7 Great Films About Greek Mythology

Talk about Greek mythology is always very interesting. Not only presents a sense of curiosity about the story of the gods that exist, Greek mythology is also often give the feel of an exciting and thrilling adventure. The long journey against the monsters and the gods often amazes and fascinates. Especially with the current cinema technology that has become more sophisticated so many people become more interested and curious. Here is a list of good films about Greek mythology that will certainly entertain you all.

1. Immortals (2011)

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After the gods won the battle against the Titans, a new threat has emerged. King Hyperion is very thirsty for blood and war against man. He wants to have an arrow of Epirus, a legendary weapon that can awaken the Titans. Elsewhere, there lived an ordinary man named Theseus who was chosen by Zeus to lead the war against the cruel Hyperion King. Theseus must stop the Hyperion King to save mankind from total destruction.

2. Titans Series

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This film tells the story of the gods of Greek mythology and the monsters in it. Perseus is a human descendant of the gods. He is the son of the god Zeus and is involved in a fight between gods and monsters. Perseus must gather various allies to help him fight against Kraken, Medusa, and Hades. King and the gods of hell. In this movie there is a huge giant monster that emerged from the sea. It is the Kraken. In the next movie there is also a giant monster named Titan who has the power beyond the gods.

3. Percy Jackson Series

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It is about teenagers who are the gods children. They are the demigod who lived among humans in earth. There are descendants of the god Ares, some are descendants of Poseidon, some are descendants of Zeus and others. They are all adventurous and practicing on a special, sheltered and hidden island. Their adventures are colored by conflict because there are the evil gods of Hades and the recalcitrant children of gods. The battle against the gods has begun.

4. Troy

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This is the year 1250 BC, during the end of the bronze age. Two developing countries began to clash, the Trojan prince, convincing Queen Sparta, to leave her husband, Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus learned that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asked his brother Agamemnon to help him get his wife back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity to rule. So they leave with 1,000 ships that hold 50,000 Greece people to Troy.

With the help of Achilles, the Greeks were able to fight against previously unbeaten Trojans. But they are stopped by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their fighting battles and the fate that determines their lives.

5. Hercules (2014)

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Hercules is the son of Zeus, half-god and half-man. No wonder he has a tremendous power far above the average man. Yet even so, it seems that Hercules suffered a bad fate and a have dark past that always haunt him. Although he has defeated many monsters and known by many people, but it can not free himself from the past that always haunt him at night. Once upon a time, the king of Thrace and his daughter asked Hercules for help to defeat an army.

Assisted by some Hercules friends, he managed to defeat the troops. But when Hercules knows the real facts, what will Hercules do?

6. 300 Series

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Tells the story of King Leonidas (Gerard Butler), who led 300 Spartans into battle against Persia led by Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his army attacked over 300,000 soldiers. Xerxes waited for 10 days for King Leonidas to surrender, but that did not happen so Xerxes had no choice but to go against the Spartans. After 3 days of fighting, all the Greeks were killed. How does the story of an army containing only 300 people beating 300,000 people, is that true?

7. Hercules (1997)

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Hercules was the son of a Greek god, Zeus who was transformed into a half-god and half-man by the evil god Hades, the God of the Underworld, who planned to overthrow Zeus. Hercules eventually grew up on Earth with great power, but one day he met Zeus. Zeus said to Hercules, if he wants to return to Mount Olympus, Hercules must be a true hero. Hercules eventually became a famous hero with the help of his friend Pegasus and his personal trainer, Phil.

Hercules fought against various monsters, Hades and the Titans, but sacrificed himself to save his lover who made him a true hero.

16 Movies About Superpower Teenagers

Since childhood, many children want to become a superhero when they grow up. Usually we want to be strong like Superman, run fast like Flash, ferocious like Hulk and many more. Especially with the movie Power Rangers are very popular when we were kids. It's cool if we can have the superhero-like power that we like. You also want it, don't you? Not just one but there are many superheroes with different super powers. It is inconceivable that all or some people in the world have superpowers. Here are 13 films about superpower teenagers.

1. Chronicle (2012)

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Andrew Detmer is a shy and lonely teenager. He lives with his father who is rough and drunk, while his mother is seriously ill. At school Andrew is also often get bullied, only his cousin named Matt Garetty who is still loyal and give attention to Andrew. One night, Matt took Andrew to a party with another friend named Steve. As usual, Andrew also took his camera to record all his daily activities.

Matt, Andrew, and Steve accidentally found a strange underground hole that was near the location of the party. As they enter the hole, these three teenagers can have a mysterious telekinetic abilities. Andrew is the strongest among them, who can move objects and even fly high across the clouds. At first it all seemed exciting because they could do amazing things. But as Andrew's emotions began to unstable, everything went awry. The film will be told in the form of a vlog, or found footage through a camera that always brought by Andrew.

2. I Am Number Four (2011)

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Tells the story about a group of Alien who must be hiding on planet Earth. They continue to be haunted by hunters who want to kill them based on a sequence of numbers. And now it was Number Four to be killed, he was named John Smith, an ordinary teenager who was wondering about his life. John often moved from town to town to escape and survive. He was accompanied by his guardian named Henri. Because often moved around the house, John has no friends and always be a new kid in school.

Not infrequently, it makes him often get bullied by his friends, but this time there is something a bit different than before. In the small town of Ohio, John finds his first love. With John's new power, he decides to fight aliens who want to hunt him down and change his destiny.

3. Push (2009)

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A group of young Americans with superpowers, are trying to escape the coveted secret agents of the Government. In 1945, the Nazis conducted experiments on humans to enhance the unusual abilities that humans might have. Since then, there have been those who have unusual powers who live and hang out side by side with us. Those who have super powers, continue to be hunted by the government and formed an organization called the Division Forces.

There are two young people, Nick Grant (Chris Evans) and Pop Girl looking for a special girl in Hong Kong to carry out a mission. These teenagers must take advantage of their unique powers to work on a final mission that will beat the agents once and for all.

4. Sky High (2005)

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Will Stronghold is the son of two famous superheroes named Steve and Josie. They both are very powerful superheroes with their ability to fly in the air very quickly. Soon, Will will be sent to Sky High School, a secret school for children who have superpowers beyond ordinary people. In that special school, they are trained to be a powerful superhero who will fight the super villains. However, Will actually did not know about what super powers are in him so it makes him restless and inferior with his parents.

In Sky High, there are two types of pupils: superhero and superhero assistant. Will thought, it seems that he'll be just an assistant and not a superhero. But when Will has found his true strength, he now has to learn to be faithful and cooperate in order to be a true hero.

5. Harry Potter Series

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Harry Potter, who has never seen Harry Potter? I think most of us must have seen Harry Potter. Series films that can lead us into a fantasy world full of confusing world yet exciting and amazing. Not only the book that pamper our imagination, the film was also very interesting. Especially with the latest movie titled Fantastic Beasts that tells about the various magical animals from the world of Harry Potter. There is also a recent series titled Voldemort: Origins of the Heir produced by the fans.

6. Percy Jackson Series

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Tells the story about gods teenagers. They are the demigod that are descendants of the god Ares, some are descendants of Poseidon, some are descendants of the god Zeus and others. They are all adventurous and practicing on a special, sheltered and hidden island. Their adventure is filled by various conflicts because there is a god Hades who are evil and children of gods who are stubborn and like to make trouble. The fight against the gods and monsters has begun.

7. X-Men Series

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Mankind began to evolve. Evolution here is meant with people who have special abilities, such as physical and psychological abilities. And humans who have evolved are called mutants. Unlike other normal human beings, mutants are always ostracized, frightened, and hostile. Due to the growing number of mutants, disputes between mutants and humans are inevitable. But there is also a mutant group that wants to create peace between mutant and human, so there is no need for bloodshed between them. And the mutant group is called X-Men.

Professor Charles Xavier is the strongest mutant and also a leader of X-Men. He created a special school to educate, train, and give hope to mutants and gifted children who have superhuman powers beyond mere mortals.

8. Spider-Man Series

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There are quite a number of Spider-Man movies that have been produced and aired from time to time. The story of all the films basically has a lot in common that tells of a geeky teenager named Peter Parker who suddenly had super powers after being bitten by a special spider. Peter must try to live everyday life as a regular high school boy and face various teenage problems in general such as school, association, friends, and romance. At the same time, he must be a reliable superhero to protect New York City.

9. Fantastic Four (2015)

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Four young people teleport to another dimension through an advanced technology they create. Because they do not want the results of his creation captured by others, these four teens are desperate to try the tool with dangerous consequences. They never thought that the experiment would change their lives forever. Their bodies turn out to be surprisingly strange forms. These four young people must learn to control and exploit their new abilities and work together to save the Earth from a super enemy who is a former friend of their own.

10. The Incredibles (2004)

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Bob Parr (AKA Incredible), and his wife Helen (AKA Elastigirl), are well-known superheroes against various crimes in the Metroville world. They always save lives and fight crime every day, but fifteen years later, they decide to retire and live as normal people. Both live in the suburbs with their three children Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack (who also have super powers just like their parents). Bob who is now an office worker, feel homesick and want to act again as a superhero.

When the turmoil is engulfing the city, finally their family get a chance to take some action again. This can only be solved by a super family effort to save the world from total destruction.

11. Power Rangers (2017)

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A group of teenagers accidentally discovered a collection of mysterious stones and a stranded alien plane. Upon learning that an arch-rival had risen, the Rangers had to gather and unite their power to protect the world.

12. The Gifted (TV Series: 2017-)

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Welcome to a world where people who have super powers are ostracized and terrorized. They are human beings who mutate and can have abilities beyond ordinary people. A special institution is formed by mutants to create peace with humans.

13. Runaways (TV Series: 2017-)

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Tells the story about six teenagers from the Marvel Universe, they are Nico Minoru, Karolina Dean, Molly Hernandez, Chase Stein, Alex Wilder, and Gertrude Yorkes. They are young people who realize that their parents are super criminals and members of a secret gang called The Pride. These six children realize that they are no longer safe in their own homes. Eventually each of them decided to venture out into the outside world, separate from their family, and learn the power within them.

14. Stranger Things (TV Series: 2016-)

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When a boy named Will disappears mysteriously, the town of Hawkins is shaken. Will's friends, his mom, local police, and his older brother were trying hard to find Will. An irregularity began to occur when a series of strange events occurred in Will's house and in the town of Hawkins. While in other places also found a teenage girl named Eleven who have the telekinesis ability aka ability to move objects just by only using mind. Will's friends, along with some of Hawkins's residents will realize they are dealing with a mysterious monster from another dimension.

15. The Covenant (2006)

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The four friends who are young magicians must confront a powerful supernatural force that reappears after a long absence. They were magicians from a group of witch associations. These four young people must protect themselves from strangers and other magicians who have come to the city to destroy their group after 300 years have passed. While they are trying to deal with it all, each of them also has to face a variety of personal problems. To save the future, these four magicians must face their past.

16. iBoy (2017)

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When Tom was trying to rescue a high school girl from a gang attack, he was shot and had to lie in a coma. The 16-year-old boy finally wakes up from a coma and realizes that a collection of fragments from his smartphone has been embedded in his brain. This makes Tom has super power like a superhero. He decided to use his new strength and knowledge of this technology to take revenge on the gang group responsible for the attack.

15 Best Movies About Magic

Do you believe in Magic? Those words are a phrase commonly spoken by magicians to the audience. When we watch a magic act, sometimes we are confused with amazing things happening on stage. Perhaps we have imagined and wondered whether all these magic acts are real and use a supernatural power like magic? Or is it just a trick and a fraud to fool the audience?

Some of us would have said straight away that it was a mere trick and could be learned. But what happens if there is a group of magicians who can perform a bank robbery from on stage ? If it is a pure hoax and action that can be explained by reason, then how do they do it? Perhaps this collection of films can answer it. Here's a list of the best magic movies from me.

1. The Prestige (2006)

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In the late nineteenth century, in London, Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman), Julia McCullough (Piper Perabo) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) were good friends and became co-workers as magicians. Julia is the beloved wife of Robert.

One time Julia died from an accident while performing a magic show. Robert blamed Alfred for his wife's death and they became enemies. Both became famous magicians and great rivals, they sabotaged each other's actions and performances on stage. When Alfred discovers a tremendous and successful magic trick, Robert becomes obsessed to try and imitate the secrets of its competitors. But Robert can never match and imitate Alfred's abilities. Unless he wants to risk everything with tragic consequences.

2. Now You See Me (2013)

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The four greatest magicians are gathered from various places to form a great magic team called The Four Horsemen. One year later, they appeared on the Las Vegas stage and scandalized the whole world with their actions robbing the bank off the stage, and distributing all the money to the audience from the stage. This makes an FBI agent named Dylan Rhodes and an Interpol agent named Alma Dray to work together to uncover how they carried out the robbery.

However, this mystery is very difficult to solve even with the help of a professional illusion exposer named Thaddeus Bradley. Beginning their investigations and adventures colored with illusions, chasing missions, and stunning magic for a purpose. What is that purpose?

3. Now You See Me 2 (2016)

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One year after outwit the FBI with the action of vigilante with Robin Hood style belongs to them, The Four Horsemen back appears to display their brilliant action on the stage, hoping to express various evil practices of a technology leader. Their coveted man is Walter Mabry, a genius creator of various advanced technologies.

A riveting action of The Four Horsemen that looked perfect and good, it failed and they were all publicly humiliated. Now the four powerful magicians are threatened by Walter, to perform a most impossible and dangerous magic act. This is the last chance and last hope for The Four Horsemen, to clear their names and reveal the mastermind behind them all.

4. The Illusionist (2006)

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When he was little, Eisenheim (Edward Norton), met a magician who showed an amazing magic trick. From there Eisenheim became very interested and began to learn magic. He became very clever with magic and it attracted the attention of a girl named Sophie. As time went by, Eisenheim and Sophie fell in love but their social status created a distance between them. Sophie comes from a royal family while Eisenheim is just an ordinary folk.

When Eisenheim has grown into a man, he has become a powerful magician and managed to play a variety of stunning action magic. Unintentionally, Eisenheim met his childhood friend and girl he loved Sophie. Eisenheim decided to use his magic tricks to fool the royal family, run away with the woman he loved, and live a happy life with Sophie forever.

5. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)

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Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) is a famous magician who always play magic together with his friend, Anton Marvelton. Their magic career had a problem when a street magician named Steve Gray (Jim Carrey) stole their audience. Steve Gray is a hard magician, he likes to play a sadistic magic that tortures himself. Due to its creepy action, many people love Steve Gray.

Burt and Anton decided to emulate Steve's action, but they failed and Burt and Anton's friendship got into trouble. Their careers were destroyed, Burt and Anton eventually split up and now Burt should be an entertainer in a nursing home. Unexpectedly, there Burt meets a legendary magician who has long retired. From there Burt began to learn the meaning of the real magic.

6. Red Light (2012)

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You just want to see what you want to believe. This film tells the story of a skeptical psychologist named Dr. Margaret Matheson and her assistant Tom Buckley who is a physicist. They love to learn the activities and various paranormal phenomena that are not true or fraudulent. Once upon a time, there was a famous magician named Simon Silver who reappeared after retiring for many years. Surprisingly, Silver emerged after his greatest critic died mysteriously. Tom became so obsessed with uncovering and deciding whether Silver really did magic, or just a fraud ?

7. The Great Buck Howard (2008)

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A young man named Troy Gable was very disappointed with his father. When he dropped out of law school, Gable saw an ad and decided to become a personal assistant to a magician named Buck Howard. Gable accidentally signed a contract stating that he agreed to be a companion of a troubled magician who is struggling to revive his career. All of this will take Gable to travel all over the country to hold the most amazing comeback action.

8. Death Defying Acts (2007)

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Harry Houdini is a famous magician and is one of the world's legendary magicians. He is an Escapologist, a magician who likes to show off escapes from dangers. Once, Harry meets a magician named Mary McGarvie. He is a Psychic magician from Scotland. They started close relationships, and soon they fell in love. Harry starts having an affair with this woman however, a tragedy has been waiting for him.

9. Sleight (2016)

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A young magician named Bo (Jacob Latimore) lives alone with his sister. She had to take care of her sister after their parents left them. Bo must perform various illegal activities to survive and meet daily needs. Once Bo had entered too deeply into the association and evil that caused his young sister was abducted. Now, he has to use his various magic acts and his genius brain to save his young sister.

10. Leap of Faith (1992)

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Jonas is a fake therapist, he uses a variety of magic tricks that are in the book to gather people in order to attend his show. Jonas and his fellow assistants, and all his magic teams, including Jane traveled all over the country to come to the big cities in order to show off their performances. But when one of the trucks broke down in a small town, Jonas decided to make money in this city. He had a purpose to seduce a woman named Marva, who was a servant in the city.

However, the love struggle of Jonas is very difficult because Marva is very difficult to seduce. Meanwhile, there is a local sheriff who does not like Jonas. He was determined to unravel the secrets and fraud committed by Jonas.

11. Houdini (1998 TV Movie)

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Actually a lot of movies that tell about this one magician. The latest is the year 2016 when the list of films was made. There's also a show in 2014 which is a TV Series with only two episodes.

This biography movie tells the story of one of the most famous magician in the history named Harry Houdini, from birth and his US trip, about his career in magic business as an escape artist and then become debunker, and about the his tragic death who ended his career. Here will also be told his relationship with his wife named Bess. See Houdini's journey behind his success is accompanied by various miracles as he pursues fame.

12. The Great Magician (2011)

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After the revolution that overthrew the Qing Dynasty in China, the republic was founded, China was split into a territory controlled by the warlords, who were busy fighting each other. There was a warlord who had imprisoned a girl and wanted her to be his seventh wife, but the commander was an honorable man who could not force the girl. The local revolutionaries wanted to kill the warlord and restore the republic, while there was a Japanese businessman intending to take over everything with the help of a local gang.

In the midst of the chaos, there is a lieutenant named Chang Hsien who wants to use great magic tricks to save the girl he loves. Who will be the winner ?

13. Magic in the Moonlight (2014)

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Stanley is a great magician who has dedicated his life to exposing false spiritualists. He plans to uncover the truth behind the female spiritualist Sophie and his cunning mother. However, the more time Stanley spent with Sophie, her thoughts began to change. Stanley starts to think that maybe Sophie can really communicate with other worlds, but worse yet, Stanley may have fallen in love with Sophie.

14. The Mentalist (TV Series: 2008-)

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After a serial killer named Red John kills wife and son of Patrick Jane, Jane devotes her life to hunting down and killing Red John. For that, he must pretend to be a psychic and join the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as a consultant for the team responsible for the case of Red John, led by Senior Agent Teresa Lisbon. By using Jane's extraordinary ability, she was able to observe with her great magic tricks.

Jane is also able to cope with various cases which is difficult and unprecedented. But Jane's method is unconventional and often brings a lot of anxiety to Agent Lisbon. It makes Jane's help both a blessing and a curse.

15. Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

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The movie "Oz The Great and Powerful" is about a circus magician named Oscar Diggs (James Franco) who accidentally stranded in a miraculous world called Oz. In his new world, Oscar claims to be a great magician and feels he has achieved success and luck. Unfortunately, the news of Oscar's presence in Oz was heard by three witches named Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz), and Glinda (Michelle Williams), and the three witches did not believe Oscar was a great magician.

Dissolved in the problems that occur in Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must know which comrades and opponents. Using illusion and science, Oscar transformed himself into a big and strong "Wizard of Oz", and also a better man. At the same time, Oz's world is in disaster. Can Oscar overcome all the chaos in Oz with "magic" and his ingenuity?