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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

The events take place in the year 1926, when Scamander has just completed his worldwide expedition to find and document a special group of magical creatures. Before returning home, he makes a stopover in New York. However, the planned short stop is prolonged, when a non-magician named Jacob, a lost magic briefcase, and Scamander’s runaway wonders enter the picture, which tend to cause harm to wizards and non-magicians alike.

Directed by David Yates. As actors, e.g. Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston and Alison Sudol. Movie won an Oscar from Best Achievement in Costume Design.

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Maleficent

“Maleficent” is the previously untold story of Disney’s most traditional villain, who became famous in the 1959 classic “Princess Sleeping”. The villain is a young woman who lives an idyllic life in a peaceful kingdom in the middle of the forest, until one day a foreign army threatens the peace of the land.

The villain valiantly defends the kingdom, but falls being victim to betrayal, and his pure heart turns hard as stone. Revenge on his mind, the Evil One engages in a final battle against the successor of the conquering king and places a curse on his newborn daughter, Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and at the same time, perhaps also the key to Maleficent’s true happiness.

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The Danish Girl 

A touching love story based on the lives of Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. 1926 Copenhagen-based artist Einar Wegener, who is married to Gerda Wegener, is known for his landscape paintings. Gerda is also an artist, less well known, but employed as a portrait painter of celebrities. Their marriage is strong and full of love.

Everything changes when Gerda asks her husband to pose as a model and wear a woman’s outfit to complete her painting. The experience changes the couple’s entire life. Einar notices that when he is Lili, he is able to realize himself at his truest and begins to live as a woman. Gerda, on the other hand, finds a new muse in Lili and matures into a new blossoming as an artist. The couple also has to face the prejudices of the surrounding society. They leave their home country for a more open-minded Paris. Again and again, Gerda shows her support for Lili.

Directed by Tom Hooper. As actors, e.g. Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander and Amber Heard. Movie won an Oscar from Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role.

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Godzilla vs. Kong

Kong and his guardians start a dangerous journey to find Kong’s true home. They are accompanied by a young orphan girl, Jia, with whom Kong has formed a strong and unique connection. Along the way, however, they unexpectedly encounter a rampaging Godzilla, who is wreaking destruction all over the planet. The battle of the titans — which starts from an unexpected party — is just the beginning of a mystery that has lived peacefully deep in the earth’s core.

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Minari

Minari tells the story of a Korean-born family moving to rural Arkansas in search of their own American dream. The family’s life is turned upside down when a cunning, foul-mouthed but loving grandmother arrives from her former homeland to live with them.

A new life in a barren region is full of hardships, but Minari shows what kind of strength and fertility a family can have, and what home really means. Directed by Lee Isaac Chung. As actors, e.g. Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, and Alan S. Kim.

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Sound of Metal

Ruben and Lou travel across America playing gigs on their never-ending tour. Their music is loud, frantic and passionate. After one gig, Ruben’s ears whine and his hearing deteriorates rapidly. A new, shocking situation brings Ruben to the brink of anxiety, and the old vices of the past begin to beckon again.

Lou finds him in an isolated nursing home run by eccentric veteran Joe. Under Joe’s strict discipline, Ruben’s silent research journey into his inner self begins. Still, the love of music and the longing for a former life remain strong in Ruben’s mind.

Directed by Darius Marder. As actors, e.g. Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke and Paul Raci.

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Wonder Woman 1984

Almost 70 years have passed since Diana’s adventures in the First World War. We live in the 80s, when many borders opened and everything was possible. Diana dreams of her youth in Themyscira among people like her, and still misses Steve Trevor, who died decades ago.

Failed advertising man and entrepreneur Maxwell Lord wants riches, power and the respect of others. Dr. Barbara Minerva would like to be noticed. Anyway, everyone’s wishes come true with the help of a magic item, which, however, causes much more bad than good. Impossibilities come at a price, and Wonder Women faces two completely new enemies: Max Lord and Cheetah. Directed by Patty Jenkins.

As actors, e.g. Gal Gadot, Chris Pine and Kristen Wiig.

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Raya and the Last Dragon

Long ago in a fantasy land called Kumandra, humans and dragons lived side by side in harmony. But when an evil force threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, the same evil has returned. A lone warrior, Raya must search for the mythical last dragon capable of uniting a broken country and a divided people.

On his journey, he learns that saving the world requires more than a dragon. Directed by Don Hall, Carlos López Estrad and Paul Briggs. As original voice actors, e.g. Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina and Gemma Chan.

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The Witches

A young orphaned boy moves to live with his beloved grandmother in the small town of Demopolis, Alabama. When the boy and the grandmother encounter deceptively stylish, but thoroughly devilish witches, the grandmother rushes our young hero to the safety of a wonderful seaside resort.

Unfortunately, however, they arrive at the hotel at the same moment as the Great Supreme of All, who has summoned witches from all over the world to carry out her nefarious plans. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. As actors, e.g. Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer and Stanley Tucci.

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Mulan (Live-action)

When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man from each family must be handed over to the Imperial Army to defend the country from an invasion from the north, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of a respected warrior, steps in for her ailing father. She disguises herself as a man named Hua Jun and faces many trials, in order to survive, she must harness her inner strength and use all her latent abilities.

An epic journey begins that will make him a respected warrior and eventually the respect of the entire kingdom… as well as his proud father.

Directed by Niki Caro. As actors, e.g. Liu Yifei, Donnie Yen and Gong Li.