151. Where the Wild Things Are
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Spike Jonze
Actors: Catherine Keener, Forest Whitaker, Catherine O'Hara, James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Lauren Ambrose
Plot: Based on the popular book by Maurice Sendak, when Max is sent to bed without supper, he creates his own world populated by wild beasts who crown Max their new king.
152. Help!
Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Richard Lester
Actors: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron
Plot: The Fab Four make like James Bond when Ringo falls into the possession of ring making him the target of cultists and some mad scientists.
153. Orpheus ( Orphée )
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Cocteau
Actors: Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa, Henri Crémieux, Juliette Gréco
Plot: The young poet is introduced to The Princess - death itself, and becomes ensnared by her. His wife, Eurydice, wants to tell him of her pregnancy but is ignored - and is killed a short time later. Orpheus wants to save he and goes through a mirror to the Underworld. Once there, The Princess agrees they can leave together - provided Orpheus leads the way and never looks back on his wife until they have exited the Underworld.
154. The Fog
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Adrienne Barbeau, Janet Leigh, John Houseman, George 'Buck' Flower, Hal Holbrook
Plot: The town of Antonio Bay is preparing to celebrate 100 years, but a secret from the past comes back in the form of an eerie fog and ghosts within seeking revenge.
155. Byzantium
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Neil Jordan
Actors: Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan, Sam Riley, Caleb Landry Jones, Daniel Mays, Bradley James
Plot: Two mysterious women arrive in a run-down coastal resort, seeking refuge. One befriends a local, Noel, who offers them shelter in his guesthouse, Byzantium. The other comes across Frank and lets sleep their lethal secret: both are 200-year-old vampires, and they need fresh blood. The secret gets out and soon the two must deal with the deadly consequences.
156. John Carter
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Andrew Stanton
Actors: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Willem Dafoe, Mark Strong, Dominic West
Plot: A Civil War veteran finds himself transported to Mars, which contains a lush, tropical world inhabited by massive, green barbarians and a princess in need of a hero.
157. Matter of Life and Death, A ( Stairway to Heaven )
Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Actors: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron, Richard Attenborough, Roger Livesey
Plot: A British aviator returning from a bombing run during WWII barely escapes the wreckage of his burning plane, but not before making contact with Juna, an USAAF radio operator. Waking up on the surf, he meets and falls in love with June only to learn that he was supposed to die, but was overlooked. Pleading for a chance at life, he is granted his wish and must present his case at a celestial trial that will determine his future.
158. Captain Marvel
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Actors: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Lee Pace, Gemma Chan, Annette Bening, Ben Mendelsohn
Plot: Air Force pilot Carol Danvers finds herself transformed into an incredibly powerful individual after an accident, rescued by an alien race, the Kree and imbued with their own power. Joining the elite warrior team, the Starforce, led by commander Mar-Vell, she returns to Earth when she finds out her home planet is in the middle of a war between the Kree and the shape-shifting Skrulls. Beyond fighting this war, she hopes to learn more about her past and she catches the attention of Nick Fury, a bureaucrat who will one day go on to become the director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
159. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Finnish
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jalmari Helander
Actors: Per Christian Ellefsen, Peeter Jakobi, Tommi Korpela, Jorma Tommila, Onni Tommila, Jonathan Hutchings
Plot: An archeological dig in Finland unearths the "real" Santa Claus and far from Jolly Old Saint Nick we all know. Soon after children start disappearing and a father and son are determined to stop him, before his elves can find him.
160. Escape to Witch Mountain
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: John Hough
Actors: Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann, Denver Pyle
Plot: Tia and Tony are two orphans possessing amazing abilities. Millionaire Aristotle Bolt seeks to exploit their powers, but they meet up with a cynical widower who reluctantly agrees to take them to Witch Mountain.
