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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.

Heart and Souls

921. Heart and Souls

Fantasy Comedy Romance
7.0

19931h 44min

United States

Director: Ron Underwood

A fateful night in 1959, four people die when the bus they are riding crashes. They continue as ghosts; their souls become eternally entwined to the life of a child born at the moment of their deaths as his guardians. Baby Thomas grows up to be a businessman who has memories of his playmates, but assumes they are products of his youthful imagination. When the ghosts realize they need Thomas' help to move on to the afterlife, they decide to make an appearance once more.


Hocus Pocus

922. Hocus Pocus

Fantasy Comedy Family Holiday Family Supernatural Fantasy
6.9

19931h 36min

United States

Director: Kenny Ortega

After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Sibling relationship, Trick or treating, Desire for youth, Magic and control, Adolescent courage

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Last Action Hero

923. Last Action Hero

Adventure Fantasy Action Comedy Family
6.5

19932h 11min

United States

Director: John McTiernan

After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.


Ninja Scroll

924. Ninja Scroll

Fantasy Adventure Animation Action
7.8

19931h 34min

Japan

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Jubei is a masterless ninja who travels the land alone, lending his services to those with gold—or a worthy cause. His fearsome abilities have served him well, but a plot to overthrow the government threatens to end his wandering ways—and possibly his life.


Army of Darkness

925. Army of Darkness

Fantasy Horror Comedy Time-Rule Fantasy Zombie Horror
7.4

19931h 21min

United States

Director: Sam Raimi

Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead.

Themes

Survival under siege, Time displacement, Humor amid danger, Leadership under fire, Authority and rebellion, Identity under pressure

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Groundhog Day

926. Groundhog Day

Romance Fantasy Drama Comedy Romantic Comedy
8.0

19931h 41min

United States

Director: Harold Ramis

A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.

Themes

Existential repetition, Romance vs manipulation, Search for meaning, Ethics of omniscience, Time loop as catalyst, Personal growth under pressure

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Visitors

927. The Visitors

Fantasy Comedy
7.0

19931h 47min

France

Director: Jean-Marie Poiré

After a wizard's spell goes awry, 12th-century Gallic knight Godefroy de Papincourt, Count of Montmirail finds himself transported to 1993, along with his dimwitted servant, Jacquouille la Fripouille. Startled and perplexed by modern technology, the duo run amok, destroying cars and causing chaos until they meet Beatrice de Montmirail, an aristocratic descendant of the nobleman, who may be able to help them get back to 1123.


Arizona Dream

928. Arizona Dream

Fantasy Comedy Drama Romance
7.2

19932h 22min

France

Director: Emir Kusturica

An Inuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to get Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles.


The Cave of the Golden Rose 2

929. The Cave of the Golden Rose 2

Adventure Family Fantasy Romance
7.2

19923h 20min

Italy

Director: Lamberto Bava

Fantaghiro and Romualdo are preparing their marriage when the Black Queen disgusted by their deep love captures Fantaghiro's father. Romualdo and his soldiers go on their journey to free him. But the insidious Black Queen transforms herself into Fantaghiro, makes Romualdo her slave by kissing him and captures the rest of his army. Fantaghiro follows Romualdo although she promised him to stay home, finds the camp deserted and enters the near castle of the Black Queen. When she asks for a duel to free her people she is very surprised to face Romualdo who has forgot her completely due to the magic of the Black Queen.


Forever Young

930. Forever Young

Adventure Fantasy Drama Science Fiction Romance
6.4

19921h 42min

United States

Director: Steve Miner

A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that he doesn't have to watch his love lying in a coma. The next thing Daniel knows is that he's been awoken in 1992.