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.
Loch Ness (1996)
5.4/10
Director: John Henderson
Starring: Ian Holm, Joely Richardson, Ted Danson
When disgraced American anthropologist and self-appointed sceptic Dempsey (Golden Globe Award winner Ted Danson) arrives for a new assignment in Scotl... Read more
The Suicide Squad (Blu-ray) (2021)
7.3/10
Director: James Gunn
Starring: Viola Davis, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, Nathan Fill...
Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X... Read more
In Fabric (2018)
6.2/10
Director: Peter Strickland
Starring: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Julian Barratt, Steve Oram, Fatma...
In Fabric is a haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store and follows the life of a cursed dres... Read more
Gaia (2021)
5.6/10
An injured forest ranger on a routine mission is saved by two off-the-grid survivalists. What is initially a welcome rescue grows more suspicious as t... Read more
Raised By Wolves (2020)
7.5/10
Starring: Travis Fimmel
After Earth is torn apart by religious differences and the human race teeters on the edge of extinction, an atheistic android architect sends two crea... Read more
Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)
4/10
Director: Carl Schenkel
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Jane March, Steven Waddington
Edgar Rice Burroughs' famed hero returns to the screen in this action packed adventure saga which finds him in England, enjoying life as Lord Greystok... Read more
Dragon Chronicles: The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains (1994)
Director: Wing Keung Chien
Starring: Brigitte Lin, Gong Li, Man Cheung, Norman Chu
AKA: 'The Immortals'. This big budget wu shu spectacular was slated on its original release, and though the plot, based on a complex novel, is somewh... Read more
The Wizard of Oz Collection (1914)
Starring: Oliver Hardy, Larry Semon, Violet Macmillan
Not the famous 1939 film with Judy Garland, instead, these are earlier films, all silent, based on the Oz books by L Frank Baum. The author himself st... Read more
The Silent Flute ( aka Circle of Iron ) (1978)
Director: Richard Moore
Starring: Christopher Lee, David Carradine, Eli Wallach, Jeff Cooper, Roddy McDowall
Aka 'Circle of Iron'. A highly unusual mixture of Eastern philosophy and martial arts action that was based on a story written by Bruce Lee shortly be... Read more
The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
4.6/10
Director: Tim Pope
Starring: Ian Dury, Iggy Pop, Mia Kirshner, Thomas Jane, Vincent Perez
French actor Vincent Perez steps into the late Brandon Lee's shoes in this stylish sequel that finds the undead hero returning for revenge in a decayi... Read more