Subgenre Sampler
Fantasy: 813 Films to Buy & Rent
Coraline (2009)
- Dir. Henry Selick
Feat. Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders…
- The prodigious talents of fantasy writer Neil Gaiman and animator Henry Selick combine for this wonderful – though admittedly creepy –…
Daybreakers (2009)
- Dir. The Spierig Brothers
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill…
- Inventive take on the vampire genre has a world populated with the fanged undead facing a food shortage with the human population rapidly dwindling.…
From Time to Time (2009)
- Dir. Julian Fellowes
Feat. Alex Etel, Timothy Spall, Maggie Smith…
- Charmingly old–fashioned family film set at the tail end of the second world war has a young boy discovering a portal back to 1805, where he…
Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
- Dir. Jared Hess
Feat. Michael Angarano, Jemaine Clement, Jennifer Coolidge…
- Call us biased, but Jemaine Clement is worth the price of admission alone to this zany yet well–aligned comedy from the creator of NAPOLEON…
Goemon (2009)
- Dir. Kazuaki Kiriya
Feat. Yosuke Eguchi, Takao Osawa
- The dir. of CASSHERN helms this visionary medieval spectacle, based on a 16th century bandit whose Robin hood–style exploits are steeped in…
Green Lantern: First Flight (2009)
- Dir. Lauren Montgomery
Feat. Christopher Meloni, Victor Garber, Tricia Helfer…
- A solid animated outing for one of the lesser–known superheros of the DC Universe, The Green Lantern, who gains his powers through a magical…
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (2009)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Jim Broadbent…
- The epic sixth movie in the Harry Potter franchise sees Harry prepare for the final battle against his nemesis Voldemort while struggling with his…
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The (2009)
- Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Andrew Garfield…
- Firing on all imaginative cylinders, dir. Terry Gilliam delivers what is possibly his magnum opus – an original, mind–bending fantasy…
Imagine That (2009)
- Dir. Karey Kirkpatrick
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden Church, Ronny Cox
- A magic blankie transforms Eddie Murphy's prospects on the stock market in this pleasantly surprisingly family movie, recommended for its healthy…
Kings (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. Ian McShane, Christopher Egan, Susanna Thompson…
- A bold and enjoyably bizarre drama fantasy series loosely based on the biblical story of King David (played by Chris Egan), but set in a kingdom that…