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 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 Lost Thing (2010)
7.4/10
Starring: Narrated by, Tim Minchin
While out collecting bottle tops at the beach, a boy discovers an enormous, bizarre and lonely creature that nobody else appears to notice. Feeling so... Read more
Yatterman (2009)
6.1/10
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Kyoko Fukada, Saki Fukuda, Kendo Kobayashi, Sho Sakurai, Anri Okamoto, Katsuhisa...
Gan Takada and his girlfriend Ai-chan are just normal teens who like to tinker away at robotic inventions - that is, when they're not out keeping the... Read more
King of Thorn (2009)
6.4/10
Director: Kazuyoshi Katayama
Panic spreads worldwide as the Medousa Virus - a fatal pandemic that solidifies the body to stone - threatens to wipe out the human race. 160 infected... Read more
Slender Man (2018)
3/10
Director: Sylvain White
Starring: Joey King, Annalise Basso, Julia Goldani Telles, Jaz Sinclair
Small-town best friends Hallie, Chloe, Wren and Katie go online to try and conjure up the Slender Man -- a tall, thin, horrifying figure whose face ha... Read more
Die Nibelungen ( Siegfried / Kriemhild's Revenge ) (1924)
6.6/10
Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Hanna Ralph, Margarete Schon, Paul Richter, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
One of the greatest artistic and technical achievements of the German silent cinema, Fritz Lang's monumental saga is a passionate retelling of Nordic... Read more
Upside Down Magic (2020)
4.8/10
Director: Joe Nussbaum
In "Upside-Down Magic, a Disney Channel Original Movie, 13-year-old Nory Boxwood Horace discovers she can flux into animals, and her best friend Reina... Read more
Fatman (2020)
5.9/10
Starring: Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins
A rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus is fighting to save his declining business. Meanwhile, Billy, a neglected and precocious 12 year old, hires a hit man... Read more
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
6.2/10
Director: Michael Dougherty
Starring: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Bradley Whitford, Sally Hawkins...
Members of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mot... Read more
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Blu-Ray) (1989)
8.3/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Alexei Sayle, Denholm Elliott, Harrison Ford, John Rhys-Davies, Julian Glover, M...
The intrepid explorer Indiana Jones sets out to rescue his father, a medievalist who has vanished while searching for the Holy Grail. Following clues... Read more