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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 Princess Bride (1987)

8.1/10
Director: Rob Reiner
Starring: Cary Elwes, Christopher Guest, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon, Wal...

A very special, engaging fairy-tale comedy which mixes romance, magic and swashbuckling action as told to a young boy by his grandfather (Peter Falk).... Read more

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

3.7/10
Director: Sidney J Furie
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Jon Cryer, Sam Wan...

The Man of Steel (Christopher Reeve) soars again vowing to end the global arms race by "stealing" the world's missiles and hurling them into space. Me... Read more

A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)

7.6/10
Director: Tony Ching Siu-Tung
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Joi Wang, Liu Zhaoming, Wu Ma

This delirious supernatural fantasy focuses on the relationship between a young tax collector (Leslie Cheung) and a seductive female ghost he meets in... Read more

Wings of Desire (1987)

8.1/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Peter Falk, Curt Bois

'The first time I saw the film I thought it was a knockout; on second viewing it already seemed a classic,' wrote J. Hoberman of Wim Wenders' re-exami... Read more

The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

6.5/10
Director: George Miller
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Cher , Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Veronica Cartwright

Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer and Cher star in this loose adaptation of the John Updike novel about three New England women who su... Read more

Peggy Sue Got Married (Blu-Ray) (1986)

6.3/10
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks, Joan Allen, Kevin...

Peggy Sue Bodell (Kathleen Turner) attends her 25-year high school reunion after separating from her cheating husband, Charlie (Nicolas Cage). She reg... Read more

The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)

5.4/10
Director: Michael Chapman
Starring: Daryl Hannah, James Remar, Pamela Reed

The Neanderthal drama based on Jean Auel's popular novel casts Daryl Hannah as a beautiful outcast shunned by her tribe of swarthy cavemen. Determined... Read more

Labyrinth ( Blu-ray ) (1986)

7.4/10
Director: Jim Henson
Starring: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Shelley Thompson, Toby Froud

Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) wished her baby brother would be taken away by goblins, and now her wish has come true. Jareth (David Bowie), the Goblin Kin... Read more

Highlander ( Blu-ray ) (1986)

7.2/10
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery, Roxanne Hart

An action-packed fantasy adventure about immortals battling each other through the centuries for supremacy, because "there can be only one". Stars Chr... Read more

Big Trouble in Little China ( Blu-ray ) (1986)

7.3/10
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Dennis Dun, James Hong, Kim Cattrall, Kurt Russell

Furiously offbeat, lightning-paced adventure by John Carpenter, blending action, horror, comedy and martial arts, about a ragtag group of heroes out t... Read more