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Showing posts with label Fantasy. Show all posts

Kaidan aka Kwaidan (Japan , 1964)

Ratings - IMDB - 8.0
Release Year - 1964
Country - Japan
Genres - Fantasy | Horror

Synopsis : Kwaidan is a 1964 Japanese portmanteau film directed by Masaki Kobayashi; the title means 'ghost story'. It is based on stories from Lafcadio Hearn's collections of Japanese folk tales. The film consists of four separate and unrelated stories.

"Black Hair": A poor samurai who divorces his true love to marry for money, but finds the marriage disastrous and returns to his old wife, only to discover something eerie about her. "The Woman in the Snow": Stranded in a snowstorm, a woodcutter meets an icy spirit in the form of a woman spares his life on the condition that he never tell anyone about her. A decade later he forgets his promise. "Hoichi the Earless": Hoichi is a blind musician, living in a monastery who sings so well that a ghostly imperial court commands him to perform the epic ballad of their death battle for them. But the ghosts are draining away his life, and the monks set out to protect him by writing a holy mantra over his body to make him invisible to the ghosts. But they've forgotten something. "In a Cup of Tea": a writer tells the story of a man who keep seeing a mysterious face reflected in his cup of tea.

Awards
  • Won the Special Jury Prize at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival
  • Nominated for Oscar in Best Foreign Language Film category
Special Mention
  • Rated by more than 5k users on IMDb


Download Links
549Mb | 640x272 | Mkv

Sample file
http://rapidshare.com/files/332173183/Kwaidan.1964.UNCUT.DVDRip.x264_sample.mkv


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http://rapidshare.com/files/332175085/Kwaidan.1964.UNCUT.DVDRip.x264.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/332175941/Kwaidan.1964.UNCUT.DVDRip.x264.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/332176998/Kwaidan.1964.UNCUT.DVDRip.x264.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/332178349/Kwaidan.1964.UNCUT.DVDRip.x264.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/332178811/Kwaidan.1964.UNCUT.DVDRip.x264.part6.rar

Persona (Sweden , 1966)

Ratings - IMDB - 8.2
Release Year - 1966
Country - Sweden
Genres - Drama | Fantasy

IMDB page


Synopsis : A nurse is put in charge of an actress who can't talk and finds that the actress's persona is melding with hers.


A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually confesses her secrets to a seemingly sympathetic Elisabeth and finds that her own personality is being submerged into Elisabeth's persona.


Awards - Won the 1967 National Society of Film Critics awards for Best Film, Best Director (Bergman) and Best Actress (Andersson)
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award
Selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards


Lists - Ranked #5 in In Sight and Sound’s 1972 poll of the ten greatest films of all time
Ranked #71 in Empire magazines "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010
Included in The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made
IMDb Top 250 #195


Special Mention - Rated by more than 23k users on IMDb
Influenced films like Woody Allen's Love and Death (references Persona in its final minutes) , David Lynch's surreal noir Mulholland Drive , Robert Altman’s impressionist film 3 Women (as Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek begin to shift roles)



Download Links (with Eng Subs)
DVDRip | 700Mb | AVI
Sample screen
http://www.filesonic.com/file/nhQ5rYP/Persona.(1966).part1.rar
http://www.filesonic.com/file/VqW80Bh/Persona.(1966).part2.rar

Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie aka The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (France , 1972)

Ratings - IMDB - 8.0 | Metacritic - 93
Release Year - 1972
Country - France
Genres - Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

IMDB page


Synopsis : A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.

Several bourgeois friends planning to get together for dinner experience a succession of highly unusual occurrences that interfere with their expected dining enjoyment.

Awards - Won Oscar - Best Foreign Language Film
Another 5 wins

Lists - Roger Ebert Top 100

Special Mention - Rated by more than 13k users on IMDb



Download Links (with Eng Subs)

DVDRip | 700 MB

http://www.fileserve.com/file/mj26p2z
http://www.fileserve.com/file/A7DHXjb

Der Himmel über Berlin aka Wings of Desire (Germany , 1987)

Ratings - IMDB - 8.0 | Metacritic - 79
Release Year - 1987
Country - Germany
Genres - Fantasy | Drama | Romance

IMDB page

Synopsis : An angel tires of overseeing human activity and wishes to become human when he falls in love with a mortal.

This Wim Wenders film centers around the story of two angels wandering in a mixture of post-war and modern Berlin. Invisible to humans, they nevertheless give their help and comfort to all the lonely and depressed souls they meet. Finally, after many centuries, one of the angels becomes unhappy with his immortal state and wishes to become human in order to experience the joys of everyday life. He meets a circus acrobat and finds in her the fufillment of all his mortal desires. He also discovers that he is not alone in making this cross over, and that a purely spiritual experience is not enough to satisfy anyone.

Tagline - There are angels on the streets of Berlin.

Awards - Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. 
Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival - 1987
Another 15 wins

Lists - Ranked #64 in Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010
Roger Ebert Top 100

Special Mention - Rotten Tomatoes records that 98% of its cited critics gave the film a positive review
Rated by more than 24k users on IMDb



Download Links (with Eng Subs)

BRRip | 720 x 432 | 405 Mb

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http://netload.in/dateirvdC0jCawT/tt0093191.part2.rar.htm
http://netload.in/dateic7EvCjbI6q/tt0093191.part3.rar.htm

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Fanny och Alexander aka Fanny and Alexander (Sweden , 1982)


Ratings - IMDB - 8.2 | Metacritic - 100/100
Release Year - 1982
Country - Sweden
Genres - Drama | Fantasy | Mystery

IMDB page

Synopsis : Fanny and Alexander (Swedish: Fanny och Alexander) is a 1982 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was originally conceived as a four part TV movie and cut in that version, spanning 312 minutes. A 188 minute version was created later for cinematic release, although this version was in fact the one to be released first. The TV version has since been released as a one-part film; both the long and the short version have been shown in theatres throughout the world. 

FANNY AND ALEXANDER is the story of two children belonging to a wealthy, extensive theatrical family in provincial Sweden in the early years of the 20th century--10-year-old Alexander (Bertil Guve) and his younger sister, Fanny (Pernilla Alwin). When their father dies unexpectedly during a performance and their mother decides to remarry, the children are forced to relocate to the austere (and possibly haunted) home of their stern and rather coldhearted stepfather, Bishop Vergerus (Jan Malmsjö). A means of escape is eventually provided by Isak Jacobi (Erland Josephson), a longtime friend of the Ekdahl family's who seems to possess magical powers. At once festive, spooky, and bawdy--and uncharacteristically life-affirming--FANNY AND ALEXANDER is one of Bergman's most universally appealing and accessible works.

Awards - Won 4 Oscars. Another 18 wins
Lists - IMDb Top 250 #208 + Roger Ebert Top 100
Special Mention - Rated by ~ 20k users on IMDb



Download Links
Can download from any of the two sets. Each set contains the links to the full movie.

First Set

1.33gb, 576x344, 3:00:50, avi

Sample Screenshot
Interchangable Download Links

http://www.fileserve.com/file/VV7fDxR/Ingmar_Bergman_-_Fanny_och_Alexander_1982.part1.rar
http://www.fileserve.com/file/UZtyNcm/Ingmar_Bergman_-_Fanny_och_Alexander_1982.part2.rar
http://www.fileserve.com/file/Rn7QqEw/Ingmar_Bergman_-_Fanny_och_Alexander_1982.part3.rar
http://www.fileserve.com/file/pP49J7X/Ingmar_Bergman_-_Fanny_och_Alexander_1982.part4.rar

OR

http://www.filesonic.com/file/49356174/Ingmar_Bergman_-_Fanny_och_Alexander_1982.part1.rar
http://www.filesonic.com/file/49354124/Ingmar_Bergman_-_Fanny_och_Alexander_1982.part2.rar
http://www.filesonic.com/file/49354120/Ingmar_Bergman_-_Fanny_och_Alexander_1982.part3.rar
http://www.filesonic.com/file/49354056/Ingmar_Bergman_-_Fanny_och_Alexander_1982.part4.rar


Second Set

1.2 GB , BDRip, MKV

Sample Screenshot

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VM47K7G9
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A8Y8A3PO

2046 (Hong Kong , 2004)

Ratings - IMDB – 7.5 | Metacritic - 78
Release Year - 2004
Country - Hong Kong
Genres – Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Synopsis - Third and final part of "Days of Being Wild - In the Mood for Love - 2046" trilogy

He was a writer. He thought he wrote about the future but it really was the past. In his novel, a mysterious train left for 2046 every once in a while. Everyone who went there had the same intention.....to recapture their lost memories. It was said that in 2046, nothing ever changed. Nobody knew for sure if it was true, because nobody who went there had ever come back- except for one. He was there. He chose to leave. He wanted to change.

Awards - 25 wins
Special Mention - Rated by more than users on IMDb





Download Links (w English Subs)

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Rapidshare
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http://rapidshare.com/files/337724337/2046.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/337724447/2046.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/337724279/2046.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/337724184/2046.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/337740691/2046.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/337740368/2046.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/337734552/2046.part8.rar

Hotfile
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http://hotfile.com/dl/24907947/ded205c/2046.part5.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/24908836/5977c85/2046.part6.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/24909796/88afb2b/2046.part7.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/24910677/87efb86/2046.part8.rar.html

El laberinto del fauno aka Pan's Labyrinth (Spain , 2006)


Ratings - IMDB – 8.4 | Metacritic - 98
Release Year -2006
Country - Spain
Genres – Drama | Fantasy | Mystery

Synopsis - In the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.

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.

Awards - Won 3 Oscars. Another 72 wins
Lists - IMDb Top 250 #88
Special Mention - Rated by more than 200k users on IMDb




Download Links (w English Subs)

8½ (Italy , 1963)

Ratings - IMDB – 8.2
Release Year -1963
Country - Italy
Genres – Drama | Fantasy

Synopsis: A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.



Awards & Lists - IMDb Top 250 #193 | Won 2 Oscars | Another 13 wins
Special Mention - Rated by more than 36k users on IMDb






Download Links (w English Subs)

Det sjunde inseglet aka The Seventh Seal (Sweden, 1957)

Ratings - IMDB – 8.4
Release Year - 1957
Country - Sweden
Genres – Drama | Fantasy

Synopsis: A man seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.

Awards & Lists – Top 250 #114 | Another 7 wins
Special Mention - Rated by more than 45k users on IMDB

Download Links (w English Subs)

La belle et la bête aka Beauty and the Beast (France, 1946)

Ratings - IMDB - 8.1 | Metacritic - 92
Release Year - 1946
Country - France
Genres - Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Synopsis: A half-ruined merchant lives in the country with his son Ludovic and his three daughters. Two of the daughters, Félicie and Adélaïde, are real shrews: selfish, pretentious, and evil. They exploit the third daughter, Belle, as a servant. One day, on a business trip, on the way home, the merchant gets lost in a forest and enters a strange castle. He picks up a rose for Belle, and the castle's owner appears. He is a monster, half-human, half-beast, and possesses magic powers. He sentences the merchant to death, unless he gives up one of his daughters. Belle sacrifices herself for her father and goes to the castle, discovering that the Beast is not so wild and inhuman as he seems.

Awards & Lists - 1 win

 


Download Links (w English Subs File Included)

Låt den rätte komma in aka Let the Right One In

Ratings - IMDB - 8.1 | Metacritic - 82
Release Year - 2008
Country - Sweden
Genres – Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Horror

Synopsis: Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.


Awards & Lists –Top 250 #218 | Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 60 wins




Download Links (w Encoded English Subs) –
 

Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain aka Amelie

Ratings - IMDB - 8.6 | Metacritic - 69
Release Year - 2001
Country - France
Genres - Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Synopsis: Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love.


Awards & Lists – Top 250 #46 | Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 51 wins




Download Links (w Encoded English Subs) –

Mononoke-hime aka Princess Mononoke

Ratings - IMDB - 8.4 | Metacritic - 76
Release Year - 1997
Country - Japan
Genres - Animation | Adventure | Fantasy

IMDB page | Metacritic page

Synopsis: On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.

Best Film Awards - Best Home Video Release (Saturn Award - 2001) ; Best Film (Award of the Japanese Academy - 1998) ; Readers' Choice Award (Knima Jumpo Awards - 1998) ; Best Animated Film (Mainichi Film Concours - 1998)

Lists - Ranked #108 in IMDB Top 250 list



Download Links (w Encoded English Subs) -
Princess_Mononoke.part1.rar.html 
Princess_Mononoke.part2.rar.html 
Princess_Mononoke.part3.rar.html 
Princess_Mononoke.part4.rar.html