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 Invention of Lying (2009)
6.4/10
Director: Matthew Robinson, Ricky Gervais
Starring: Fionnula Flanagan, Jeffrey Tambor, Rob Lowe, Jennifer Garner, Ricky Gervais, Tin...
In a world where the human race has never evolved the ability to lie, a man who suddenly discovers how will change the world. With this superpower he... Read more
The Invisible Woman (1940)
Director: Edward Sutherland
Starring: Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard
Eccentric Professor Gibbs, brilliant but impractical, invents an invisibility machine and advertises for a guinea pig. What he gets is Kitty Carroll,... Read more
The Iron Mask (2019)
7.5/10
Starring: Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charles Dance
Early 1700: Cartographer Jonathan Green (Jason Flemyng) from Forbidden Kingdom (2014) is back to map the Russian Far East. He's forced on to China, wh... Read more
The Iron Mask (Blu-ray) (2019)
6.7/10
Starring: Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charles Dance
Early 1700: Cartographer Jonathan Green (Jason Flemyng) from Forbidden Kingdom (2014) is back to map the Russian Far East. He's forced on to China, wh... Read more
The Jungle Book (2016)
7.4/10
Director: Jon Favreau
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Esposito, Scarlett Joha...
Mowgli is a human boy raised by the Indian wolves Raksha and Akela ever since he was a baby and brought to them by Bagheera the black panther. When t... Read more
The Jungle Book ( Blu-ray ) (2016)
7.4/10
Director: Jon Favreau
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Esposito, Scarlett Joha...
Mowgli is a human boy raised by the Indian wolves Raksha and Akela ever since he was a baby and brought to them by Bagheera the black panther. When t... Read more
The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
6.3/10
Director: Joe Cornish
Starring: Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Rebecca Ferguson, Patrick Stewart, Noma Dumezweni, Natha...
Old-school magic meets the modern world when young Alex stumbles upon the mythical sword Excalibur. He soon unites his friends and enemies, and they b... Read more
The Lake House (2006)
6.8/10
Director: Alejandro Agresti
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Christopher Plummer, Dylan Wal...
Sandra Bullock is a sullen doctor coming out of a relationship; Keanu Reeves a disillusioned architect dealing with an estranged dad (Christopher Plum... Read more
The Land That Time Forgot (1975)
5.7/10
Director: Kevin Connor
Starring: Doug McClure, John McEnery, Susan Penhaligon
When a German U-Boat torpedoes a British ship during World War I, its survivors (Doug McClure and Susan Penhaligon) are taken onboard. But after getti... Read more
The Last Airbender (2010)
4.1/10
Director: M Night Shyamalan
Starring: Cliff Curtis, Aasif Mandvi, Dev Patel, Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Toub, Noah Ringer...
Director M. Night Shyamalan's mystical live-action tale, based on a Nickelodeon animated series, concerns a 12-year-old boy (Noah Ringer) who provides... Read more