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.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
6.7/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, M...
Unique director Tim Burton re-teams with muse Johnny Depp bringing Roald Dahl's classic morality tale to the big screen once more. Reinvented and reim... Read more
Protectors of the Universe (1983)
Director: Larry M. Jackson
In the far reach of space, a new star evokes. At that very moment, a horrible roaring sweeps across the universe. This sudden roaring, like a helpless... Read more
Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans (1991)
3.4/10
Director: Howard R Cohen
Starring: Rick Hill, Maria Ford
The best thing about this entry to the Deathstalker series is that Rick Hill is back! And you've gotta love the sense of humour. You can laugh WITH i... Read more
Epic (Blu-ray & 3D) (2013)
6.7/10
Director: Chris Wedge
Starring: Colin Farrell, Beyonce Knowles, Steven Tyler, Josh Hutcherson, Chris O'Dowd, Ama...
Computer-animated adventure from the creators of "Ice Age. Teenage M.K. (voice of Amanda Seyfried) is skeptical about her estranged botanist father's... Read more
Falling Skies. Season 2 (Blu-ray) (2013)
7.6/10
Starring: Noah Wyle
The chaotic aftermath of an alien attack has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, the few su... Read more
I, Frankenstein (Blu-ray) (3D) (2014)
5.1/10
Director: Stuart Beattie
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Miranda Otto
Dr Victor Frankenstein dies frozen to death and the creature buries him at the cemetery of his family. However he is attacked by demons but he kills o... Read more
The Age of Adaline (Blu-ray) (2015)
7.2/10
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Starring: Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Kathy Baker, Harrison Ford, Ellen Burstyn
The world has changed in the last century. Adaline has not. After miraculously remaining 29 years old for almost eight decades, Adaline Bowman... Read more
Beauty and the Beast ( La Belle et la Bete ) (Blu-ray) (1946)
8/10
Director: Jean Cocteau
Starring: Josette Day, Jean Marais
Once upon a time, in a world of magic and wonder, the true love of a beautiful girl finally dispelled the torment of a feral but gentle-hearted beast.... Read more
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (Blu-ray 3D) (2012)
6.8/10
Director: Andrew Adamson
Starring: Erica Linz, Igor Zaripov
The world-renowned acrobatic entertainers shine once more in this visually extravagant odyssey in which a young woman's enchantment with an aerial per... 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