251. 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.
252. Jungle Book
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Zoltan Korda
Actors: Sabu, Joseph Calleia, John Qualen, Frank Puglia, Rosemary DeCamp, Patricia O'Rourke
253. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Moto Sakakibara
Actors: Ming-Na, Alec Baldwin, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Peri Gilpin, Donald Sutherland
254. A Midsummer Night's Dream
Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Dieterle, Max Reinhardt
Actors: Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale, Hobart Cavanaugh, Dick Powell, Olivia de Havilland, James Cagney
255. Phenomena
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dario Argento
Actors: Jennifer Connelly, Daria Nicolodi, Fiore Argento, Donald Pleasence, Patrick Bauchau, Dalila Di Lazzaro
Plot: A young girl is sent to an exclusive Swiss boarding school where a series of girls have gone missing. With her unique ability to communicate with insects she works with a prominent entomologist to discover the culprit before she becomes a victim herself.
256. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton, Jenna Ortega, Monica Bellucci, Catherine O'Hara, Willem Dafoe
257. City of Angels
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Brad Silberling
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Andre Braugher, Dennis Franz, Colm Feore, Sarah Dampf
Plot: Seth is an angel who helps spirits reach the afterlife. At the hospital, he allows himself to be seen by Dr. Maggie Rice - the two have a connection, though Dr. Rice finds him far too mysterious. Seth meets Nathaniel Messinger, a patient who tells him that he was an angel himself - but allowed himself to fall in order to live a human life. Seth finds himself facing a decision - duty or love.
258. Defendor
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Stebbings
Actors: Woody Harrelson, Kat Dennings, Elias Koteas, Sandra Oh, Lisa Ray, Michael Kelly
Plot: An everyman decides to become a superhero, where crooked cops and mob bosses corrupt innocence. Yet with no powers of his own, the Defendor must rely on his own wits to prevail, but only after his next psychiatric session.
259. The Mists of Avalon
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Uli Edel
Actors: Anjelica Huston, Julianna Margulies, Joan Allen, Samantha Mathis, Caroline Goodall, Edward Atterton
260. Carnival of Souls
Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Herk Harvey
Actors: Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger, Art Ellison, Stan Levitt, Tom McGinnis
Plot: After a young woman survives an auto accident, she moves West to take a church organist's position. But her haunting visions draw her irretrievably to an abandoned fairgrounds.
