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.
Princess Mononoke (1997)
8.4/10
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Gillian Anderson, Minnie Driver
This stunning masterpiece by animation wizard Hayao Miyazaki is set during Japan's Muromachi era, when a maddened Boar God infects a prince with a dea... Read more
Princess Mononoke ( Blu-ray ) (1997)
8.4/10
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Gillian Anderson, Minnie Driver,...
This stunning masterpiece by animation wizard Hayao Miyazaki is set during Japan's Muromachi era, when a maddened Boar God infects a prince with a dea... Read more
Princess Raccoon (2005)
6.8/10
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Starring: Zhang Ziyi, Jo Odagiri, Hiroko Yakushimaru
To lovers of romance, there is nothing unusual in the story of how Amechiyo, an exiled prince, meets the exotic and mysterious girl, Tanuki-hime, in t... Read more
Protectors of the Universe (1983)
Director: Larry M. Jackson
In the far reach of space, a new star evokes. At that very moment, a horrible roaring sweeps across the universe. This sudden roaring, like a helpless... Read more
Pufnstuf - The Movie (1970)
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Starring: Billie Hayes, Jack Wild, "Mama" Cass Elliot, Martha Raye
Sid and Marty Krofft's 1960s TV favourite gets the big screen treatment, as young Jimmy (Jack Wild), his pal Pufnstuf, and the creatures of Living Isl... Read more
Purgatory (1999)
7/10
Director: Uli Edel
Starring: Sam Shepard, Randy Quaid, Eric Roberts, Brad Rowe
Sam Shepard, Eric Roberts and Randy Quaid star in this fantasy Western about an outlaw band who ride into a town that is actually Purgatory, between H... Read more
Queen Kong (1976)
3.5/10
Director: Frank Agrama
Starring: Robin Askwith, Rula Lenska, Valerie Leon, John Clive, Carol Drinkwater
A British send-up of the original film with Rula Lenska as a director who takes an all-female crew and a handsome young actor, Ray Fay (Robin Askwith)... Read more
Quest For Fire (1981)
7.4/10
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Starring: Everett McGill, Rae Dawn Chong, Ron Perlman
An enthralling supposition of the evolution of mankind, skillfully and imaginatively crafted by director Jean-Jacques Annaud. Special Languages create... Read more
Quiet Night In (2006)
5.3/10
Director: Christopher Banks
Starring: Nicolette Kenny, Richard Lambeth, Lucy Gay, Brian McKay, Kittichon Helviphat
B-movie madness ensues when would-be novelist Jess Bartlett stages a 'quiet night in' to finish her new book, fuelled by endless glasses of red wine a... Read more
Quintet (1979)
5.2/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Bibi Andersson, Vittorio Gassman, Paul Newman, Fernando Rey, Brigitte Fossey
Robert Altman's vision of a post-apocalyptic 'ice city' where the remnants of mankind play a convoluted high stakes game with life and death on the ta... Read more