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Fantastic Mr. Fox(2009)

3.9/5 (with 2,241 votes)

The Fantastic Mr. Fox bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.

Directed by Wes Anderson

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters(2013)

PG
| 1h 46min | Adventure, Kids & Family, Fantasy
3.0/5 (with 2,360 votes)

In their quest to confront the ultimate evil, Percy and his friends battle swarms of mythical creatures to find the mythical Golden Fleece and to stop an ancient evil from rising.

Gretel & Hansel(2020)

PG-13
| 1h 27min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
3.0/5 (with 609 votes)

A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.

Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest(2006)

3.9/5 (with 247 votes)

Raised on tales of a Djinn fairy princess, Azur, a young Frenchman goes to North Africa in search of the sprite, only to discover that his close childhood friend, Asmar, an Arab youth whose mother raised both boys also seeks the genie.

Directed by Michel Ocelot

Black(2005)

PG-13
| 2h 2min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 85 votes)

Black is an adaptation of Helen Keller's autobiography. Black revolves around a blind and deaf girl, and her relationship with her teacher who himself later develops Alzheimer's disease.

Raining Cats and Frogs(2003)

1h 30min | Animation
3.5/5 (with 60 votes)

It's a catastrophe! A flood has hit our planet and an unusual group of people are all that remains. Led by Ferdinand, a modern day Noah, this little group have managed to defy the furiously raging elements. People and animals alike are dragged through this incredible whirlpool of an adventure.

Tales of the Night(2011)

1h 24min | Fantasy, Animation
3.7/5 (with 57 votes)

Six exotic fables, each unfold in a unique locale, from Tibet, to medieval Europe, an Aztec kingdom, the African plains, and even the Land of the Dead.

Directed by Michel Ocelot

Princes and Princesses(2000)

3.9/5 (with 90 votes)

In this episodic animated fantasy from France, an art teacher interprets a series of six fairy tales (each involving a prince or princess) with the help of two precocious students. Princes and Princesses was created using a special style of cutout animation, with black silhouetted characters performing the action against backlit backdrops in striking colors.

Directed by Michel Ocelot

The Tell-Tale Heart(1953)

3.6/5 (with 33 votes)

One of the most discussed and imaginative cartoons of any era. It tells the famous Edgar Allan Poe story of the deranged boarder who had to kill his landlord, not for greed, but because he possessed an "evil eye." The killer is never seen but his presence is felt by the use light-and-shadow to give the impression of impending disaster.

Directed by Ted Parmelee

Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess(2016)

3.6/5 (with 13 votes)

Four tales about princesses and adventurers around the world: The Mistress of Monsters, The Wizard Student, The Ship's Boy and His Cat, and Ivan Tsarevitch and his changeable princess.

The Humpbacked Horse(1941)

3.1/5 (with 4 votes)

An old man has three sons: the elder two are considered fairly smart, while the youngest, Ivan, is considered an idiot. One day the father sends the three to find out who's been taking the hay in their fields at night. The elder brothers decide to lie hidden in a haystack, where they promptly fall asleep. Ivan, meanwhile, sits beside a birch tree and plays on his recorder. Suddenly, he sees a magnificent horse come flying out of the sky. Ivan grabs its mane and holds on as the horse tries to shake him off. Finally, the horse begs him to let her go and in return gives him two beautiful black horses and a little humpbacked horse (Konyok-gorbunok) to be his companion.

The Cat's House(1958)

2.9/5 (with 8 votes)

A rich and ignorant cat loses her big house in a fire. Only then she realizes that a friend in need is a friend indeed.

Directed by Leonid Amalrik
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Tales of the Night(1992)

26min | Animation
4.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Not to be confused with Ocelot's 2011 feature film, Tales of the Night is a made for TV silhouette animation. It is a compilation of 3 fairy tale like stories, bridged by sequences of a boy and girl in an abandoned theater.

Directed by Michel Ocelot

Reineke Fuchs(1989)

4.3/5 (with 2 votes)

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Directed by Manfred Durniok, He Yumen, Zhuang Minjin

Horrific(2004)

1h 27min | Horror

This three-part anthology is nothing but shortened previous Full Moon releases directed by David 'Boxer Briefs' DeCoteau. Prison of the Dead (2000) has become "Crypt of the Undead," The Killer Eye (1999) has become "Terror of Vision" and Totem (1999) has become "Masters of Death.".

Darounická poudačka(1964)

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

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Tigers Tied Up in One Rope(2015)

8min | Animation
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A very lazy boy, whose mother can no longer stand watching him sleeping and eating all day long, decides to set to work, revealing unsuspected powers of imagination, invention, and perseverance.

Directed by Benoît Chieux

Icarus(1989)

12min | Animation
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

This is indeed the story of Icarus, son of Dedalus, trapped in a labyrinth, but with a variation.

The Orange Child(2021)

12min | Drama
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

In deep introspection, a Black actor sought for some answer when he found his childhood computer, he explores a video game he started creating when he was 11, when he didn't see himself as being black, but as orange.

The mitten(2014)

8min | Animation
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

It is snowing. Lily and her grandfather are making a little bird house to help the birds survive over the winter. "But where do the other animals in the garden find shelter in winter?" – wonders the little girl. So she puts one of her mittens at the foot of the tree where they have fastened the bird house.

Bluebeard(1951)

1h 35min | Drama, Comedy
2.7/5 (with 2 votes)

Just before wowing international critics and moviegoers with his adventure romp Fanfan la Tulipe, director Christian-Jaque dashed off the lampoonish Barbe-Bleue. Ostensibly the story of the famed wife-killing potentate Bluebeard (Pierre Brasseur), this lighthearted costumer begins as the title character is poised to march down the matrimonial aisle for the eighth time. Barbe-Bleue's newest spouse Aline (Cécile Aubry) is kept in line by her husband's claims of murdering her predecessors. But when Aline opens the famous locked door to the equally famous hidden room, both she and the audience are in for quite a surprise. The frivolous nature of Barbe-Bleue is underlined by its pleasing utilization of the French Gezacolor process.

The Books and the Night(2000)

1h 22min | Documentary
2.8/5 (with 2 votes)

A dramatized approach to the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) through the recreation of some of his works and the staging of various aspects of his thought and his life.

Directed by Tristán Bauer - With Walter Santa Ana, Lorenzo Quinteros, Héctor Alterio, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Ivonne Fournery, Jorge Luis Borges, ...

Zodiac(2001)

8min | Animation
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A fable about the human condition in which two people are confronted with their limtations and the opportunities available to them in life. Film without words.

Beauty of the Golden Wood(2001)

13min | Animation
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

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Land of the Snowy Mountains(1990)

10min | Animation
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

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The Little Seed(2015)

10min | Animation
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A little girl catches floral patterns with a magic cloth and uses them to make her own pretty dresses. Every night, ants move her house from one field to the next. One day, a seed drops into her mouth and a young shoot sprouts from her navel.

A Hitchhiker's Tale(2016)

4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

In a tall tale like none you've ever heard, Phineas, Ezra, and Gus set out on a journey to retrieve their souls after years of service to an evil carnival.

Fox Tale(2015)

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

One day, Mr. Fox who is so proud of his tail mocks at Mr. Bunny's tiny tail. At that time, he got a dart from a mysterious hunter and lost his the most beloved tail. Mr. Fox is in panic, but he embarks on his journey to get his back.

Prince Ivan and the Clockwork Heart(2023)

When a headstrong prince sabotages an important royal ceremony, his father sends him out into the world to set it right.

The Mystery of That Swimming Pool(2020)

23min | Mystery

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