Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction > Fantasy: 209 Films to Buy & Rent
- Tideland (2005)
- Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Tilly, Jodelle Ferland
- Perennial mindbender Terry Gilliam burrows down the rabbit hole, perverting a child’s fairytale into a corrupted, deeply disturbed nightmare…
- Devilman (2004)
- Dir. Hiroyuki Nasu
Feat. Hisato Izaki
- Clunky live–action manga adaptation saddles a dorky teenager with the fate of mankind, forcing him to adopt the characteristics of a…
- Dragon's World - A Fantasy Made Real (2004)
- Dir. Justin Hardy
- Interesting TV hybrid, poses the question "what if dragons were real?", and unfolds the story of a group of hikers who stumble upon the frozen…
- Elfen Lied (2004)
- Dir. Mamoru Kanbe
- Anime TV series adapting the earlier part of a manga of the same name by Lynn Okamoto that was considered edgy in its time due to being pretty dark…
- Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
- Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
- Yet another miraculous animated odyssey from Hayao Miyazaki, who finds a perfect vehicle in the English fantasy novel by Diana Wynne Jones, about a…
- Bionicle: Mask of Light (2003)
- Animated spectacular from the makers of 'Lego', set on a half–mystical/half–futuristic islands of Mata Nui.
Subject to a devious plot…
- Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (Limited Edition) (2003)
- Dir. Peter Jackson, Costa Botes
- Special limited edition re–release of Peter Jackson's final installment of the monumental J.R.R. Tolkien novel. Features both the theatrical…
- Haibane Renmei (TV Series) (2002)
- Dir. Tomokazu Tokoro
- Accomplished Japanese anime TV series that shuns the usual props – weaponry, robots, demons, spaceships – for a bittersweet tale of a…
- Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Limited Edition) (2002)
- Dir. Peter Jackson, Costa Botes
- Special limited edition re–release of Peter Jackson's second installment of the monumental J.R.R. Tolkien novel. Features both the theatrical…
- Reign of Fire (2002)
- Dir. Rob Bowman
Feat. Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey
- Fire–breathing dragons are woken from their millennial slumbers by repairmen in the London Underground, and begin laying waste to the earth in…