historical fantasy
18 movies and shows
Kannappa
Thu, 26 Jun 2025
After witnessing the cruel sacrifice of his childhood friend, an atheist warrior rejects religion until love forces him to find his own faith.
No One Like Me
Wed, 29 Jan 2025
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 his place through his own strength.
Wild Summon
Tue, 16 May 2023
A natural history fantasy film, following the dramatic lifecycle of the wild salmon in human form, with narration by Marianne Faithfull.
Wuliang
Fri, 04 Dec 2020
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 secrets.
The Mysterious Fox
Fri, 22 Jan 2021
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 demon. However, upon meeting Lianxiang, Sang Ziming discovers that she is not the same person he once knew; she is always accompanied by a white-haired fox demon as she searches for the truth.
The Fox Spirit and The Little Priest
Tue, 09 Feb 2021
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?
Sichuan Culinary Chronicles: In Four Chapters
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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 grandmother cuts off her own tail to give to her children and grandchildren; a Spring Festival more than 3,000 years ago in which an ancestor king returns in the guise of a bird and is crucified at the banquet; a Mid-Autumn feast in the 1990s in which the gods gather to pay tribute to a millennia-old poet; and a birthday banquet in which a wandering child meets the gods of the underworld .
Lavender Men
Fri, 02 May 2025
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.
The Fox Spirit Repays a Debt
Wed, 17 Aug 2022
A wife and a concubine seek freedom. In a game of seduction, together they join forces to defeat their oppressors.
Mayan
Fri, 29 Nov 2024
A man is imbued with ancient powers which give him the ability to foresee and prepare himself for the end of the world.
Help, I Accidentally Stole My Shixiong's Crush!
Sun, 17 Oct 2021
Shi Mei is tasked to protect the girl her Shixiong likes. She ends up falling for her along the way.
A Search Through Nine Lifetimes
Wed, 18 Aug 2021
For love to travel for thousands of years, they will eventually meet.
Fausto
Sat, 29 Jun 2024
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 her in the body of her successor? Through supernatural means, Isabel Martínez de Perón attempts to extract from the embalmed body of Eva Perón the dose of charisma she lacks.
Adorkable Shimei x Shijie
Tue, 22 Jun 2021
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.
The God King, Tale of the Serpent Sister
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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 discovers mythical realms, develops her extraordinary abilities, and unravels the mysteries of her lineage. With the world's fate hanging in the balance, she fights to restore harmony to a realm on the brink of destructio
Lan Ruo Temple
Sun, 01 Jan 2017
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 other, unexpectedly, after Nie Xiaoyan met the scholar Fu Qingzhu, all this changed, and a life-and-death love triangle struggle intensified.
Share the Love
Mon, 20 Jan 2025
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 Caucasian Yoga breath training and they travel in past to meet a variety of Georgian historical figures during their important life events, in order to understand the wisdom and limits of love.
Les chasseurs de dinosaures
Fri, 12 Mar 2021
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".