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 Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ( Blu-ray ) (3D) (2014)
7.4/10
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, James Nes...
"The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield and the Company of Dwarve... Read more
A Monster Calls (2016)
7.5/10
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Starring: Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver, Toby Kebbell, Felicity Jones
Conor (Lewis MacDougall) is dealing with far more than other boys his age. His beloved and devoted mother (Felicity Jones) is ill. He has little in co... Read more
The Lure (Blu-ray) (2015)
6.3/10
Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska
In Warsaw, a pair of mermaid sisters are adopted into a cabaret. While one seeks love with humans the other hungers to dine on the human population of... Read more
Highlander II: Renegade Version (Special Edition) (Blu-ray) (1991)
4.3/10
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Starring: Christopher Lambert, John C McGinley, Michael Ironside, Sean Connery, Virginia M...
It's 2024 and MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) and Ramirez (Sean Connery) are back to save planet Earth. Ozone depletion, time travel and corporate greed... Read more
Final Days of Planet Earth (2006)
4.3/10
Director: Robert Lieberman
Starring: Daryl Hannah, Campbell Scott, Gil Bellows, Suleka Mathew, Serge Houde
Originally a mini-series made for cable television, this end-of-days, sci-fi thriller features an evil plot by shapeshifting aliens to take over the e... Read more
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 ( Blu-ray ) (3D) (2011)
8.1/10
Director: David Yates
Starring: Alan Rickman, David Thewlis, Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Isaacs, Jo...
The "Harry Potter" film series reaches its thrilling and epic conclusion as Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) fulfills his destiny in a defining battle with Lo... Read more
Wrath of the Titans (Blu-ray) (3D) (2011)
5.7/10
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Bill Nighy, Sam Worthington, Rosamund Pike, Danny Hu...
With the Kraken vanquished, demigod Perseus (Sam Worthington) aims to become a humble fisherman at the outset of this sequel to 2010's "Clash of the T... Read more
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (Blu-Ray) (3D) (2017)
7/10
Director: Rian Johnson
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Carrie Fisher, Frank Oz, Laura Dern, Mark Hamill, Andy Serkis,...
Luke Skywalker's peaceful and solitary existence gets upended when he encounters Rey, a young woman who shows strong signs of the Force. Her desire to... Read more
10,000 BC (Blu-ray) (2008)
5.1/10
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis, Steven Strait
Partly filmed on location around Queenstown, this prehistoric epic focuses on D'Leh, a young hunter who's been branded an outcast by his tribe. But he... Read more
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Blu-ray) (2012)
5.9/10
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Starring: Marton Csokas, Rufus Sewell, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Dominic Co...
Statesman. President. Vampire hunter? Based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith ("Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"), this offbeat horror tale finds a y... Read more