Movies: Historical fantasy

Once celebrated as a prodigy, Yang Qianhuan, the third disciple of the Imperial Observatory, is cast into obscurity with the rise of Xu Qi'an. Despite being told that his fate is sealed, he refuses to surrender, determined to defy destiny and reclaim...

After witnessing the cruel sacrifice of his childhood friend, an atheist warrior rejects religion until love forces him to find his own faith....

A man is imbued with ancient powers which give him the ability to foresee and prepare himself for the end of the world....

A natural history fantasy film, following the dramatic lifecycle of the wild salmon in human form, with narration by Marianne Faithfull....

After the imperial court targets Wuliang Manor in search of a powerful Sutra, Feng Ren, a Gushi, is tasked with protecting Po Xiao, a blind boy believed to hold the Sutra. As they journey together, Feng Ren suspects Po Xiao may be hiding deeper secre...

In 9th century Khmer Empire, a cursed yet remarkable child is born with serpentine locks. She holds humanity's last hope, possessing the power of an ancient prophecy to end an eternal war with divine beings. Embarking on a perilous journey, she disco...

Sang Ziming returns to his hometown, Qilin, seeking to find his lover, Lianxiang, to consummate their marriage. He is also on a secret mission to locate the "Qilin Jade Pearl" and to investigate whether its disappearance is related to a rumored fox d...

The film continues to blend myths, legends, literature and folktales to further expand his narrative of history and weird tales. The story, set in Sichuan cuisine, is divided into four parts: a funeral banquet more than 4,000 years ago in which a gra...

Kari and Onia meet in Cannes, experiencing love at first sight. Upon returning to Sakartvelo, they are quarantined in different hotels in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. They stay in touch via phone calls and video chat. Kari teaches Onia Caucasi...

For love to travel for thousands of years, they will eventually meet....

Outside the mass burial mound of Lanruo Temple, the female ghost Nie Xiaoyan and the female ghost Haitang are both subordinates of the tree demon Kongcheng. They serve Kongcheng together and fight against the demon catcher Yan Nantian. Guarding each ...

She has waited 300 years for the other to be born again. Can their relationship find a new start when one is a fox spirit, and the other a priestess?...

A wife and a concubine seek freedom. In a game of seduction, together they join forces to defeat their oppressors....

Shi Mei is tasked to protect the girl her Shixiong likes. She ends up falling for her along the way....

Taffeta, a contemporary queer person of color, summons Abraham Lincoln to perform an elaborate historical fantasia within her own head — only to learn that she can’t hide from her own present-day demons in the shadows of someone else’s past....

She who plays all day long, either being lazy or stealing food, it is impossible to practice well... And then she who seems to be strict, but is, in fact, gentle and pampered. Together, these two live a happy life....

How our representation of dinosaurs has evolved over time, from the medieval imaginary dragon to the latest feats of scientific imagery, via the bestiary of "fantasy", from "Lord of the Rings" to "Game of Thrones"....

What if I told you the plot of Vertigo is true, but the story even more perversely rooted in the traumatic history of a dictatorship, in a nation’s obsession with a woman who became a goddess and a savior, and in the real-life attempt to reincarnate ...