Subgenre Sampler
Fantasy: 801 Films to Buy & Rent
- Beauty and the Beast (2017)
- Dir. Bill Condon
Feat. Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans…
- A live–action re–telling of Disney's own animated classic which refashions the original French fairy tale for a contemporary audience,…
- Britannia (TV Series) (2017)
- Feat. David Morrissey, Kelly Reilly, Nikolaj Lie Kaas…
- A historical fiction series set in 43AD, following the Roman conquest of Britain and it's opposition by the wild warrior women and powerful Druids of…
- Changeover, The (2017)
- Dir. Stuart McKenzie, Miranda Harcourt
Feat. Erana James, Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynskey…
- Maragret Mahy's beloved fantasy romance novel is translated into a post–earthquake Christchurch setting, and marks an impressive debut from…
- Dark Tower, The (2017)
- Dir. Nikolaj Arcel
Feat. Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor…
- Stephen King adaptation which simplifies the author's acclaimed fantasy series into a watchable battle of good vs evil – represented by Idris…
- Downsizing (2017)
- Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau…
- Dir. Alexander Payne (NEBRASKA, SIDEWAYS) pulls another one from outside the box with a satiric fantasy in which a man joins the ranks of a…
- Fireworks (Fireworks: Should We See It from the Side or The Bottom?) (2017)
- Dir. Nobuyuki Takeuchi
- Beautifully romantic Japanese anime set during a school summer vacation, based on Shunji Iwai’s 1993 TV series, “Fireworks”. Refreshingly…
- Game of Thrones - Season 7 (TV Series) (2017)
- The struggle for the iron throne continues in the seventh season of the rightly acclaimed HBO series derived from George R.R. Martin's fantasy novels.
- Gifted, The (TV Series) (Marvel's The Gifted) (2017)
- Feat. Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker
- TV series set in the X–Men universe, but in a timeline in which the X–Men have all but disappeared, as mutants are treated with derision…
- I Kill Giants (2017)
- Dir. Anders Walter
Feat. Madison Wolfe, Imogen Poots, Zoe Saldana
- A magical–realist coming–of–age movie following an independent young girl who escapes the troubles of her reality by retreating…
- Justice League (2017)
- Dir. Zack Snyder
Feat. Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot…
- DC Comics' answer to Marvel's Avengers combines the forces of their superhero properties; Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and The…