251. Michael
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 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. Reign of Fire
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Rob Bowman
Actors: Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Alexander Siddig, Rory Keenan
Plot: Dragons are awakened from underground and kill every thing in their path. Years have past and civilization is trying to rebuild.
253. 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.
254. 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
255. 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.
256. 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.
257. 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
258. 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.
259. 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
260. 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
