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.
Wizards (1976)
6.5/10
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Starring: Richard Romanus, Jesse Wells, Bob Holt
Ralph Bakshi presents this animated futuristic fantasy for adults as a dry run for 'The Lord of the Rings' feature he was planning. A cigar-chomping,... Read more
The Lord Of The Rings ( Blu-ray ) (1978)
6.2/10
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Starring: Christopher Guard, John Hurt, William Squire
A young Hobbit named Frodo is thrown on an amazing adventure, when he is appointed the job of destroying the one ring which was created by the dark lo... Read more
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (Blu-Ray) (1973)
6.8/10
Director: Gordon Hessler
Starring: Caroline Munro, John Phillip Law, Martin Shaw, Robert Shaw, Tom Baker, Douglas W...
Sinbad's adventure pits him against a master magician who's trying to reach the Fountain of Destiny on the lost land of Lemuria in a bid to be crowned... Read more
47 Ronin (Blu-ray) (3D) (2013)
6.3/10
Director: Carl Rinsch
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Tadanobu Asano, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rinko Kikuchi, Ko Shibasaki
After a treacherous warlord kills their master and banishes their kind, 47 leaderless samurai vow to seek vengeance and restore honour to their people... Read more
Man of Steel ( Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D ) (2013)
7.1/10
Director: Zack Snyder
Starring: Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Laurence Fishburne, Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon, A...
Director Zack Snyder ("Watchmen") reboots the Superman saga in this thrilling action adventure. Having escaped the destruction of his home planet of K... Read more
Detective Pikachu (Blu-Ray) (2019)
6.8/10
Director: Rob Letterman
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Ken Watanabe, Bill Nighy
Ace detective Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son, Tim, to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is H... Read more
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019)
7.5/10
Director: Tim Johnson
Starring: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Craig Ferguson, F Murray Abraham,...
Hiccup and Toothless reunite to remind both their kinds of the inseparable bond between vikings and dragons. It's the festival of Snoggletog on New Be... Read more
The Iron Mask (Blu-ray) (2019)
6.7/10
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
Beetlejuice (1988)
7.5/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Annie McEnroe, Winona Ryder, Catherin...
Michael Keaton stars as the title character, a wacko freelance bio-exorcist who removes humans from the homes of troubled ghosts. A peculiar and energ... Read more
The Show (2020)
5.8/10
Starring: Roger Ashton-Griffiths
A man's search for a stolen artifact leads him to the haunted town filled with Voodoo gangsters, masked adventurers, Depression-era private eyes and v... Read more