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 Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)
6.5/10
Director: J Lee Thompson
Starring: Michael Sarrazin, Jennifer O'Neill, Margot Kidder
When college professor, Peter Proud begins experiencing flashbacks of an earlier life, he's mysteriously drawn to a place he's never been to, but whic... Read more
Lisztomania (1975)
6.5/10
Director: Ken Russell
Starring: Fiona Lewis, Paul Nicholas, Ringo Starr, Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Rick Wak...
This freewheeling fantasia on the life of pianist Franz Liszt ranks among director Ken Russell's most outrageous efforts. Roger Daltrey, lead singer f... Read more
The Land That Time Forgot (1975)
5.7/10
Director: Kevin Connor
Starring: Doug McClure, John McEnery, Susan Penhaligon
When a German U-Boat torpedoes a British ship during World War I, its survivors (Doug McClure and Susan Penhaligon) are taken onboard. But after getti... Read more
Arabian Nights (1974)
6.8/10
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
The final part of Pasolini's 'Trilogy of Life' series, following 'The Decameron' and 'The Canterbury Tales', was two years in the making. The location... 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
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
Slaughterhouse Five (1972)
6.9/10
Director: George Roy Hill
Starring: Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche
Adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's bizarre fantasy novel follows the story of Billy Pilgrim, who becomes unstuck in time and jumps back and forth in his li... Read more
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ( Blu-ray ) (1971)
4.4/10
Director: Mel Stuart
Starring: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole
One of the most memorably strange children's films ever made, equally influenced by the dark underpinnings of Roald Dahl's original book ("Charlie and... Read more
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
4.4/10
Director: Mel Stuart
Starring: Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Gene Wilder, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole
One of the most memorably strange children's films ever made, equally influenced by the dark underpinnings of Roald Dahl's original book ("Charlie and... Read more
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
7.2/10
A thief awakens Valerie, just 13, taking earrings left to her by her mother. By morning, the earrings have been returned, Valerie's first period has b... Read more