241. The Giver
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Phillip Noyce
Actors: Alexander Skarsgård, Meryl Streep, Jeff Bridges, Brenton Thwaites, Odeya Rush, Cameron Monaghan
Plot: In a seemingly perfect world, where everyone is always happy, Jonas, a 12-year-old boy, is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. He trains with an old man known as The Giver - and is introduced to pain, sadness, war - and all the other unhappy truths of the "real" world. He soon realizes his perfect world isn't real - and he must come to terms with he choices and his future.
242. 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.
243. 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
244. 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
245. Faust
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Actors: Johannes Zeiler, Anton Adasinsky, Isolda Dychauk, Georg Friedrich, Hanna Schygulla, Antje Lewald
Plot: Doctor Faust eats and sleeps where he studies dead people's bodies. Gradually he ends up selling his ... soul to a deformed man who lures him into catacombs and finally to his doom.
246. 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.
247. 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.
248. 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.
249. 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
250. Phenomena
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dario Argento
Actors: Jennifer Connelly, Daria Nicolodi, Fiore Argento, Donald Pleasence, Patrick Bauchau, Dalila Di Lazzaro
Plot: A young girl is sent to an exclusive Swiss boarding school where a series of girls have gone missing. With her unique ability to communicate with insects she works with a prominent entomologist to discover the culprit before she becomes a victim herself.
