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Fantasy movies

Step into realms of magic, mythical creatures, and supernatural events where the impossible becomes reality.

Subgenres include: Epic Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Low Fantasy.

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1231. Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Comedy Horror Fantasy
6.5

19901h 46min

United States

Director: Joe Dante

Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!


The Witches

1232. The Witches

Fantasy Family Horror Supernatural Fantasy Vacation Family
6.8

19901h 31min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Nicolas Roeg

A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand High Witch is unveiling her master plan to turn all children into mice. Will Luke fall victim to the witches' plot before he can stop them?

Themes

Power and manipulation, Child vulnerability, Deception by appearances, Masquerading as institutions, Guardianship and protection, Collective resistance

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Dreams

1233. Dreams

Fantasy Drama
7.7

19901h 59min

Japan, United States

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a water-mill utopia—meditate on childhood, art, mortality, and humanity’s uneasy bond with nature.


Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

1234. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

Thriller Comedy Fantasy Horror
6.2

19901h 33min

United States

Director: John Harrison

A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.


The Voice of the Moon

1235. The Voice of the Moon

Adventure Comedy Fantasy
6.3

19902h

France, Italy

Director: Federico Fellini

Odd couple Ivo Salvini, recently released from a mental asylum, and former prefect Gonnella wander through the countryside and discover a dystopia made of television commercials, beauty pageants, rock music, Catholicism, and pagan rituals.


Nightbreed

1236. Nightbreed

Horror Fantasy Action
6.5

19902h 1min

United States

Director: Clive Barker

A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.