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.
Fantasy Mission Force (1984)
Director: Chu Yen-ping
Starring: Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin, Jimmy Wang Yu
A truly off-the-wall WW2 actioner with Jackie Chan as part of an elite commando team sent to rescue a group of Allied Generals kidnapped by the Japane... Read more
Star Wars: Caravan of Courage / The Battle for Endor (1984)
8.6/10
Director: John Korty
Starring: Warwick Davis, Fionnula Flanagan, Eric Walker, Tony Cox, Burl Ives
Join your favourite Star Wars characters, the Ewoks, in this double feature collection. 'Caravan Of Courage' sees the Towani family separated when the... Read more
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
7.4/10
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Starring: Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Patricia Hayes, Sydney Bromley
When young Bastian borrows a mysterious, ornately-bound book, he never dreamed turning a page would draw him into a shimmering fantasy world of racing... Read more
Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom (1984)
7.6/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Kate Capshaw, Harrison Ford, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth, Philip Stone, Ke Huy Quan
Sequel to 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' with its two-fisted, whip-wielding hero, Dr Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) performing feats of derring-do in Singap... Read more
Supergirl (1984)
4.4/10
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Starring: Faye Dunaway, Helen Slater, Peter O'Toole
On a desperate mission to save Planet Earth, Supergirl (Helen Slater) must retrieve a missing, life-giving power source to save her home city from tot... Read more
Gremlins (1984)
7.2/10
Director: Joe Dante
Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton
A young man tries to save his small town from complete destruction as director Joe Dante provides the Grinch's version of 'It's a Wonderful Life' in w... Read more
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
5.9/10
Director: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Mako , Wilt Chamberlain, Tracey Walter, Oliv...
In this sequel, Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and his cohorts must rescue a Princess from the clutches of an evil wizard and retrieve a valuable magic... Read more
Ghostbusters (1984)
7.8/10
Director: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Annie Po...
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis are three unemployed parapsychology professors who set up shop as a high-profile ghost removal service; but... Read more
Somewhere Tomorrow (1983)
6/10
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker
When a teenage girl witnesses a plane crash, she talks with one of the injured passengers...only to find out he was actually killed in the accident. Read more
Superman III (1983)
4.9/10
Director: Richard Lester
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Annette O'Toole,...
Meet Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor), a half-witted computer programming natural. For him a keyboard is a weapon - and Superman faces the microelectronic m... Read more