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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Edward Scissorhands
1990, in 10 top lists Check -
45 new
El laberinto del fauno
2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check -
40 new
Big
1988, in 7 top lists Check -
21 new
Wo hu cang long
2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check -
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004, in 4 top lists Check -
30 new
The Fall
2006, in 6 top lists Check -
29 new
Pleasantville
1998, in 0 top lists Check -
41 new
The Neverending Story
1984 — a.k.a. The NeverEnding Story, in 2 top lists Check -
18 new
Der Himmel über Berlin
1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 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 -
22 new
Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie
1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check -
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Excalibur
1981, in 3 top lists Check -
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Ugetsu monogatari
1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check -
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A Matter of Life and Death
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
31 new
La montaña sagrada
1973 — a.k.a. The Holy Mountain, in 9 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 -
42 new
Orlando
1992, in 7 top lists Check -
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Lost Horizon
1937, in 6 top lists 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 -
27 new
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924, in 13 top lists Check -
28 new
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache
1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 13 top lists Check -
37 new
Portrait of Jennie
1948, in 5 top lists Check
Last updated on Jun 8, 2015 by SanderO; source