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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.

The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (1999)

5.6/10
Director: Patrick Lussier
Starring: Christopher Walken, Vincent Spano, Kayren Ann Butler, Brad Dourif

The third seraphic shocker finds Gabriel (Christopher Walken) once again fighting "on the side of the angels", as he tries to defend the half-human Da... Read more

Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar (1999)

Director: Claude Zidi
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Roberto Benigni, Christian Clavier

Journey back 2000 years as Ancient France is on the brink of complete Roman invasion. Well, almost complete; one small village of indomitable Gauls st... Read more

The Mummy (1999)

7/10
Director: Stephen Sommers
Starring: Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Brendan Fraser, Arnold Vosloo

Buried alive more than 3000 years ago, an ancient Egyptian priest is brought back to life by an archeological expedition in the 1920s and uses his arc... Read more

Purgatory (1999)

7/10
Director: Uli Edel
Starring: Sam Shepard, Randy Quaid, Eric Roberts, Brad Rowe

Sam Shepard, Eric Roberts and Randy Quaid star in this fantasy Western about an outlaw band who ride into a town that is actually Purgatory, between H... Read more

Mystery Men (1999)

6.1/10
Director: Kinka Usher
Starring: Eddie Izzard, William H Macy, Tom Waits, Paul Reubens, Lena Olin, Hank Azaria, G...

Based on the Dark Horse comic book, "Mystery Men" is the story of seven superheroes, called upon to use their dubious "powers". This wild and crazy mo... Read more

Animal Farm (1999)

6/10
Director: John Stephenson
Starring: Voices Of, Kelsey Grammer, Ian Holm, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julia Ormond, Pete Pos...

Wonderful effects by Jim Henson's Creature Shop bring to life the barnyard rebels of George Orwell's classic cautionary tale. Rallying in search of a... Read more

Alice In Wonderland (1999)

6.3/10
Director: Nick Willing
Starring: Tina Majorino, Whoopi Goldberg, Martin Short, Gene Wilder, Peter Ustinov, Ben Ki...

Lewis Carroll's fantasy comes alive yet again in this slick new 1999 production starring Tina Majorino as Alice, Robbie Coltrane (Tweedle-Dum), Whoopi... Read more

What Dreams May Come (Blu-ray) (1998)

7/10
Director: Vincent Ward
Starring: Annabella Sciorra, Cuba Gooding Jr, Max von Sydow, Robin Williams

This stunning achievement in visual effects follows a man's literal journey through heaven and hell in an attempt to be reunited with his wife in the... Read more

Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)

4/10
Director: Carl Schenkel
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Jane March, Steven Waddington

Edgar Rice Burroughs' famed hero returns to the screen in this action packed adventure saga which finds him in England, enjoying life as Lord Greystok... Read more

Practical Magic (1998)

6.2/10
Director: Griffin Dunne
Starring: Aidan Quinn, Dianne Wiest, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Stockard Channing

Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman shine in this comedic fantasy/romance playing sisters who turn to the witchcraft their family has practiced for gener... Read more