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Alice (1988)
, 1h24Directed 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".
Under the Rainbow (2013)
, 1h52Directed by Agnès Jaoui
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Children's films
Actors Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agathe Bonitzer, Arthur Dupont, Benjamin Biolay, Nina Meurisse
Laura croit encore au Prince charmant à 24 ans. Lorsque Sandro — un jeune pianiste et compositeur — apparaît, exactement comme elle l'avait rêvé, elle pense qu'elle a trouvé le bon, connaît avec lui une idylle merveilleuse, et ne prête guère attention à son léger bégaiement. Mais bientôt, elle rencontre Maxime, un séduisant et ténébreux producteur de musique. Et elle commence à se demander si certains princes sont plus charmants que d'autres.
Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)
, 1h20Directed 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.
Blancanieves (2012)
, 1h45Directed 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.
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
, 2h6Directed by Rupert Sanders
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Witches in film, Political films, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Claflin, Izzy Meikle-Small
While admiring a rose blooming in the winter, Queen Eleanor of the Kingdom of Tabor pricks her finger on one of its thorns. Three drops of blood fall onto the snow-covered ground, and she wishes for a daughter as white as the snow, with lips as red as the blood, hair as black as a raven's wings and a heart as strong and defiant as the rose. Queen Eleanor gives birth to her daughter Snow White, but then Queen Eleanor falls ill and dies. After her death, Snow White's father King Magnus and his army battle an invading Dark Army of demonic glass soldiers. Upon rescuing their prisoner Ravenna, he becomes enchanted with her beauty and marries her.
Inkheart (2008)
, 1h47Directed by Iain Softley
Origin German
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians
Actors Brendan Fraser, Eliza Hope Bennett, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Rafi Gavron, Andy Serkis
Mortimer "Mo" Folchart (Brendan Fraser) and his wife Teresa "Resa" Folchart (Sienna Guillory) are reading the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood" to their baby daughter Meggie. As Mo reads the story, a red velvet hood appears as a narrator (Roger Allam) explains that people known as "Silver Tongues" are born with the gift that whenever they read a story out loud, the story becomes real.
Wish upon a Pike (1938)
, 56minutesDirected by Alexandre Rou
Genres Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Mise en scène d'un poisson, Children's films
Actors Ivan Moskvine, Andrei Veit
Yemelya the fool catches a magical pike that grants him wishes in exchange for its life.
, 1h25Directed by Jesús Franco
Origin Espagne
Genres Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Wolves in film, Dracula films, Werewolves in film, Vampires in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Howard Vernon, Dennis Price, Carmen Yazalde, Anne Libert, Daniel White
Un petit village des Carpages vit dans la terreur car le Comte Dracula a mordu la fille d'un aubergiste. Le docteur Seward, venu constater son décès, lui enfonce une aiguille d'argent dans l’œil afin de l'empêcher de devenir vampire à son tour. Pour lui, il est temps d'en finir avec le Prince des ténèbres. En plein jour, lorsqu'il dort, Seward pénètre dans son manoir et lui enfonce un pieu dans le cœur alors qu'il dort.
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
, 1h45Directed 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.
, 1h25Genres Comedy
Themes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Zabou Breitman, Martin Lamotte, Christian Clavier, Claire Magnin, Philippe Bruneau, Coluche
Une naissance a lieu au château royal. Malheureusement, la reine meurt et son bébé, Blanche-Neige, est de sexe féminin. Même l'intervention d'une fée stagiaire n'y fait rien. Albert, le connétable, et Amélyse, la belle nurse anglaise, adoptent alors Blanche-Neige chassée par son père.
The Fisher King (1991)
, 2h17Directed 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.
Freeway (1996)
, 1h38Directed 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.
Hansel & Gretel (2007)
, 1h56Directed by Yim Pil-sung
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about families, Films about magic and magicians, Children's films
Actors Chun Jung-myung, Sim Eun-kyeong, Eun Won-jae, Jin Ji-hee, Park Hee-soon, Jang Young-nam
Eun-soo, a salesman, is driving his car along Highway 69 while talking on the phone with his four-weeks pregnant girlfriend, Hae-young. She tells him to stay by her side for the remainder of her pregnancy, but he replies that his mother is ill and he has to visit her, leading to a quarrel as Eun-soo is driving and causing him to hit a rock and pass out. He wakes up to find himself stranded in a dark forest. He sees light from a lantern that a young girl is carrying. She introduces herself as Young-hee as they head for her house, a large house in the middle of the forest called the "House of Happy Children".
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
, 1h34Directed 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.
The NeverEnding Story III (1994)
, 1h30Directed by Peter MacDonald
Origin German
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes L'adolescence, Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about dragons, L'enfance marginalisée, Children's films, Films about school violence
Actors Jason James Richter, Melody Kay, Jack Black, Freddie Jones, Julie Cox, Tony Robinson
In a prologue, the Old Man of Wandering Mountain (Freddie Jones) reads from a large book; begins to record a prophecy of a day when 'The Nasty' will arrive in Fantasia; and describes the savior of "Extraordinary Courage".