Coraline 2009
Candy-cane frightmare about a little girl where you step through a door into a backward alternate reality. Skin crawling creepy and sinister good fun by Tim Burton.
Legend 1985
Tom Cruise is a boy solider who has to fight to Lord of Darkness played by Tim Curry. Directed by Ridley Scott
The Last Unicorn
Japanese animation with waves turning into the shapes of the winged horses, the unicorn.
Adaption of Peter S. Beagle's Novel with Mia Farrow, Alan Arkin, Angela Lansbury, Jeff Bridges & Christopher Lee to high light a few of the quirky and feisty cast of characters.
The City Of Lost Children 1995
French hallucinatory fantasy film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Daniel Emilfork is a man who can not dream so he steals dreams from children.
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004)
Potter and co get a good scrubbing courtesy of director Alfonso Cuaron
Jumanji 1985Potter and co get a good scrubbing courtesy of director Alfonso Cuaron
When sister, Kristen Dunst and brother Bradley Piece start playing a game of Jumanji they unleash a man named Alan Parrish played by Robin Williams. Parrish has been trapped in the magical board game for 26 years. Along with Parrish, a treasure of scaly, fanged creatures who are hungry and ready for dinner by serving up a meal of kids.
Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders 1971
Jaromil Jires surrel adaptation of Vitezslav Nezval novel from Czechoslovakia. Jaroslava Schallerova plays a 13 year old dabbling in unsettlingly risque adventures. Controversial with sexuality, monsters and ghosts of the past.
Rona The Robbers Daughter 1984
Swedish film adaption of AStrid Lindgren's novel. Bandits hole up in a deserted castle during winter as danger looms with a wealth of trolls, gnomes and harpies.
Dragonslayer 1981
Underdog hero Galen Bradwarden played by Peter MacNicol has a sword and comes to save a damsel in distressed. And he has to slay dragons with great special effects.
Brave 2012
A fiery red tousle-haired heroine. She is self assured to handle a dangerous adventure of rescue without a the dashing prince charming. Oddball mix of traditional fairytaling and post modern coming of age.
Willow 1998
George Lucas restlessly lovable rambunctious fantasy. Val Kilmer plays the anti hero, grotty-toothed Mad Martign. The terrifying Queen is played by Jean Marsh.
LadyHawke 1985
Interesting Fantasy Films Honorable Mentions
MirrorMask 2005 Jim Henson Productions A girl sick of her family enters the fantasy realm.
The Flight Of Dragons 1982
James Earl Jones/John Ritter a modern man is whisked back in time to save a dying realm.
The Last Witch Hunter
Vin Diesel is an immortal who flits between New York and a dream world to bring down the Witch Queen who wants to brew up a plague to wipe out humanity. A very Dungeon and Dragon style of film.
Stardust 2007
Splash 1984
Ron Howard's romantic fantasy about a mermaid played by Daryl Hannah who Tom Hank's falls in love with.
Pleasantville 1998
Reese WItherspoon and Tobey Maguire are young teens who get sucked int a 1950's black and white sitcom. Their presence blushes and brings the world into the modern Techincolor era in the way Spielberg does it best.
The Fall 2006
A interesting and sparse film you might want to check out by director Tarsem Singh. It stars Lee Pace and Catinca Untaru.
Troll Hunter
The Scandinavian myth where winsomely cranky troll hunter Hans goes after the titualar monsters. Otto Jespersen stars in this mock documentary in this tongue-in-check thrilling film.
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
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