[Day Eight of 31 Days] Fairy Movie Picks (non-animated)

Let's stop talking about books for a minute and tackle some fairy movies! Did you guys know that TOM CRUISE has a movie about fairies?! (huh?) Yes he does... the year was 1986. haha! And Michelle Pfeiffer? She has at least two fairy movies. Other than the movie Stardust, she played the role of Titania in Midsummer Night's Dream.
Let's get on with the fae movie picks...

Legend (1986)

A young man must stop the lord of darkness from both destroying daylight and marrying the woman he loves.

• Actors: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry
• Director: Ridley Scott

Labyrinth (1986)

David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly invite you into a magical universe where nothing is what it seems. Babysitting infant stepbrother Toby on a weekend night isn't young Sarah's (Connelly) idea of fun. Frustrated by his crying, she secretly imagines the Goblins from her favorite book, Labyrinth, carrying Toby away. When her fantasy comes true, a distraught Sarah must enter a maze of illusion to bring Toby back from a kingdom inhabited by mystical creatures and governed by the wicked Goblin King (Bowie).

• Actors: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly
• Director: Jim Henson

Stardust (2007)

Escape into the enchanted world of chivalry and romance in Stardust, an epic tale starring Claire Danes with Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro. In hopes of wooing a beautiful girl (Sienna Miller), Tristan (Charlie Cox) promises to bring her a falling star. But he’s in for the adventure of his life when he discovers the star is actually a celestial beauty named Yvaine (Danes) When an old witch Lamia (Pfeiffer) attempts to steal Yvaine’s youth, Tristan must protect her at all costs, in this magical family adventure that will make you fall in love over and over again.

• Actors: Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Claire Danes
• Director: Matthew Vaughn

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999)

American businessman Jack Woods rents a cottage on the enchanted Emerald Isle which is occupied by a family of leprechauns. Leprechaun Seamus Muldoon's son and son's friends crash the fairies' costume ball and Muldoon's son falls in love with fairy Princess Jessica. Their love re-ignites a feud between the leprechauns and the fairies, which escalates into a war. The Grand Banshee warns of terrible consequences and Jack Woods is chosen to make peace. Woods interrupts his own romance with an Irish beauty to help, and becomes involved in a strange and wonderful magical adventure.

• Actors: Randy Quaid, Whoopi Goldberg
• Director: John Henderson

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

A stellar cast, headed by Michelle Pfeiffer and Kevin Kline, bring Shakespeare's romantic comedy to life. When two pairs of star-crossed lovers, a feuding pair of supernatural sprites and a love potion gone awry all come together in an enchanted moonlit forest, the result is a delightful mix of merriment and magic. Also starring Calista Flockhart, Stanley Tucci and Rupert Everett.

• Actors: Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stanley Tucci, Rupert Everett, Calista Flockhart
• Director: Michael Hoffman

SOURCES: IMDB and Amazon