Fantasy Films
Fantasy Films, unlike science fiction films that base their content upon some degree of scientific truth, take the audience to netherworld, fairty-tale places where events are unlikely to occur in real life. In mythological or legendary times, they transcend the bounds of human possibility and physical laws. Fantasy films are often in the context of the imagination, dreams, or hallucinations of a character or within the projected vision of the storyteller. Fantasy films often have an element of magic, myth, wonder, escapism, and the extraordinary. They may appeal to both children and adults, depending upon the particular film.
Below is a collection of films where imagination has no bounds. Where entire worlds have been created and populated with mythical creatures, magical quests and larger than life heroes and villains.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
6.3/10
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes, Will Poulter
Transported to Narnia through a magical painting, Pevensie siblings Lucy (Georgie Henley) and Edmund (Skandar Keynes), along with their cousin Eustace... Read more
The City of Lost Children (1995)
7.6/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
Starring: Ron Perlman, Judith Vittet, Daniel Emilfork
A dazzling nightmare fantasy about a mad scientist (Daniel Emilfork) who is unable to dream and goes about kidnapping children (with the help of his c... Read more
The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)
5.4/10
Director: Michael Chapman
Starring: Daryl Hannah, James Remar, Pamela Reed
The Neanderthal drama based on Jean Auel's popular novel casts Daryl Hannah as a beautiful outcast shunned by her tribe of swarthy cavemen. Determined... Read more
The Cobbler (Blu-ray) (2014)
5.8/10
Director: Tom McCarthy
Starring: Adam Sandler, Melonie Diaz, Steve Buscemi
A cobbler, bored of his everyday life, stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to become other people and see the world in a different way. Read more
The Craft (1996)
6.3/10
Director: Andrew Fleming
Starring: Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Robin Tunney, Rachel True
Four teenage girls, students at a private Los Angeles school, dabble in witchcraft. At first they're gleeful about their powers, but, eventually thing... Read more
The Croods (2013)
7.2/10
Director: Chris Sanders, Kirk De Micco
Starring: Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Clar...
Animated comedy-adventure follows the world's first modern family, Grug (voiced by Nicolas Cage), his wife Ugga (Catherine Keener), daughter Eep (Emma... Read more
The Croods: A New Age (2020)
7.2/10
Starring: Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Clar...
Animated comedy-adventure follows the world's first modern family, Grug (voiced by Nicolas Cage), his wife Ugga (Catherine Keener), daughter Eep (Emma... Read more
The Croods: A New Age (Blu-ray) (2020)
7/10
Starring: Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Clar...
Animated comedy-adventure follows the world's first modern family, Grug (voiced by Nicolas Cage), his wife Ugga (Catherine Keener), daughter Eep (Emma... Read more
The Crow (1994)
7.6/10
Director: Alex Proyas
Starring: Bai Ling, Brandon Lee, David Patrick Kelly, Ernie Hudson, Jon Polito, Michael Wi...
A superhuman mystical hero returns from the grave to exact revenge on the killers of his fiancee and himself on the eve of their wedding. The tragic d... Read more
The Crow ( Blu-ray ) (1994)
7.6/10
Director: Alex Proyas
Starring: Bai Ling, Brandon Lee, David Patrick Kelly, Ernie Hudson, Jon Polito, Michael Wi...
A superhuman mystical hero returns from the grave to exact revenge on the killers of his fiancee and himself on the eve of their wedding. The tragic d... Read more