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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10 new
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004, in 9 top lists Check -
14 new
The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
4 new
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check -
20 new
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971, in 8 top lists Check -
33 new
The Princess Bride
1987, in 19 top lists Check -
8 new
Tonari no Totoro
1988 — a.k.a. My Neighbor Totoro, in 23 top lists Check -
26 new
Labyrinth
1986, in 4 top lists Check -
41 new
The Neverending Story
1984 — a.k.a. The NeverEnding Story, in 2 top lists Check -
32 new
The Secret of NIMH
1982, in 2 top lists Check -
6 new
The Dark Crystal
1982, in 1 top list Check -
36 new
Jason and the Argonauts
1963, in 6 top lists Check -
48 new
The Thief of Bagdad
1940, in 13 top lists Check
Last updated on Jun 8, 2015 by SanderO; source