FANTASY FILMS

Examples


Fantasy Films
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Selection of Greatest Fantasy Films:
(mostly does not include Animated, pure Sci-Fi or Superhero films)

See Filmsite's: 100 Greatest Fantasy Films of All Time
See also Super-Heroes on Film

Greatest Early Fantasy Films:
Kriemhild's Revenge (1924, Germ.) (aka Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache)
Siegfried (1924, Germ.) (aka Die Nibelungen: Siegfried)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
The Lost World (1925)
Faust (1926, Germ.)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Lost Horizon (1937)
Topper (1937)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940, UK) (remake)
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
I Married an Angel (1942)
I Married a Witch (1942)
A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
The Canterville Ghost (1944)
The Uninvited (1944)
Blithe Spirit (1945, UK)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Wonder Man (1945)
Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
La Belle et La Bete (aka Beauty and the Beast) (1946, Fr.)
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946, UK) (aka Stairway to Heaven)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
Heaven Only Knows (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Harvey (1950)
Orpheus (1950, Fr.) (aka Orphée)
A Christmas Carol (1951, UK) (aka Scrooge)
Ugetsu Monogatari (1953, Jp.) (aka Tales of Ugetsu)
Brigadoon (1954)
The Seventh Seal (1957, Swe.) (aka Det Sjunde Inseglet)
Bell Book and Candle (1958)
Tom Thumb (1958)
Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

Greatest Recent Fantasy Films:
Mysterious Island (1961)
Kwaidan (1964, Jp.)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Juliet of the Spirits (1965, It.) (aka Giulietta Degli Spiriti)
Candy (1968)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
Brewster McCloud (1970)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972, Fr.)
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
The Holy Mountain (1973, Mex.)
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973, Sp.)
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Zardoz (1974)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975, UK)
Eraserhead (1977)
Jabberwocky (1977, UK)
Oh, God! (1977) and sequels (1980, 1984)
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Superman (1978) and all sequels
The Wiz (1978)
Somewhere in Time (1980)
Xanadu (1980)
Clash of the Titans (1981) and sequel Clash of the Titans (2010)
Dragonslayer (1981)
Excalibur (1981)
Time Bandits (1981, UK)
The Beastmaster (1982)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Krull (1983, UK/US)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Gremlins (1984)
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Splash (1984)
Supergirl (1984)
The Heavenly Kid (1985)
Ladyhawke (1985)
Legend (1985)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Return to Oz (1985)
Teen Wolf (1985)
The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
Highlander (1986)
Labyrinth (1986)
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
Date With an Angel (1987)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Wings of Desire (1987, W. Germ.) (aka Der Himmel über Berlin)
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Beetlejuice (1988) and sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Big (1988)
Willow (1988)
Always (1989)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Edward Scissorshands (1990)
Ghost (1990)
Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990)
The Fisher King (1991)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Addams Family Values (1993)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Angels in the Outfield (1994)
The Mask (1994)
The City of Lost Children (1995, Fr.)
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
A Little Princess (1995)
The Prophecy (1995) and sequel The Prophecy II (1998)
DragonHeart (1996)
Matilda (1996)
Michael (1996)
The Preacher's Wife (1996)
FairyTale: A True Story (1997, UK)
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
City of Angels (1998)
Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
Meet Joe Black (1998)
Pleasantville (1998)
Practical Magic (1998)
The Truman Show (1998)
What Dreams May Come (1998)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
The Green Mile (1999)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, China/HK)
Amelie (2001, Fr.) (aka Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
Down to Earth (2001)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) (aka Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) and all sequels
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and all sequels
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Reign of Fire (2002)
Big Fish (2003)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Peter Pan (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and all sequels
Ella Enchanted (2004, Ireland/UK/US)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005) and all sequels
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
MirrorMask (2005, UK)
Nanny McPhee (2005) and sequel: Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)
The Fall (2006)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006, Mex.)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
The Science of Sleep (2006, Fr.)
Across the Universe (2007)
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
The Golden Compass (2007, UK/US)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Stardust (2007)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Avatar (2009) and sequel in 2022
Enter the Void (2009, Fr./Germ./It.)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009, UK)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
Clash of the Titans (2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (2010)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (2011)
Midnight in Paris (2011)
The Tree of Life (2011)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) and all sequels
Life of Pi (2012)
Tale of Tales (2015, It./Fr./UK) (aka Il Racconto Dei Racconti)
The BFG (2016)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), and sequels in 2018 and 2022
A Ghost Story (2017)
The Shape of Water (2017)
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
Pinocchio (2019, It./Fr./UK)
Nine Days (2020, US/UK)
The Green Knight (2021)
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
Barbie (2023)
Wicked (2024)


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