Rise of the Phoenix
by dgranger | created - 20 Jul 2020 | updated - 09 Dec 2020 | PublicThese movies either have an actual Phoenix in them or have an object or person that uses the symbol of the Phoenix as a rebirth of a new object or person from the remains of the old in them. Which film is your favorite?
Drop your suggestions into this blazer so they can be reborn on this poll.
Warning: Spoilers ahead.
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1. Mulan (2020)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
To keep her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man and battles northern invaders in China.
Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Liu Yifei, Donnie Yen, Gong Li, Jet Li
Votes: 159,130
In this version of Mulan’s story, the Phoenix is not only the guardian and symbol of her family, the actual bird appears several times in the film to give her guidance.
2. Titan A.E. (2000)
PG | 94 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A young man learns that he has to find a hidden Earth ship before an enemy alien species does in order to secure the survival of humanity.
Directors: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman | Stars: Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Bill Pullman, Jim Breuer
Votes: 63,971 | Gross: $22.75M
The ship Kale and Akima repair is the “Phoenix” and has the symbol on it too.
3. A Knight's Tale (2001)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
After his master dies, a peasant squire, fueled by his desire for food and glory, creates a new identity for himself as a knight.
Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon
Votes: 201,857 | Gross: $56.57M
Sir Ulrich Von Lichtenstein of Gelderland’s crest was three phoenixes symbolizing Will’s, Roland’s and Wat’s rebirth.
4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
PG | 161 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Harry Potter lives his second year at Hogwarts with Ron and Hermione when a message on the wall announces that the legendary Chamber of Secrets has been opened. The trio soon realize that, to save the school, it will take a lot of courage.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris
Votes: 692,736 | Gross: $261.99M
Fawkes, Dumbledore’s pet phoenix.
5. The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Approved | 142 min | Adventure, Drama
After an oil company plane crashes in the Sahara, the survivors are buoyed with hope by one of the passengers, an airplane designer who plans for them to build a flyable plane from the wreckage.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy KrĂĽger
Votes: 22,421
The airplane they build, from the wreckage of the other plane, is called “The Phoenix”
6. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
PG-13 | 134 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Gellert Grindelwald plans to raise an army of wizards to rule over non-magical beings. In response, Newt Scamander's former professor, Albus Dumbledore, seeks his help to stop him.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Johnny Depp
Votes: 308,962 | Gross: $159.56M
Fawkes the Phoenix
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
PG | 153 min | Action, Adventure, Family
As Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as "the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon
Votes: 595,931 | Gross: $301.96M
Fawkes the Phoenix
8. Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Survivors of a plane crash in the Mongolian desert work together to build a new plane.
Director: John Moore | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Miranda Otto, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Gibson
Votes: 56,766 | Gross: $21.01M
The airplane they build, from the wreckage of the other plane, is called “The Phoenix”
9. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Family
With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 633,657 | Gross: $292.00M
It is in the title.
10. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
PG | 119 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.
Director: Joachim Rønning | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Harris Dickinson, Michelle Pfeiffer
Votes: 118,915 | Gross: $113.93M
Maleficent becomes a phoenix in the film.
11. Raising Arizona (1987)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Crime
When a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman
Votes: 150,440 | Gross: $22.85M
Phoenix Arizona
12. Demolition Man (1993)
R | 115 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.
Director: Marco Brambilla | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne
Votes: 193,454 | Gross: $58.06M
Simon Phoenix (Suggested by Nikolay_yeriomin.)
13. Phoenix (1998)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama
A cop (Liotta) with a gambling addiction plots a theft from the bookies who are putting pressure on him to pay off or else.
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Ray Liotta, Anthony LaPaglia, Daniel Baldwin, Jeremy Piven
Votes: 4,348 | Gross: $0.04M
The story takes place in Phoenix, AZ. (Suggested by Pencho15)
14. Dark Phoenix (2019)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Jean Grey begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into a Dark Phoenix, causing the X-Men to have to decide if her life is worth more than all of humanity.
Director: Simon Kinberg | Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult
Votes: 205,161 | Gross: $65.85M
Jean Grey, Phoenix. (Suggested by Pencho15)
15. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The human government develops a cure for mutations, and Jean Grey becomes a darker uncontrollable persona called the Phoenix who allies with Magneto, causing escalation into an all-out battle for the X-Men.
Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen
Votes: 541,000 | Gross: $234.36M
Jean Grey/ Phoenix (Suggested by Pencho15)
16. Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary (2014)
93 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
The warriors called "Saints" are champions of hope who appear whenever evil threatens the world.
Director: Kei'ichi Sato | Stars: Kaito Ishikawa, Kenji Akabane, KenshĂ´ Ono, Nobuhiko Okamoto
Votes: 4,700
A character receives powers from the Phoenix constellation. (Suggested by Pencho15)
17. The Phoenix (1981–1982)
60 min | Sci-Fi
An ancient and powerful human-like alien is pursued on modern Earth while he searches for his long lost partner.
Stars: Judson Scott, Richard Lynch, E.G. Marshall, Carmen Argenziano
Votes: 342
(Suggested by Nikolay_yeriomin.)
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