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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.

Phenomenon (1996)

6.4/10
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Starring: Robert Duvall, Kyra Sedgwick, John Travolta, Forest Whitaker, Jeffrey DeMunn, Ri...

Winning mixture of drama, romance and fantasy stars John Travolta as an easygoing small-town mechanic who, after a late-night encounter with a mysteri... Read more

Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1996)

6.3/10
Director: Michael Cohn
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill, Gil Bellows

Aka "Snow White in the Black Forest". Based on the Grimm Brothers' story, this classic tale is set in the Black Forest, a disturbing place of forbidde... Read more

The Crow: City of Angels (1996)

4.6/10
Director: Tim Pope
Starring: Ian Dury, Iggy Pop, Mia Kirshner, Thomas Jane, Vincent Perez

French actor Vincent Perez steps into the late Brandon Lee's shoes in this stylish sequel that finds the undead hero returning for revenge in a decayi... Read more

Michael (1996)

5.7/10
Director: Nora Ephron
Starring: Andie MacDowell, Jean Stapleton, John Travolta, Robert Pastorelli, William Hurt

A pair of Chicago-based tabloid reporters and a beautiful "angel expert" investigate a woman's claim that the archangel Michael is living in her Iowa... Read more

The Craft (1996)

6.3/10
Director: Andrew Fleming
Starring: Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Robin Tunney, Rachel True

Four teenage girls, students at a private Los Angeles school, dabble in witchcraft. At first they're gleeful about their powers, but, eventually thing... Read more

The Prophecy (1995)

6.5/10
Director: Gregory Widen
Starring: Elias Koteas, Eric Stoltz, Christopher Walken, Virginia Madsen, Viggo Mortensen,...

An unusual shocker starring Christopher Walken as the evil angel Gabriel, whose jealousy over God's interest in humans leads him to instigate a war on... Read more

First Knight (1995)

5.9/10
Director: Jerry Zucker
Starring: Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond

In the days of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, the battle to keep the dream of Camelot alive had its price. Sean Connery, Richard Gere... Read more

Batman Forever (1995)

5.4/10
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Pat Hingle

Val Kilmer is Batman/Bruce Wayne in this well-realised sequel in which he battles Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones) and the Riddler (Jim Carrey) while resist... Read more

Congo (1995)

5.1/10
Director: Frank Marshall
Starring: Dylan Walsh, Laura Linney, Ernie Hudson, Grant Heslov, Joe Don Baker, Tim Curry

Saturday-matinee type tale about a gorilla expert who goes on a trouble laden expedition to Africa. Adapted from a Michael Crichton ('Jurassic Park')... Read more

Cutthroat Island (1995)

5.6/10
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Geena Davis, Frank Langella, Matthew Modine, Maury Chaykin, Patrick Malahide, St...

Geena Davis and Matthew Modine deliver a tidal wave of nonstop action and adventure in this big budget pirate romp complete with a treasure map tattoo... Read more