Subgenre Sampler
Family > Fantasy: 292 Films to Buy & Rent
Fantasia 2000 (1999)
- Dir. Various
- Conceived for the IMAX giant screen, this eco–themed revision of Disney's 1940 milestone marries more classical music excerpts to whimsical…
Jack Frost (1999)
- Dir. Troy Miller
Feat. Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Mark Addy
- After a fatal car accident, Michael Keaton returns to life as… a snowman in this rather slushy Christmas movie. Seeking to fulfil his neglected…
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Christopher Walken…
- The oft–filmed short story 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow' is fashioned by illustrious iconoclast Tim Burton as the goriest, most…
Alice Through The Looking Glass (1998)
- Dir. John Henderson
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Jonathan Bailey, Steve Coogan…
- Impressively cast version of Lewis Carroll's second Alice book takes the unusual liberty of presenting Alice (Beckinsale) as a young adult woman.…
Borrowers, The (1998)
- Dir. Peter Hewitt
Feat. John Goodman, Jim Broadbent
- Inhabiting the wall and floor–spaces of our houses, colonies of tiny people eek out an existence 'borrowing' food–scraps and those items…
Ever After (1998)
- Dir. Andy Tennant
Feat. Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston
- Update of the 'Cinderella' story tweaks the moral emphasis of the original Grimm fairy–tale. A brunette Drew Barrymore wrestles with an English…
Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot, The (1998)
- Dir. Frederik Du Chau
- When King Arthur's sword Excalibur disappears, teenage tearaway Kayley and her squire Garrett pursue the culprits through an animated fantasy world…
Merlin (1998)
- Dir. Steve Barron
Feat. Sam Neill, Isabella Rossellini, Rutger Hauer…
- Playing the titular wizard, Sam Neill lends his talents to a well thought–out, monster–filled variation on the King Arthur cycle. Other…
Fairytale: A True Story (1997)
- Dir. Charles Sturridge
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Harvey Keitel
- An exquisite kidult flight–of–fancy based on one of the great popular myths of the 20th Century – the mysterious, allegedly…
Flubber (1997)
- Dir. Les Mayfield
Feat. Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden
- Robin Williams again gets the character–chemistry right in a reprise of the classic Absent–Minded Professor, the inadvertent inventor of…