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 Wizard of Oz (1939)
8/10
Director: Victor Fleming
Starring: Ray Bolger, Judy Garland, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke, Frank Morgan, Mar...
Follow Dorothy over the rainbow and down the Yellow Brick Road, along with the Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman, Cowardly Lion and Toto, too, for fun and adven... Read more
The Wizard of Oz ( Blu-ray ) (1939)
8/10
Director: Victor Fleming
Starring: Frank Morgan, Jack Haley, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamil...
Follow Dorothy over the rainbow and down the Yellow Brick Road, along with the Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman, Cowardly Lion and Toto, too, for fun and adven... Read more
The Wizard of Oz Collection (1914)
Starring: Oliver Hardy, Larry Semon, Violet Macmillan
Not the famous 1939 film with Judy Garland, instead, these are earlier films, all silent, based on the Oz books by L Frank Baum. The author himself st... Read more
The Wizard of Oz: Collector's Edition (1939)
8/10
Director: Victor Fleming
Starring: Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley...
Follow Dorothy over the rainbow and down the Yellow Brick Road, along with the Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman, Cowardly Lion and Toto, too, for fun and adven... Read more
The Zero Theorem (2013)
6/10
Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Christoph Waltz, Rupert Friend, David Thewlis, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Ben Whishaw, Mel...
A hugely talented but socially isolated computer operator is tasked by Management to prove the Zero Theorem: that the universe ends as nothing, render... Read more
Thelma (2017)
7.7/10
Director: Joachim Trier
Starring: Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen
A college student starts to experience extreme seizures while studying at a university in Oslo, Norway. She soon learns that the violent episodes are... Read more
This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
6.9/10
Director: Simon Aboud
Starring: Tom Wilkinson, Anna Chancellor, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine, Jessica Brown Findl...
A reclusive young woman who dreams of becoming a children's author finds an unlikely mentor in the rich curmudgeon who lives next door. Read more
This Is the End (2013)
6.6/10
Director: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Starring: Emma Watson, James Franco, Jay Baruchel, Michael Cera, Seth Rogen, Danny McBride...
"This Is the End" follows six friends trapped in a house after a series of strange and catastrophic events devastate Los Angeles. James Franco, Seth R... Read more
Thor (2011)
7/10
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgard, Clark Gregg, Kat Dennings,...
Marvel Comics' God of Thunder hammers his way onto the silver screen in director Kenneth Branagh's action-packed epic. Banished from the realm of Asga... Read more
Thor (Blu-ray) (2011)
7/10
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgard, Clark Gregg, Kat Dennings,...
Marvel Comics' God of Thunder hammers his way onto the silver screen in director Kenneth Branagh's action-packed epic. Banished from the realm of Asga... Read more