Subject search:Feature films

Peter Pan

by P. J. Hogan Director
DVD, 2003
Tags
fiction, movie, based-on-play, based-on-books, Peter Pan, fantasy, children's story, childhood, child discovers new world, coming of age, parenthood — 6 more, piracy, fairies, true love's kiss, action, action comedy, merfolk

Pride and Prejudice

by Joe Wright Director
DVD, September 11, 2005
Tags
fiction, period drama, period story, 1700s, based-on-books, Jane Austen, romance, romcom, drama, relationship drama, rich people problems — 7 more, Great Britain, sibling loyalty, sibling rivalry, parenthood, class divide, flowery dialogue, nonconformism

The Magnificent Seven

by John Sturges Director
DVD, October 12, 1960
Tags
fiction, movie, period story, action, remake, siege story, western, last stand, tragedy, unlikely friends, redemption story — 3 more, romance, gunslinger trope, reluctant hero
Series
The Magnificent Seven Films (1)

The Terminator

by James Cameron Director
DVD, October 26, 1984
Tags
fiction, movie, Terminator, time travel, thriller, on the run, artificial intelligence, grandfather paradox, circular fiction, action, Terminator 6-Film Collection — 4 more, box set, science fiction, cyborgs, Chosen One trope
Series
The Terminator films (1)

The Godfather

by Francis Ford Coppola Director
DVD, March 14, 1972
Tags
fiction, movie, The Godfather, crime, crime drama, family business, mafia, based-on-books, generational narrative, the king is dead long live the king, drama — 9 more, period drama, 1940s, 1950s, Academy Award (best picture), Academy Award (best adapted screenplay), Golden Globe (best drama), Golden Globe (best screenplay), Golden Globe (best original score), BAFTA Award (best original music)
Series
The Godfather {Coppola} (1)

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

by Jay Roach Director
Blu-ray, 1999
Tags
fiction, movie, spy spoof, action comedy, Austin Powers, Austin Powers Triple Feature box, box set, comedy, parody, 1960s, 1990s — 9 more, science fiction, gifts from Ørjan, slapstick, time travel, cloning, grandfather paradox, sequel, sibling rivalry, super spy trope
Series
Austin Powers (2)

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

by Jay Roach Director
Blu-ray, 1997
Tags
fiction, movie, spy spoof, action comedy, Austin Powers, Austin Powers Triple Feature box, box set, comedy, parody, 1960s, 1990s — 6 more, man out of time, science fiction, gifts from Ørjan, slapstick, super spy trope, Saturn Award (best fantasy film)
Series
Austin Powers (1)

Labyrinth

by Jim Henson Director
Blu-ray, 1986
Tags
fiction, movie, animation with puppets, fantasy, Labyrinth, jousting, quest, was it just a dream trope, careful what you wish for, musical, coming of age — 5 more, Jim Henson Company, Jim Henson, unlikely friends, surrealism, M. C. Escher landscapes

The Sting

by George Roy Hill Director
Blu-ray, December 25, 1973
Tags
fiction, movie, confidence tricks, crime drama, crime, on the run, who is fooling whom, revenge story, gambling, train travel, assassination — 5 more, period story, period drama, Academy Award (best picture), Academy Award (best original screenplay), Academy Award (best original score)

Die Hard 2: Die Harder

by Renny Harlin Director
Blu-ray, July 4, 1990
Tags
movie, fiction, action, strong violence, action comedy, Christmas fiction, police story, thriller, Die Hard, Die Hard Legacy Collection box set, box set — 5 more, single day narrative, ticking clock, sequel, terrorism, based-on-books
Series
Die Hard Movies (2)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

by Tim Burton Director
DVD, 2012
Tags
fiction, movie, based-on-books, based-on-play, based-on-music, musical, horror, black comedy, Victorian England, 1800s, revenge story — 8 more, cannibalism, rape, nostos, serial killer trope, strong violence, I am (not) a man trope, Golden Globe (best musical or comedy), Saturn Award (best horror film)

Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World

by Peter Weir Director
DVD, November 14, 2003
Tags
fiction, movie, sea voyage, Napoleonic Wars, historical fiction, period drama, period story, action, 1800s, war story, warfare — 1 more, based-on-books

Independence Day (Theatrical Cut)

by Roland Emmerich Director
DVD, 1996
Tags
fiction, movie, aliens, alien invasion, science fiction, action, war story, apocalypse, epic, Independence Day franchise, stronger together — 2 more, last stand, Saturn Award (best science fiction film)
Series
Independence Day films (1)

Schindler's List

by Steven Spielberg Director
DVD, 1993
Tags
fiction, true story, movie, WW2, holocaust, war story, authoritarianism, nazis, period drama, period story, black and white film — 14 more, drama, unlikely friends, based-on-books, persecution, dystopia, 1940s, Academy Award (best picture), Academy Award (best adapted screenplay), Academy Award (best original score), Golden Globe (best drama), BAFTA Award (best film), Golden Globe (best screenplay), BAFTA Award (best adapted screenplay), BAFTA Award (best original music)

Dragonheart: A New Beginning

by Doug Lefler Director
DVD, 2000
Tags
fiction, movie, fantasy, Dragonheart, sequel, dragons, knights, part beast part human, cursed to live as an animal, box set, Dragonheart 4 Movie Collection — 1 more, prophecy
Series
DragonHeart (2)

An Extremely Goofy Movie

by Douglas McCarthy Director
DVD, 2000
Tags
fiction, movie, animation, Disney, Goof Troop, based-on-television, sequel, gifts from Ørjan's family, parenthood, coming of age, romance — 1 more, back to school
Series
Goof Troop (TV Series) (4)

Lilo & Stitch

by Dean DeBlois Director
Blu-ray, 2002
Tags
fiction, movie, Disney, Disney Classic, animation, aliens, adopted by the wrong species, orphan, comedy drama, Hawaii, science fiction — 6 more, escaped experiment, on the run, escapes, manhunt, Disney Classics Complete 55 Movie 1937–2018 box set, box set
Series
Lilo & Stitch (Disney) (1)

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

by Gary Trousdale Director
Blu-ray, 2001
Tags
fiction, movie, Disney, Disney Classic, animation, action, epic, exploration, underwater adventure, lost world, Atlantis — 10 more, science fiction, pre-war 1900s, period story, fantasy, box set, Disney Classics Complete 55 Movie 1937–2018 box set, treasure hunt, centre of the Earth, Hollow Earth theories, underground adventure
Series
Atlantis (Disney) (1)

The Lion King

by Roger Allers Director
Blu-ray, 1996
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fiction, movie, animation, musical, Disney, Disney Classic, Disney Renaissance, coming of age, animal stories, Lion King, Shakespeare — 14 more, coup d'état, assassination, ghosts, fantasy, romance, box set, based-on-play, rightful ruler, time as a cycle, Disney Classics Complete 55 Movie 1937–2018 box set, Academy Award (best original score), Golden Globe (best original score), Golden Globe (best musical or comedy), Academy Award (best original song)
Collections
Loki's Top 20 films of all time, Loki's Top 12 animated films, Loki's Favourites, Favorites
Series
The Lion King (Disney) (1)

The Little Mermaid

by Ron Clements Director
Blu-ray, 1989
Tags
fiction, animation, Disney, movie, Disney Classic, The Little Mermaid, based-on-books, fairy tales, romance, forbidden love, deal with the devil — 21 more, merfolk, fantasy, witchcraft, familiar, Disney Renaissance, underwater adventure, animal sidekick, friends with all animals trope, princess movie, musical, period story, outsider in the real world, third act villain transformation trope, Disney Classics Complete 55 Movie 1937–2018 box set, box set, true love's kiss, true love, fish out of water, Academy Award (best original score), Golden Globe (best original score), Academy Award (best original song)
Series
Disney's The Little Mermaid (1), The Little Mermaid (Disney) (1)

Van Helsing

by Stephen Sommers Director
Blu-ray, 2004
Tags
movie, fiction, action, Van Helsing films, fantasy, Dracula, The Wolfman, werewolves, vampires, Jekyll/Hyde, pastiche — 10 more, pop culture stew, Gypsies, Frankenstein's monster, monster film, warrior of God, monster hunting cleric, 1800s, period story, third act villain transformation trope, Saturn Award (best music)

Elizabeth

by Shekhar Kapur Director
DVD, 1998
Tags
fiction, movie, The Tudors, Elizabethian, Great Britain, period story, political intrigue, drama, period drama, historical fiction, biography — 7 more, romance, Elizabeth I Tudor, 1500s, forbidden love, Mary I Tudor, Marie de Guise, BAFTA Award (best original music)

The Truman Show

by Peter Weir Director
Blu-ray, 2012
Tags
movie, fiction, questioned reality, surrealism, escapes, escaped experiment, on the run, monitoring, drama, comedy drama, no business like show business — 12 more, science fiction, utopia, dystopia, romance, born in capitvity, manhunt, the relationship between reality and fiction, Golden Globe (best original score), BAFTA Award (best original screenplay), Hugo Award (best dramatic presentation), Saturn Award (best fantasy film), Saturn Award (best writing)

Tre nøtter til Askepott (Tři oříšky pro Popelku / Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel)

by Václav Vorlíček Director
DVD, 1973
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movie, fiction, fairy tales, fantasy, romance, princess movie, Cinderella

The Terminal

by Steven Spielberg Director
DVD, 2004
Tags
fiction, movie, romance, bureaucracy, drama, romcom, comedy drama, stranded

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

by Richard Marquand Director
DVD, 1983
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Star Wars, fiction, movie, fantasy, prequel, origin, war story, space opera, science fiction, The Skywalker Saga, epic — 14 more, box set, Star Wars Trilogy box set, aliens, action, authoritarianism, good vs. evil, duel, fighter pilot, escapes, space laser, mistaken for a god trope, Hugo Award (best dramatic presentation), Saturn Award (best science fiction film), Chosen One trope
Series
Star Wars Movies (Episode 6), Star Wars Trilogy (3)

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

by George Lucas Director
DVD, 2015
Tags
Star Wars, fiction, movie, fantasy, prequel, origin, war story, space opera, science fiction, The Skywalker Saga, epic — 11 more, gladiators, detective story, revenge story, mystery, assassination, duel, aliens, powerful being in disguise, Chosen One trope, fight to the death, dying for entertainment
Series
Star Wars Movies (Episode 2), Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (2)

Frank Miller's Sin City – Recut, Extended

by Robert Rodriguez Director
DVD, 2005
Tags
fiction, Sin City, movie, based-on-comics, strong violence, black and white film, anthology, non-linear storytelling, box set, crime, serial killer trope — 6 more, noir, extended cut, video anthology, mosaic story, mosaic film, Saturn Award (best action/adventure/thriller film)
Collections
Loki's Top 20 films of all time, Lucky's Favourites, Favorites

Shrek 2

by Andrew Adamson Director
DVD, 2018
Tags
fiction, movie, fairy tales, animation, Shrek, fantasy, romance, identity, DreamWorks Animation, storybook opening
Series
Shrek (Dreamworks) (2)

Shrek

by Andrew Adamson Director
DVD, 2001
Tags
fiction, movie, fairy tales, animation, Shrek, musical, fantasy, long walk, romance, identity, reluctant hero — 13 more, unlikely friends, quest, captive in the tower, dragons, origin, based-on-books, cursed to live as an animal, true love, true love's kiss, DreamWorks Animation, Academy Award (best animated feature), BAFTA Award (best adapted screenplay), storybook opening
Series
Shrek (Dreamworks) (1)

Saving Private Ryan

by Steven Spielberg Director
DVD, 1998
Tags
fiction, movie, quest, WW2, Invasion of Normandy, period story, period drama, war story, warfare, action, drama — 4 more, long walk, 1940s, Golden Globe (best drama), Saturn Award (best action/adventure/thriller film)

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

by Brad Silberling Director
DVD, 2004
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fiction, movie, based-on-books, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Snicketverse, orphan, murder mystery, comedy, black comedy, origin, failed franchise attempt — 3 more, narrator with personality, good guys like books, secret societies

Reservoir Dogs

by Quentin Tarantino Director
DVD, 1998
Tags
movie, fiction, crime, crime drama, heist, undercover, police story, torture

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

by Wes Anderson Director
DVD, 2011
Tags
fiction, movie, drama, parenthood, revenge story, romance, pregnancy story, sea voyage, piracy, comedy drama, last hurrah — 1 more, adventuring academic

The Incredibles

by Brad Bird Director
DVD, 2004
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fiction, movie, animation, Pixar, Disney, super heroes, family business, parenthood, childhood, action, science fiction — 7 more, The Incredibles, midlife crisis, Pixar Animation Studios Feature, Academy Award (best animated feature), Hugo Award (best dramatic presentation), Saturn Award (best animated film), Satellite Award (best animated or mixed media film)
Collections
Loki's Top 13 superhero films, Loki's Top 12 animated films, Favorites
Series
The Incredibles (Disney•Pixar) (1)

The Princess Bride

by Rob Reiner Director
DVD, 2015
Tags
fantasy, fiction, humour, piracy, torture, romance, revenge story, nesting narrative, quest, The Princess Bride, narrator with personality — 12 more, movie, based-on-books, gifts from Ørjan, gifts from Sarah, action, action comedy, swashbuckler, true love, true love's kiss, Christmas fiction, Hugo Award (best dramatic presentation), Saturn Award (best fantasy film)
Collections
Loki's Top 20 films of all time, Lucky's Favourites, Loki's Favourites, Favorites

The Prestige

by Christopher Nolan Director
DVD, 2008
Tags
fiction, movie, period story, period drama, stage magicians, mystery, fantasy, science fiction, frenemies, Tesla, based-on-books — 2 more, thriller, who is fooling whom
Collection
Loki's Favourites

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

by Gore Verbinski Director
DVD, 2018
Tags
fiction, movie, Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney, based-on-theme-park, piracy, action, sea voyage, zombies, cursed treasure, treasure hunt — 16 more, swashbuckler, unscroupled protagonist, antihero, haunted ship, fantasy, 1700s, period story, sequel, action comedy, stranded, cannibalism, immortality, The Flying Dutchman, kraken, mistaken for a god trope, I am (not) a man trope
Series
Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney) (2)

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

by Gore Verbinski Director
DVD, 2017
Tags
fiction, movie, Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney, based-on-theme-park, piracy, action, sea voyage, zombies, cursed treasure, treasure hunt — 8 more, swashbuckler, unscroupled protagonist, antihero, haunted ship, fantasy, 1700s, period story, revenge story
Collections
Loki's Top 20 films of all time, Loki's Favourites, Favorites
Series
Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney) (1)

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

by Joel Coen Director
DVD, 2008
Tags
fiction, musical, movie, long walk, escapes, on the run, period story, comedy, crime, Great Depression, based-on-ancient-text — 12 more, based-on-books, nostos, Olympian gods in fiction, reimagining, Coen Brothers, manhunt, quest, 1930s, Ku Klux Klan, comedy drama, prophecy, sirens

National Treasure

by Jon Turteltaub Director
DVD, 2011
Tags
fiction, movie, action, treasure hunt, adventuring academic, National Treasure, conspiracy theories, Knights Templar, Freemasons, romance, Americana — 2 more, snow and ice adventure, secret societies
Series
National Treasure (1)

The Mummy Returns

by Stephen Sommers Director
DVD, 2006
Tags
action, movie, fiction, sequel, mummies, Ancient Egypt, monster film, fantasy, horror, adventuring academic, treasure hunt — 14 more, cursed treasure, The Mummy film series, interbellum years, 1930s, period story, desert adventure, kidnapping, parenthood, resurrection, child genious, action comedy, elaborate death trap, Chosen One trope, archaeology
Series
The Mummy Films (2)

The Mummy

by Stephen Sommers Director
DVD, 2006
Tags
fiction, movie, action, fantasy, horror, remake, adventuring academic, mummies, Ancient Egypt, monster film, treasure hunt — 9 more, The Mummy film series, forbidden love, swashbuckler, period story, 1920s, interbellum years, desert adventure, scarabs, archaeology
Series
The Mummy Films (1)

Moulin Rouge!

by Baz Lurhmann Director
DVD, 2007
Tags
fiction, movie, musical, romance, period story, struggling artist trope, forbidden love, no business like show business, it begins with the end, Moulin Rouge, in a sexy French depression — 11 more, pre-war 1900s, stories about writing, stories about disease, prostitution, story with its own mirror, tragedy, Golden Globe (best original score), Golden Globe (best musical or comedy), BAFTA Award (best original music), Satellite Award (best musical or comedy), Satellite Award (best original score)
Collections
Lucky's Favourites, Favorites
Series
Baz Luhrmann's Red Curtain Trilogy (DVD 3)

Monty Python's Life of Brian

by Terry Jones Director
Blu-ray, 2008
Tags
fiction, movie, religious conflict, comedy, sketch comedy, Ancient Rome, period story, Christianity, mistaken identity, romance, satire — 14 more, box set, Monty Python, Monty Python's Holy Trinity, religion, musical, parody, resistance movement, rebellion, animation and live action, I am (not) a man trope, Biblical characters in fiction, deus ex machina, aliens, Easter fiction
Collections
Loki's Top 20 films of all time, Loki's Top 12 live action comedy films, Loki's Favourites, Favorites
Series
Monty Python

Minority Report

by Steven Spielberg Director
DVD, 2012
Tags
fiction, movie, prophecy, detective story, conspiracy thriller, action, science fiction, based-on-books, on the run, authoritarianism, determinism — 3 more, thriller, Saturn Award (best science fiction film), Saturn Award (best writing)

Hercules

by John Musker Director
Blu-ray, 1997
Tags
fiction, movie, Disney, Disney Classic, Ancient Greece, journey to the underworld, action, comedy, action comedy, romance, musical — 16 more, animation, pegasus, Olympian gods in fiction, magic bloodline, gifts from Ørjan, fantasy, based-on-ancient-text, apotheosis, Disney Renaissance, period story, The Fates, Disney Classics Complete 55 Movie 1937–2018 box set, box set, hydras, shared eye trope, narrator with personality
Series
Hercules (Disney) (1)

Men In Black II

by Barry Sonnenfeld Director
Blu-ray, 2006
Tags
fiction, movie, sequel, secret agent, super spy trope, aliens, cursed to live as an animal, hidden world, science fiction, action, action comedy — 10 more, based-on-comics, just when I thought I was out they pull me back in, MIB Trilogy box set, box set, buddy cop comedy, memory loss, comedy, humour, Men in Black, the old several small folks in a trenchcoat ruse
Series
Men in Black (Movie 2)

Men In Black

by Barry Sonnenfeld Director
Blu-ray, 2006
Tags
fiction, movie, origin, secret agent, super spy trope, aliens, hidden world, science fiction, action, action comedy, based-on-comics — 11 more, MIB Trilogy box set, box set, romance, buddy cop comedy, questioned reality, Men in Black, comedy, humour, Saturn Award (best science fiction film), Saturn Award (best music), Satellite Award (best animated or mixed media film)
Series
Men in Black (Movie 1)

Memento

by Christopher Nolan Director
DVD, 2002
Tags
fiction, movie, identity, memory loss, thriller, murder mystery, revenge story, non-linear storytelling, based-on-books, Saturn Award (best action/adventure/thriller film)
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