Mood: Fantastic Reality

1.

Smallville

American television series

Overview: Smallville is an American superhero television series developed by writer-producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The ...

Release date: 16 October 2001

Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance

Director: James Marshall, Greg Beeman

Cast: Tom Welling, Allison Mack, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, John Glover, Erica Durance

Producer: Joe Davola, Brian Robbins

Writer: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar

A young Clark Kent struggles to find his place in the world as he learns to harness his alien powers for good and deals with the typical troubles of teenage ...

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Television shows filmed in Burnaby 27T

Television shows filmed in Vancouver 372T

American superhero television series 39T

2.

Charmed

1998 American fantasy drama television series

Overview: Charmed is an American supernatural fantasy drama television series created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling and his production company Spelling Television, with Brad Kern serving as ...

Release date: 7 October 1998

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance

Director: John T. Kretchmer, James L. Conway

Cast: Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Brian Krause, Rose McGowan, Dorian Gregory, Shannen Doherty

Producer: Brad Kern, E. Duke Vincent

Writer: Constance M. Burge, Krista Vernoff

Three sisters discover their destiny - to battle against the forces of evil, using their witchcraft. They are the Charmed Ones.

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American primetime television dramas 15T

American fantasy drama television series 80T

Television series about ghosts 90T

3.

Twilight

2008 American romantic fantasy film directed by Catherine Hardwicke

Overview: Twilight is a 2008 American romantic fantasy film based on Stephenie Meyer's 2005 novel of the same name. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, the film stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. It is the ...

Release date: 17 November 2008

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller

Director: Catherine Hardwicke

Cast: Kristen Stewart, Sarah Clarke, Matt Bushell, Billy Burke, Gil Birmingham, Taylor Lautner

Producer: Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey

Writer: Melissa Rosenberg, Stephenie Meyer

When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be ...

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2000s American films 7,136T

2000s English-language films 10,085T

American vampire films 254T

4.

The Wizard of Oz

1939 movie based on the book by L. Frank Baum

Overview: The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. An adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film was primarily ...

Release date: 12 August 1939

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical

Director: Victor Fleming, George Cukor

Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke

Producer: Arthur Freed, Mervyn LeRoy

Writer: Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson

Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home.

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1930s English-language films 4,270T

Films set in farms 104T

American children's musical films 17T

5.

The Mask

1994 comedy film by Chuck Russell

Overview: The Mask is a 1994 American neo-noir superhero comedy film directed by Charles Russell, produced by Bob Engelman, and written by Mike Werb, loosely based on the Mask comics published by Dark Horse Comics ...

Release date: 29 July 1994

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Chuck Russell

Cast: Jim Carrey, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Jeni, Orestes Matacena

Producer: Ann Burgund, Michael De Luca

Writer: Michael Fallon, Mark Verheiden

Bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss is transformed into a manic super-hero when he wears a mysterious mask.

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1990s superhero comedy films 12T

1994 fantasy films 9T

Films produced by Michael De Luca 62T

6.

Peter Pan

2003 US children's movie directed by P. J. Hogan

Overview: Peter Pan is a 2003 British-American-Australian fantasy adventure film directed by P.J. Hogan and written by Hogan and Michael Goldenberg. The screenplay is based on the 1904 play and 1911 novel Peter ...

Release date: 9 December 2003

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance

Director: P.J. Hogan

Cast: Jason Isaacs, Jeremy Sumpter, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Lynn Redgrave, Richard Briers, Olivia Williams

Producer: Gary Adelson, Mohamed Al-Fayed

Writer: J.M. Barrie, P.J. Hogan

The Darling family children receive a visit from Peter Pan, who takes them to Never Never Land where an ongoing war with the evil Pirate Captain Hook is ...

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Films shot at Village Roadshow Studios 34T

Sony Pictures Releasing films 1T

American swashbuckler films 87T

7.

Mary Poppins

1964 musical film

Overview: Mary Poppins is a 1964 American musical fantasy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney, with songs written and composed by the Sherman Brothers. The screenplay is by Bill Walsh and ...

Release date: 27 August 1964

Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical

Director: Robert Stevenson

Cast: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Reta Shaw

Producer: Walt Disney, Bill Walsh

Writer: Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi

A magic nanny comes to work for a cold banker's unhappy family.

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American films with live action and animation 262T

1960s English-language films 1,214T

1964 fantasy films 1T

8.

Big Fish

2003 film by Tim Burton

Overview: Big Fish is a 2003 American fantasy drama film directed by Tim Burton, and based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Daniel Wallace. Starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange ...

Release date: 10 December 2003

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Tim Burton

Cast: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman

Producer: Bruce Cohen, Katterli Frauenfelder

Writer: Daniel Wallace, John August

A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.

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Films produced by Bruce Cohen 12T

American werewolf films 108T

2000s English-language films 4,277T

9.

Xena: Warrior Princess

American–New Zealand fantasy series (1995–2001)

Overview: Xena: Warrior Princess is an American fantasy television series filmed on location in New Zealand. The series aired in first-run syndication from September 4, 1995 to June 18, 2001. Critics have praised ...

Release date: 15 September 1995

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Garth Maxwell, Rick Jacobson

Cast: Lucy Lawless, Renée O'Connor, Ted Raimi, Kevin Smith, Hudson Leick, Karl Urban

Producer: Bernadette Joyce, Sam Raimi

Writer: Sam Raimi, John Schulian

Xena, a mighty Warrior Princess with a dark past, sets out to redeem herself. She is joined by small town bard, Gabrielle. Together they journey the ancient ...

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LGBT speculative fiction television series 51T

Cultural depictions of Livia 9T

American action adventure television series 100T

10.

Mork & Mindy

American television situation comedy

Overview: Mork & Mindy is an American sitcom television series that aired on ABC from September 14, 1978 to May 27, 1982. A spin-off after a highly successful episode of Happy Days, it starred Robin Williams as ...

Release date: 14 September 1978

Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Family

Director: Howard Storm, Bob Claver

Cast: Robin Williams, Pam Dawber, Ralph James, Conrad Janis, Tom Poston, Jay Thomas

Producer: Bruce Johnson, Anthony W. Marshall

Writer: Joe Glauberg, Garry Marshall

A wacky alien comes to Earth to study its residents, and the life of the human woman he boards with is never the same.

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Fictional married couples 47T

Television series about alien visitations 54T

1970s American comic science fiction television series 8T

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Heroes

American science fiction television drama series

Overview: Heroes is an American superhero drama television series created by Tim Kring that aired on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006, to February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people ...

Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Thriller

Director: Greg Beeman, Allan Arkush

Cast: Hayden Panettiere, Jack Coleman, Milo Ventimiglia, Masi Oka, Greg Grunberg, Sendhil Ramamurthy

Producer: Dennis Hammer, Tim Kring

Writer: Tim Kring, Adam Armus

They thought they were like everyone else... until they woke with incredible abilities.

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Neo-noir television series 37T

American fantasy drama television series 80T

Television series about genetic engineering 10T

12.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

American supernatural drama television series

Overview: Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. It is based on the 1992 film of the same name, also written by Whedon, although ...

Director: Joss Whedon, James A. Contner

Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Head, James Marsters, Emma Caulfield Ford

Producer: Fran Rubel Kuzui, Kaz Kuzui

Writer: Joss Whedon, Doug Petrie

A young woman is forced to fulfill her destiny of fighting vampires and demons with the help of her friends all the while struggling to live a normal ...

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LGBT speculative fiction television series 51T

1990s American LGBT-related drama television series 17T

Television series about teenagers 1,026T

13.

Bewitched

American sitcom (1964–1972)

Overview: Bewitched is an American television sitcom fantasy series, originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from September 17, 1964, to March 25, 1972. It is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man ...

Release date: 17 September 1964

Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Director: William Asher, Richard Michaels

Cast: Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Dick York, Erin Murphy, Dick Sargent

Producer: Harry Ackerman, Richard Michaels

Writer: Sol Saks, Ed Jurist

A witch married to an ordinary man cannot resist using her magic powers to solve the problems her family faces.

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Television series by Screen Gems 94T

Fantasy comedy television series 30T

1970s American sitcoms 197T

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ALF

American sitcom

Overview: ALF is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 22, 1986, to March 24, 1990.

Release date: 22 September 1986

Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi, Drama

Director: Nick Havinga, Burt Brinckerhoff

Cast: Paul Fusco, Max Wright, Anne Schedeen, Andrea Elson, Benji Gregory, John LaMotta

Producer: Bernie Brillstein, Paul Fusco

Writer: Tom Patchett, Paul Fusco

A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.

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Television series by Lorimar-Telepictures 32T

American television shows featuring puppetry 413T

Television series about alien visitations 56T

15.

The Green Mile

1999 American fantasy drama film by Frank Darabont

Overview: The Green Mile is a 1999 American fantasy drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont and based on Stephen King's 1996 novel of the same name. It stars Tom Hanks as a death row corrections officer ...

Release date: 6 December 1999

Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Director: Frank Darabont

Cast: Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Cromwell, Michael Jeter

Producer: Frank Darabont, David Valdes

Writer: Stephen King, Frank Darabont

The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.

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1990s English-language films 3,887T

Films produced by David Valdes 15T

1990s prison drama films 12T

16.

Shallow Hal

2001 film by Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly

Overview: Shallow Hal is a 2001 American fantasy romantic comedy film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black about a shallow man who falls in love with a 300-pound woman because of her inner beauty. Directed by ...

Release date: 1 November 2001

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Danny Byers, Peter Farrelly

Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black, Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli, Rene Kirby, Bruce McGill

Producer: Mark Charpentier, Danny Byers

Writer: Sean Moynihan, Peter Farrelly

A shallow man falls in love with a 300-pound woman because of her inner beauty.

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2000s English-language films 4,280T

2001 romantic comedy films 67T

2001 comedy films 331T

17.

Monsters, Inc.

2001 film by Pete Docter

Overview: Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Featuring the voices of John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve ...

Release date: 28 October 2001

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Director: Pete Docter, David Silverman

Cast: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Jennifer Tilly

Producer: Darla K. Anderson, Karen Dufilho

Writer: Pete Docter, Jill Culton

In order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets ...

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2001 3D films 4T

Animation controversies in film 102T

American animated feature films 68T

18.

Lilo & Stitch

2002 Disney animated science fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois

Overview: Lilo & Stitch is a 2002 American animated science fiction comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 42nd Disney animated feature film, it was ...

Release date: 16 June 2002

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music

Director: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders

Cast: Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Ving Rhames

Producer: Lisa M. Poole, Clark Spencer

Writer: Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois

A Hawaiian girl adopts an unusual pet who is actually a notorious extra-terrestrial fugitive from the law.

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2000s English-language films 2,127T

American surfing films 63T

Animated films about sisters 11T

19.

Jumanji

1995 film by Joe Johnston

Overview: Jumanji is a 1995 American fantasy adventure film directed by Joe Johnston. It is an adaptation of the 1981 children's book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg and the first installment of the Jumanji ...

Release date: 15 December 1995

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller, Action

Director: Joe Johnston

Cast: Robin Williams, Jonathan Hyde, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, Bonnie Hunt, Bebe Neuwirth

Producer: Robert W. Cort, Ted Field

Writer: Jonathan Hensleigh, Greg Taylor

When two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped in it for decades - and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing ...

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1990s English-language films 3,888T

Films produced by Scott Kroopf 22T

1995 comedy films 209T

20.

It's a Wonderful Life

1946 film directed by Frank Capra

Overview: It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas family fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet The Greatest Gift, which Philip Van Doren Stern ...