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1. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
Director: Roberto Benigni | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano
Votes: 743,979 | Gross: $57.60M
2. Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
PG | 96 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A preteen's life turns upside down when he befriends the new girl in school and they imagine a whole new fantasy world to escape reality.
Director: Gabor Csupo | Stars: Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Zooey Deschanel, Robert Patrick
Votes: 173,512 | Gross: $82.27M
3. Peter Pan (2003)
PG | 113 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
The Darling family children receive a visit from Peter Pan, who takes them to Never Never Land where an ongoing war with the evil Pirate Captain Hook is taking place.
Director: P.J. Hogan | Stars: Jeremy Sumpter, Jason Isaacs, Olivia Williams, Lynn Redgrave
Votes: 80,230 | Gross: $48.46M
4. Rango (2011)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.
Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Timothy Olyphant, Abigail Breslin
Votes: 293,351 | Gross: $123.48M
5. Finding Neverland (2004)
PG | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell
Votes: 212,098 | Gross: $51.68M
6. Sliding Doors (1998)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
After personal and professional setbacks, a woman experiences an alternate reality.
Director: Peter Howitt | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Votes: 71,523 | Gross: $11.88M
7. The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A young boy with a distant father enters a world of make-believe and magic through a portal within an antique book.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Jonathan Brandis, Kenny Morrison, Clarissa Burt, John Wesley Shipp
Votes: 27,561 | Gross: $17.37M
8. The Backyardigans (2004–2013)
TV-Y | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Uniqua, Pablo, Tyrone, Tasha, and Austin are a group of young friends who get together to play in the backyard they share. Each day, their imaginations transform that backyard into a different photo-realistic landscape.
Stars: LaShawn Jefferies, Sean Curley, Jonah Bobo, Jake Goldberg
Votes: 4,014
9. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968–2001)
TV-Y | 30 min | Family, Fantasy, Music
Fred Rogers explores various topics for young viewers through presentations and music, both in his world and in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
Stars: Fred Rogers, Betty Aberlin, David Newell, Joe Negri
Votes: 9,558
10. The Science of Sleep (2006)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is love-struck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Miou-Miou, Alain Chabat
Votes: 70,907 | Gross: $4.66M
11. Show Boat (1951)
Approved | 108 min | Drama, Family, Musical
The daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairy tale romance is threatened after his luck turns sour.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown
Votes: 5,383
12. Come Away (2020)
PG | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
When their eldest brother dies, Peter and Alice seek to save their parents from despair until they are forced to choose between home and imagination, setting the stage for their iconic journeys into Wonderland and Neverland.
Director: Brenda Chapman | Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Carter Thomas, Ava Fillery, Jonathan Garcia
Votes: 5,734 | Gross: $0.18M
13. The Singing Detective (2003)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
From his hospital bed, a writer suffering from a skin disease hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots.
Director: Keith Gordon | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright, Mel Gibson, Jeremy Northam
Votes: 8,948 | Gross: $0.34M
14. Muppet Babies (2018–2022)
TV-Y | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Baby versions of Jim Henson's famous Muppet characters go on wacky adventures through their imaginations
Stars: Matt Danner, Dee Bradley Baker, Melanie Harrison, Eric Bauza
Votes: 837
16. HyperNormalisation (2016)
166 min | Documentary
Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.
Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum
Votes: 7,385
17. Peter Pan (1924)
105 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Peter Pan enters the nursery of the Darling children and, with the help of fairy dust, leads them off to Never Never Land, where they meet the nefarious Captain Hook.
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Betty Bronson, Ernest Torrence, George Ali, Esther Ralston
Votes: 1,266 | Gross: $0.63M
18. Old Enough (1984)
PG | 92 min | Drama
Twelve-year-old Lonnie Sloan is a well-to-do New York rich kid and Karen Bruckner is the more ordinary, impoverished New York kid. They happen to meet one day on the street in their neighborhood and hit it off.
Director: Marisa Silver | Stars: Sarah Boyd, Rainbow Harvest, Neill Barry, Alyssa Milano
Votes: 918
19. Instant Daddy (2023)
112 min | Comedy, Drama
Valentin Roxas was raised by his Tatay Lito alone, when his mother left them to work abroad when he was seven. To maintain a sense of normalcy, Lito wrote young Val letters supposedly from his mother promising that she would come back.
Director: Crisanto Aquino | Stars: Ryza Cenon, Althea Ruedas, Jerald Napoles, Danita Paner
Votes: 126
20. My Wife Is an Actress (2001)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A "normal" guy who is married to a hot actress gets worried that she is involved with her costar. This worry turns into jealousy and causes problems in their relationship. This is a story about trust and a comedy about the actions between men and women.
Director: Yvan Attal | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal, Terence Stamp, Noémie Lvovsky
Votes: 3,747 | Gross: $1.05M
21. A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Kandinsky informs Joe that a unicorn can grant wishes, the hopeful lad ends up buying a baby goat with one tiny horn, believing it to be a real unicorn. Undaunted by his rough surroundings, Joe sets about to prove that wishes come true.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Celia Johnson, Diana Dors, David Kossoff, Joe Robinson
Votes: 1,155
22. Incorrigible (1975)
100 min | Comedy
Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geneviève Bujold, Julien Guiomar, Charles Gérard
Votes: 1,821
23. In the Beginning (2009)
130 min | Crime, Drama
France, present day. A professional conman passes himself off as the boss of a construction site building a highway extension. He cons the whole region, hires dozens of workers and ... See full summary »
Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: François Cluzet, Emmanuelle Devos, Gérard Depardieu, Soko
Votes: 2,611
24. Bang (1995)
98 min | Crime, Drama
A young woman in L.A. is having a bad day: she's evicted, an audition ends with a producer furious she won't trade sex for the part, and a policeman nabs her for something she didn't do, ... See full summary »
Director: Ash Baron-Cohen | Stars: Darling Narita, Peter Greene, Michael Newland, Erik Schrody
Votes: 552
25. The Great Madcap (1949)
92 min | Comedy
A father decides to teach their bratty kids a lesson about the value of money.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Fernando Soler, Rosario Granados, Andrés Soler, Rubén Rojo
Votes: 1,413
26. A Gun, a Car, a Blonde (1997)
Unrated | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
The story's hero Richard has lost much of his spine and love of his life, due to cancer.
Director: Stefani Ames | Stars: Jim Metzler, Andrea Thompson, Kay Lenz, Norma Maldonado
Votes: 357
27. Red Blade (2018)
86 min | Action
When a bullied teen joins forces with two legendary ninja, she learns the art of action. Learning the Edo technique from two masters, Mako takes a stand against the bullies who've ... See full summary »
Director: Takahiro Ishihara | Stars: Yûki Ashida, Kanon Hanakage, Yukio Iketani, Joey Iwanaga
Votes: 53
28. Shelf Life (1993)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
In 1963, a paranoid middle-class couple locks themselves and their small kids in their nuclear fallout shelter. 30 years later, their oblivious son and two daughters still survive there playing absurd games. A play-based dark comedy.
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: O-Lan Jones, Andrea Stein, Jim Turner, Paul Bartel
Votes: 91
29. Stella and Sam (2011– )
TV-Y | 23 min | Animation, Family
Sweet little cartoon about big sister Stella and her little brother Sam set in an adorable world of imagination . The cute duo set off on all sorts of imaginative adventures in their own ... See full summary »
Stars: Miles Johnson, Rachel Marcus, Tony Daniels, Jake Sim
Votes: 110
30. The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Paul feels life should be an adventure, and sets out on one to prove that Trolls really exist.
Director: Harvey S. Laidman | Stars: Matt Dill, Paul Gertner, Nicolle Cherubini, Larry Harris
Votes: 123
31. Chuck E. Cheese (2014– )
Family
Stars: Jaret Reddick, Caroline Richardson, Earl Fisher, Jeremy Blaido
32. Love and Larceny (1960)
103 min | Comedy
Gerardo, an aspiring theater actor, is roped into performing a scam but gets double crossed by his partner and goes to prison. After prison, he turns into a successful con artist using his ability to mimic different Italian dialects.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Dorian Gray, Anna Maria Ferrero, Mario Carotenuto
Votes: 846
33. The Fraulein and the Sandman (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
One fine morning, Benno finds sand in his bed. While he tries to ignore this at first, he soon must realize that he himself is loosing the sand. Day after day the sand increases and soon ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Luisi | Stars: Fabian Krüger, Irene Brügger, Beat Schlatter, Florine Elena Deplazes
Votes: 744
34. Mario (1984)
98 min | Drama, Fantasy
Two very close brothers, one autistic, spend their days living in fantasy together until a girl inevitably comes between them.
Director: Jean Beaudin | Stars: Xavier Norman Petermann, Francis Reddy, Nathalie Chalifour, Jacques Godin
Votes: 209
35. Super Bois (2021)
25 min | Short, Action, Comedy
Anyone can be a hero in their brother's eyes.
Director: Jon Mancinetti | Stars: Lori Alan, Marty York, Bill Dawes, Dianne Scott
36. Mixed Signals (1997)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
Three friends stuck in weary So-Cal culture search for meaning in their lives.
Directors: Sasha Gelbart, Eric Tipton | Stars: Jason London, Brooke Langton, Peter Johansson, Samantha Lemole
Votes: 181
37. Slangman's World (2008– )
30 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
SLANGMAN'S WORLD introduces children ages 2-6 to the world of foreign languages and cultures in an environment of music, puppetry, animation, and magic. It's "Dr. Seuss meets Sesame Street"... See full summary »
Stars: David L. Burke, Jenn Reese, Nancy Atkinson, Andrew Pagana
38. Dampi (2010)
65 min | Drama
Director: Miko Jacinto | Stars: Carlos Morales, Kirby De Jesus, JC Parker, Zara Lopez
Votes: 8
39. Urge for Life (1986)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
Struggling to make ends meet, a talented actor is bent on ending his loveless and miserable life; however, he plays it safe when attempting suicide, since he knows that his best friend will always be there for him. Will he ever find peace?
Director: Pavlos Tasios | Stars: Giorgos Kimoulis, Kostas Arzoglou, Fanis Hinas, Katerina Razelou
Votes: 265
40. A Reckoning (2011)
101 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The story of a lone man, trapped in a barren, desolate landscape, and his only companions: a village of straw people. They are his friends and neighbours; he teaches straw children at the ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew David Barker | Stars: Leslie Simpson, Axelle Carolyn, Daniel Tee, Marcus Green
Votes: 67
41. Tender Loving Care (1998 Video Game)
Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Interactive movie about a worried husband who hires a beautiful psychiatrist to nurse his delusional wife and help her deal with the death of their child in a car accident. However, the nurse starts playing mind games. Or is he losing it?
Director: David Wheeler | Stars: David Arthur, Marie Caldare, Brandy Carson, Kim Chadick
Votes: 50
42. Thoth (2002)
40 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Thoth is a street performer currently in New York. Thoth is an individual with a complicated life and background. Thoth plays on opera with a violin in a loincloth in Central Park. Thoth is.
Director: Sarah Kernochan | Stars: S.K. Thoth, Robert Janoff, Elayne Jones, George Kaufman
Votes: 244
43. Pedrong palad (2000)
120 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Nick Deocampo | Stars: Joonee Gamboa, Chin Chin Gutierrez, Jaclyn Jose, Julio Diaz
Votes: 11
44. La chica más rara del mundo (2014)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A girl who is constantly bullied by her classmates is about to discover what lies behind the door in the school's attic.
Director: Mariano Cattaneo | Stars: Maru Bolten, Ricardo Darín, José Pizzulo, Juan Manuel Da Quintas
Votes: 34
45. Positive (II) (2007)
19 min | Short, Drama
A growing boy being disgusted of his life because of his father and went to another country, then he returned India after his father got AIDS and to company him.
Director: Farhan Akhtar | Stars: Krsh Chawla, Arjun Mathur, Boman Irani, Shabana Azmi
Votes: 308
46. Mwansa the Great (2011)
23 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
Mwansa goes on a journey to finally prove that he is Mwansa the Great.
Director: Rungano Nyoni | Stars: Mwansa Bwalya, Anna Mithi, Samuel Mwale, Owas Ray Mwape
Votes: 96
47. Glen Rock Fae: The Spoutwood Fairie Festival (2010)
90 min | Documentary, Family
Magic is when fantasy becomes reality, and this happens each year for three days in May on a small farm in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania. "Glen Rock Fae" is the story of The Spoutwood Fairie ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Spahr | Stars: Rona Doyle, Linda Gareh-Applegate, Eliza Graney, John Michael Greer
48. Windy Day (1968)
8 min | Animation, Short, Family
Two little girls muse on marriage and babies, love and death as they create and act out plays in their backyard.
Directors: John Hubley, Faith Hubley | Stars: Emily Hubley, Georgia Hubley
Votes: 301
49. Venus of Paris (1941)
140 min | Drama, Romance
The imaginary voyage of a woman gone blind on her former lover's boat.
Director: Abel Gance | Stars: Viviane Romance, Georges Flamant, Lucienne Le Marchand, Jean Aquistapace
Votes: 148
50. Five Sesame Street Stories (1985 Video)
Unrated | 30 min | Animation, Short, Family
Super Grover goes on wacky adventures and Big Bird decides to buy flowers to forget about the cold weather.
Stars: Marie Kirk Burke, Bob Hope, Fran Brill, Frank Oz
Votes: 55