The fantasy genre is one of the most popular film genresin history.
This franchise is known asone of the most popular children’s fantasy franchisesand is beloved all around the world.
Many of this generation consider it essential viewing for fantasy fans everywhere.
An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.
One day Lucy (Georgie Henley) finds a wardrobe that transports her to a magical world called Narnia.
It’s one of the defining projects of Guillermo del Toro’s career.
There’s a reason del Toro is such a renowned director for this film.
Its premise is phenomenal in every way.
This makes itthe #16 highest grossing film franchise of all time,and for very good reason.
Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) arrives at Port Royal in the Caribbean without a ship or crew.
His timing is inopportune, however, because later that evening the town is besieged by a pirate ship.
A gallant blacksmith (Orlando Bloom) in love with Elizabeth allies with Sparrow in pursuit of the pirates.
It’s an incredibly significant film in cinema history.
During the World War II bombings of London, four English siblings are sent to a country house where they will be safe. One day Lucy (Georgie Henley) finds a wardrobe that transports her to a magical world called Narnia. After coming back, she soon returns to Narnia with her brothers, Peter (William Moseley) and Edmund (Skandar Keynes), and her sister, Susan (Anna Popplewell). There they join the magical lion, Aslan (Liam Neeson), in the fight against the evil White Witch, Jadis (Tilda Swinton).
Beauty and the Beastis a certified Disney classic and that’s nothing to just sneeze at.
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In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
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An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
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Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) arrives at Port Royal in the Caribbean without a ship or crew. His timing is inopportune, however, because later that evening the town is besieged by a pirate ship. The pirates kidnap the governor’s daughter, Elizabeth (Keira Knightley), who’s in possession of a valuable coin that is linked to a curse that has transformed the pirates into the undead. A gallant blacksmith (Orlando Bloom) in love with Elizabeth allies with Sparrow in pursuit of the pirates.
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A bedridden boy’s grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.
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An arrogant young prince (Robby Benson) and his castle’s servants fall under the spell of a wicked enchantress, who turns him into the hideous Beast until he learns to love and be loved in return. The spirited, headstrong village girl Belle (Paige O’Hara) enters the Beast’s castle after he imprisons her father Maurice (Rex Everhart). With the help of his enchanted servants, including the matronly Mrs. Potts (Angela Lansbury), Belle begins to draw the cold-hearted Beast out of his isolation.
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A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
