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Journey to the West (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Saiyūki is a 2006 Japanese historical TV drama based on the 16th Century Chinese novel Journey to the West. It is a successor to the popular 1970s TV show Saiyūki, known outside Japan as Monkey. There have been three dramas and one special based ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, exciting, stylized, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: friends, clergy, good versus evil, princess, buddies, escapades, danger, supernatural ability, heroes, teachers and students, partner, deadly creature ...
Time: 16th century
Place: china, asia
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 6.3
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The Time Thief (2021)
Genre: Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In 1988, in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, an 11-years-old boy is worried for his grandmother's life. Worn out by illness, the old storyteller tries to convince her grandson that Death no longer exists. Her story will bring back to life the ...
Style: captivating, psychological
Plot: small village, urban legend, legend, grandmother grandson relationship, grandmother, family life, family relations, lifestyle, small town life, magic, storytelling, problem ...
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 3.1
 132K
Adipurush (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: India
Duration: 179 min.
Story: 7000 years ago, Ayodhya's Prince Raghava and Prince Sesh along with the Mighty Vanar Warriors travels to the island of Lanka with an aim to rescue Raghava's wife Janaki, who has been abducted by Lankesh, the king of Lanka.
Style: tense, dramatic, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: good versus evil, mythology, evil, myth, indian history, legends and myths, hindu, mythical creature, battles, action violence, darkness, gorilla ...
Place: india
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La recta provincia (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Chile
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: This was a man. He lived with his mother. He cared a manor house in the countryside of Chile. One day the man found a bone in the garden. The bone was bored. That was a bone flute. The man with the flute music play. And music song became. The voice ...
Style: folk tale
Plot: getting home, village life, escape, surrealism, death, folklore, mythology, travel, burial, legend, witch, ruins ...
Place: chile
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Aladdin (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Singapore, Canada, Czech Republic, Serbia, China
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A live-action retelling of the 1992 Disney film of the same name.
Style: fairy tale, romantic, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: arabian nights, aladdin, wish fulfillment, genie, princess, magic, disney princess, sultan, giant bird, palace, love, friendship ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, 18th century
Place: baghdad iraq, arabia, saudi arabia, middle east, iraq
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Wrath of the Titans (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus-the demigod son of Zeus-is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages ...
Style: entertaining, stylized, serious, exciting, action packed ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: mythology, greek mythology, myth, legends and myths, fantasy world, heroic mission, sword and sorcery, demi god, monster, sword fight, antiquity, good versus evil ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, ancient times
Place: ancient greece, greece, europe
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 7.9
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Merlin (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.
Style: epic, exciting, arthurian, humorous, fairy tale ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: king arthur, supernatural, arthurian legend, dragon, magic, witch, supernatural ability, legends and myths, knight, camelot, wizards and magicians, friendship ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times
Place: england, wales, europe
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Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The movie is about Sita, the Hindu Goddess from the epic "The Ramayana", who accompanies Lord Rama on a 14 year exile in forest. Sita is abducted by Ravana, the ruler of Lanka. This movie tells the story of Rama and Sita, along-with a ...
Style: stylized, colorful, epic, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot: jazz, ancient, mistrust, duty, martyr, monk, long distance relationship, suspicion, gossip, blues, imaginary, exile ...
Time: year 2008, 1920s
Place: india, san francisco, asia
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Laughter and Grief by the White Sea (1987)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 59 min.
Story: Laughter and Grief by the White Sea is a 1987 Soviet traditionally animated feature film directed by Leonid Nosyrev made at the Soyuzmultfilm studio. The film is a celebration of the culture of the Russian Pomors who live around the White Sea.
Style: anthology
Plot: village, winter, ethnicity, folklore, soviet, minority
Place: russia
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Raining Cats and Frogs (2003)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: It's a catastrophe! A flood has hit our planet and an unusual group of people are all that remains. Led by Ferdinand, a modern day Noah, this little group have managed to defy the furiously raging elements. People and animals alike are dragged ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, anime, indie film, fairy tale
Audience: family outing, preschool
Plot: survival, escapades, family life, forces of nature, danger, ship, bible, disaster, heroes, friends, cooking and food, animal life
Place: france
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Ruslan and Ludmila (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The film is based on the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin’s poem of the same name, which happens to be one of the most poetic and beautiful Russian fairy tales. In the midst of the wedding party of Prince Ruslan and Ludmila, daughter of a ...
Style: fairy tale, exciting, captivating, folk tale, serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: heroes, good versus evil, rescue, heroic mission, rivalry, escapades, love and romance, legends and myths, danger, imaginary, kidnapping, ancient ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages
Place: russia, finland
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The Adventures of Sinbad (1996)
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Adventures of Sinbad is a Canadian television series which aired from 1996 to 1998. It follows on the story from the pilot of the same name, and revolves around the series' protagonist, Sinbad. The series is a re-telling of the adventures ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, stylized, light, epic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: sword fight, sinbad, good versus evil, escapades, sword and sorcery, travel, medieval, ocean, imaginary, curses spells and rituals, danger, mediterranean ...
Place: middle east, iraq
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Kennedy's Blonde Ghost (1995)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The ghost of a young German colonist, who died a couple of hundred years ago in unclear supernatural circumstances, appears in Chile to fulfill her mythical destiny. To achieve this, she will intervene in the life of an unsuccessful publicist and ...
Plot: ghost, car accident, urban legend, hitchhiker, blonde
Place: chile
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 6.7
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Pocahontas (1995)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 81 min.
Story: History comes gloriously to life in Disney's epic animated tale about love and adventure in the New World. Pocahontas is a Native American woman whose father has arranged for her to marry her village's best warrior. But a vision tells her ...
Style: touching, romantic, captivating, fairy tale, cute ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: native american, princess, interracial romance, disney princess, forbidden love, culture clash, tragic love, native american tribe, female protagonist, raccoon, childhood, tribe ...
Time: 17th century, 90s, year 1995
Place: virginia, usa, england, europe, london
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 6.9
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Brightness (1987)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Mali, France, Burkina Faso, West Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father.
Style: serious, atmospheric, captivating, light
Plot: african, curse, magic, wanderlust, afterlife, religion, animal abuse, black, blaxploitation, afrofuturism, black history, twin brother ...
Time: year 1987, 13th century, middle ages
Place: africa, south africa, west africa
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The Legend of Suram Fortress (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A film version of a well-known Georgian folk-tale. A young boy has to be immured into the walls of a fortress in order to stop it from crumbling to pieces.
Style: art house, spiritual, contemplative, surreal, poetic ...
Plot: fortress, legends and myths, surrealism, camel, mythology, magic realism, folklore, spirituality, gay subtext, heroic mission, escapades, danger ...
Time: year 1985, middle ages
Place: georgia, ussr, caucasus, soviet union, europe
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Clash of the Titans (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head, and battling the Kraken monster.
Style: exciting, dark fantasy, stylized, fairy tale, visually stunning ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, boys' night, teens
Plot: mythology, legends and myths, monster, greek god, greek mythology, medieval, giant bird, giant monster, good versus evil, myth, sword and sorcery, ancient history ...
Time: ancient times, 1900s
Place: ancient greece, greece, europe
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Siegfried (1966)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A young hero defeats a dragon to find acceptance to the court of burgundy.
Style: epic
Plot: medieval, viking, ancient, historical event, mythology, knight, folk hero, treasure, sword, king, wedding, betrayal ...
Place: iceland
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Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught ...
Style: exciting, tense, talky, epic, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: greek mythology, mythology, giant monster, monster, skeleton, prophecy, dragon, adventurer, ancient world, stop motion, kaiju, treasure hunt ...
Time: ancient times, year 1963
Place: greece, ancient greece, rome italy, hellas
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The Stolen Princess (2018)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 85 min.
Story: This wonderful story happened in the age of valiant knights, beautiful princesses, and battling sorcerers. Ruslan, a wandering artist dreaming to become a knight, met beautiful Mila and fell in love with her; he didn’t even suspect that she is the ...
Style: fairy tale, romantic, captivating, independent film
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: princess, save the princess, happy ending, good versus evil, chase, supernatural, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, heroes, hopes, obsession, rescue, rescue mission ...
Time: medieval times
Place: ukraine
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Crossbow (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: Crossbow is a 1987 action/adventure television series that aired on The Family Channel. The series was produced by Steven North and Richard Schlesinger for Robert Halmi Inc., in co-production with French television network FR3, and filmed entirely ...
Audience: kids
Plot: medieval, archer, ancient, national hero, mountain village, forest, rebellion, castle, father son relationship, rebel, nobleman, oppression ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 14th century
Place: switzerland
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A TV adaptation of Washington Irving's classic ghost story. Humor is the drawing card in this version, with Jeff Goldblum a nerdish Ichabod Crane, Dick Butkus an appropriately nasty Brom Bones, and Meg Foster as spirited Katrina van Tassel. ...
Style: spooky, costume drama
Audience: family outing
Plot: horseman, headless horseman, ghost story, school teacher, jealous boyfriend, horse riding, spirit, jealous man, superstition, bully, legend, poltergeist ...
Place: new york
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ichabod Crane, a Yankee wanderer, arrives in Sleepy Hollow and becomes the new schoolmaster. He meets Katrina Van Tassel, and blissfully fantasizes about how can marry her, ultimately, inherit her father's rich estate. Her suitor Brom Bones, ...
Style: serious, scary, gothic, suspenseful
Plot: headless horseman, halloween, american history, horseman, legend, ghost, love triangle, marriage, fall in love, village, greed, supernatural ability ...
Time: 18th century
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Damon and Pythias (1962)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Damon is a thief who begins to question his beliefs after he meets Pythias, a liberal Athenian who believes all men are brothers.
Plot: peplum, warrior, sword, antiquity, myth, ancient world, ancient, mythology, sorcery, gladiator, greek mythology, tyrant ...
Place: ancient greece, greece, sicily, athens greece
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Swedish Fly Girls (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A gorgeous Danish international stewardess flirts brashly with her male passengers then beds them one after another in her Copenhagen home.
Style: erotic, grindhouse, independent film
Plot: stewardess, erotica, female nudity, car crash, sex, nude beach, sex shop, male nudity, boots, mini skirt, convertible, female full frontal nudity
Time: 70s
Place: copenhagen
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Takeru Yamato (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After killing his brother, Prince Yamato is banished from his father's kingdom until he can bring his dangerous powers under control. On his journey, he meets and joins with the magical priestess Oto, and together they go to fight against an ...
Style: mythical, daikaiju, bizarre
Plot: kaiju, giant monster, monster, sorcery, creature, dinosaur, reptiles, wizard, prehistoric creature, brother brother relationship, sword and sorcery, animal horror
Time: 1st century
Place: japan
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Ten Brothers (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A silly fantasy/adventure film about a man and wife who inherit a magical bracelet that bestows ten sons unto them. It soon becomes apparent that there are ill-intentioned others who want to use the ten brothers to their own advantage.
Style: scenic, crying, fairy tale, folk tale
Plot: exploitation, pregnant man, husband wife relationship, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, supernatural power, couples, superpower, children, family relations, father child relationship, large family ...
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Battal Gazi Destanı (1971)
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, Romance, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Depiction of the life of the legendary Muslim Serdar of Malatya, Battal Gazi.
Plot: turk, female fight, revenge, swashbuckler, death of father, murder, exile, rescue, princess, bare chested male, dungeon, sword duel
Place: turkey
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Madam White Snake (1962)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: This Classic Seductive tale of two snakes who assume human forms will send chills of pleasure down viewers' backs. The Lovely Linda Lin Dai (Les Belles, The Kingdom And The Beauty) and margaret Tu Chuan (The Dream of The Red Chamber) play the ...
Plot: snake woman, pregnancy, martial arts, pharmacist, festival, legend, monk, snake, opera, wine, doctor
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Last Hero in China (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, History
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Jet Li stars in this comic spectacle as a Chinese "Robin Hood" who stumbles upon a kidnapping scheme after unwittingly opening a martial arts school next to a brothel!
Style: scenic, romantic, cult classic, humorous, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, medieval, fight, kung fu fighting, wong fei hung, wire fu, wuxia, one man army, master warrior, heroes, folk hero ...
Time: 19th century
Place: china, asia
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