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.
Conceiving Ada (1997)
4.9/10
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Timothy Leary, Karen Black
Emmy Coer, a computer genius, devises a method of communicating with the past by tapping into undying information waves. She manages to reach the worl... Read more
18 Again! (1988)
5.7/10
Director: Paul Flaherty
Starring: Charlie Schlatter, George Burns, Tony Roberts, Anita Morris, Miriam Flynn, Red B...
An aging ruthless businessman swaps bodies with his grandson in the wake of getting into a car accident. Read more
The Sandman (2022)
Starring: Tom Sturridge, David Thewlis, Gwendoline Christie, Patton Oswalt, Boyd Holbrook,...
The Sandman tells the tale of Morpheus, a.k.a. Dream, one of a group of immortal beings known as the Endless who escapes a 100-year captivity and sets... Read more
Red Riding Hood (Blu-ray) (2011)
5.5/10
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Virginia...
Set in a medieval village that is haunted by a werewolf, a young girl falls for an orphaned woodcutter, much to her family's displeasure. Read more
Somewhere Tomorrow (1983)
6/10
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker
When a teenage girl witnesses a plane crash, she talks with one of the injured passengers...only to find out he was actually killed in the accident. Read more
Backtrack (2015)
5.9/10
Director: Michael Petroni
Starring: Adrien Brody, Sam Neill, Jenni Baird, Bruce Spence, Anna Lise Phillips
A psychotherapist has nightmares and sinister visions. Ghosts? Is it more than his daughter's death causing this? He returns to his childhood home and... Read more
Armour Of God 2: Operation Condor (1991)
7.3/10
Director: Jackie Chan
Starring: Jackie Chan, Carol Cheng, Ikeda Shoko, Ken Lo
Agent Jackie Chan is hired to find WWII Nazi gold hidden in the Sahara Desert. He soon discovers that he is not the only one searching for the treasur... Read more
Congo (1995)
5.1/10
Director: Frank Marshall
Starring: Dylan Walsh, Laura Linney, Ernie Hudson, Grant Heslov, Joe Don Baker, Tim Curry
Saturday-matinee type tale about a gorilla expert who goes on a trouble laden expedition to Africa. Adapted from a Michael Crichton ('Jurassic Park')... Read more
Excalibur (1981)
7.4/10
Director: John Boorman
Starring: Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi, Paul...
The legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table receives its most impressive screen treatment in "Excalibur", from visionary moviemaker J... Read more
Slaughterhouse Five (1972)
6.9/10
Director: George Roy Hill
Starring: Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche
Adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's bizarre fantasy novel follows the story of Billy Pilgrim, who becomes unstuck in time and jumps back and forth in his li... Read more