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FANTASY
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Selection of Greatest Fantasy Films:
See also AFI's 10 Top 10 - The Top 10 Fantasy Films
- Greatest Early Fantasy Films:
- The Thief of Bagdad (1924; also remade in 1940)
- The Lost World (1925)
- Metropolis (1927, Ger.)
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King Kong (1933)
- Things to Come (1936)
- Lost Horizon (1937)
- Topper (1937)
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) - animated
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The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- Pinocchio (1940) - animated
- The Thief of Bagdad (1940, UK)
- The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
- Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
- I Married a Witch (1942)
- The Canterville Ghost (1944)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (1944)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- La Belle et La Bete (aka Beauty and the Beast) (1946, Fr.)
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
- Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
- Portrait of Jennie (1948)
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
- Destination Moon (1950)
- Harvey (1950)
- Alice in Wonderland (1951) - animated
- Peter Pan (1953) - animated
- Brigadoon (1954) - musical
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
- Greatest Recent Fantasy Films:
- The Time Machine (1960)
- Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
- Mary Poppins (1964)
- Batman (1966)
- Fantastic Voyage (1966)
- Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
- The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
- Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- Oh, God! (1977)
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Star Wars (1977)
- Heaven Can Wait (1978)
- Superman (1978)
- Flash Gordon (1980)
- Somewhere in Time (1980)
- Clash of the Titans (1981)
- Dragonslayer (1981)
- Excalibur (1981)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Time Bandits (1981)
- Conan the Barbarian (1982)
- The Dark Crystal (1982)
-
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- Krull (1983)
- Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- The NeverEnding Story (1984)
- Splash (1984)
- Supergirl (1984)
- Back to the Future (1985)
- Brazil (1985)
- Enemy Mine (1985)
- Explorers (1985)
- Ladyhawke (1985)
- Legend (1985)
- The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
- The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
- Labyrinth (1986)
- Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
- The Princess Bride (1987)
- Beetlejuice (1988)
- Big (1988)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- Wings of Desire (1988, W. Ger./Fr.)
- Batman (1989)
- Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
- Field of Dreams (1989)
- Edward Scissorshands (1990)
- Ghost (1990)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (1990)
- The Rocketeer (1991)
- Batman Returns (1992)
- Groundhog Day (1993)
- Forrest Gump (1994)
- The Mask (1994)
- Babe (1995)
- Batman Forever (1995)
- The Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (1995)
- Tank Girl (1995)
- Dragonheart (1996)
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
- Batman and Robin (1997)
- Pleasantville (1998)
- The Truman Show (1998)
- What Dreams May Come (1998)
- Being John Malkovich (1999)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
- Frequency (2000)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
- Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)
