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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.

High Spirits (1988)

5.7/10
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenberg, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Tilly,...

Impoverished Peter Plunkett (Peter O'Toole) hatches the perfect plan to save his debt-ridden Irish castle - lure American tourists by advertising his... Read more

Beetlejuice ( Blu-ray ) (1988)

7.5/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Annie McEnroe, Winona Ryder, Catherin...

Michael Keaton stars as the title character, a wacko freelance bio-exorcist who removes humans from the homes of troubled ghosts. A peculiar and energ... Read more

Willow (1988)

7.3/10
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis, Billy Barty, Jean Marsh

From a story by George Lucas comes this epic fantasy-adventure in which Willow Ufgood (Warwick Davis), a little person, is entrusted with delivering a... Read more

Big (1988)

7.3/10
Director: Penny Marshall
Starring: Elizabeth Perkins, John Heard, Jon Lovitz, Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks stars in this fantasy/comedy directed by Penny Marshall about a young boy who makes a magic wish and wakes up looking like Tom Hanks. Be car... Read more

Beetlejuice (1988)

7.5/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Annie McEnroe, Winona Ryder, Catherin...

Michael Keaton stars as the title character, a wacko freelance bio-exorcist who removes humans from the homes of troubled ghosts. A peculiar and energ... Read more

Like Father Like Son (1987)

5.2/10
Director: Rod Daniel
Starring: Dudley Moore, Margaret Colin

A mysterious potion switches the personalities of a buttoned up doctor and his laid back son. Read more

Hello Again (1987)

5.3/10
Director: Frank Perry
Starring: Shelley Long, Judith Ivey, Gabriel Byrne

A suburban housewife chokes to death and is brought back to life by a spell cast by her wacky sister. Read more

Mannequin (1987)

5.9/10
Director: Michael Gottlieb
Starring: Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, James Spader

A young artist, searching for his vocation, makes a mannequin so perfect he falls in love with it. Finding the mannequin in a store window, he gets a... Read more

Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans (1987)

5.3/10
Director: Jim Wynorski
Starring: John Terlesky, Monique Gabrielle, John Lazar, Toni Naples

Deathstalker helps Reena the Seer out of a few jams, and she solicits his help for a bigger task. She reveals that she is actually Princess Evie, but... Read more

Masters of the Universe (1987)

5.4/10
Director: Gary Goddard
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Courteney Cox, James Tolkan, Christina Pickles,...

Planet Eternia and the Castle of Greyskull are under threat from the evil Skeletor, who wants to take over the planet. A group of freedom fighters, le... Read more