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 Lost Thing (2010)
7.4/10
Starring: Narrated by, Tim Minchin
While out collecting bottle tops at the beach, a boy discovers an enormous, bizarre and lonely creature that nobody else appears to notice. Feeling so... Read more
The Lost World (1992)
5.3/10
Director: Timothy Bond
Starring: David Warner, John Rhys-Davies, Tamara Gorski, Eric McCormack, Darren Mercer
Pursuing rumours of prehistoric life still thriving in the unexplored jungles of Africa, thrill-seeking journalist, Edward Malone, sparks an expeditio... Read more
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
6.5/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Arliss Howard
Four years on from the events at Jurassic Park on the island of Isla Nubar, dinosaurs have bred on the neighbouring site of Isla Sorna. The park's fou... Read more
The Lost World: Jurassic Park ( Blu-ray ) (1997)
6.5/10
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Arliss Howard, Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite
Four years on from the events at Jurassic Park on the island of Isla Nubar, dinosaurs have bred on the neighbouring site of Isla Sorna. The park's fou... Read more
The Lovely Bones (2009)
6.7/10
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Imperioli, Rachel Weisz, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon, S...
Peter Jackson's adaptation of Alice Sebold's bestseller set in 1970s New England is the extraordinary story about one girl's life, and everything that... Read more
The Lovely Bones ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
6.7/10
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Imperioli, Rachel Weisz, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon, S...
Peter Jackson's adaptation of Alice Sebold's bestseller set in 1970s New England is the extraordinary story about one girl's life, and everything that... Read more
The Lure (Blu-ray) (2015)
6.3/10
Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska
In Warsaw, a pair of mermaid sisters are adopted into a cabaret. While one seeks love with humans the other hungers to dine on the human population of... Read more
The Magicians: Season 1 (2015)
7.5/10
Starring: Hale Appleman, Summer Bishil, Olivia Taylor Dudley
After being recruited to a secretive academy, a group of students discover that the magic they read about as children is very real-and more dangerous... Read more
The Magicians: Season 2 (2017)
7.6/10
Starring: Hale Appleman, Summer Bishil, Olivia Taylor Dudley
After being recruited to a secretive academy, a group of students discover that the magic they read about as children is very real-and more dangerous... Read more
The Magus (1968)
5.9/10
Director: Guy Green
Starring: Candice Bergen, Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, Anna Karina
John Fowles's complex novel (he also wrote the screenplay) is the basis for this bizarre and surreal classic. Michael Caine is an English school teac... Read more