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The Best Fantasy Movies
Here is a list of the best fantasy movies ever made. This fantasy film list will take you on a fantastic and magical adventure. The greatest fantasy films include several of the world's most successful franchises. This fantasy films list can also be copied to start your own. For other interesting movie lists check out the best gladiator movies, monster movies, fantasy movies based on books, and Star Trek movies lists. Have fun voting up your favorite fantasy movies and vote down any you think other fans should skip.
This list of the good epic fantasy movies includes popular action fantasy films like The Lord of the Rings series as well as the Harry Potter movies.Â
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- 1Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan, Viggo Mortensen
- Released: 2001 - 2003
- Directed by: Peter Jackson
The Lord of the Rings is a film series consisting of three epic fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson. They are based on the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The films are ...more - 2Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes
- Released: 1978
- Directed by: Ralph Bakshi
This animated film by Ralph Bakshi presents the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien's renowned fantasy tale. The wise old wizard, Gandalf (William Squire), entrusts the young hobbit, Frodo (Christopher ...more - 3Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst
- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Joe Johnston
A magical board game unleashes a world of adventure on siblings Peter (Bradley Pierce) and Judy Shepherd (Kirsten Dunst). While exploring an old mansion, the youngsters find a curious, jungle-themed ...more - 4Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin
- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Rob Reiner
A fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love. He must find her after a long separation and save her. They must battle the evils of the mythical kingdom of Florin to be ...more - 5Gerald McRaney, Limahl, Moses Gunn
- Released: 1984
- Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
The NeverEnding Story is a 1984 West German epic fantasy film based on the novel of the same name by Michael Ende, about a boy who reads a magical library book that tells a story of a young warrior ...more - 6Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin
- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
When street rat Aladdin frees a genie from a lamp, he finds his wishes granted. However, he soon finds that the evil has other plans for the lamp -- and for Princess Jasmine. But can Aladdin save ...more - The Mummy is the title of several horror-adventure film series centered on an ancient Egyptian priest who is accidentally resurrected, bringing with him a powerful curse, and the ensuing efforts of ...more
- 8Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis
- Released: 1988
- Directed by: Tim Burton
After Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin) die in a car accident, they find themselves stuck haunting their country residence, unable to leave the house. When the unbearable Deetzes ...more - 9Danielle Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
- Released: 2001 - 2011
- Directed by: Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell, David Yates
Harry Potter is a British-American film series based on the Harry Potter novels by author J. K. Rowling. The series is distributed by Warner Bros. and consists of eight fantasy films. A spin-off ...more - 10Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Kiera Knightley
- Released: 2003 - Present
- Directed by: Gore Verbinski, Rob Marshall
Pirates of the Caribbean is a series of fantasy swashbuckler films produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and based on Walt Disney's theme park ride of the same name. Directors of the series include Gore ...more - The How to Train Your Dragon franchise (also referred to as simply HTTYD) from DreamWorks Animation consists of two feature films How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and How to Train Your Dragon 2 ...more
- 12Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz
- Released: 2001 - Present
- Directed by: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
The Shrek franchise from DreamWorks Animation, based on William Steig's picture book Shrek!, consists of four computer-animated films including: Shrek (2001), Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007), ...more - 13Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Christopher Daniel Barnes
- Released: 1989
- Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
In Disney's beguiling animated romp, rebellious 16-year-old mermaid Ariel (Jodi Benson) is fascinated with life on land. On one of her visits to the surface, which are forbidden by her controlling ...more - 14David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud
- Released: 1986
- Directed by: Jim Henson
Teenage Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) journeys through a maze to recover her baby brother (Toby Froud) from a goblin king (David Bowie). - 15Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum
- Released: 1971
- Directed by: Mel Stuart
The last of five coveted "golden tickets" falls into the hands of a sweet but very poor boy. He and his grandpa then get a tour of the strangest chocolate factory in the world. The owner leads five ...more - 16Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen
- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Richard Donner
When two brothers find out they might lose their house they are desperate to find a way to keep their home. They find a treasure map and bring some friends along to find it. They are all out looking ...more - 17Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara
- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Henry Selick
The film follows the misadventures of Jack Skellington, Halloweentown's beloved pumpkin king, who has become bored with the same annual routine of frightening people in the "real world." When Jack ...more - 18Sebastian Cabot, Rickie Sorensen, Alan Napier
- Released: 1963
- Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman
This Disney adaptation of the classic fable chronicles King Arthur's humble beginnings. As an orphaned child, Arthur, who was then known as Wart, wants to help his foster brother, Kay, succeed in ...more - 19Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest
- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Tim Burton
A scientist (Vincent Price) builds an animated human being -- the gentle Edward (Johnny Depp). The scientist dies before he can finish assembling Edward, though, leaving the young man with a freakish ...more - 20Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn
- Released: 1951
- Directed by: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Lewis Carroll's beloved fantasy tale is brought to life in this Disney animated classic. When Alice (Kathryn Beaumont), a restless young British girl, falls down a rabbit hole, she enters a magical ...more - 21Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton
- Released: 1984
- Directed by: Joe Dante
A gadget salesman is looking for a special gift for his son and finds one at a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper is reluctant to sell him the "mogwai" but sells it to him with the warning to never ...more - 22Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis
- Released: 1988
- Directed by: Ron Howard
Enter the world of "Willow." Journey to the far corners of your imagination, to a land of myth and magic, where dream and reality live side by side ... to a place that never existed, a time that ...more - 23Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Glynis Johns
- Released: 1964
- Directed by: Robert Stevenson
When Jane (Karen Dotrice) and Michael (Matthew Garber), the children of the wealthy and uptight Banks family, are faced with the prospect of a new nanny, they are pleasantly surprised by the arrival ...more - 24Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima
- Released: 1967
- Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman
In this classic Walt Disney animation based on Rudyard Kipling's book, Mowgli, an abandoned child raised by wolves, has his peaceful existence threatened by the return of the man-eating tiger Shere ...more - 25Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White
- Released: 1991
- Directed by: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
An arrogant young prince (Robby Benson) and his castle's servants fall under the spell of a wicked enchantress, who turns him into the hideous Beast until he learns to love and be loved in return. ...more
