241. Little Monsters
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Richard Greenberg
Actors: Fred Savage, Howie Mandel, Margaret Whitton, Ben Savage, Amber Barretto, Daniel Stern
Plot: An under bed world is discovered by a troublesome boy where he finds a
monster hide out and eventually tries to get his friends to join him.
242. Naked Lunch
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Julian Sands, Ian Holm, Roy Scheider, Monique Mercure
Plot: David Cronenberg's attempt to film the unfilmable Naked Lunch is a tour throught Willam S. Burroughs world filled with paranoia, mugwumps and transforming typewriters.
243. The Giver
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Phillip Noyce
Actors: Alexander Skarsgård, Meryl Streep, Jeff Bridges, Brenton Thwaites, Odeya Rush, Cameron Monaghan
Plot: In a seemingly perfect world, where everyone is always happy, Jonas, a 12-year-old boy, is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. He trains with an old man known as The Giver - and is introduced to pain, sadness, war - and all the other unhappy truths of the "real" world. He soon realizes his perfect world isn't real - and he must come to terms with he choices and his future.
244. Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alexander Hall
Actors: Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains, Rita Johnson, Edward Everett Horton, James Gleason
Plot: A boxer dies prematurely in a plane crash, but it's not his time, so the celestial powers must find him another body.
245. X-Men: Apocalypse
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Bryan Singer
Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, Evan Peters, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Kodi Smit-McPhee
Plot: Although thought to be a recent occurance, mutation has been with mankind for a long time. Apocalypse, worshiped as a god and harnessing the power of other mutants to become nigh immortal, has been awakened after thousands of years. Seeing the world for what it is he is disillusioned and, joined by his four horsemen, seeks to cleanse mankind and start anew. With the world on the line, Professor Xavier and a group of young mutants must work together and come up with a plan to stop the greatest threat the mutants, and the world, has ever seen.
246. Alice in Wonderland
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: Bud Townsend
Actors: Kristine DeBell, Bucky Searles, Gila Havana, Ron Nelson, Alan Novak, J.P. Paradine
Plot: Billed as the first "adult musical" - a prude of a librarian, whose rebuffs suitor William for being too forward, falls asleep and finds herself in the Wonderland where she loses her inhibitions and learns about pleasure but in the end must find a way to return to William.
247. Tideland
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Jodelle Ferland, Janet McTeer, Brendan Fletcher, Jennifer Tilly, Jeff Bridges, Dylan Taylor
248. The Zero Theorem
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Thierry, David Thewlis, Lucas Hedges, Ben Whishaw, Tilda Swinton
Plot: An expert hacker is on a quest to discover the reason behind human existence. But The Management is constantly trying to undermine his efforts - first by sending in a teenager and again with lusty could-be love interest.
249. The Old Guard
Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Actors: Charlize Theron, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Harry Melling, Matthias Schoenaerts, Natacha Karam, Marwan Kenzari
Plot: A group of immortal mercenaries has worked to protect humanity throughout the ages. When their latest mission uncovers a new immortal - it also exposes their secret - and they must now work to stop those who would harness their power for nefarious purposes.
250. Michael
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Nora Ephron
Actors: John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins, Robert Pastorelli, Jean Stapleton
Plot: Two struggling tabloid reporters and an "angel expert" are sent by their boss to check out an old kook who claims to have an angel living with her. Sure enough, the guy's got wings, but he's also into smoking, drinking and womanizing. Unconvinced that Michael is not an Earthly being, the reporters take him to Chicago, when Michael's unconventional methods begin to work heavenly magic.
