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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.

Arabian Adventure (1979)

5.7/10
Director: Kevin Connor
Starring: Christopher Lee, Milo O'Shea, Oliver Tobias

The title says it all; colourful enough to entertain the children with plenty of special effects and Cameo performances to intrigue the older viewers... 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 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

Warlords of Atlantis (1978)

Director: Kevin Connor
Starring: Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Cyd Charisse, Donald Boisset, Lea Brodie

AKA 'Seven Cities to Atlantis', this family-aimed fantasy sees the ever-heroic Doug McClure leading an expedition to the lost city of Atlantis. He dis... Read more

Superman ( Blu-ray ) (1978)

7.3/10
Director: Richard Donner
Starring: Marlon Brando, Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine,...

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman! Christopher Reeve stars as the Man of Steel, who must thwart notorious criminal masterm... Read more

Superman (Special Edition) (1978)

7.3/10
Director: Richard Donner
Starring: Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty, Valer...

Christopher Reeve is the Man of Steel in this epic adventure of the famed hero of comic books, TV, the Broadway stage, as well as the big screen. From... Read more

Heaven Can Wait (1978)

6.9/10
Director: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
Starring: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Buck He...

In this remake of 'Here Comes Mr Jordan', Warren Beatty stars as a quarterback who is taken to Heaven before his time, but because his body on Earth i... Read more

Superman (1978)

7.3/10
Director: Richard Donner
Starring: Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Ned Beatty, Valer...

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman! Christopher Reeve stars as the Man of Steel, who must thwart notorious criminal masterm... Read more

The Lord Of The Rings (1978)

6.2/10
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Starring: William Squire, John Hurt, Christopher Guard

J. R. R. Tolkien's classic tale of Middle- Earth comes to life through the imaginative art of animator Ralph Bakshi. Frodo the hobbit, Gandalf the wiz... Read more

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (Blu-Ray) (1977)

6.4/10
Director: Sam Wanamaker
Starring: Jane Seymour, Patrick Troughton, Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power, Margaret Whiting

Legendary adventurer Sinbad (Patrick Wayne) stops in a port town to visit his friend Prince Kassim (Damien Thomas), only to find the city walls locked... Read more