things that actually empowered my sorry neurodivergent butt
by cathemilyfox | created - 1 month ago | updated - 3 weeks ago | Publicbecause I'm tired of feeling like I'm useless unless I physically fight and have a big career :)
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1. Spirited Away (2001)
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi
Votes: 849,937 | Gross: $10.06M
watching this the first time was EXHILARATING.
2. Alice in Wonderland (1951)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Alice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney | Stars: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway
Votes: 154,112 | Gross: $1.07M
I hate Burton's Alice with a passion. I just wish I could add the original books too.
3. Alice in Wonderland (1966 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A girl named Alice falls down a rabbit-hole and wanders into the strange Wonderland.
Director: Jonathan Miller | Stars: Anne-Marie Mallik, Freda Dowie, Jo Maxwell Muller, Wilfrid Brambell
Votes: 978
4. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
G | 95 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Alice (Fiona Fullerton) falls down a rabbit hole and into a magical dream world populated by surreal characters and bewildering adventures. It's a journey of self-discovery for Alice as she... See full summary »
Director: William Sterling | Stars: Fiona Fullerton, Michael Jayston, Hywel Bennett, Michael Crawford
Votes: 1,831
5. Alice in Wonderland (1986)
120 min | Fantasy
One of the most well-known stories begins one golden summer afternoon. Alice is sitting on a riverbank with her sister when a fully-dressed, talking rabbit runs past her. She follows the ... See full summary »
Stars: Kate Dorning, Jonathan Cecil, David Leonard, Alison Neil
Votes: 93
6. Labyrinth (1986)
PG | 101 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Sixteen-year-old Sarah must solve a labyrinth to rescue her baby brother when he is taken by the Goblin King.
Director: Jim Henson | Stars: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Shelley Thompson
Votes: 149,639 | Gross: $12.73M
7. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
G | 103 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 165,642
8. Wednesday (2022– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Follows Wednesday Addams' years as a student, when she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a killing spree, and solve the mystery that embroiled her parents.
Stars: Jenna Ortega, Emma Myers, Hunter Doohan, Percy Hynes White
Votes: 362,052
Burton's Wednesday is way more likable than his Alice. Sorry! Them's the rules!
9. Alice (1988)
Not Rated | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A surrealistic revision of Alice in Wonderland.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Kristýna Kohoutová, Camilla Power
Votes: 13,991
10. Perfect Blue (1997)
R | 81 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.
Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ôkura
Votes: 95,634 | Gross: $0.78M
11. Return to Oz (1985)
PG | 113 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, is somehow called back to Oz when a vain witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful.
Director: Walter Murch | Stars: Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie
Votes: 30,370
12. Alice et autres merveilles et Alice traverse le miroir (2021)
153 min | Fantasy
Alice grows up and comes face to face with other characters of classic children's literature via imagining adventures, first in Wonderland and then in the world beyond the mirror.
Stars: Valérie Dashwood, Jauris Casanova, Sandra Faure, Isis Ravel
13. Emotion (1966)
39 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
Experimental short film depicting the life, perhaps real, perhaps a dream, of a young girl named Emi. Emi travels to the city where she encounters her counterpart, Sari, and falls in love with...a vampire?
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Sari Akasaka, Sakio Hirata, Jinichi Ishizaki, Jusin Kitamura
Votes: 853
14. Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (2004–2005)
24 min | Animation, Adventure, Crime
A teenage girl divides her time between working in London for the famed Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot, and staying in the countryside with her shrewd great-aunt, Jane Marple.
Stars: Fumiko Orikasa, Masako Jô, Kôtarô Satomi, Hirofumi Nojima
Votes: 57
15. Pokémon: Sun & Moon Ultra Adventures (2018–2019)
TV-PG | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Ash sees the Legendary Pokemon Solgaleo and Lunala in a dream, he makes a promise to them. But when he wakes up, he can't remember what it was! Will the strange Pokemon called Nebby ... See full summary »
Stars: Francesca Calo, Michele Knotz, Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld, Haven Burton Paschall
Votes: 280
ALL three seasons, with emphasis on Lillie.
16. Anne of Green Gables (1979)
24 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Based on the books by Lucy Maud Montgomery, this 50 episode series tells the story of Anne Shirley, a young orphan living in 19th century Canada.
Stars: Eiko Yamada, Fumie Kitahara, Michio Hazama, Ryûji Saikachi
Votes: 2,092
I'd make a case for ...with an E if I could finish it.
17. A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017–2019)
TV-PG | 1,164 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
After the loss of their parents in a mysterious fire, the three Baudelaire children face trials and tribulations attempting to uncover dark family secrets.
Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Warburton, Malina Pauli Weissman, Louis Hynes
Votes: 66,781
18. Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.
Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook
Votes: 215,528
dude, have you SEEN how emotional everyone is here? me like.
19. Paprika (2006)
R | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.
Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tôru Furuya
Votes: 96,979 | Gross: $0.88M
20. Fushigi no kuni no Arisu (1983–1984)
24 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Alice's journey to Wonderland begins with a shopping trip to London where she buys a dusty top-hat. Inside this hat she discovers Benny Bunny, a rabbit who escorts the little nosy girl to ... See full summary »
Stars: Tarako, Masako Nozawa, Noriko Uemura, Yoshiko Matsuo
Votes: 377
look, this is a totally crazy adaptation and needs severe editing. but Alice is as ND as her book self here.
21. His Dark Materials (2019–2022)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A young girl is destined to liberate her world from the grip of the Magisterium which represses people's ties to magic and their animal spirits known as daemons.
Stars: Dafne Keen, Kit Connor, Ruth Wilson, Amir Wilson
Votes: 84,670
22. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
G | 86 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi
Votes: 380,486 | Gross: $1.11M
23. Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)
PG | 103 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Based on "The Little Broomstick" by Mary Stewart, a strange flower grants a girl magic powers.
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Stars: Hana Sugisaki, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Yûki Amami, Fumiyo Kohinata
Votes: 16,188 | Gross: $2.42M
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