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Fantastic Reality

These movies all focus on ordinary, everyday lives that have been interrupted by otherworldly forces: anything from voices beyond the grave, to sudden clairvoyant powers, to extraterrestrial visitors. As opposed to most sci-fi offerings, the emphasis here is on the "average Joe" and his entry into a fantastical, only-in-the-movies world of technological wonders, interstellar travel, lost civilizations, the future -- just about anything an enterprising team of filmmakers could dream up.

Major Works
Rating
Year
 Title
 
 Director
  9 Stars 1946 It's a Wonderful Life   Frank Capra
  9 Stars 1982 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial   Steven Spielberg
  8 Stars 1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo   Woody Allen
  8 Stars 1964 Mary Poppins   Robert Stevenson
  8 Stars 1993 Groundhog Day   Harold Ramis
  8 Stars 1984 Ghostbusters   Ivan Reitman
  8 Stars 1988 Big   Penny Marshall
  8 Stars 1985 Back to the Future   Robert Zemeckis
  7 Stars 1991 Truly, Madly, Deeply   Anthony Minghella
  7 Stars 1984 Splash   Ron Howard
  7 Stars 1986 Peggy Sue Got Married   Francis Ford Coppola
  7 Stars 1977 Oh, God!   Carl Reiner
  7 Stars 1947 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir   Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  7 Stars 1989 Field of Dreams   Phil Alden Robinson
  7 Stars 1985 Cocoon   Ron Howard
  7 Stars 1954 Brigadoon   Vincente Minnelli
  7 Stars 1947 The Bishop's Wife   Henry Koster
  6 Stars 1998 Pleasantville   Gary Ross
  6 Stars 1980 Somewhere in Time   Jeannot Szwarc
 
 
 
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