Midnight Only's 100 Essential Films of the Fantastic
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"An entirely subjective list of 100 essential fantasy films", as compiled by Jeff Kuykendall, editor of MidnightOnly.com.
"First off, this list is entirely personal. You will have 100 of your own. The intention is to draw a broad outline of fantasy films since the start of cinema in hopes that the reader might find some helpful recommendations. It’s an admittedly ludicrous endeavor to define 100 of the most essential of anything, which is why this is just “100 Essential Films of the Fantastic,” not the most essential. To pare this last down to 100, I found myself discarding many acknowledged classics, and holding tight to others for the sake of variety or my own passion for them."
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Le voyage dans la lune
1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check -
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L'Inferno
1911 — a.k.a. Dante's Inferno, in 5 top lists Check -
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Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check -
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Häxan
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
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Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check -
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The Thief of Bagdad
1924, in 14 top lists Check -
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Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed
1926 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Prince Achmed, in 13 top lists Check -
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Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage
1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check -
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Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
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Dracula
1931, in 11 top lists Check -
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Chandu the Magician
1932, in 0 top lists Check -
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Island of Lost Souls
1932, in 5 top lists Check -
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King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
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Bride of Frankenstein
1935, in 19 top lists Check -
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Mad Love
1935, in 2 top lists Check -
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Vasilisa prekrasnaya
1939 — a.k.a. Beautiful Vasilisa, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 37 top lists Check -
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Fantasia
1940, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Thief of Bagdad
1940, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Wolf Man
1941, in 2 top lists Check -
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Cat People
1942, in 15 top lists Check -
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La belle et la bête
1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check -
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A Matter of Life and Death
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
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Orphée
1950 — a.k.a. Orpheus, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Tales of Hoffmann
1951, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Maze
1953, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ugetsu monogatari
1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check -
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The War of the Worlds
1953, in 6 top lists Check -
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Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954, in 1 top list Check -
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Gojira
1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check -
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Them!
1954, in 3 top lists Check -
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954, in 1 top list Check -
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Forbidden Planet
1956, in 9 top lists Check -
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956, in 19 top lists Check -
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Night of the Demon
1957 — a.k.a. Curse of the Demon, in 7 top lists Check -
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Det sjunde inseglet
1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check -
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Vynález zkázy
1958 — a.k.a. Invention for Destruction, in 4 top lists Check -
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Dracula
1958 — a.k.a. Horror of Dracula, in 8 top lists Check -
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The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
1958, in 4 top lists Check -
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Time Machine
1960, in 1 top list Check -
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Baron Prásil
1962 — a.k.a. The Fabulous Baron Munchausen, in 1 top list Check -
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Mysterious Island
1961, in 0 top lists Check -
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El ángel exterminador
1962 — a.k.a. The Exterminating Angel, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Haunting
1963, in 6 top lists Check -
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Jason and the Argonauts
1963, in 6 top lists Check -
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La jetée
1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Masque of the Red Death
1964, in 3 top lists Check -
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Giulietta degli spiriti
1965 — a.k.a. Juliet of the Spirits, in 9 top lists Check -
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Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie
1965 — a.k.a. The Saragossa Manuscript, in 8 top lists Check
Last updated on Apr 23, 2015; source