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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.

Dragonheart (1995)

6.4/10
Director: Rob Cohen
Starring: Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Dina Meyer, Julie Christie, Sea...

In this fantasy, Dennis Quaid is a swordsman-for-hire who teams with Draco, the world's remaining dragon (voiced by Sean Connery) in an arrangement by... Read more

Mortal Kombat (1995)

5.8/10
Director: Paul W S Anderson
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Robin Shou, Linden Ashby

Yet another video-game-turned film, this time with the plot stolen shamelessly from 'Enter the Dragon', with three heroes battling extraterrestrial ch... Read more

Powder (1995)

6.6/10
Director: Victor Salva
Starring: Mary Steenburgen, Sean Patrick Flanery, Lance Henriksen, Jeff Goldblum

A rural teen (Sean Patrick Flanery) whose skin is ghostly white and whose nickname is Powder, is the local pariah; he's scary, shy, brilliant and seem... Read more

The City of Lost Children (1995)

7.6/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
Starring: Ron Perlman, Judith Vittet, Daniel Emilfork

A dazzling nightmare fantasy about a mad scientist (Daniel Emilfork) who is unable to dream and goes about kidnapping children (with the help of his c... Read more

Jumanji (1995)

6.9/10
Director: Joe Johnston
Starring: Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, David Alan Grier, Bonnie Hunt

Terrific computer-generated effects highlight this fantasy about children who find their lives taken over by a bizarre and all-powerful board game. Ro... Read more

Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994)

6.9/10
Director: Andy Morahan
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Mako

Pursued across time by a ruthless arch rival, the immortal Highlander, Connor McLeod, must take a heroic stand in order to rid Earth of the unstoppabl... Read more

The Crow ( Blu-ray ) (1994)

7.6/10
Director: Alex Proyas
Starring: Bai Ling, Brandon Lee, David Patrick Kelly, Ernie Hudson, Jon Polito, Michael Wi...

A superhuman mystical hero returns from the grave to exact revenge on the killers of his fiancee and himself on the eve of their wedding. The tragic d... Read more

Jack Brown Genius (1994)

5.3/10
Director: Tony Hiles
Starring: Lisa Chappell, Marton Csokas, Stuart Devenie, Timothy Balme, Nicola Murphy

In this wonderful fantasy, the spirit of an inventive monk, Elmer, who died 1,000 years ago while trying out his newest invention, a pair of wings, en... Read more

The Mask ( Blu-ray ) (1994)

6.9/10
Director: Charles Russell
Starring: Amy Yasbeck, Cameron Diaz, Jim Carrey, Peter Green, Peter Riegert, Richard Jeni

Inspired by the manic 1940s cartoons of Tex Avery and based on the comic book of the same name, this loopy tale has a bank clerk discovering an ancien... Read more

Street Fighter (1994)

3.8/10
Director: Steven E De Souza
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ming-Na Wen, Raul Julia, Wes Studi, Kylie Minogue, Damian...

Video game fans, get ready for the biggest explosion of live-action excitement to ever hit the screen, as Colonel Guile (Jean-Claude Van Damme) leads... Read more