Plot summary :
In 1944 fascist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she’s a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails, she will never prove herself to be the the true princess and will never see her real father, the king, again…

Movie info :
User rating : 8.5/10
Director : Guillermo del Toro
Awards : Won 3 Oscars. Another 61 wins & 55 nominations

Cast overview :
Ivana Baquero … Ofelia
Sergi López … Capitán Vidal
Maribel Verdú … Mercedes
Doug Jones … Fauno/Pale Man
Ariadna Gil … Carmen Vidal

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457430/

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Popularity: 23% [?]

Plot summary :
Will Smith plays (as far as his character knows) the last man on earth, our hero, Robert Neville, a sole survivor of a world dominating virus created by man, that initially takes out 588 million people in 2009, and was originally created to somehow cure cancer. In 2012, Neville (a former scientist) dedicates his life to surviving for the sake of the human race, since he’s somehow immune to the virus and those who have been infected, and attempts to find a cure. In order to find a cure, he seeks out the infected beings at night, who seem to have completely forgotten how to act human, their instincts and survival skills have become non-existent, and either takes them out to survive, or in some cases, drags them to his underground lab for research purposes, in hopes of correcting humankind’s mistake…

Movie info :
User rating: 7.4/10
Director: Francis Lawrence
Awards: 2 nominations

Cast overview :
Will Smith…Robert Neville
Alice Braga…Anna
Charlie Tahan…Ethan
Salli Richardson…Zoe
Willow Smith…Marley

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/

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Popularity: 43% [?]

Plot summary :
It was no ordinary life for a young girl: living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College and tearing unsupervised through Oxford’s motley streets on mad quests for adventure. But Lyra’s greatest adventure would begin closer to home, the day she heard hushed talk of an extraordinary particle. Microscopic in size, the magical dust- found only in the vast Artic expanse of the North -was rumored to possess profound properties that could unite whole universes. But there were those who feared the particle and would stop at nothing to destroy it. Catapulted into the heart of a terrible struggle, Lyra was forced to seek aid from clans, gyptians, and formidable armored bears. And as she journeyed into unbelievable danger, she had not the faintest clue that she alone was destined to win, or to lose, this more-than-mortal battle…

Movie info :
User rating: 6.6/10
Director: Chris Weitz
Awards: 8 nominations

Cast overview :
Nicole Kidman…Marisa Coulter
Daniel Craig…Lord Asriel
Dakota Blue Richards…Lyra Belacqua
Ben Walker…Roger
Freddie Highmore…Pantalaimon (voice)
Ian McKellen…Iorek Byrnison (voice)

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385752/

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Popularity: 54% [?]

Plot summary :
In an animated fairy tale world, a young girl meets and falls in love with the handsome prince of her dreams. News of this romance upsets the prince’s mother, the evil queen, who uses her black magic to send the girl hurtling out of the animated world into the one place in the universe where there is no true love: modern day Manhattan. The now-real girl has to survive in New York City and find her way home again to her true love…

Movie info :
User rating: 8.0/10
Director: Kevin Lima
Awards: Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 6 nominations

Cast overview :
Julie Andrews…Narrator (voice)
Amy Adams…Giselle
James Marsden…Prince Edward
Idina Menzel…Nancy Tremaine
Susan Sarandon…Queen Narissa

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0461770/

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Popularity: 42% [?]

Plot summary :
It is a distant galaxy in the far future. The year is 10191. Arrakis is a desert planet, Arrakis is the only source of ‘Melange’ a vital drug used by the Guild Navigators for space travel from star system to star system. Two rival families, The Atreides and The Harkonnens, fight for control of the mining operations of Melange on Arrakis. When his father Duke Leto Atreides is assassinated by the evil Baron Harkonnen. Duke Leto’s son Paul and Paul’s mother Lady Jessica flee deep into the desert and are befriend by the Fremen, natives of Arrakis. Due to the influence of the ‘Melange’ Paul learns he has special powers and he can see into the future. Paul unites the Freman and forms a army of warriors and leads them into battle against Baron Harkonnen and the corrupt Emperor Padishah Shaddam IV who is in league with the Harkonnen’s and vows to avenge his father and sets out to liberate Arrakis and it’s people from the Emperor’s rule and fulfill his destiny…

Movie info :
User rating: 6.5/10
Director: David Lynch
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Cast overview :
Francesca Annis…Lady Jessica
Leonardo Cimino…The Baron’s Doctor
Brad Dourif…Piter De Vries
José Ferrer…Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV
Linda Hunt…Shadout Mapes

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087182/

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Popularity: 43% [?]