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The Naked Gun 2 & 1/2: The Smell of Fear

by David Zucker Director
DVD, June 28, 1991
Tags
movie, fiction, parody, comedy, slapstick, action comedy, deus ex machina, Police Squad!
Series
Police Squad (Movie 2)

The Wizard of Oz

by Victor Fleming Director
Blu-ray, 1939
Tags
fiction, movie, fantasy, Oz, child discovers new world, secondary world fantasy, quest, long walk, witchcraft, confidence tricks, unlikely friends — 8 more, based-on-books, musical, animal sidekick, children's story, stranded, Wizard of Oz, deus ex machina, Academy Award (best original score)

Prins Caspian [Prince Caspian]

by C. S. Lewis
Paperback, 1997
Tags
fiction, novel, fantasy, allegory, Christianity, witchcraft, child discovers new world, Narnia, secondary world fantasy, Narnia book box, box set — 10 more, werewolves, dwarves, escapes, long walk, hidden world, centaurs, coup d'état, rightful ruler, deus ex machina, Great Horn trope
Series
Chronicles of Narnia: Chronological (4), Chronicles of Narnia: Publication order (2)

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding
Paperback, 1996
Tags
fiction, novel, horror, survival of the fittest, stranded, deus ex machina, young adult novel

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J. K. Rowling
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
novel, Wizarding World, fantasy, fiction, wizards, gifts from Ørjan, oversized box, origin, Harry Potter chest, box set, boarding school — 7 more, hidden world, magic school, illustrated fiction, giant spiders, phoenix, basilisk, deus ex machina
Series
Harry Potter (2)

Toy Story 3

by Lee Unkrich Director
DVD, 2010
Tags
fiction, movie, Pixar, animation, Pixar Animation Studios Feature, Toy Story, hidden world, childhood, toys, sequel, gifts from Ørjan — 9 more, coming of age, rite de passage, deus ex machina, Academy Award (best animated feature), Golden Globe (best animated feature), BAFTA Award (best animated film), Saturn Award (best animated film), Academy Award (best original song), Satellite Award (best animated or mixed media film)
Series
Toy Story (Disney•Pixar) (3)

Stranger than Fiction

by Marc Forster Director
DVD, 2007
Tags
fiction, movie, therapy drama, romance, meta-narrative, Stranger than Fiction, fantasy, determinism, trapped inside the story, drama, comedy drama — 6 more, narrator with personality, mental illness, spectrum personality, questioned reality, the relationship between reality and fiction, deus ex machina

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

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

by Terry Jones Director
Blu-ray, 2001
Tags
fiction, sketch comedy, movie, Arthurian, Monty Python, box set, Monty Python's Holy Trinity, knights, quest, long walk, comedy — 14 more, Middle Ages, kingship, fantasy, wizards, The Holy Grail, breaking the fourth wall, period story, musical, strong violence, animation and live action, forced marriage, deus ex machina, storybook opening, British Fantasy Award (best film / television production)
Series
Monty Python

Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Complete Series

by Graham Chapman
DVD, 2000
Tags
fiction, sketch comedy, BBC, half hour format, comedy, surrealism, TV show, box set, Monty Python, tricky redistribution of wealth, Spanish Inquisition — 2 more, deus ex machina, humour
Series
Monty Python's Flying Circus (Complete Ep. 1-45)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Extended Edition)

by Peter Jackson Director
DVD, 2004
Tags
fiction, movie, based-on-books, The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy, Middle-earth, Middle-Earth Hexalogy, fantasy, high fantasy, extended cut, epic, quest — 27 more, action, wizards, dwarves, box set, long walk, cursed treasure, war story, siege story, kingship, rightful ruler, magic bloodline, giant spiders, I am (not) a man trope, deus ex machina, 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 original score), BAFTA Award (best adapted screenplay), Hugo Award (best dramatic presentation), Nebula Award (best script), Saturn Award (best fantasy film), Saturn Award (best writing), Saturn Award (best music), Academy Award (best original song)
Collections
Loki's Top 20 films of all time, Favorites
Series
Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings (extended 3)

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Extended Edition)

by Peter Jackson Director
DVD, 2013
Tags
fiction, movie, The Hobbit Film Trilogy, Middle-Earth Hexalogy, fantasy, based-on-books, origin, prequel, long walk, unlikely friends, reluctant hero — 12 more, extended cut, epic, quest, Middle-earth, action, wizards, dwarves, high fantasy, musical, box set, one book multiple films, deus ex machina
Series
Peter Jackson's The Hobbit (extended 1)

The Matrix Revolutions

by Lilly Wachowski Director
DVD, 2008
Tags
fiction, movie, The Matrix, sequel, philosophy, action, science fiction, artificial intelligence, on the run, The Ultimate Matrix Collection, box set — 5 more, epic, time as a cycle, post-apocalyptic, digital world, deus ex machina
Series
The Matrix Films (3), The Matrix Franchise (3)

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

by Steven Spielberg Director
DVD, 2013
Tags
fiction, movie, Indiana Jones, period story, action, period drama, romance, nazis, treasure hunt, cursed treasure, Ark of the Covenant — 15 more, snake pit, frenemies, jungle adventure, ruins, adventuring academic, The Adventures of Indiana Jones, box set, desert adventure, deus ex machina, Hugo Award (best dramatic presentation), Saturn Award (best fantasy film), Saturn Award (best writing), Saturn Award (best music), archaeology, British Fantasy Award (best film / television production)
Series
Indiana Jones Movies (1)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Hogwarts Year Two

by Chris Columbus Director
DVD, 2009
Tags
fiction, fantasy, movie, Wizarding World, Harry Potter, wizards, childhood, orphan, high school drama, hidden world, children's story — 7 more, magic school, based-on-books, sequel, giant spiders, basilisk, phoenix, deus ex machina
Series
Harry Potter Movies (Year 2)

The Secret of NIMH

by Don Bluth Director
DVD, 2014
Tags
fiction, movie, animation, escaped experiment, Don Bluth, animal stories, fantasy, science fiction, based-on-books, gifts from Ørjan, hidden world — 3 more, parenthood, deus ex machina, Saturn Award (best animated film)
Collection
Loki's Top 12 animated films
Series
Secret of NIMH (1)

Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.5

by Ronald D. Moore
DVD, 2014
Tags
webseries, TV show, fiction, box set, space opera, action, science fiction, space travel, artificial intelligence, Twelve Colonies-verse, Battlestar Galactica — 7 more, war story, time as a cycle, fall of a civilisation, extended cut, 45 minute format, Sci-Fi Channel, deus ex machina
Series
Battlestar Galactica [2003] (4.2)

The Return of the King, being the third part of The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Middle-earth, fiction, fantasy, quest, novel, Lord of the Rings, good vs. evil, wizards, Collins Classics, long walk, war story — 6 more, epic, cursed treasure, giant spiders, I am (not) a man trope, deus ex machina, Prometheus Award
Series
The Lord of the Rings (3)

League of Extraordinary Gentleman: Century 2009

by Alan Moore
Paperback, 2012
Tags
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, fiction, pastiche, immortality, comic, graphic novel, pop culture stew, Allan Quatermain, Nemo, Shakespeare, Harry Potter — 10 more, parody, anti-Christ, Mary Poppins, James Bond, prophecy, apocalypse, The Thick of It, the relationship between reality and fiction, short stories, deus ex machina
Series
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Volume 3, Part 3), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen single issues (15)

The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Seventh)

by Lemony Snicket
Paperback, 2001
Tags
A Series of Unfortunate Events, orphan, fiction, children's story, childhood, narrator with personality, kidnapping, Snicketverse, novel, stronger together, black comedy — 6 more, child labour, bureaucracy, creepy town trope, good guys like books, secret societies, deus ex machina
Series
A Series of Unfortunate Events (7)

House of Chains (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 4)

by Steven Erikson
Paperback, 2006
Tags
fiction, fantasy, The Malazan Book of the Fallen, novel, World of Malaz, maps, deus ex machina, ghosts
Series
Malazan Book of the Fallen (4), Malazan Chronology (10), World of Malazan (Book of the Fallen 4)

Gardens of the Moon (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 1)

by Steven Erikson
Paperback, 2005
Tags
fiction, fantasy, The Malazan Book of the Fallen, World of Malaz, war story, warfare, novel, maps, deus ex machina, fiction inspired by RPG
Series
Malazan Book of the Fallen (1), Malazan Chronology (7), World of Malazan (Book of the Fallen 1)
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