Subgenre Sampler
Fantasy: 813 Films to Buy & Rent
Hobbit, The - The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage…
- Chapter two of Peter Jackson's epic adaptation of The Hobbit, which sees the party's quest to reclaim their homeland from Smaug continue. Bilbo…
I, Frankenstein (2013)
- Dir. Stuart Beattie
Feat. Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Miranda Otto…
- Chaotic and at times incoherent action fantasy following Frankenstein's creature Adam in the centuries old war to prevent evil demons from taking…
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
- Dir. Bryan Singer
Feat. Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ewan McGregor…
- 'Jack and the Beanstalk' is reimagined for the big screen in this hulking fantasy adventure about a naïve farm boy who attempts to rescue a…
Knights of Badassdom (2013)
- Dir. Joe Lynch
Feat. Ryan Kwanten, Peter Dinklage, Summer Glau…
- Bumbling comedy parody of a group of live–action role players (LARPs) who inadvertently conjure up a demon and must raise swords to defeat it…
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2013)
- Dir. Will Finn
Feat. Lea Michele, Dan Aykroyd, James Belushi…
- A lightweight animated 'sequel' to the original Wizard of Oz film finds Dorothy returning to help her old friends Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man to…
Mood Indigo (2013)
- Dir. Michel Gondry
Feat. Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh…
- Audrey Tautou and Romain Duris star in this wild interpretation of Boris Vian’s cult novel 'Froth on the Daydream' from dir. Michel Gondry.
Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
- Dir. Harald Zwart
Feat. Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Kevin Zegers…
- A teenage girl joins a league of demon slayers in this dark New York–set fantasy, another epic tween franchise in the making. Based on the…
Nowhere Boys (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Darci McDonald, Dougie Baldwin, Joel Lok…
- Australian fantasy action–adventure series that follows four teenage boys who get lost in the forest and discover, when they return home, that…
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
- Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz…
- Sam Raimi directs this spectacular re–imagining of the Wizard of Oz legend for Disney studios – an origin story centred on the coming of…
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
- Dir. Thor Freudenthal
Feat. Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Douglas Smith…
- Another young adult fantasy franchise rolls on, this time continuing the adventures of the titular Percy Jackson and his demigod friends as they race…