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.
Ghost Rider (2007)
5.2/10
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley, Sam Elliott, Donal Logue, Peter Fonda
Stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze (Nic Cage) sells his soul to save his father from terminal cancer, but Mephistopheles (Peter Fonda) is not the most tr... Read more
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
4.3/10
Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Ciaran Hinds, Nicolas Cage, Idris Elba, Violante Placido, J...
Marvel Comics' demonic biker returns in this thrilling sequel. This time, Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) finds himself the reluctant guardian of a young... Read more
Ghost Town (2008)
6.7/10
Director: David Koepp
Starring: Greg Kinnear, Tea Leoni, Ricky Gervais, Billy Campbell, Dana Ivey, Kristen Wiig
In the wake of a near-death experience, self-absorbed dentist Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) acquires the annoying ability to see the dead - turns out... Read more
Ghost Writer (1989)
5.6/10
Starring: Audrey Landers, John Matuszak, David Doyle
A writer moves into a Malibu beach house, and comes up against the ghost of an actress who supposedly had committed suicide there 30 years previously,... Read more
Ghostbusters (2016)
5.3/10
Director: Paul Feig
Starring: Charles Dance, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Michael Kenneth Wi...
Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates are a pair of unheralded authors who write a book positing that ghosts are real. A few years later, Gilbert lands a prest... 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
Ghostbusters ( Blu-ray ) (2016)
5.3/10
Director: Paul Feig
Starring: Charles Dance, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Michael Kenneth Wi...
Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates are a pair of unheralded authors who write a book positing that ghosts are real. A few years later, Gilbert lands a prest... Read more
Ghostbusters ( Blu-ray ) (1984)
7.8/10
Director: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Annie Potts, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis,...
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
Ghostbusters II (1989)
6.5/10
Director: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hu...
After their last outing, the boys have been banned from ghost-busting and hold down regular jobs. However, the discovery of a massive river of ectopl... Read more
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
7.2/10
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weave...
When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy... Read more