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LIST OF ALL TITLES L-Q
 – Terrible, The Worst |
 – Disappointingly Poor |
| – Mediocre |
– Fair But Not Great |
| – Very Good |
– A Masterpiece |
| Title | Director/Year | Theme | Rating |
| L | |||
| Labyrinth | Jim Henson 1986 |
Magical Goblin World | |
| Lady and the Tramp | Various 1955 |
Disney Animation/Talking Animals | |
| Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure | Darrell Rooney, Jeannine Roussel 2001 |
Disney Animation/Talking Animals | |
| Lady in the Water | M. Night Shyamalan 2006 |
Water Nymph, Predestination and Myth | |
| Ladyhawke | Richard Donner 1985 |
Mediaeval Fantasy/Lovers Under Animal Transformation Curse | |
| The Lake House | Alejandro Agresti 2006 |
Letters Across Time/Romance | ½ |
| The Land Before Time | Don Bluth 1988 |
Animation/Talking Dinosaurs | ½ |
| The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving | Roy Allen Smith 1995 |
Animation/Talking Dinosaurs | ½ |
| The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists | Roy Allen Smith 1995 |
Animation/Talking Dinosaurs | |
| The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island | Charles Grosvenor 1997 |
Animation/Talking Dinosaurs | |
| The Land Has Eyes | Vilsoni Hereniko 2004 |
Fijian Culture and Myth | ½ |
| Lara Croft, Tomb Raider | Simon West 2001 |
Archaeological Adventuress/Videogame Adaptation | |
| Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life | Jan de Bont 2003 |
Archaeological Adventuress/Videogame Adaptation | |
| Last Action Hero | John McTiernan 1993 |
Film as Separate Reality/Action Movie Parody | |
| The Last Dragon | Michael Schultz 1985 |
Gonzo Martial Arts/Disco Film | |
| The Last Unicorn | Julie Bass, Arthur Rankin 1983 |
Unicorn’s Quest/Animation | |
| Last Year in Marienbad | Alain Resnais 1961 |
French New Wave/Time and Memory | |
| The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | Stephen Norrington 2003 |
Teamup of Characters from Victorian Fiction/Graphic Novel Adaptation | |
| The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse | Steve Bendelack 2005 |
TV Characters Enter the Real World | ½ |
| Leapin’ Leprechauns! | Ted Nicolaou 1994 |
Leprechauns | ½ |
| Leapin’ Leprechauns! 2 | Ted Nicolaou 1995 |
Leprechauns vs Witch | |
| Left Behind | Vic Sarin 2000 |
Christian Anti-Christ Film | ½ |
| Left Behind: World at War | Craig R. Baxley 2005 |
Christian Anti-Christ Film | ½ |
| Legend | Ridley Scott 1985 |
Adult Fairytale | |
| The Legend of the Flying Swordsman | Bosco Lam 2000 |
Hong Kong Flying Swordsmen Fantasy | |
| Legend of the Overfiend | Hideki Takayama 1989 |
Anime/Teen Demon | |
| Legends of Shaolin (Wong Jing, 1994). Refer to The New Legend of Shaolin. | |||
| Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events | Brad Silberling 2004 |
Gothic Children’s Fantasy | |
| Liar Liar | Tom Shadyac 1997 |
Man Cursed with a Truth-Telling Wish Comedy | |
| Life is to Whistle (Fernando Perez, 1998). Refer to Life is Whistling. | |||
| Life is Whistling | Fernando Perez 1998 |
Cuban Magical Realism | ½ |
| The Lifeforce Experiment (Piers Haggard, 1993). Refer to The Breakthrough. | |||
| Like Father, Like Son | Rod Daniel 1987 |
Father-Son Bodyswap Comedy | |
| Like Water for Chocolate | Alfonso Arau 1991 |
Magical Realism | ½ |
| L’il Abner | Melvin Frank 1958 |
Gonzo Comic-Strip Adaptation/Musical | |
| Limit Up | Richard Martini 1989 |
Pact with the Devil | |
| The Lion King | Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff 1994 |
Disney Animation/Talking Animals | |
| A Little Bit of Soul | Peter Duncan 1997 |
Longevity Drug and Satanism Black Comedy | |
| Little Buddha | Bernardo Bertolucci 1993 |
The Story of Buddha | |
| The Little Mermaid | Ron Clements, John Musker 1989 |
Disney Animation/Fairy-Tale | ½ |
| The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | Jim Kammerud 2000 |
Disney Animation | ½ |
| Little Monsters | Richard Alan Greenberg 1989 |
Secret World of Monsters Under the Bed | |
| Little Nicky | Steven Brill 2000 |
Devil’s Son Comedy | |
| Little Otek (Jan Svankmajer, 2000). Refer to Otesanek. | |||
| The Little Prince | Stanley Donen 1974 |
Musical Fable/Alien Boy Visitor | |
| Little Shop of Horrors | Frank Oz 1986 |
Killer Plant Musical | |
| The Little Vampire | Uli Edel 2000 |
Children’s Vampire Film | ½ |
| Live and Let Die | Guy Hamilton 1973 |
James Bond vs Voodoo | ½ |
| Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Joe Dante 2003 |
Toon Adventures | ½ |
| The Lord of the Rings | Ralph Bakshi 1978 |
Epic Fantasy/Animation | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Peter Jackson 2001 |
Epic Fantasy Adventure | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Peter Jackson 2003 |
Epic Fantasy Adventure | ½ |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Peter Jackson 2002 |
Epic Fantasy Adventure | |
| Lost Highway | David Lynch 1997 |
Identity Exchange/Surrealism | ½ |
| Lost Horizon | Frank Capra 1937 |
Hidden Valley Paradise/The Secret of Longevity | |
| Lost in La Mancha | Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe 2002 |
Documentary About the Making of Terry Gilliam’s Failed Don Quixote Project | |
| The Lost Platoon | David A. Prior 1989 |
Immortal Mercenaries | ½ |
| The Lost Room | Craig R. Baxley, Michael B. Watkins 2006 |
Everyday Objects with Mysterious Powers | |
| Love and Death | Woody Allen 1975 |
Russian Literature Screwball Parody | ½ |
| The Love Bug | Robert Stevenson 1969 |
Cute Car/Disney Comedy | ½ |
| Love is a Treasure | Eija-Liisa Ahtila 2002 |
Subjective Portraits of Mental Illness | |
| Lovesick | Marshall Brickman 1983 |
Psychotherapy Romantic Comedy/Freud’s Ghost | |
| The Luck of the Irish | Henry Koster 1949 |
Leprechaun | |
| Lucky Encounter | Johnny Lo 1992 |
Hong Kong Ghost Child Comedy | |
| Lunatics: A Love Story | Josh Becker 1991 |
Gonzo Hallucinations | |
| Lunacy | Jan Svankmajer 2005 |
Surrealism/Insane Asylum | |
| M | |||
| The Machinist | Brad Anderson 2004 |
Anorexia, Sleeplessness and Reality Blurrings | |
| The Mad Monk | Ching Siu-Tung, Johnny To 1993 |
Hong Kong Heavenly Comedy | ½ |
| Mad Monster Party? | Jules Bass 1967 |
Famous Monster Bash/Puppet Show | |
| Madagascar | Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath 2005 |
Animation/Talking Animals | |
| Made in Heaven | Alan Rudolph 1987 |
Romance in the Afterlife | ½ |
| The Magic Carpet | Brita Wielopolska 1985 |
Arabian Nights Children’s Fantasy | ½ |
| The Magic Crane | Benny Chan 1993 |
Hong Kong Flying Swordsmen Fantasy | |
| The Magic Flying Mouse | ????? ????? |
Chinese Flying Swordsmen Fantasy | |
| Magic in the Mirror | Ted Nicolaou 1996 |
Alternate Dimension/Talking Ducks | ½ |
| Magic in the Mirror: Fowl Play | Ted Nicolaou 1996 |
Talking Ducks | |
| Magic in the Water | Rick Stevenson 1995 |
Children Discover Sea Monster | |
| The Magic Legs | ????? ????? |
Chinese Martial Arts | |
| The Magic Sword | Bert I. Gordon 1962 |
Heroic Adventure | ½ |
| The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot (Frederik Du Chau, 1998). Refer to Quest for Camelot. | |||
| The Magician | Ingmar Bergman 1958 |
Enigmatic Magician | |
| Magnolia | Paul Thomas Anderson 1999 |
Interwoven Stories/Unexplained Phenomena | ½ |
| The Magus | Guy Green 1969 |
Reality Games | ½ |
| Mahabharat | Babubhai Mistry 1965 |
Indian Epic Legend | ½ |
| Making Waves | George Saunders 1994 |
Erotica/Relationship Drama/Angelic Intervention | |
| Malpertuis | Harry Kumel 1972 |
Mysterious Old House/Greek Gods | |
| A Man Called Hero | Andrew Lau 1999 |
Hong Kong Martial Arts Fantasy | |
| Man on a Swing | Frank Perry 1974 |
Ambiguous Clairvoyant | |
| The Man Who Could Miracles | Lothar Mendes 1937 |
Man Gains Miraculous Powers | |
| The Man Who Sued God | Mark Joffe 2001 |
Man Sues the Churches Comedy | |
| The Man with Rain in His Shoe (Maria Ripoll, 1998). Refer to Twice Upon a Yesterday. | |||
| Mannequin | Michael Gottlieb 1987 |
Romance with a Storefront Dummy Come to Life | |
| Mannequin on the Move | Stewart Raffill 1991 |
Romance with a Statue Comes to Life | |
| Marquis | Henri Xhonneux 1989 |
Marquis De Sade Story/Obscene Puppet Show | |
| Mary Poppins | Robert Stevenson 1964 |
Flying Nanny Frolics | |
| The Mask | Charles Russell 1994 |
Zany Comic-Book Superhero | |
| Masters of the Universe | Gary Goddard 1987 |
Intergalactic Sword-and-Sorcery | |
| Match Point | Woody Allen 2005 |
Murder and Conscience | |
| Matilda | Danny DeVito 1996 |
Gifted Child | |
| A Matter of Life and Death | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1946 |
The Afterlife | |
| Maxie | Paul Aaron 1985 |
Possession by Flapper’s Ghost Comedy | ½ |
| Me Myself I | Pip Karmel 1999 |
Woman’s Alternate Life Pathways | ½ |
| Meatballs III: Summer Job | George Mendeluk 1987 |
Teenage Makeout Comedy/Angelic Intervention | |
| Meet Joe Black | Martin Brest 1998 |
Death Falls in Love | |
| Meet the Feebles | Peter Jackson 1990 |
Obscene Puppet Show | |
| Meet the Santas | Harvey Frost 2005 |
Santa’s Son Gets Married | |
| Meet the Spartans | Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer 2008 |
Parody of Various Films | ½ |
| Megiddo | Brian Trenchard-Smith 2001 |
The Biblical End of the World | |
| Meridian | Charles Band 1990 |
Erotic Fairytale | |
| Merlin (Paul Hunt, 1992). Refer to October 32nd. | |||
| Merlin’s Apprentice | David Wu 2006 |
Arthurian Legends Sequel | |
| The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Luc Besson 1999 |
Historical Epic | |
| The Mexican | Gore Verbinski 2001 |
Romantic Comedy/Magical Realism | |
| Michael | Nora Ephron 1996 |
Irreverent Angel | |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Michael Hoffman 1999 |
Shakespeare Adaptation/Fairy Enchantments | |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Ed Fraiman 2005 |
Modernized Shakespeare Adaptation | ½ |
| A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy | Woody Allen 1982 |
Period Sexual Rondeau Comedy | ½ |
| Mighty Aphrodite | Woody Allen 1995 |
Comedy/Greek Tragedy Spoof | |
| Mighty Joe Young | Ernest B. Schoedsack 1949 |
Giant Ape | ½ |
| The Milagro Beanfield War | Robert Redford 1988 |
Magical Realism | ½ |
| Millennium Actress | Satoshi Kon 2001 |
Anime/Actress’s Surreal Biography | |
| Mindgame | Masaki Yuasa 2004 |
Surrealist Anime | |
| Miracle in the Rain | Rudolph Mate 1956 |
Love After Death/Catholicism | |
| Miracle on 34th Street | George Seaton 1947 |
Santa in Court | ½ |
| Miracle on 34th Street | Les Mayfield 1994 |
Santa in Court | |
| MirrorMask | Dave McKean 2005 |
Fantastical Dream World | |
| Miss Potter | Chris Noonan 2006 |
Children’s Author Beatrix Potter Biopic | |
| The Missing | Ron Howard 2003 |
Western/American Indian Sorcerer | |
| Mr Destiny | James Orr 1990 |
Angel Presents an Alternate Life Pathway | |
| Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium | Zach Helm 2007 |
Magical Toyshop | |
| Mr Peabody and the Mermaid | Irving Pichel 1948 |
Mermaid Comedy | |
| Mr Vampire | Ricky Lau 1985 |
Hong Kong Supernatural Comedy | |
| Mr Vampire II | Ricky Lau 1986 |
Hong Kong Vampire Comedy | |
| Mr Vampire III | Ricky Lau 1987 |
Hong Kong Ghost Comedy | |
| The Mistress of Spices | Paul Mayeda Berges 2005 |
Indian Magical Realism | |
| The Mists of Avalon | Uli Edel 2001 |
Revisionist Arthurian Legends | ½ |
| Modesty Blaise | Joseph Losey 1966 |
Female Super Thief/Comic Book Adaptation | |
| Molom, A Legend of Mongolia | Marie Jaoul de Poncheville 1995 |
Buddhist Journey | |
| Monkeybone | Henry Selick 2001 |
Cartoonist in the Afterlife | |
| Monster House | Gil Kenan 2006 |
Animation/Living House Amok | |
| Monsters, Inc. | Pete Docter 2001 |
Animation/Monsters in the Closet | |
| Montana Mike (Albert S. Rogell, 1947). Refer to Heaven Only Knows. | |||
| Monty Python and the Holy Grail | Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones 1975 |
Absurdist Parody of the Arthurian Legends | |
| Monty Python’s The Life of Brian | Terry Jones 1979 |
Accidental Messiah Absurdist Comedy | |
| Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life | Terry Jones 1983 |
Absurdist Comedy Skits | |
| Moonrise (David Blyth, 1992). Refer to Grampire. | |||
| Moonwalker | Various 1988 |
Michael Jackson Anthology/Michael Jackson Superhero | |
| More Than a Miracle | Francesco Rosi 1967 |
Magical Realist Fairytale | |
| Mortal Kombat | Paul Anderson 1995 |
Interdimensional Gladiatorial Combat/Videogame Adaptation | |
| Mortal Kombat: Annihilation | John R. Leonetti 1997 |
Interdimensional Gladiatorial Combat/Videogame Adaptation | |
| The Mouse That Roared | Jack Arnold 1959 |
The World’s Smallest Country Invades the USA | |
| MouseHunt | Gore Verbinski 1997 |
Men vs an Intelligent Mouse | |
| Mulan | Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook 1998 |
Disney Animation/Chinese Legend | |
| Mulholland Dr. | David Lynch 2001 |
Hollywood Noir/Surrealism | ½ |
| The Mummy | Stephen Sommers 1999 |
Revived Mummy/Adventure | |
| The Mummy Returns | Stephen Sommers 2001 |
Revived Mummy/Adventure | |
| Munster Go Home | Earl Bellamy 1966 |
Family of Monster Lookalikes/The Munsters Film | |
| The Muppet Christmas Carol | Brian Henson 1992 |
Muppet Movie | |
| The Muppet Movie | James Frawley 1979 |
Muppet Movie | |
| Muppet Treasure Island | Brian Henson 1996 |
Muppet Movie | |
| Muppets from Space | Tim Hill 1999 |
Muppet Movie/Alien Contact | |
| The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz | Kirk R. Thatcher 2005 |
Muppet Movie | |
| The Muppets Take Manhattan | Frank Oz 1984 |
Muppet Movie | |
| Murder Scene | Rob King 2000 |
Clairvoyance Thriller | |
| Murder Seen (Rob King, 2000). Refer to Murder Scene. | |||
| The Muse | Albert Brooks 1999 |
Modern Muse/Hollywood Satire | ½ |
| My Boyfriend’s Back | Bob Balaban 1993 |
Teen Zombie Comedy | |
| My Demon Lover | Charlie Loventhal 1987 |
Possession Comedy | |
| My Grandfather is a Vampire (David Blyth, 1992). Refer to Grampire. | |||
| My Life as a Fairytale: Hans Christian Andersen | Phillip Saville 2001 |
Fairytale Author Biopic | ½ |
| My Neighbor Totoro | Hayao Miyazaki 1988 |
Anime/Children Befriend Mysterious Creature | |
| My Winnipeg | Guy Maddin 2007 |
Surreal Documentary | |
| Mystery Men | Kinka Usher 1999 |
Bumbling Superheroes | |
| N | |||
| Nang Nak | Nonzee Nimibutr 1999 |
Love After Death | |
| Nanny McPhee | Kirk Jones 2005 |
Magical Nanny | |
| The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey | Vincent Ward 1988 |
Medieavals Time-Travel to the Present-Day | |
| Nemesis Game | Jesse Warn 2003 |
Enigmatic Game/Reality Bender | |
| Nemo (Arnaud Selignac, 1984). Refer to Dream One. | |||
| The Neverending Story | Wolfgang Petersen 1984 |
Fantasy Adventure Inside an Interactive Book | ½ |
| The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter | George Miller 1990 |
Adventures in a Fantasy Land | |
| The Neverending Story III | Peter MacDonald 1994 |
Adventures in a Fantasy Land | |
| The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking | Ken Annakin 1988 |
Anarchic Girl | |
| The New Adventures of Snow White (Pierry Thiele, 1970). Refer to Grimm’s Fairy Tales for Adults. | |||
| The New Adventures of Tarzan | Edward Kull 1935 |
Jungle Hero | |
| The New Legend of Shaolin | Wong Jin 1994 |
Hong Kong Martial Arts Fantasy | |
| New York Stories | Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen 1989 |
Anthology of New York Tales/Giant Nagging Mother | |
| Night at the Museum | Shawn Levy 2006 |
Museum Exhibits Come to Life | |
| Night in Paradise | Arthur Lubin 1946 |
Greek Storyteller | ½ |
| Night of the Flood | Bernar Hebert 1996 |
End of the World Dance Film | |
| Nightmare | Maxwell Shane 1956 |
Film Noir/Precognitive Dream | |
| Nightmare Alley | Edmund Goulding 1947 |
Fake Clairvoyant/Predestination | |
| The Nightmare Before Christmas | Henry Selick 1993 |
Halloween Denizens Take Over Christmas | |
| No Retreat, No Surrender | Corey Yuen 1985 |
Martial Arts/Ghost of Bruce Lee | ½ |
| North | Rob Reiner 1994 |
Fabulist Adventure | |
| Nostradamus | Roger Christian 1994 |
Historical Biopic of a Clairvoyant | |
| Nothing | Vincenzo Natali 2003 |
Two Characters in a Blank White Void | |
| The Number 23 | Joel Schumacher 2007 |
Numerological Obsession and Paranoia/Reality Bender | ½ |
| Nympho Libre | Toby Dammit, Johnny Legend 2007 |
Mexican Wrestling Pornographic Parody | |
| O | |||
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Joel Coen 2000 |
Depression-Era Odyssey | |
| Obsession | Brian De Palma 1976 |
Reincarnation Thriller | |
| An Occurrence (Robert Enrico, 1961). Refer to An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. | |||
| An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge | Robert Enrico 1961 |
Deathdream | ½ |
| October 32nd | Paul Hunt 1992 |
Modern-Day Arthurian Legends | ½ |
| The Offering | Francesca Fisher, Taggart Siegel 1995 |
Mexican Sorceress/Magical Realism | |
| Oh, God! | Carl Reiner 1977 |
The Almighty Appears Comedy | ½ |
| Oh God Book II | Gilbert Gates 1980 |
The Almighty Appears Comedy | |
| Oh Heavenly Dog | Joe Camp 1980 |
Man Reincarnates as a Dog Comedy | |
| Oliver & Company | George Scribner 1988 |
Disney Animation/Talking Animals | ½ |
| Olivier, Olivier | Agnieszka Holland 1991 |
Child’s Mysterious Disappearance | |
| The Omega Code | Robert Marcarelli 1999 |
Christian Anti-Christ Film | |
| On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Vincente Minelli 1970 |
Reincarnation and Clairvoyance Musical | ½ |
| On Borrowed Time | Harold S. Bucquet 1939 |
Man Captures Death | ½ |
| On the Nose | David Caffrey 2001 |
Severed Head Predicts Horse Races/Comedy | |
| Once Upon a Mattress | Kathleen Marshall 2005 |
Musical Fairytale | |
| One Hundred and One Dalmatians | Various 1961 |
Disney Animation/Talking Animals | |
| 101 Dalmatians | Stephen Herek 1996 |
Live-Action Remake/Dognapping Villainness | |
| 102 Dalmatians | Kevin Lima 2000 |
Dognapping Villainness | |
| 1001 Nights (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1974). Refer to Arabian Nights. | |||
| Open Season | Roger Allers, Jill Culton 2006 |
Animation/Talking Animals | ½ |
| The Oracle | Pennington Richards 1953 |
Greek Oracle/Predicting the Future | |
| Orlando | Sally Potter 1993 |
Gender-Changing Immortal | ½ |
| Orpheus | Jean Cocteau 1950 |
Modernized Greek Myth | |
| Osmosis Jones | Bobby & Peter Farrelly 2001 |
Talking Germs Inside a Slob’s Body | |
| Otesanek | Jan Svankmajer 2000 |
Wooden Log-Baby Monster | |
| Over the Hedge | Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick 2006 |
Animation/Talking Animals | |
| P | |||
| A Page of Madness | Teinosuke Kinugasa 1926 |
Madness/Surrealism | ½ |
| The Pagemaster | Maurice Hunt, Joe Johnston 1994 |
Adventures in the Land of Fiction | |
| Pan’s Labyrinth | Guillermo Del Toro 2006 |
Girl Discovers Magical Realm | |
| Parsifal | Hans Jürgen Syberberg 1982 |
Wagner Opera/Arthurian Legends | |
| A Pass from the Back | Gil Mehmert 2004 |
Toy Footballer Comes to Life | ½ |
| Passion of Mind | Alain Berliner 2000 |
Woman’s Double Life in Dreams | |
| The Passion of the Christ | Mel Gibson 2004 |
Christian Torture Film | |
| Paws | Karl Zwicky 1997 |
Talking Dog | |
| Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure | Tim Burton 1985 |
Overgrown Adolescent’s Kitsch Adventures | |
| Peggy Sue Got Married | Francis Coppola 1986 |
Time Travel/Housewife Revisists Her Youth | |
| Perdita Durango | Alex de la Iglesia 1997 |
Outlaw Lovers/Santeria Sorceror | |
| Perfect Blue | Satoshi Kon 1997 |
Anime/Psycho-Thriller | |
| Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Tom Tykwer 2006 |
Killer with a Hyper-Acute Sense of Smell | |
| The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of Yik-Yak (Just Jaeckin, 1995). Refer to Gwendoline. | |||
| The Perils of Pauline | Herbert B. Leonard, Joshua Shelley 1967 |
Heroine’s Campy Adventures | |
| Peter Pan | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske 1953 |
Disney Animation/Adventures in a Magic Land | |
| Peter Pan | P.J. Hogan 2003 |
Adventures in a Magic Land | |
| Peter Rabbit and Tales of Beatrix Potter (Reginald Mills, 1971). Refer to Tales of Beatrix Potter. | |||
| Pete’s Dragon | Don Chaffey 1977 |
Boy and Invisible Dragon/Disney Film | |
| The Phantom | Simon Wincer 1996 |
Comic-Book Superhero | |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Joel Schumacher 2004 |
Disfigured Madman/Musical Adaptation | |
| The Phantom Tollbooth | Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow 1970 |
Journey into Absurdist Realm/Animation | |
| Phantoms (Charles Band, 1990). Refer to Meridian. | |||
| Photographing Fairies | Nick Willing 1997 |
Fairies and Altered Perception | |
| The Picnic at Hanging Rock | Peter Weir 1975 |
Unexplained Disappearance | |
| Pink Floyd – The Wall | Alan Parker 1982 |
Descent into Madness/Rock Musical | |
| Pinocchio | Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen 1940 |
Disney Animation/Living Puppet Boy | |
| Pippi Goes on Board | Olle Hellbom 1970 |
Anarchic Girl | |
| Pippi in the South Seas | Olle Hellbom 1970 |
Anarchic Girl | |
| Pippi Longstocking | Olle Hellbom 1969 |
Anarchic Girl | |
| Pippi Longstocking | Clive Smith 1997 |
Anarchic Girl/Animation | |
| Pippi on the Run | Olle Hellbom 1973 |
Anarchic Girl | ½ |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | Gore Verbinski 2007 |
Pirate Fantasy Swashbuckler | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | Gore Verbinski 2006 |
Pirate Fantasy Swashbuckler | ½ |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Gore Verbinski 2003 |
Pirate Fantasy Swashbuckler | ½ |
| Play It Again Sam | Herbert Ross 1972 |
Romantic Advice from Humphrey Bogart’s Ghost Comedy | |
| Pleasantville | Gary Ross 1998 |
Trapped in a TV Show | ½ |
| Pocahontas | Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg 1995 |
Disney Animation/First Meeting Between English & American Indians | |
| Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World | Tom Ellery, Bradley Raymond 1998 |
Disney Animation/Pocahontas Goes to England | |
| Pokemon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back | Kunihiko Yuyama 1998 |
Animation/Cute Creatures | |
| Pokemon the Movie 2000 (Kunihiko Yuyama, 1999). Refer to Pokemon: The Power of One. | |||
| Pokemon: The Power of One | Kunihiko Yuyama 1999 |
Animation/Cute Creatures | ½ |
| The Polar Express | Robert Zemeckis 2004 |
Animation/Train Journey to the North Pole | |
| Pom Poko | Isao Takahata 1994 |
Anime/Raccoons Declare War on Humanity | |
| Pootie Tang in “Sine Your Pitty on the Runy Kine” | Louis C.K. 2001 |
Funky Incomprehensible Superhero | |
| Pop Skull | Adam Wingard 2007 |
Drug Hallucinations and Madness | ½ |
| Popeye | Robert Altman 1980 |
Gonzo Comic-Strip Character | ½ |
| Porco Rosso | Hayao Miyazaki 1992 |
Anime/Talking Pig Aviator | |
| Portrait of Jennie | William Dieterle 1948 |
Supernatural Romance | |
| Possession | Andrzej Zulawski 1981 |
Marriage Breakdown/Surrealism/Monsters | |
| Possible Loves | Sandra Werneck 2001 |
Alternate Life Pathways | |
| Posthumous Memoirs | Andre Klotzel 2001 |
Dead Man Narrates His Life Story | |
| Powder | Victor Salva 1995 |
Psychically Gifted Alienated Teenager | |
| Practical Magic | Griffin Dunne 1998 |
Modern Witches | |
| The Preacher’s Wife | Penny Marshall 1996 |
Angelic Visitation | ½ |
| Prelude to a Kiss | Norman Rene 1992 |
Bodyswap | |
| Premonition | Mennan Yapo 2007 |
Clairvoyant Visions | |
| The Prestige | Christopher Nolan 2006 |
Rival Victorian Stage Magicians | |
| The Price of Milk | Harry Sinclair 2000 |
Kiwi Magical Realism | |
| The Prince of Egypt | Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells 1998 |
Animation/The Biblical Exodus | |
| Prince Valiant | Anthony Hickox 1997 |
Sword and Sorcery/Comic-Strip Adaptation | |
| Princes and Princesses | Michel Ocelot 1999 |
Animated Fairytale Anthology | |
| The Princess and the Cobbler (Richard Williams, 1994). Refer to The Thief and the Cobbler. | |||
| The Princess and the Goblin | Jozsef Gemes 1991 |
Animation/Fairytale | |
| The Princess Bride | Rob Reiner 1987 |
Fairytale Romance/Swashbuckler | |
| Princess Mononoke | Hayao Miyazaki 1997 |
Anime/Epic Fantasy | |
| Princess of the Sun | Philippe Leclerc 2007 |
Historical Ancient Egyptian Adventure/Animation | ½ |
| Prospero’s Books | Peter Greenaway 1991 |
Shakespeare Adaptation | |
| Providence | Alain Resnais 1977 |
Meta-Fiction | |
| Pufnstuf | Hollingsworth Morse 1970 |
Gonzo Children’s Film/Magical Island | |
| A Pure Formality | Giuseppe Tornatore 1994 |
Police Interrogation/Deathdream | ½ |
| The Purple Rose of Cairo | Woody Allen 1985 |
Character Steps Out of a Film | |
| Puss in Boots | Eugene Marner 1987 |
Fairy-Tale | |
| The Pyramid of Fear (Barry Levinson, 1985). Refer to Young Sherlock Holmes. | |||
| Pyrates | Noah Stern 1991 |
Pyrokinesis Relationship Comedy | |
| Q | |||
| The Quest (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1986). Refer to Frog Dreaming. | |||
| Quest for Camelot | Frederik Du Chau 1998 |
Animation/Arthurian Fantasy | |
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