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Avatar
Avatar is a 2009 American epic science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron, and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Joel David Moore, Giovanni Ribisi and Sigourney Weaver. The film is set in the mid-22nd century, when humans are mining a precious mineral called unobtanium on Pandora, a lush moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system. The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Na'vi—a humanoid species indigenous to Pandora. The movie title refers to the genetically engineered Na'vi-human hybrid bodies used by a team of researchers to interact with the natives of Pandora. Development on ...more on Wikipedia
Initial Release: 2009
Actors: Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Sam Worthington, Giovanni Ribisi, + more
Directed by: James Cameron
Also Ranked
#38 on The Greatest Epic Movies Ever Made
#78 on The Best Movies of All Time
#6 on The Best Movies to Watch on Mushrooms
#72 on The Best Rainy Day Movies
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and the most well-known and commercially successful adaptation based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. The film stars Judy Garland; Terry the dog, billed as Toto; Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, with Charley Grapewin and Clara Blandick, and the Singer Midgets as the Munchkins, with Pat Walshe as leader of the flying monkeys. Notable for its use of Technicolor, fantasy storytelling, musical score and unusual characters, over the years it has become one of the best-known films and part of American popular culture. It was not a ...more on Wikipedia
Initial Release: 1939
Actors: Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Ray Bolger, + more
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, King Vidor, George Cukor, Victor Fleming
Also Ranked
#11 on The Greatest Soundtracks of All Time
#8 on The Best Movies Based on Books
#23 on 'Old' Movies Every Young Person Needs To Watch In Their Lifetime
#22 on The Most Rewatchable Movies
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 musical adventure film directed by Tim Burton. It is the second film adaptation of the 1964 British book of the same name by Roald Dahl and stars Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka and Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket. The storyline concerns Charlie, who takes a tour he has won, led by Wonka, through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world. Development for another adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, filmed previously as Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, began in 1991, 20 years after the first film version, which resulted in Warner Brothers providing the Dahl Estate with total artistic control. Prior to Burton's involvement, ...more on Wikipedia
Initial Release: 2005
Actors: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Christopher Lee, AnnaSophia Robb, Freddie Highmore, + more
Directed by: Tim Burton
Also Ranked
#29 on The Best Movies for Kids
#29 on The Best Movies to Watch on Mushrooms
#41 on The Greatest Movie Remakes of All Time
#15 on The Best Adventure Movies for Kids
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland is a 2010 British-American live action and computer animated adventure fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and written by Linda Woolverton. Released by Walt Disney Pictures, the film stars Mia Wasikowska as Alice Kingsleigh with Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter. The film was shot in the United Kingdom and the United States. The story is inspired by the English author Lewis Carroll's 1865 fantasy novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass. Wasikowska plays a nineteen-year-old Alice. She is told that she can restore the White Queen to her throne because she is the only one who can slay the Jabberwock, a ...more on Wikipedia
Initial Release: 2010
Actors: Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Christopher Lee, Alan Rickman, + more
Directed by: Tim Burton
Also Ranked
#1 on The Best Movies to Watch on Mushrooms
#11 on The Best Film Adaptations of Young Adult Novels
#84 on The Best Rainy Day Movies
#36 on The Best Movies for Tweens
