Tim Burton
New York City, 1799. Ichabod Crane is a young police officer whose new methods of forensic investigation have brought him into conflict with his superiors... [More...]
Son of Dracula (1943)
Robert Siodmak
Katherine Caldwell, the daughter of a Deep South plantation owner, is hosting a party to welcome her guest, Count Alucard, to America... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
Katherine Caldwell, the daughter of a Deep South plantation owner, is hosting a party to welcome her guest, Count Alucard, to America... [More...]
Star Wars (1977)
George Lucas
In a distant galaxy, the Rebel Alliance has stolen the plans to the Galactic Empire's secret weapon, a space station named the Death Star that can destroy entire worlds... [More...]
George Lucas
In a distant galaxy, the Rebel Alliance has stolen the plans to the Galactic Empire's secret weapon, a space station named the Death Star that can destroy entire worlds... [More...]
Superman II (1980)
Richard Lester
In the nick of time, Superman manages to thwart a plot by terrorists to blow up Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower with a hydrogen bomb, but when the bomb detonates in deep space it releases three criminals from the planet Krypton from their two-dimensional prison... [More...]
Richard Lester
In the nick of time, Superman manages to thwart a plot by terrorists to blow up Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower with a hydrogen bomb, but when the bomb detonates in deep space it releases three criminals from the planet Krypton from their two-dimensional prison... [More...]
Them! (1954)
Gordon Douglas
Patrolling the Alamogordo Desert in New Mexico, two police officers come across an abandoned trailer which has been inexplicably wrecked... [More...]
Gordon Douglas
Patrolling the Alamogordo Desert in New Mexico, two police officers come across an abandoned trailer which has been inexplicably wrecked... [More...]
Up the Sandbox (1972)
Irvin Kershner
On the face of it, Margaret Reynolds has nothing to complain about. She is a happily married mother of two leading a comfortable, if slightly humdrum, existence in New York City... [More...]
Irvin Kershner
On the face of it, Margaret Reynolds has nothing to complain about. She is a happily married mother of two leading a comfortable, if slightly humdrum, existence in New York City... [More...]
The Vampire Lovers (1970)
Roy Ward Baker
In the mid-1800s, General von Spielsdorf is hosting a ball at his mansion in the small European country of Styria. When one of his guests, an unnamed countess, is called away, the General gladly agrees to take care of her daughter Marcilla... [More...]
Roy Ward Baker
In the mid-1800s, General von Spielsdorf is hosting a ball at his mansion in the small European country of Styria. When one of his guests, an unnamed countess, is called away, the General gladly agrees to take care of her daughter Marcilla... [More...]