Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
If you like fairytales and emotionally gutwrenching stories that are absolutely beautiful, then this absolutely will be a movie for you. It is that damn good. Heck, it might even be director Guillermo Del Toro's best project ever and that is saying quite a bit. It feels personal, it's packed with strong characters and the visuals are stunning. In fact, you can just as easily stop reading and go watch it right away. No? Okay then. The year is 1944 and we're fully in Franco's fascist Spain. Ofelia, a young girl, is travelling with her pregnant mother to capitan Vidal, the new husband and soon to be father, as Ofelia's mom is close to giving birth. Ofelia is obsessed with reading stories and doesn't want to be out there in the middle of nowhere. She doesn't really like Vidal either, which is not that hard to understand as Vidal is a terrifyingly hardcore fascist who only cares about his legacy and doesn't give a hoot about either Ofelia or her mother. Y...
