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Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | fantasy, adventure, family |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:52 |
This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.
Mark | imdb: 5.5 |
Genre | fantasy, adventure |
Country | USA, United Kingdom, Canada, China |
Duration | 01:42 |
John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't?
Mark | imdb: 5.7 |
Genre | fantasy, comedy, adventure, family |
Country | USA, United Kingdom, Australia |
Duration | 02:24 |
Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They must band together to save Neverland from the ruthless pirate Blackbeard. Along the way, the rebellious and mischievous boy discovers his true destiny, becoming the hero forever known as Peter Pan.
Mark | imdb: 5.1 |
Genre | action, fantasy, adventure, family |
Country | USA, United Kingdom, Hungary |
Duration | 01:44 |
In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.
Mark | imdb: 6.1 |
Genre | action, fantasy, adventure, family |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:51 |
Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | horror, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, detective |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:31 |
A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand High Witch is unveiling her master plan to turn all children into mice. Will Luke fall victim to the witches' plot before he can stop them?
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | horror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family |
Country | USA, United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:45 |
A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.
Mark | imdb: 6.1 |
Genre | fantastic, fantasy, adventure, family, military |
Country | Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany |
Dolf a 15 year old boy is sent back in time by a timemachine. Accidentally he is sent back to the Middle Ages. He is rescued by children who are part of a childrens' crusade, on their way to rescue Jeruzalem. During the trip Dolf finds out the danger is not coming from outside the crusade, but from within.
Mark | imdb: 4.1 |
Genre | fantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family |
Country | United Kingdom, USA, Japan, France |
Duration | 01:44 |
Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only hope to save our universe from invasion by the dino dictator, Koopa.
Mark | imdb: 4.7 |
Genre | fantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:30 |
Yet another variation on Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee At King Arthur's Court." Here, a computer malfunction causes a science researcher to be sent back in time with her laptop, which she uses to amaze the court.
Mark | imdb: 5.4 |
Genre | horror, fantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family |
Country | USA |
As Halloweentown prepares to celebrate its 1,000th anniversary, Marnie Piper and her brother Dylan return to Witch University, where trouble is in session from the Sinister Sisters and from someone who's plotting to use Marnie's powers for evil.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | fantasy, adventure, family |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:41 |
In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | action, fantasy, drama, adventure |
Country | United Kingdom, USA, Australia |
Duration | 02:34 |
When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword Excalibur from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy... whether he likes it or not.
Mark | imdb: 4.7 |
Genre | fantasy, adventure, family, detective |
Country | Australia |
Duration | 01:33 |
When teenagers JOSH (Louis Corbett) and LING (Li Lin Jin) join their respective parents, CHRIS (Sam Neill) and Dr LI (Wang Ji) on an archaeological dig in China they encounter something trapped beneath a temple beyond their wildest imagination. A real live Chinese dragon. Two thousand years earlier, to defend his kingdom, the dragon lent an emperor his all powerful pearl. Instead of being returned, the pearl was buried with the emperor beneath his palace, and helpless without its source of power the dragon has remained entombed ever since.
Mark | imdb: 3 |
Genre | action, thriller, fantasy, adventure, military |
Country | Germany, Canada, USA, Bulgaria |
Duration | 01:26 |
Hazen Kaine, an American contract killer living in Sofia, Bulgaria, gets more than he bargains for when he enters into a contract with the mob. One last job before he gets out and starts a new life for himself. The targets: the three children of royal billionaire Andon Dupont. Seems simple enough, or so he thought. Hazen apprehends the children, and before he can blink an eye, a simple necklace worn by one of the children sends his life spiraling back to medieval times. Now completely out of his element, Hazen fights for his life as he tries to escape a medieval army and a fierce fire-breathing dragon.
Mark | imdb: 7.4 |
Genre | action, fantasy, drama, adventure |
Country | New Zealand, USA |
Duration | 02:24 |
Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.
Mark | imdb: 6.1 |
Genre | fantasy, melodrama, adventure, family |
Country | Hungary, United Kingdom, France, Australia, USA, New Zealand |
Duration | 01:43 |
When 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn't know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre Manor.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | fantasy, adventure, family |
Country | New Zealand, United Kingdom, Australia |
Duration | 01:52 |
A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | fantasy, drama, adventure, family |
Country | Germany, Australia, USA |
Duration | 01:41 |
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts -- Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander -- crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.
Mark | imdb: 7.6 |
Genre | fantasy, melodrama, adventure, family |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 02:07 |
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | fantastic, fantasy, adventure, family |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:33 |
A Victorian gentleman hopes to find his long-lost son, who vanished whilst searching for a mysterious Viking community in a volcanic valley somewhere in uncharted Arctic regions. The gentleman puts together an expedition team to go on the search, but when they reach their destination they must escape from some Viking descendants who will kill to keep their existence a secret.
Mark | imdb: 5.1 |
Genre | fantasy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon |
Country | USA, India |
Duration | 01:28 |
Dorothy wakes up in post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends the Scarecrow, the Lion, the Tin Man and Glinda from a devious new villain, the Jester. Wiser the owl, Marshal Mallow, China Princess and Tugg the tugboat join Dorothy on her latest magical journey through the colorful landscape of Oz to restore order and happiness to Emerald City.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | action, fantasy, adventure |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:55 |
A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time – gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | fantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:41 |
After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, a space-themed board game, which they realize has mystical powers when their house is shot into space. With the help of an astronaut, the boys attempt to return home.
Mark | imdb: 6 |
Genre | action, thriller, fantasy, adventure |
Country | USA, China, Canada |
Duration | 02:32 |
The modern world holds many secrets, but by far the most astounding is that witches still live among us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world and putting an end to the human race once and for all. Armies of witch hunters have battled this unnatural enemy for centuries, including Kaulder, a valiant warrior who many years ago slayed the all-powerful Witch Queen, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the Queen cursed Kaulder with immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter. Today, Kaulder is the last living hunter who has spent his immortal life tracking down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost family.
Mark | imdb: 5.3 |
Genre | fantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family |
Country | USA, Canada |
Duration | 01:29 |
Skylar finds out that her parents are monster hunters after she accidentally releases some monsters from a secret containment chamber; so she and her techno friends must recapture all the monsters and also save her mom and dad from these monsters who are out for revenge.
Mark | imdb: 5.1 |
Genre | horror, fantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, detective |
Country | USA, Australia, Canada |
Duration | 01:33 |
When Mystery, Inc. are guests of honor at the grand opening of the Coolsville Museum of Criminology, a masked villain shows up and creates havoc before stealing the costumes of the gang's most notorious villains...Could it be that their nemesis, mad scientist Jonathan Jacobo has returned and is trying to recreate their deadliest foes?
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | fantasy, adventure, family |
Country | USA |
The terrible and trecherous Pendragon plans to gain the throne of Cornwall by getting the king to abdicate and to marry his lovely daughter. To help him he has his dreadful witches in his castle and his almost unstoppable sorcery. A giant under his control abducts the princess, but on the way home with her the giant meets farming lad Jack who slays him. This is only the beginning.
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | action, fantasy, adventure, family |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:58 |
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.
Mark | imdb: 5.4 |
Genre | fantasy, adventure, family |
Country | Canada |
Duration | 01:41 |
Radio psychologist Jack Black takes his children Joshua and Ashley on a 'vacation' to a lake in British Columbia. While he grinds away at work the children discover that the famous local lake monster "Orky" may not be just a gimmick to attract tourists after all. In fact, Orky may enable them to get closer to their workaholic dad, and help stop local polluters who are dumping toxic waste.
Mark | imdb: 5.8 |
Genre | fantasy, comedy, adventure, family |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:29 |
The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks face the risk of being exposed to the normal-sized world.
Mark | imdb: 5.2 |
Genre | fantasy, adventure, family |
Country | United Kingdom |
An orphan who practices hypnosis faces off against a bank robber who wants her book on the art form.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | fantasy, adventure, family |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Doctor Gulliver is poor, so nothing - not even his charming fiancée Elisabeth - keeps him in the town he lives. He signs on to a ship to India, but in a storm he's washed off the ship and ends up on an island, which is inhibitated by very tiny people. After he managed to convince them he's harmless and is accepted as one of their citizens, their king wants to use him in war against a people of giants. Compared to them, even Gulliver is a gnome.
Mark | imdb: 5.7 |
Genre | fantasy, family |
Country | USA, Germany, United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:40 |
A youngster living in a stately home discovers the magical garden Mary, Colin & Dickon stumbled across years before - but faces a battle with the housekeeper over whether to nurture it.
Mark | imdb: 5.5 |
Genre | fantasy, adventure, family |
Country | France, United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:29 |
A Psammead is 'It', an ancient, irritable, ugly sand fairy, which five children find one day in a gravel pit. As a reward for finding him, It grants the children one wish a day, the results of which will last until sunset.