Favorite Fantasy Movies?

ratscout 2018-10-29 03:55:40 UTC #13

! I forgot about a monster calls! Great choice!

ratscout 2018-10-29 03:57:21 UTC #14

You guys are naming ones I like that I forgot about which is great! I need to make up a list for myself to watch!

ratscout 2018-10-29 04:06:15 UTC #15

Ooooo the Princess Bride! And Fantastic Beasts is one I forgot about but want to see! And eeep I love Princess Mononoke so much. I can't believe I forgot about it!

fischhead 2018-10-29 04:07:34 UTC #16

Anything involving Ray Harryhausen's special effects is usually good (7th Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts, 3 Worlds of Gulliver, etc.)

Gulliver's Travels (1996)

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)

The Silver Chair (1990)

Jack the Giant Killer (1962)

dawgofdawgness 2018-10-29 04:10:16 UTC #17

I really liked Shape of Water, even though it was pretty cheesy and over the top. It was still enjoyable and watching stuff in that time period always makes me so happyyyy also, the design and aesthetic of the movie is really charming!!

ratscout 2018-10-29 04:46:20 UTC #18

I think most fantasy films in general are family friendly which is why I was scratching my head trying to think of more mature ones XD. I've never heard of When Marnie Was There, though. It sounds really neat though.

MariMontoya 2018-10-29 04:57:31 UTC #19

Lord of the Rings
Stardust
Princess Bride
The 1st Chronicles of Narnia
Pans Labyrinth
There's some old ones too which can't come to mind right now

ratscout 2018-10-29 05:04:44 UTC #20

I LOVE the 7th Voyage of Sinbad! Thank you for reminding me of all the glorious Harryhausen stuffs~!

ratscout 2018-10-29 05:08:56 UTC #21

Haha, I have such mixed feelings about the movie, myself. XD Like, I love the idea about a fish falling in love with a human but maybe the chemistry wasn't there? I thought the badguy was a little too corny, too. I think I woulda liked it more if the guy had legit loved his wife and he had a bit more depth or something, haha. On the other hand the idea was just so sound and the movie is a pleasant watch that I'm willing to forgive it.

Jenny-Toons 2018-10-29 15:01:36 UTC #22

Probably not an fantasy in the traditional sense, but it's my kind of fantasy
Yellow Submarine!

Where the Beatles had to travel down the seas to save Pepperland from the Blue Meanies. Very fantastically surreal and imaginative XD

OttoGruenwald 2018-10-29 15:08:32 UTC #23

Tapas has good taste in fantasy films it seems! A lot of my favorites are already listed, so here's some more obscure picks:

Flight of Dragons
Phantom Tollbooth
Big Trouble in Little China (great example of urban fantasy)
Ladyhawke
Clash of the Titans (original)

ratscout 2018-10-29 17:58:18 UTC #24

You named a bunch I don't know about which is awesome! Gotta make up a movie list~! <3

Shanny8 2018-10-29 18:04:45 UTC #25

Conan the Barbarian- Schwartzenegger
Conan the Destroyer
The Beastmaster
Krull
The Neverending Story

qwerty 2018-10-29 21:09:27 UTC #26

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind - another Ghibli film. Somehow it doesn't seem as popular as Mononoke, but it's my personal favorite.

spadesart 2018-10-30 02:55:12 UTC #27

listen... its corny as hell and ive never read the source comic but i adored dylan dog dead of night. its a really good blend of action and melodramatic comedy and just really fun to watch.

fischhead 2018-10-30 03:52:22 UTC #28

Another great non-traditional fantasy would be The 7 Faces of Dr Lao (1964). Like the title implies, the lead actor, Tony Randall, plays 7 different characters, including a Chinese medicine man, Medusa, and even a Yeti.... in the old west.

@OttoGruenwald Flight of Dragons and Phantom Tollbooth are both overdue for live action movies.

bakasama25 2018-10-30 04:18:13 UTC #29

Live action? But why?

I see nobody mentioned "The Hobbit", I don't mean that Jackson mess. The one by Rankin-Bass. Or how about Fire & Ice, the only animation movie with designs by Frank Frazetta. So has seen Return to Oz? That kind of get screwed over when Roy E. Disney launched a Disney War to kick out then current CEO of Disney.

Has anyone seen any movies or mini series by Hallmark like Gulliver's Travels, The Snow Queen or The 10th Kingdom?

ratscout 2018-10-30 04:23:23 UTC #30

Haha, animation suggestions are fine--I just said preferably live action. It's really just because live action movies tend to be a tad more serious and mature which is what I'm going for for my story~!

But yes, Flight of Dragons is great!

storytimebiondi 2018-10-30 04:36:14 UTC #31

Stardust does not get enough love! I hated the book, but the movie was amazing

Kura 2018-10-30 05:35:05 UTC #32

I was going to mention Return to Oz originally, but then decided against it since it was technically not one of my favs and I don't even remember it even though I watched it 100 times, I just remember it cause it made me uncomfortable as a kid and I hate watching it while my aunt thought I LOVED watching it and would play it every time I was over.