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.
Lost Horizon (1937)
7.8/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, John Howard
Frank Capra's hypnotic and perversely appealing adaptation of James Hilton's novel is a work of lost innocence and spiritual redemption. A plane fleei... Read more
Lotte Reiniger - The Fairy Tale Films (2009)
Director: Lotte Reiniger
Lotte Reiniger has the distinction of creating the very first feature animation, her enthralling The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), an epic silho... Read more
Lucy (2014)
6.4/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Scarlett Johansson
Lucy runs drugs for a criminal gang in Taiwan. One morning, she wakes up to discover her stomach wrapped in a bandage and no memory of how it happened... Read more
Lucy (Blu-ray) (2014)
6.4/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Scarlett Johansson
Lucy runs drugs for a criminal gang in Taiwan. One morning, she wakes up to discover her stomach wrapped in a bandage and no memory of how it happened... Read more
Maleficent (2014)
7/10
Director: Robert Stromberg
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Sharl...
Maleficent is a fantasy film distributed by Walt Disney Studios featuring the antagonist of the same name in the classic Sleeping Beauty story. It chr... Read more
Maleficent ( Blu-ray ) (2014)
7/10
Director: Robert Stromberg
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Sharl...
Maleficent is a fantasy film distributed by Walt Disney Studios featuring the antagonist of the same name in the classic Sleeping Beauty story. It chr... Read more
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
6.8/10
Director: Joachim Roenning
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sam Riley, Ed Skrein, Imelda Sta...
Maleficent travels to a grand old castle to celebrate young Aurora's upcoming wedding to Prince Phillip. While there, she meets Aurora's future mother... Read more
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (Blu-Ray) (2019)
6.8/10
Director: Joachim Roenning
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sam Riley, Ed Skrein, Imelda Sta...
Maleficent travels to a grand old castle to celebrate young Aurora's upcoming wedding to Prince Phillip. While there, she meets Aurora's future mother... Read more
Malice in Wonderland (2009)
6.1/10
Director: Simon Fellows
Starring: Nathaniel Parker, Pam Ferris, Danny Dyer, Bronagh Gallagher, Paul Kaye, Maggie G...
This modern retelling of the classic children's tale 'Alice in Wonderland' transposes the characters of the book to the gritty criminal underworld of... Read more
Man of Steel (2013)
7.1/10
Director: Zack Snyder
Starring: Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Laurence Fishburne, Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon, A...
Director Zack Snyder ("Watchmen") reboots the Superman saga in this thrilling action adventure. Having escaped the destruction of his home planet of K... Read more