THEME EXPLORATION

magical substance

22 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016 · David Yates

Macario
1960 · Roberto Gavaldon

Miracle in Milan

Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica

Like Water for Chocolate

Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau

Atlantics
2019 · Mati Diop

Spirited Away
2001 · Hayao Miyazaki

Volver
2006 · Pedro Almodóvar

Doctor Strange
2016 · Scott Derrickson

Zoology
2016 · Ivan I. Tverdovsky

Ek Din
2026 · Sunil Pandey

Arisha, the Bear and the Stone Ring

Arisha, the Bear and the Stone Ring
1992 · Wim Wenders

Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession

Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession
1980 · Nicolas Roeg

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Kon Ichikawa

Celine et Julie vont en bateau

Celine et Julie vont en bateau
1974 · Jacques Rivette

Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time
1922 · Carl Theodor Dreyer

Meet the Feebles

Meet the Feebles
1989 · Peter Jackson

The Cassandra Cat

The Cassandra Cat
1963 · Vojtěch Jasný

A Monster Calls

A Monster Calls
2016 · J. A. Bayona

Andrina
1982 · Bill Forsyth

Hercules in the Haunted World

Hercules in the Haunted World
1961 · Mario Bava

Macunaima
1969 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

The Amulet of Ogum

The Amulet of Ogum
1974 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Guillermo del Toro Mexico

His films like 'Pan's Labyrinth' and 'The Shape of Water' weave magical realism into dark narratives where fantastical elements serve as emotional and metaphorical substances.

Hayao Miyazaki Japan

His Studio Ghibli masterpieces ('Spirited Away', 'Howl's Moving Castle') explore magical substances and forces as transformative elements that reveal character and spiritual truths.

David Lynch United States

His surrealist works create dreamlike substances and atmospheric magic that blur reality and unconsciousness, making the mysterious itself the central substance of cinema.