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.
Cats (2019)
2.7/10
Director: Tom Hooper
Starring: Judi Dench, Idris Elba, James Corden, Rebel Wilson, Taylor Swift, Ian McKellen,...
A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life. Read more
Princess Mononoke ( Blu-ray ) (1997)
8.4/10
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Gillian Anderson, Minnie Driver,...
This stunning masterpiece by animation wizard Hayao Miyazaki is set during Japan's Muromachi era, when a maddened Boar God infects a prince with a dea... Read more
The Head Hunter (2018)
5.4/10
Director: Jordan Downey
A medieval warrior's gruesome collection of heads is missing only one - the monster that killed his daughter years ago. 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
Peggy Sue Got Married (Blu-Ray) (1986)
6.3/10
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks, Joan Allen, Kevin...
Peggy Sue Bodell (Kathleen Turner) attends her 25-year high school reunion after separating from her cheating husband, Charlie (Nicolas Cage). She reg... Read more
Troll Hunter (2010)
Director: André Øvredal
Starring: Otto Jespersen
A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to fo... Read more
Shazam!: Fury Of The Gods (Blu-ray) (2023)
7.5/10
Director: David F Sandberg
Starring: Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, Adam Brody, Djimon Hounsou, Meagan...
The film continues the story of teenage Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word "SHAZAM!" is transformed into his adult Super Hero alter ego, S... Read more
Tiger Woman (The Serial) (1944)
7.3/10
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Starring: Linda Stirling
This quintessential 1944 Republic serial (in twelve exciting episodes) was Linda Sterling's serial debut and delivers first-rate action scenes such as... Read more
The Phantom: The Serial (1943)
4.9/10
Director: B Reeves Eason
Starring: Tom Tyler, Jeanne Bates
Tom Tyler stars as the purple-and-black hero of the African jungle, helping fiancee Jeanne Bates' archeologist father locate the Lost City of Zoloz an... Read more
The Borrowers (1973)
5.7/10
Director: Walter C. Miller
Starring: Barnard Hughes, Beatrice Straight, Eddie Albert, Judith Anderson, Tammy Grimes
Pod Clock is the head of a small family. They are that small they actually live under the floorboards of a Victorian mansion, surviving on the left-ov... Read more