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 House with a Clock in Its Walls (Blu-Ray) (2018)
6.2/10
Director: Eli Roth
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Colleen Camp, Kyle MacLachlan, Jack Black, Eli Roth, Lorenza Izz...
Ten-year-old Lewis goes to live with his oddball uncle in a creaky old house that contains a mysterious `tick tock' noise. He soon learns that Uncle J... Read more
The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)
6.1/10
Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
Starring: Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, Chris Hemsworth
Eric and fellow warrior Sara, raised as members of ice Queen Freya's army, try to conceal their forbidden love as they fight to survive the wicked int... Read more
The Illustrated Man (1969)
6.1/10
Director: Jack Smight
Starring: Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Robert Drivas
Rod Steiger plays the tattoo-covered title role in this fascinating vision of doom and danger based on the classic short story collection by futurist... Read more
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
6.8/10
Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Tom Waits, Colin Farre...
In Terry Gilliam's stylish romp, Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer), in exchange for extraordinary powers, makes a deal with the Devil (Tom Waits)... Read more
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
6.8/10
Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Tom Waits, Colin Farre...
In Terry Gilliam's stylish romp, Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer), in exchange for extraordinary powers, makes a deal with the Devil (Tom Waits)... Read more
The Incredible Hulk ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
6.8/10
Director: Louis Leterrier
Starring: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson, Ty Burrell
Another reinvention of Marvel's flawed superhero, with Edward Norton assuming the mantle of Bruce Banner and his giant, angry alter-ego. Bruce has spe... Read more
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
5.4/10
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Charles Grodin, Henry Gibson, Lily Tomlin, Ned Beatty
The loveable and laughable Lily Tomlin stars in this high-spirited sci-fi comedy satire. Exposed to a bizarre mix of household chemicals, ordinary hou... Read more
The Invention of Lying (2009)
6.4/10
Director: Matthew Robinson, Ricky Gervais
Starring: Fionnula Flanagan, Jeffrey Tambor, Rob Lowe, Jennifer Garner, Ricky Gervais, Tin...
In a world where the human race has never evolved the ability to lie, a man who suddenly discovers how will change the world. With this superpower he... Read more
The Invisible Woman (1940)
Director: Edward Sutherland
Starring: Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard
Eccentric Professor Gibbs, brilliant but impractical, invents an invisibility machine and advertises for a guinea pig. What he gets is Kitty Carroll,... Read more
The Iron Mask (2019)
7.5/10
Starring: Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charles Dance
Early 1700: Cartographer Jonathan Green (Jason Flemyng) from Forbidden Kingdom (2014) is back to map the Russian Far East. He's forced on to China, wh... Read more