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Aladdin (1992)

Aladdin is an exquisite piece of cinematic art created by Ron Clements and John Musker. The timeless  Disney Classic is well known and loved to this day. It is a magical love story of two people from two completely different worlds—the perfect example of musical-comedy gold. An exhilarating rendition of the fairy tale, packed with magic and marvel topped with Robin Wiliam’s enchanting voice acting, is an emotional rollercoaster. Enticing entertainment, enchanting characters, and appealing visuals, Aladdin has it all.

  • Robin Williams’ Manic Performance Changed Voice Acting Forever

  • Not Totally PC

  • “A Whole New Woooorrrllllld”

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Gremlins (1984)

A distinctive horror movie with a flavorful hint of comedy is a manifestation of Joe Dante’s abilities to elicit emotions and to wow a varied audience. A narration of how chaos ensues when a boy fails to follow three significant instructions to handle an unusual pet. The story follows the plot of what happens next when this cute, friendly little pet is unbridled into a horrifying and vicious monster, and gremlins take over the town. Astounding visual effects topped off with a dark and peculiar storyline, and the alarming turn of events makes Gremlins a movie unlike any other.

  • Horror Film With Unique Premise

  • Boy Doesn’t Follow The Instructions On How To Handle An Unusual Pet

Gremlins

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Holy Motors (2012)

Holy Motors is a movie that gives us insight into the life of a man, Monsieur Oscar, from dusk to dawn. He is a mysterious man who travels from one entity to another. The mesmerizing scenes with some unforgettable scenes and visually appealing cinematography, the movie is deep and meaningful. It’s a piece of art, with blurring lines between fantasy and reality. A work of cinematic brilliance, Holy Motors is a watch for people who love creative and ingenious art. It is an experimental film that can be a challenging watch for some. Overall, it’s a bizarre movie with some great sequences that will intrigue your imagination.

  • A Day In The Life Of A Mystic

  • Strange, Bizarre, Brilliant

Holy Motors

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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)

This is the only screenplay Dr. Seuss ever wrote. The movie portrays the idiosyncratic fantasy of a boy forced to learn piano. As the story develops, the boy finds himself dreaming about an alternate reality where his villainous piano teacher enslaves him and several other children. A creative musical full of vivid colors and marvelous dialogues. Director Rowland Roy brought the writer’s words life in this epic rendition of imprisonment with a slight touch of a comedic flavor that is a delight to experience.

  • Screenplay By Dr. Seuss

  • For Every Child Who Hates Their Piano Teacher

  • One-Of-A-Kind Film

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T

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Brigadoon (1954)

Brigadoon tells the story of two Americans who get lost on a hunting trip in Scotland. They come across a village named Brigadoon, whose inhabitants are harboring a secret and act as if they are living 200 years in the past. The Scottish town appears on only one day every century. It’s a musical that is a visual treat. The dreamlike and enchanting fairy tale story is appealing and fabulous.

  • Old-Timey Scotland

  • Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse

Brigadoon

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Flaming Ears (1992)

Flaming Ears is a sci-fi lesbian fantasy film that is set in the year 2700. It takes place in a burnt-out city of Asche. It revolves around three women and their lives. The subject matter hindered its popularity in 1992, keeping its popularity underground. A story about romance and revenge, Flaming Ears is a story about love in many forms. The soundtrack is a treat to the ears, which is refreshing for the brain. A visual feast, the film is witty with fancy imagination and posh ingeniousness.

  • LGBTQ Landmark

  • Women Living In The Year 2700

  • About Women, Directed By A Woman

Flaming Ears

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The City of Lost Children (1995)

This film follows the tale of an evil scientist who abducts innocent children and steals their dreams to slow down his aging process so that he can postpone death. The movie, which is filled with mystical creatures like dwarves, a cult of cyclopes, and a brain named Irvin, is a product of Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s creative minds. An eccentric plot blended with enchanting dialogues makes The City of Lost Children an example of excellent production value. It is a film that never ceases to amaze you no matter how many times you rewatch it.

  • Surreal, Sci-Fi Fantasy About A Kidnapper

  • From The Director Of Amélie And Delicatessen

The City of Lost Children

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Fantasmagorie (1908)

Fantasmagorie is an absolute must-watch for those who have a passion for the history of cinema. It is regarded as the first real attempt at animation.  The film uses hand-drawn figures that metamorphose, giving the illusion of movement. The title of this famous movie refers to a type of magic lantern show from the mid-19th century. The magic lantern would project ghostly shadows and images on the walls around it. The blackboard effect in the movie was attained by filming the hand-drawn pictures on the negative of the film.

  • World’s First Animated Short

  • Borrowed Style From 19th Century “Magic Lantern” Shows

Fantasmagorie

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Testament of Orpheus (1960)

The movie is a celebration of all the precious memories and past successes by Jean Cocteau.  The film serves as a personal farewell to the cinema by the famous director.  It has a depiction of several different characters and friends from Cocteau’s past creations. It can also be considered as one of the autobiographical depictions of the director’s complete life and achievements.  Cocteau glides through different frames and moments in the film as a time traveler in search of his own place. This shows his life journey and the quest to find himself through his art and work.

  • Personal, Autobiographical Film From Jean Cocteau

  • Final Part Of Cocteau’s “Orphic Trilogy”

Testament of Orpheus

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Macunaima (1969)

Macunaima is a film as crazy and eccentric as its name suggests. The movie is a Brazilian and may not be well comprehended by a foreigner. The film translates the perception of race and ethnicity as conceived by the intellects of the Brazilian Cinema. The story revolves around an anti-hero who is born black but turns into a Caucasian after bathing in a fountain. The satire tries to capture a very concerning and specific period of Brazilian history.

  • Brazilian Cult Classic

  • Satirizes Treatment Of Race And Ethnicity In 1960s Brazil

Macunaima

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Irma Vep (1996)

Irma Vep is a movie that throws satirical and witty barbs at the culture of the French films.  The film pays homage to Les Vampires. Maggie plays a jewel thief and identifies with her part to the extent that she starts sneaking around in the hotel in a cat-suit.  The main character of the movie defends the weird choices made by the director to the skeptical cast and crew members of the film.  The director within the movie remains disoriented. Maggie is seen as a sex object by the other characters of the movie, mainly because of her latex cat-suit, which she continues to flaunt throughout.

  • Fictional Account Of The Making Of The Celebrated Silent Film Les Vampires

  • Satirizes French Filmmaking

Irma Vep

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Akira Kurosasa's Dreams (1990)

The idea for the plot behind the movie stems from the director’s vision to document his own dreams. Each dream has a different theme. The dreams range between the tale of a young boy to the introduction of the world of paintings as created by the famous painter Vincent Van Gogh.  There are different themes discussed in the movie, which includes youth and mortality.  It is almost like watching the imagination of the director depicted on the screen. The various vignettes in the film are an amalgamation of emotion and creativity.  Some represent humor, while others showcase the fears of a child.  Many of the viewers described the movie as a session for therapy where there is a fairytale feel to the stories.

  • Great Director Explores His Own Dreams

  • Fairytale Feeling

  • Multiple Vignettes

Akira Kurosawa's Dreams

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Enter the Void (2009)

The legendary French film-maker Gaspar Noe proved his intellectual excellence with the presentation of this astounding psychedelic thriller. The sensational movie unravels as a drug dealer dies amid a police encounter gone wrong. After his death, the drug dealer’s soul leaves his body and goes on a journey where he experiences his own and his parent’s past, observes his own autopsy, and even travels to the future where he protects his younger sister beyond the grave. Loaded to the brim with remarkable visual effects, marvelous camera work, and vibrant imagery, Enter the Void is a thought-provoking movie ahead of its time.

  • Psychedelic Thriller

  • Drug Dealer’s Spirit Wanders The Earth

Enter the Void

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La Pont du Nord (1981)

When a woman is released from prison, she finds herself on a journey to explore the meaning of what a strange map of Paris. She comes across several fascinating characters and creatures, including a gangster and a flaming dragon. The movie is evidence of Jacques Rivette’s showmanship and sophisticated intellect. Le Pont du Nord is a classic French film full of mystery and surprise that is entertainment at is best. With its enchanting dialogues, exceptional acting, and picturesque scenes, the movie has everything that a filmgoer wants to see.

  • Woman Follows Mysterious Map Of Paris

  • Fascinating Characters

  • Full Of Surprise

Le Pont du Nord

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The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)

A heart-rending tale of the horrific tragedies war brings to innocent people. Set in Italy during the final days of World War II, it is a stimulating one of a kind movie that plays with the emotions of the audience.  Night of the Shooting Stars is an intensely thrilling movie that features memories of a better age when people had hope and loved each other. Directors Paolo and Vittoria Taviani put forth tremendous efforts, which made their viewers cry as they laughed. An internationally appreciated movie worthy of immense praise.

  • Set In The Final Days Of World War II

  • Will Make You Laugh And Cry

The Night of Shooting Stars

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Three Crowns of the Sailor (1982)

In Raoul Ruiz’s classical strange fantasy, a sailor is famous for telling stories. The sailor watches a student murdering his teacher, and then chooses to twist a few tales for him. He tells the boy about his adventures in the glamorous ports of South America. In those adventures, he tours to opium dens and stopovers at cathouses. The sailor makes the stories more interesting by telling about the mysterious strangers he met during his voyages. The movie stars Jean-Bernard Couillard, Philippe Deplanche, and many other leading actors.

  • From Chilean Director Raúl Ruiz

  • Key Example Of Fabulism In Film

  • Sailor Weavers Tales Of His Adventures 

Three Crowns of the Sailor

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The Hole (1998)

The story is about a strange plague spread through cockroaches in Taiwan. The disease makes the victims act like insects before killing them. While this occurs, a plumber makes a hole between two apartments. Through this hole, the survivors living in both apartments built a unique connection and started communicating through musical numbers. Ming-Lian Tsai’s directs the film that stars starring Kang-sheng Lee, Tien Miao, Kuei-Mei Yang.

  • Bizarre Plague Infects Taiwan

  • People Connect In Horrific Circumstances

The Hole

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Elf (2003)

Buddy, (played by Will Ferell) is a human brought up by elves. Upon discovering that he is not an elf, Buddy goes to New York to search for his birth father. The film revolves around how buddy makes his place in his real home and brings back Christmas joy to the selfish citizens. Packed with optimism and liveliness, this movie bought a lot of profit and won the hearts of many people.

  • Modern Christmas Classic

  • Will Ferrell’s Role Of A Lifetime

Elf

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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

An action-filled movie, The Curse of the Black Pearl, is the first film in the Pirates of the Caribbean series. The fantasy is a humorous watch that is gripping and thrilling at the same time. The eccentric pirate “Captain Jack Sparrow,” played by Johnny Depp, became the talk of the town because of his humorous and comical attire and behavior. Sparrow, along with a blacksmith Will Turner join forces to rescue governor’s daughter Elizabeth. The tale of adventure is set in the Caribbean with some superb visuals and excellent cinematography. The Disney movie ticks all the boxes for a fun-filled thriller and is a family movie with spectacular performances.

  • Started The Blockbuster Franchise

  • Based On An Amusement Park Ride

  • Role Of A Lifetime For Johnny Depp

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)

Die Nibelungen is a German silent fantasy film based on the poem “Nibelungenlied,” written in 1200 AD. The glorious and majestic poetic saga tells the story of Siegfried, son of King Sigmund, who hears of the beauty of a princess and travels to meet her. The film is a dignified classic which portrays the struggle of power. The silent fantasy is a lavish production with dazzling sets. Even though it’s a long movie, it’s very fast-paced. It’s a masterpiece of artistry and very unique when it comes to direction and editing.

  • Silent Epic

  • Based On German Mythology

  • Part One Of Two

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

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Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)

The sequel to Siegfried, Kriemhild’s Revenge tells the second part of the epic poem. It’s a silent fantasy film, and the plot develops into an elaborate revenge story. The five-hour fantasy film is a tale of vengeance and is a masterpiece of its time. The battle sequence is intricately done. It continues with the same cast and crew as its prequel, as Siegfried’s widowed wife comes to the front of the story.

  • Second Half Of The German Epic

  • Elaborate Revenge Story

  • Intense Battle Scenes

Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge

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Lost Horizon (1937)

Based on the 1933 James Hilton novel. A plane crashes, landing in the mysterious utopia of Shangri La. Exciting and uplifting, the romantic fantasy and time-fiction adventure film has been acclaimed by some and labeled as pointless and preposterous by others. To this day, the film colors Western perceptions of Tibet.

  • Fantasy Version Of Tibet

  • Mysterious Isolated Utopia

  • Inspired Elements Of The TV Show Lost

Lost Horizon

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Somewhere in Time (1980)

A romantic fantasy based on a novel by Richard Matheson about a playwright uses self-hypnosis to travel back in time to meet a woman whose portrait he falls deeply in love with. Somewhere in Time is usually best remembered for its iconic musical score. Far away from any kind of scientific logic and plain common sense, this is a movie that bit the dust at the box office regardless of its extraordinarily vibrant costumes.

  • Romantic Time Travel Fantasy

  • Starring Christopher Reeve

  • Don’t Overthink The Paradoxes

Somewhere in Time

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Faust (1926)

Directed by the legendary F.W. Murnau, Faust: A German Folktale draws on Goethe’s classic version of the story, as well as on traditional ancient tellings. Faust is a man who sells his soul in order to relive his youth. The film contains some of the most iconic and unforgettable moments in the history of German cinema. The silent film holds up nearly 100 years later.

  • Horror Classic

  • Silent Film That Holds Up

  • Based On Traditional Legends As Well As Goethe’s Play

Faust

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OMG: Oh My God! (2012)

One of the most powerful films in Bollywood history. OMG is a satiric account of an atheist antique shop owner who buys religious figurines and sells them for huge profits. When an earthquake hits the atheist’s town and destroys nothing but the man’s antique shop, he shocks the audience by suing God. The film details the parts religion plays in Indian life.

  • Bollywood Satire

  • Atheist Sues God

  • Explores Roles Of Religion In Indian Life

OMG: Oh My God!

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A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

A Matter of Life and Death is a British classic, bursting with fascinating ideas. A British pilot is shot down during World War II but is given a chance to attest for his life before a celestial court. The famous directing duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger show the sky’s the limit for their talent.

  • A Very British Movie

  • Dashing Pilot Shot Down During World War II

  • An Earlier Version Of Defending Your Life

A Matter of Life and Death

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Southbound (2015)

Southbound is an American anthology film directed by David Bruckner, Patrick Horvath, and Roxanne Benjamin. The story unfolds five interlocking tales of terror: Two men are on the run from their past, a band travels for its next show, a man struggles to find his way home, and a brother strives to find his family who got separated on vacation.

These five unlikely travelers are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in a series of terrorizing events that take place on a deserted stretch of road.

  • Anthology Film

  • Horrific, Graphic Violence

Southbound

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Crimson Peak (2015)

Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak is about a young woman who fell in love with a seductive stranger. When her heart is broken, she goes to a house situated at a mountain top of blood-red soil to get rid of her painful past. The mountain top she rests in is full of secrets that haunt her. But hidden truths lie between darkness and yearnings at the Crimson Peak. The mysterious supernatural story stars Jessica Chastain, Charlie Hunnam, Tom Hiddleston, and Mia Wasikowska. Packed with mystery and madness, this movie is a must-watch for all those who love horror movies.

  • Gorgeous Gothic Ghost Story

  • Phenomenal Cast

Crimson Peak

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Judex (1963)

Georges Franju’s Judex is an action plus adventure movie. We start with a crooked banker, Favraux. He receives an inauspicious note by a name, “Judex.” The letter asked him to return all the money he took from people through unfair means. However, he rejects the command and seemingly dies at midnight toast in a masked ball. But in reality, he is only drugged and locked by Judex. Jacqueline, the banker’s widowed daughter, culls the inheritance, and Judex frees his life. On the other side, the former governor Diana Monti abducts Jacqueline to get hold of Banker’s money, but Jadex rescues her.

  • French Action-Adventure

  • Evil Banker

  • Mystery At The Masked Ball

Judex

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Ladyhawke (1985)

Richard Donner’s Ladyhawke is a story about the Bishop’s curse. A thief who escapes a vault at Aquila, hunting for a man. He was about to be caught again when Captain Etienne Navarre became friends with him. Two years earlier, Navarre escaped with Lady Isabeau, after which the Bishop had craved their hunt. Bishop has cursed the Navarre to be a wolf at night and Isabeau to become a hawk during the day. Navarre asks Gaston to help him enter the city and kill the cruel Bishop, who is heavily guarded at all times.

  • When You And Your Spouse Work Different Shifts

  • Medieval Curse

  • Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer

Ladyhawke

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Return to Oz (1985)

A sequel to The Wizard of Oz, Return to Oz is a work of outstanding artistry produced by Paul Muslansky. Watching Return to Oz is a delight with its riveting adventure genre and a dark twist to its much more popular and internationally enjoyed prequel. The epic portrayal of magic and mystery made this movie marvelous. Some parents, however, might feel like this is a movie too scary for children to watch unsupervised.

  • Sequel To The Wizard Of Oz

  • Too Scary For Young Kids

Return to Oz

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Big Fish (2003)

Will Bloom, an international journalist and his French freelance photojournalist wife, Josephine Bloom have moved to Ashton, Alabama, which is Will’s hometown. Here Will’s father is in the last stages of cancer and being treated with chemotherapy. Will’s father and mother are separated, and Will has been indirectly connected with his father through his mother, Sandra Bloom. However, Will didn’t see his father in the last three years, even at his wedding. Edward (father) told all his life imaginary stories to Will and the whole world that Will never liked. Will hated Edward’s stories about him being absent all the time as he was serving as a traveling salesman. However, Will finds these stories tell him profound truths about her father as he passes.

  • Father And Son

  • Ewan McGregor Shines

  • Alabama Accents

Big Fish

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Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)

A profoundly tragic crime fantasy directed by Issa López tells of the horrifying encounters of a little girl who joins a group of street children after her mother abandons her in a Mexican city invaded by drugs and gangs. The story follows the intensely saddening challenges street kids face daily. The children are armed with three magical wishes as they come across violent drug cartels and struggle to escape ghosts. Despite being a fantasy film, Tigers Are Not Afraid is a traumatic movie that enlightens the audience about a very real and horror-stricken world that can often be overlooked. The critically-acclaimed film carries a flood of emotions and leaves the audience with a lasting and haunting effect.

  • Dark Fairy Tale

  • Crime Fantasy

  • Modern Mexican Classic

Tigers Are Not Afraid

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Destiny (1921)

A young couple finds a man captured by Death and impounded behind a big wall without any door or window, as it stays in a small village. The girl finds a mystical ingress and meets Death. Death tells her three different stories of unusual settings, all with situations very much like her own. In each, young women go on quests to save their love from tragic events, but they all fail. The young girl understands the meaning of the stories and takes the final steps to protect her love.

  • German Expressionism

  • Tragic Romances

  • Inspired By Indian Folktale

Destiny

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The Blue Light (1932)

A woman named Junta lives in a small village. The villagers, especially the women, hate her as they think she is a witch as she is so brave and strong. Whenever she comes to the village, the villagers start chasing her way. The townsfolk believe Junta is to blame for the deaths of young men of the town. Those were the men who tried to climb the local mountain and fell to death. The men climbed the mountain at night with the full moon. Only Junta could climb the mountains to a high cave when a surreptitious blue light glows on full moon nights.

  • Director Leni Riefenstahl Before She Became A Nazi

  • Sympathetic Witch

The Blue Light

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Lady in the Water (2006)

Cleveland Heep, a humble building manager saves a covert girl from danger and finds out that she is a narf in reality. Narf is a bedtime story character who tries to make a way from our world to hers in a perfidious manner. While staying closed to her, Cleveland and other tenants also felt that was part of the bedtime story. With time, as Cleveland falls in love with the young woman, he works with his fellow tenants to save his girlfriend from those deadly creatures that exist in the tale and he stops her from returning to that treacherous world.

  • Directed By The Divisive M. Night Shyamalan

  • Stars Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard

Lady in the Water

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Happy as Lazzaro (2018)

A story about a memorable meeting between Lazzaro, a man thought to be a simpleton, and Tancredi, a nobleman. Tancredi’s imagination has cursed him, and he cannot find a way out. Inviolata is an isolated rural village where Lazzaro and Tancredi live and are under the dominance of Marchesa Alfonsina de Luna, who is also known as Queen of Cigarettes. After becoming friends, Tancredi seeks help from Lazzaro to find freedom from his abduction. Lazzaro’s journey to find freedom for Tancredi is the real essence of the film.

  • Exploited Italian Peasant Befriends Rich Boy

  • Directed By A Woman

Happy as Lazzaro

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O Lucky Man! (1973)

O Lucky Man! is a 1973 British classic comedy-drama fantasy film, intended as a metaphor on life in an industrialist nation. It is directed by Lindsay Anderson and is a provocative look at society. The story revolves around a coffee salesperson who goes through an array of adventures

  • Starring Malcolm McDowell

  • Critical Of Capitalism

O Lucky Man!

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The Hour-Glass Sanatorium (1973)

The film is set in the pre-War era. The story starts with Joseph, a young Jewish man who is traveling on a derelict train that has strange people and blind conductors. Joseph wants to reach a sanatorium located in the Polish countryside to see his ill father, Jacob. Upon entering the hospital, Joseph observes odd disarray in the building and outside, and finds the grounds untended. He met his father’s nurse, Janina Sokolowska, and doctor, Gustaw Holoubek, both of them are very indifferent. Joseph also observes time running differently as it balances his father’s life signs.

  • Psychedelic Classic

  • One Of Poland’s Greatest Films

  • Packs An Emotional Punch

The Hour-Glass Sanatorium

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Ganja & Hess (1973)

Archaeologist Dr. Hess Green is studying the quarry at Myrthia civilization. He is stabbed by his personal research assistant, who then commits suicide. When Hess regains his senses, he sees that his wounds have recovered, but he has developed an unquenchable bloodthirst as the knife was carrying ancient germs. Then Hess meets Ganja, wife of the assistant. Initially, Ganja was missing her dead husband, but soon she fell for Hess. They were a happy couple… before she found out about the bloodthirst of Hess.

  • Vampire Falls In Love

  • Uses Metaphors To Describe African American Life

Ganja & Hess

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Cabin in the Sky (1943)

An exciting story concerning the eternal life of persistent gambler Little Joe Jackson. As the story begins, Little Joe is shot at the gambling club because of enormous gambling debt. After he is shot, his God-fearing Wife Petunia Jackson prays for her husband’s eternal life, as she knows he won’t be able to make it to heavens due to his evil deeds. After he is shot, agents of Lord and Lucifer visit him and grant him six months in the world to atone for his sins. After being sent to the world again, Little Joe forgets about the deal, but the Lord and Lucifer are watching him.

  • 1940s Musical Classic

  • Created For African American Audiences

  • Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington Appear

Cabin in the Sky

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Merlin (1998)

A TV miniseries based on the Arthurian legend. The film focuses on Merlin, played by Sam Neill, and delivers a retelling that is both original and keeping in the true Arthurian spirit.

  • Arthurian Tale From Merlin’s Point Of View

  • Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter

Merlin

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Miracle in Milan (1951)

Set in post-war Italy, Miracle in Milan is Vittorio DeSica’s follow-up to The Bicycle Thief and a masterpiece in its own right. It tells the story of a group of beggars and other victims of war, as well as the changes that begin to occur when an orphan named Golisano joins them.

  • Neo-Realist Fantasy

  • Italian Classic

  • Community Suffers And Recovers After World War II

Miracle in Milan

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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

A romantic fantasy, based on R.A.Dick’s novel, this movie is truly a must-watch! The story is about a widow, Carolyn Muir, who starts living in a haunted seaside cottage along with his two kids and a maid. The cabin turns out to be creepy and under the influence of the ghost of a sea captain, Daniel Gregg, who once owned the home. The spirit keeps on troubling the widow as he didn’t want the intrusion in his territory. The movie becomes interesting when it enters from the horror feature to a friendship between both characters of the film.

  • Romantic Fantasy

  • Relationship With A Ghost

  • You’ll Find It Charming

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

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Portrait of Jennie (1948)

The story revolves around artist Eben Adams, played by Joseph Cotton. He is shown as a struggling artist of the Depression-era in New York, who has no inspiration to pursue in his art pieces. The artist meets Jennie, a schoolgirl comes to buy a painting from him. She is odd but possesses a different kind of attraction. The artist keeps on meeting the girl again and again and falls in love with her, until the day he finds out that Jennie has a mysterious secret.

  • Old School Romance

  • Mysterious Woman

Portait of Jennie

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The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)

Mia Farrow shines in her role as the wife of an abusive man in the 1930s. She finds refuge in a movie house and especially loves the screwball comedy The Purple Rose of Cairo. One day, the lead character in the film addresses the woman directly, and the screen fails to serve as a barrier between reality and fiction.

  • Abused Wife Finds Refuge In Cinematic Fantasy

  • Directed By Accused Rapist Woody Allen

The Purple Rose of Cairo

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Blacula (1972)

An African statesman is turned into a vampire named Blacula. In the 18th Century, Count Dracula refused to help put an end to the slave trade and imprisoned Blacula in his castle.

  • Iconic Example Of Blaxploitation

  • African Prince Becomes A Vampire

Blacula

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Hocus Pocus (1993)

Hocus Pocus is every child’s favorite Halloween movie, as it ticks all the boxes for a humorous, fun-filled, and slightly spooky good time. An old-fashioned Disney comedy, Hocus Pocus is about a 300-year-old trio of witches who come back to life to exact their revenge. The movie gives powerful nostalgia to the millennial generation. Powerful performances by the actors and a talking cat will make you laugh and keep you glued to your screens.

  • Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy Are The Sanderson Sisters

  • Perfect Family Halloween Tradition

Hocus Pocus

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The Bishop's Wife (1947)

An angelic fantasy rom-com. One can see a human persona in every character, even the angel.The director Henry Koster’s compassionate devotion dexterously entertains the viewers accompanied by the best of humor with a marvelous story from Robert Nathan’s novel. Cary Grant stars as a bishop who is losing contact with his family and congregations. An angel is sent in response to his fervent prayer.

  • Cary Grant RomCom

  • Angel Helps Out A Bishop

  • Remade As The Preachers Wife In 1996 With Denzel Washington And Whitney Houston

The Bishop's Wife

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The Shape of Water (2017)

Guillermo del Toro, the legendary storyteller, created this Best Picture winner set in 1962. Elsa, played by Sally Hawkins, discovers a secret experiment that forever changes her life. The thrilling love story between Elsa and the monster is a perfect choice for those tired of typical romantic movies.

  • Creature Feature

  • Falling In Love With The Monster

The Shape of Water

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