Fantasy

Maleficent

Mulan

The Princess and the Frog

Coco (Pixar)
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​Inside Out

Spirited Away

• Stuio Ghibli anime about a girl who gets trapped in the spirit world and has to save her parents.

Laputa: Castle in the Sky

• Studio Ghibli anime with magic, flying machines, and a post-apocalypse.

Princess Mononoke

• Studio Ghibli anime about a girl raised by wolves.

Harry Potter

How to Train Your Dragon and How to Train Your Dragon 2

Tangled

Frozen

The Nightmare Before Christmas

• I guess this could technically count as kids' horror, but it's mostly considered a Christmas movie. So, I'm sticking it in fantasy.

Practical Magic

• Sister witches.

The Tale of Princess Kaguya

• Japanese folktale about a magic baby found in a bamboo stalk
• ​(tissue warning)

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

• ​a new take on the King Arthur legend

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Science Fiction

The Matrix

• Although Trinity's role does reduce to simple love interest after the first movie...

Men in Black

Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi
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Dredd (2012)

Jurassic Park and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

The Martian

• Matt Damon is stranded on Mars.

Arrival

• Aliens land and the main character (linguist) has to figure out how to communicate with them before everything explodes.

Mad Max: Fury Road

Wreck-it Ralph and Ralph Breaks the Internet

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

• Ghibli post-post-apocalyptic movie

Edge of Tomorrow

• time loop (live, die, repeat) + alien invasion

​Terminator: Dark Fate

Horror

The Shining

Get Out

​Us

​The Boy

• evil doll

​The Cabin in the Woods

• murder zombies and humor

It

Life

• sci-fi horror

Scream saga

Nightmare on Elm Street

• the original and the 2010 remake

Lights Out

• demon/ghost girl
• has some ableist issues, as the message comes across as "cure depression via suicide to save your family," but the director heard the criticism and is working on a better sequel

Before I Wake

• an 8-year-old's dreams--and nightmares--come true

Halloween

Underworld

• vampires vs werewolves

Resident Evil

• zombies

The Grudge series

• A Japanese curse...thing

The Ring

• ghost girl

Alien saga (including Prometheus and Covenant )

Evil Dead (2013 remake)

The Thing (both the recent prequel and the 1980s classic)

​A Quiet Place

• ...aliens? I honestly don't know what they are. Monster movie. You can't make any noise or they'll eat you.

​Happy Death Day

• the horror version of Groundhog Day

As Above, So Below

• the gates of hell are under Paris. Who knew?

Train to Busan

• Korean zombie movie

Birdbox

• Netflix horror movie. Similar to A Quiet Place , except if you look at them, you commit suicide. (So, trigger warning for that.)

Ready or Not

• horror comedy about a bride whose in-laws need to kill her before dawn

Superhero

Wonder Woman

Black Panther

The Incredibles

Big Hero 6

Captain Underpants: the First Epic Movie ​

Deadpool and Deadpool 2

​Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse