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Santa Claus. Battle of Mages (2016)
, 1h45Directed by Aleksandr Voïtinski
Origin Russie
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Christmas films, Children's films, Santa Claus in film, Nouvel an
Actors Fiodor Bondartchouk, Egor Beroïev, Irina Antonenko, Vladimir Gostioukhine, Aleksei Kravchenko
Depuis un moment, la jeune Masha est assaillie par des visions de féroces monstres volants. Sa mère s'inquiète : elle est convaincue que la jeune fille est victime de harcèlement scolaire. Mais un jour, en plein coeur de Moscou, Masha assiste à une bataille entre des monstres ailés cracheurs de feu et de jeunes gens qui se désignent comme magiciens. L'un d'entre eux parvient in extremis à sauver la jeune fille d'une attaque de chimère. Masha les suit et intègre une organisation secrète, au sein de laquelle elle apprend que le Père Noël existe et qu'il est à la tête d'une armée de magicien, qui, en contrôlant la neige et la glace, parviennent à repousser une invasion de forces démoniaques.
Wolf (1994)
, 2h5Directed by Mike Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films about sexuality, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Comedy horror films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader, Kate Nelligan, Richard Jenkins, Christopher Plummer
Will Randall is bitten by a wolf while driving home in Vermont. Afterwards, he is demoted from editor-in-chief of a publishing house when it is taken over by tycoon Raymond Alden, who replaces him with Will's protégé Stewart Swinton. When Will thinks that his wife Charlotte is having an affair with Stewart, he rushes over to his house where Stewart sees Will angry and asks him what the problem is. Will bites Stewart and rushes upstairs to the room to find Charlotte half-naked. His worst fears are confirmed. Will becomes more aggressive, taking on the characteristics of a wolf.
WolfCop (2014)
, 1h19Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Comedy horror films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jesse Moss, Jonathan Cherry, Sarah Lind, Aidan Devine, Corinne Conley
Lou Garou, an alcoholic cop in the small community of Woodhaven, spends most of his day either asleep at work or at Jessica's bar. When his friend Willie Higgins phones in a complaint of occult activity in the area of his gun store, the police chief sends Garou to investigate. After meeting with Higgins, Garou dismisses his concerns as the actions of heavy metal fans. Higgins again reports a disturbance, and the chief forces Garou to investigate. When he arrives at the scene, Garou finds occultists in the middle of a ceremony to sacrifice an upstart politician who was running on a platform of reform and anti-corruption. Garou is knocked out and wakes up the next morning in his bed, not remembering how he got there, though he has a pentagram carved into his stomach.
Wolfen (1981)
, 1h55Directed by Michael Wadleigh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines, Tom Noonan, Dick O'Neill
Former NYPD Captain Dewey Wilson (Albert Finney) is brought back to the force and assigned to solve a bizarre string of violent murders after high-profile magnate Christopher Van der Veer (Max M. Brown), his wife (Anne Marie Pohtamo), and his bodyguard are slain in Battery Park. Executive Security, Van der Veer's client, prefers to blame the murders on terrorists; but knowing that the victim's bodyguard was a 300-pound Haitian with voodoo ties makes Wilson skeptical. At the crime scene, Wilson meets with Warren (Dick O'Neill), his superior. With pressure to solve the case coming down from both the Police Commissioner and the Mayor, Warren partners Wilson with criminal psychologist Rebecca Neff (Diane Venora). Meanwhile, a homeless man goes exploring an abandoned church in Charlotte Street, South Bronx, which was going to be demolished by Van der Veer along with the rest of the ruined buildings in the area, to be able to build apartment complexes. He is suddenly attacked and torn to pieces by an unseen monstrous being. Wilson and Neff arrive to investigate his murder. While investigating the abandoned church, sounds of crying lure Neff up the bell tower. Wilson follows her but doesn't hear the crying; however, once Neff is separated from him, he hears a wolf howl. He goes up after Neff and drags her forcibly to safety. Later, during the night, a bridge worker is apparently murdered by the same creature.
, 2h16Directed by Nikolaï Lebedev
Origin Russie
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Oksana Akinchina, Alexandre Domogarov, Igor Petrenko, Nina Usatova, Juozas Budraitis, Natalia Varley
The setting of the film is a high fantasy Dark Ages Europe, in which desperate and bloodthirsty warlords fight brutal battles in their eternal quest for overlordship. Yet their swords, shields, lances, spears and arrows are all brittle, prone to wear and tear, and dull, protracting their campaigns against each other without end. Word spreads of a man in one of the Northern tribes: an adept blacksmith capable of crafting far hardier, stronger, sharper, and more durable weapons than any other known to exist, with aid of a mystical element. The warlords search for the enigmatic master of weapons to no avail.
The Wolfman (2010)
, 1h43Directed by Joe Johnston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror, Historical
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Benicio del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving, Geraldine Chaplin, Elizabeth Croft
In 1891, Ben Talbot is confronted by a fierce creature in the Blackmoor woods. He tries to escape, but is killed by the beast.
Wolves (2014)
, 1h30Directed by David Hayter
Origin Canada
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jason Momoa, Michael York, Lucas Till, Richard Tyson, Andrew Divoff, Stephen McHattie
The film is narrated by Cayden, an average teenaged boy approaching the end of high school. During a football game, a rival player headbutts Cayden, causing the latter to become enraged and attack the player with superhuman strength. Cayden later hurts his girlfriend when the passion of making out causes him to unwillingly transform into a werewolf. Cayden wakes up covered in blood, surrounded by the dismembered bodies of his parents and flees.
The Wonderland (2019)
Directed by Keiichi Hara
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Mayu Matsuoka, Anne Watanabe, Kumiko Asō, Nao Tōyama, Keiji Fujiwara, Cédric Dumond
Akane est une jeune fille qui manque de confiance en elle. La veille de son anniversaire, sa mère l'envoie chez une amie, Chii, où elle doit récupérer elle-même son cadeau d'anniversaire. Chii tient une boutique d'antiquités. Akane ne l'aime pas beaucoup car Chii est aussi extravertie qu'Akane est timide. Une fois à la boutique, Akane et Chii font la rencontre du mystérieux alchimiste Hippocrate et de son minuscule apprenti Pipo, qui lui déclarent être en mission pour sauver le monde. À partir de la cave de la maison, ils ouvrent un passage vers un pays merveilleux, Wonderland. Ils reconnaissent en Akane la Déesse du Vent Vert, seule capable de sauver leur monde de la sécheresse en guérissant le prince héritier de la dynastie des rois de la pluie et en l'aidant à accomplir la Cérémonie des Gouttes qui, une fois tous les 600 ans, renouvelle l'eau du royaume. Hippocrate remet à Akane une « Ancre d'en avant », un talisman qui fait pencher son corps en avant chaque fois qu'elle devient négative et l'oblige à aller de l'avant. Akane n'a aucune envie d'explorer cet autre monde, tandis que Chii est tout excitée. Mais les jeunes filles se rendent compte que l'Ancre d'en avant ne laisse pas le choix à Akane : elle se trouve entraînée malgré elle dans un passage souterrain, suivie par Chii.
, 1h20Directed by Kim Ki-duk
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Films about magic and magicians, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Giant monster films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films
Actors Nam Jeong-im, Lee Soon-jae, Ju Jeung-ryu
In the Middle East, a bomb is set off that creates massive earthquakes. Meanwhile, in South Korea, a young couple is about to get married and the tension builds when South Korea sends a manned space capsule to investigate the bomb site. The earthquake makes its way to South Korea, caused by a giant monster named Yongary (inspired by a mythical creature in Korean lore). Yongary attacks Seoul and makes his way to the oil refineries where he consumes the oil. A child related to the aforementioned couple turns off the refineries' oil basins; Yonggary, enraged, starts attacking until a chemical explosion at the refinery proves to have an effect on it. The Korean Government then uses oil to draw Yonggary on a local river, and kills it with a refined version of the ammonia compound.
Yonggary (1999)
, 1h39Directed by Shim Hyung-rae
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Dan Cashman, Harrison Young
An archaeological party explore some caverns underground. Dr. Campbell and Dr. Hughes are the two leaders of the archaeological expedition, and get separated. While Dr. Hughes finds an alien corpse with a fossilized diamond, Dr. Campbell finds hieroglyphics at the cost of the party except for Hughes and himself. Two years later, Campbell and his assistant Holly are digging up the bones of Yonggary, a gargantuan dinosaur 50 times the size of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Out of nowhere, people slowly are being killed around the site. While Holly is working, Dr. Hughes, who has been legally dead for 2 years, goes to Holly and tells her to stop the dig. Dr. Campbell comes into the tent and sends Dr. Hughes off. Holly quits the expedition when another "Accident" occurs. In the town bar, Dr. Hughes finds Holly and takes her back to her Hotel room to tell her why he thinks the bones of the Dinosaur, which he calls Yonggary, are going to bring the end of the world. After explaining, Holly and Hughes go to the site to stop Campbell but it is too late and Aliens resurrect Yonggary. After Yonggary's first appearance, the Army comes in and takes Holly and Campbell to an army base when Yonggary is dispatched by the aliens again. The army sends choppers after Yonggary, but he destroys them. Yonggary is then sent to the city (which was thought to be New York by fans, but is actually an all CGI Los Angeles near Korea Town) and does some damage, where some jets attack him. Then Yonggary is transported to a power plant where he is attacked by rocket pack soldiers. During the fight, Hughes and Holly find out that the diamond on Yonggary's forehead is the device giving the aliens control of Yonggary. Yonggary is transported back into the city, where the remainder of the soldiers destroy the diamond on his head. Enraged, the aliens send down their own monster, Cycor. Yonggary and Cycor battle, with Yonggary winning. The following morning, Yonggary went to sleep and sent to an uninhabited island where Yonggary can adjust to normal life and become a hero.
Your Name. (2016)
Directed by Makoto Shinkai
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Etsuko Ichihara, Aoi Yūki, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Kaito Ishikawa, Kanon Tani, Fūrin Cha
Mitsuha, une étudiante du Japon rural, et Taki, un étudiant de Tokyo, rêvent chacun — sans se connaître — de la vie de l'autre. Un matin, ils se réveillent dans la peau de l'autre : autre sexe, autre famille, autre maison, autre paysage…
Zombillenium (2017)
, 1h18Origin France
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Vampires in film, Zombie films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Emmanuel Curtil, Alain Choquet, Kelly Marot, Lucia Sanchez, Emmanuel Jacomy, Fily Keita
Dans le parc d’attractions d’épouvante Zombillénium, les monstres ont le blues. Non seulement, zombies, vampires, loups garous et autres démons sont de vrais monstres dont l’âme appartient au Diable à jamais, mais en plus ils sont fatigués de leur job, fatigués de devoir divertir des humains consuméristes, voyeuristes et égoïstes, bref, fatigués de la vie de bureau en général, surtout quand celle-ci est partie pour durer une éternité... Jusqu'à l'arrivée d'Hector, un humain, contrôleur des normes de sécurité, déterminé à fermer l’établissement. Francis, le Vampire qui dirige le Parc, n’a pas le choix : il doit le "recruter" pour préserver leur secret. Muté en drôle de monstre, séparé de sa fille Lucie, et coincé dans le parc, Hector broie du noir.
Zotz! (1962)
, 1h27Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Spy, Horror
Themes Spy films, Films about magic and magicians
Actors Tom Poston, Julia Meade, Jim Backus, Cecil Kellaway, Margaret Dumont, Mike Mazurki
A brilliant but peculiar professor of Ancient Eastern languages, Jonathan Jones, finds that an amulet sent to his niece Cynthia by a boyfriend from an archeological dig has magical powers.
, 1h35Directed by Tsui Hark
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Martial arts
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Wuxia films
Actors Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Adam Cheng, Moon Lee, Damian Lau, Corey Yuen
Dans les montagnes sacrées de Zu, un monstre aux pouvoirs immenses tente de renaître. De courageux chevaliers, avec l'appui d'un jeune éclaireur, ont 49 jours pour sauver le monde.