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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.

Hocus Pocus (1993)

6.8/10
Director: Kenny Ortega
Starring: Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Thora Birch, Vinessa Shaw, Omr...

This lively, special effects-filled fantasy tells of three 17th-century witches who find themselves in a cauldron of trouble when three children use a... Read more

The Evil Cult ( aka Kung Fu Cult Master ) (1993)

Director: Wong Jing
Starring: Jet Li, Chingamy Yau, Sammo Hung, Ngai Sik

Jet Li stars in this kung fu fantasy as Zhang, grandson of a great tai chi master, who becomes the target of the Six Great Schools. After narrowly esc... Read more

Super Mario Bros. (1993)

4/10
Director: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton
Starring: Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper

The video game is turned into a special effects-filled fantasy about Brooklyn plumber brothers Mario and Luigi, who enter a strange world to save a be... Read more

The Visitors ( Les Visiteurs ) (1993)

5.9/10
Director: Jean-marie Poire
Starring: Valerie Lemercier, Jean Reno, Christian Clavier

A record-breaking hit in its native France, Jean-Marie Poire's fantasy/comedy stars Jean Reno and Christian Clavier (who co-scripted with Poire) as a... Read more

Orlando (1992)

7.2/10
Director: Sally Potter
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Quentin Crisp

After Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world. Young nobleman Orlando is comma... Read more

Aladdin ( Blu-ray ) (1992)

8/10
Director: John Musker, Ron Clements
Starring: Jonathan Freeman, Linda Larkin, Robin Williams, Scott Weinger, Frank Welker, Gil...

In the heart of an enchanted city, a commoner named Aladdin and his mischievous monkey Abu battle to save the free-spirited Princess Jasmine from the... Read more

Batman Returns ( Blu-ray ) (1992)

7/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Michael Gou...

In this sequel to 1989's "Batman", the Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) is up against the Penguin (Danny DeVito), the hideously deformed scion of a wea... Read more

The Lost World (1992)

5.3/10
Director: Timothy Bond
Starring: David Warner, John Rhys-Davies, Tamara Gorski, Eric McCormack, Darren Mercer

Pursuing rumours of prehistoric life still thriving in the unexplored jungles of Africa, thrill-seeking journalist, Edward Malone, sparks an expeditio... Read more

Batman Returns (1992)

7/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Michael Gou...

In this sequel to 1989's "Batman", the Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) is up against the Penguin (Danny DeVito), the hideously deformed scion of a wea... Read more

Death Becomes Her (1992)

6.5/10
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Isabella Rossellini

Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis star in this jet black comedy about the illusion of staying young and the price one must pay to do so. Stre... Read more