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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.

Harvey (1950)

8/10
Director: Henry Koster
Starring: James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Victoria Horn

This beloved comedy stars James Stewart as a good-hearted inebriate whose constant companion is a six foot, invisible rabbit named Harvey that only he... Read more

Orpheus ( aka Orphee ) (1949)

8/10
Director: Jean Cocteau
Starring: Maria Casares, Jean Marais, Francois Perier

Jean Cocteau's 1940s update of the Orphic myth depicts Orpheus (Jean Marais), a famous poet scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his... Read more

Tarzan: 3 More Classic Adventures (1948)

7.2/10
Director: Kurt Neumann, Robert Florey
Starring: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield

A further three classic Tarzan adventures from the Johnny Weissmuller years collected on one DVD! 'Tarzan and the Mermaids' (1948) has a high priest t... Read more

Down to Earth (1947)

6.4/10
Director: Alexander Hall
Starring: Edward Everett Horton, James Gleason, Larry Parks, Marc Platt, Rita Hayworth, Ro...

It's heaven on earth in this delightful musical comedy sequel to the enormously successful "Here Comes Mr. Jordan." Rita Hayworth plays an incredibly... Read more

It's A Wonderful Life ( Blu-ray ) (1946)

8.6/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Beulah Bondi, Donna Reed, Gloria Grahame, Henry Travers, James Stewart, Lionel B...

Classic bittersweet comedy/drama that is the quintessential Frank Capra film. James Stewart is a banker living in the typical American small town of B... 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

Beauty and the Beast ( La Belle et la Bete ) (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

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

8.6/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Donna Reed

Classic bittersweet comedy/drama that is the quintessential Frank Capra film. James Stewart is a banker living in the typical American small town of B... Read more

The Picture Of Dorian Gray (1945)

7.6/10
Director: Albert Lewin
Starring: Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford

Oscar Wilde's bitingly satirical novel, first published in 1891, was faithfully adapted to the big screen with Hurd Hatfiled as the conceited Dorian a... Read more

The Uninvited (1944)

7.4/10
Director: Lewis Allen
Starring: Donald Crisp, Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey

A pair of siblings from London (Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey) purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover... Read more