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The Princess Bride, 1h38
Directed by Rob Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Children's films
Actors Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Peter Falk, Christopher Guest

In a frame story, a man (Peter Falk) reads a book to his sick grandson (Fred Savage). Scenes of the reading occasionally interrupt the main story.
Edward Scissorhands, 1h45
Directed by Tim Burton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Christmas films, Children's films
Actors Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker, Vincent Price

An elderly woman tells her granddaughter a bedtime story of where snow comes from, by telling her the story of a young man named Edward who has scissors for hands. As the creation of an old Inventor, Edward was a human-like boy who had everything except for hands. The Inventor suffered a fatal heart attack and died before he could give real hands to Edward.
Landscape in the Mist, 2h7
Directed by Theo Angelopoulos
Origin Grece
Genres Drama
Themes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Transport films, Road movies
Actors Gerasimos Skiadaresis, Stratos Tzortzoglou, Michael Giannatos, Christoforos Nezer (d. 1996)

Pubescent Voula (Tania Palaiologou) and her five-year-old brother Alexandros (Michalis Zeke) want to see their father, whom they have never met before. Their mother tells them he lives in Germany and so Voula and Alexandros one day secretely leave their home to find him. They go to the Athens Railway Station and try to use the Germany Express, but are removed from the train for not having a ticket. A police officer takes them to a distant uncle, who convinces the officer that the children do not have a father in Germany. He informs him that their mother lied to them, to prevent them from knowing the truth: that they have different fathers and are simply the results of one-night stands. Although Voula and Alexandros eavesdrop on the conversation, they still believe their mother and believe the uncle is lying. When a blizzard suddenly hits the village and no more attention is paid to them, the children manage to escape.
Finding Neverland, 1h41
Directed by Marc Forster
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Documentary, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about writers, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Films about disabilities, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Radha Mitchell, Freddie Highmore, Julie Christie, Dustin Hoffman

The story focuses on Scottish writer J. M. Barrie, his platonic relationship with Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, and his close friendship with her sons named George, Jack, Peter, and Michael, who inspire the classic play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Never Grew Up.
The Fisher King, 2h17
Directed by Terry Gilliam
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy
Themes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Radio, Films about psychiatry
Actors Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer, Michael Jeter, Tom Waits

Jack Lucas (Bridges), a selfish, misanthropic shock jock, becomes suicidally despondent after his insensitive on-air comments inadvertently prompt an unstable caller to commit a mass murder-suicide at a popular Manhattan restaurant. Three years later, Jack is working with his girlfriend Anne (Ruehl) in a video store in a mostly drunken, depressed state. One night while on a bender, he attempts suicide. Before he can do so, he is mistaken for a homeless person and is attacked and nearly set on fire by thugs. He is rescued by Parry (Williams), a deluded homeless man who is on a mission to find the Holy Grail, and tries to convince Jack to help him. Jack is initially reluctant, but comes to feel responsible for Parry when he learns that the man's condition is a result of witnessing his wife's horrific murder at the hands of Jack's psychotic caller. Parry is also continually haunted by a hallucinatory red knight, who terrifies him.
Blancanieves, 1h45
Directed by Pablo Berger
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Sports films, Bullfighting films, Children's films
Actors Maribel Verdú, Macarena García, Ángela Molina, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Macarena García, Inma Cuesta

Dans les années 1920 à Séville, Antonio Villalta, un célèbre matador est grièvement blessé par un taureau lors d’un combat. Au même moment, son épouse meurt lors de l’accouchement de leur fille Carmen. Attirée par la fortune de l’homme, Encarna, l’infirmière qui s’était occupée d’Antonio Villalta, épouse ce dernier. N’ayant jamais connu sa mère et ne voyant jamais son père, la petite Carmen passe les premières années de sa vie aux côtés de sa grand-mère Doña Concha, mais celle-ci décède subitement.
The Cave of the Yellow Dog, 1h32
Directed by Byambasuren Davaa
Origin German
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about animals, Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère

The story opens with Nansal returning from boarding school to her family. The family of five lives in a yurt and lives off of their livestock, which include sheep, goats, and cattle. Nansal's father is worried about his family's survival because of the wolves that have been attacking their herd.
Alice
Alice (1988)
, 1h24
Directed by Jan Švankmajer
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Films based on Alice in Wonderland, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Anne Consigny, Camilla Power, Martin Provost

Alice appears to be in her own bedroom, when a taxidermically stuffed rabbit comes to life and breaks out of its glass case. Alice follows the rabbit through the drawer of a desk into a cavern. She subsequently falls through a bucket and seemingly down an elevator shaft. Wonderland itself is a mix of drab household-like areas with incongruous relationships of space and size. The Queen's execution sentences are carried out by the White Rabbit with a pair of scissors. At the film's end, Alice wakes in her room, discovers that the rabbit is still missing from his glass case, and finds a secret compartment where he keeps scissors. She ponders whether or not she will cut his head off. The film is ambiguous about whether this room is Alice's real world or "Wonderland".
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 1h56
Directed by Tim Burton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Musical
Themes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Serial killer films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Jayne Wisener, Sacha Baron Cohen

In 1846, a barber named Benjamin Barker arrives in London, accompanied by sailor Anthony Hope ("No Place Like London"). Fifteen years earlier, he had been falsely convicted and sentenced to penal transportation from London by the corrupt Judge Turpin, who had lusted after Barker's wife Lucy ("The Barber and His Wife"). Barker adopts the alias "Sweeney Todd" and returns to his old Fleet Street shop, situated above Mrs. Nellie Lovett's meat pie shop ("The Worst Pies in London"). From her, he learns that Turpin raped Lucy, who then poisoned herself with arsenic. The couple's daughter, Johanna, is now Turpin's ward, and, like her mother before her, the object of Turpin's lust ("Poor Thing"). Todd vows revenge, and re-opens his barber shop after Mrs. Lovett returns his straight razors to him ("My Friends"). While roaming London, Anthony becomes enamored of Johanna, but is caught by Turpin and driven away by his corrupt associate, Beadle Bamford ("Green Finch and Linnet Bird", "Alms! Alms!", "Johanna").
Sleepy Hollow, 1h45
Directed by Tim Burton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Ghost films, Witches in film
Actors Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Christopher Walken, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien

In 1799, New York City police constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is facing imprisonment for going against traditional methods and favoring forensic investigation techniques, such as autopsies, considered unorthodox and unimportant at the time. Ichabod submits to deployment with his bag of tools to the Westchester County hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, which has been plagued by a series of brutal slayings in which the victims have been found decapitated: Peter Van Garrett (Martin Landau), a wealthy farmer and landowner; his son Dirk; and the widow Emily Winship. Arriving in Sleepy Hollow, Crane is informed by the town's elders that the killer is not of flesh and blood, but rather an undead headless Hessian mercenary from the American Revolutionary War who rides at night on a massive black steed in search of his missing head.
The NeverEnding Story, 1h34
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Origin German
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about animals, Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about religion, Films about dragons, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about Jews and Judaism, Children's films, Golem, Films about school violence
Actors Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Moses Gunn, Thomas Hill, Alan Oppenheimer

Bastian Balthazar Bux (Barret Oliver), a shy and friendless bibliophile child, hides in a bookstore, interrupting the grumpy bookseller, Mr. Coreander (Thomas Hill). Bastian asks about one of the books he sees, but Mr. Coreander advises against it; despite which, Bastian seizes the book, leaving a note promising to return it, and hides in the school's attic to read. The book describes the world of Fantasia threatened by a force called "The Nothing"; where the Childlike Empress (Tami Stronach) who rules over Fantasia has fallen ill, and has summoned Atreyu (Noah Hathaway) to discover the cure. Atreyu is therefore given the AURYN. As Atreyu sets out, the Nothing summons Gmork (voiced by Alan Oppenheimer), a werewolf, to kill Atreyu.
Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors, 1h20
Directed by Alexandre Rou
Origin Russie
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Children's films, Jumeaux ou jumelles
Actors Andrei Veit, Tatyana Barysheva, Anatoly Kubatsky, Pavel Pavlenko, Tamara Nossova, Vera Altayskaya

Similar in subject to and perhaps inspired by the novel Through The Looking Glass, the film centers around an encounter between a girl named Olya Yukina and a mysterious counterpart, Yalo, while staring into a mirror. The characters are exact opposites: Yalo is the absolute opposite of Olya in every way. Where Yalo is organized and precise, Olya is careless and absent-minded. In the story, Olya steps through the mirror into the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors where Yalo resides. The kingdom, under the rule of King Yagupop LXXVII (reverse of Popugay, meaning parrot) produces crooked mirrors that brainwash its people through subtle changes in reality. When Yalo's friend, a man named Gurd, is suddenly imprisoned for refusing to make crooked mirrors by the evil leaders "Anidag" (reverse of Gadina, meaning snake), "Nushrok" (reverse of Korshun, meaning Kite (bird)) and "Abazh" (reverse of Zhaba, meaning toad), Olya decides to accompany Yalo to rescue him.
The 3 L'il Pigs, 2h4
Directed by Patrick Huard
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Films about pigs
Actors Claude Legault, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Paul Doucet, Julie Perreault, Violette Chauveau, Mahée Paiement

Two brothers (Legault, Lemay-Thivierge) discuss the positive and negative aspects of adultery as their mother lies beside them in a coma, while their brother Rémi (Doucet) attempts to discourage them. Their conversations become more explicit as time passes.
The Sannikov Land, 1h32
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, La préhistoire, Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Vladislav Dvorzhetsky, Yuriy Nazarov, Oleg Dahl, Georgy Vitsin, Makhmud Esambayev, Nikolai Gritsenko

The exiled settler Alexander Ilyin persuades the goldmines owner Trifon Perfilyev to sponsor the expedition dedicated to the searches of "Sannikov Land", a legendary warm land behind the Polar circle. Hoping that this land could be filled with gold, Perfilyev agrees. Few more daredevils volunteer for the mission. The finally gathered crew consists of Ilyin himself, officer Evgeniy Krestovskiy, Perfilyev's servant Ignatiy, who is given a task of killing every other crew member in case they truly find any gold, and Gubin, a Katorga runaway and a former doctor.
Freeway
Freeway (1996)
, 1h38
Directed by Matthew Bright
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Serial killer films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Wolfgang Bodison, Dan Hedaya, Amanda Plummer, Brooke Shields

Vanessa Lutz (Witherspoon) is a poor, illiterate teenage girl living in the slums of Los Angeles. After her mother, Ramona (Amanda Plummer), is arrested in a prostitution sting, she runs away with a car stolen from her social worker guardian to stay with her grandmother in Stockton. Along the way, Vanessa stops to see her boyfriend and classmate Chopper Wood (Bokeem Woodbine), a local gang member, to tell him about her excursion and he gives her a gun to sell upon arriving at her destination. Minutes after Vanessa leaves Chopper, is killed in a drive-by shooting by rival gang members. A little later, Bob Wolverton (Sutherland), a high school guidance counselor, picks her up after her car breaks down, and promises to take her to her grandmother's house.