Time Out London 50 Best Fantasy Movies
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If film is the ultimate escapist medium then fantasy is its purest, most dreamlike expression, sweeping the viewer away to distant lands and exploring dizzying imaginative concepts far removed from our humdrum reality. Too often dismissed as a genre for nerds, in the past decade fantasy has thundered into the mainstream courtesy of Peter Jackson’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy. But as our list proves, great fantasy movies have been around since the birth of cinema, spanning sword and sorcery, romance, animation, action and more – here are 50 of the best.
* 51 Movies because Die Nibelungen is listed here as two separate films
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13 Going on 30
2004, in 1 top list Check -
23 new
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988, in 2 top lists Check -
12 new
Being John Malkovich
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
5 new
La belle et la bête
1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check -
40 new
Big
1988, in 7 top lists Check -
47 new
Big Trouble in Little China
1986, in 3 top lists Check -
24 new
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991, in 1 top list Check -
25 new
Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...
1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 top lists Check -
22 new
Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie
1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check -
34 new
Conan the Barbarian
1982, in 4 top lists Check -
6 new
The Dark Crystal
1982, in 1 top list Check -
28 new
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache
1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 13 top lists Check -
27 new
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924, in 13 top lists Check -
15 new
Edward Scissorhands
1990, in 10 top lists Check -
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El laberinto del fauno
2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check -
13 new
Excalibur
1981, in 3 top lists Check -
30 new
The Fall
2006, in 6 top lists Check -
9 new
Groundhog Day
1993, in 22 top lists Check -
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004, in 9 top lists Check -
16 new
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008, in 1 top list Check -
35 new
Highlander
1986, in 2 top lists Check -
18 new
Der Himmel über Berlin
1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check -
36 new
Jason and the Argonauts
1963, in 6 top lists Check -
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King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
26 new
Labyrinth
1986, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004, in 4 top lists Check -
17 new
Loong Boonmee raleuk chat
2010 — a.k.a. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001, in 31 top lists Check -
19 new
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002, in 26 top lists Check -
49 new
Lost Horizon
1937, in 6 top lists Check -
7 new
A Matter of Life and Death
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
38 new
Mononoke-hime
1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check -
31 new
La montaña sagrada
1973 — a.k.a. The Holy Mountain, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Neverending Story
1984 — a.k.a. The NeverEnding Story, in 2 top lists Check -
42 new
Orlando
1992, in 7 top lists Check -
29 new
Pleasantville
1998, in 0 top lists Check -
37 new
Portrait of Jennie
1948, in 5 top lists Check -
33 new
The Princess Bride
1987, in 19 top lists Check -
44 new
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985, in 7 top lists Check -
11 new
The Red Shoes
1948, in 27 top lists Check -
32 new
The Secret of NIMH
1982, in 2 top lists Check -
4 new
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check -
48 new
The Thief of Bagdad
1940, in 13 top lists Check -
51 new
Thor
2011, in 2 top lists Check -
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Time Bandits
1981, in 4 top lists Check -
8 new
Tonari no Totoro
1988 — a.k.a. My Neighbor Totoro, in 23 top lists Check -
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Ugetsu monogatari
1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check -
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988, in 16 top lists Check -
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 37 top lists Check
Last updated on Jun 8, 2015 by SanderO; source