Fantasy
“Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!”
In the broadest sense, all narratives are fantasies. Even a good number of biographies and documentaries are really fantasies. But I’m using the word in a much more restrictive manner for this list. This is a place for the stories of high adventure, filled with magic. Nor am I counting Horror and Science Fiction, (I’m also keeping Santa off this list, even though he could fit, because I have a separate Christmas list).
So, what am I counting? Wizards and dragons and swordsmen. High Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, and Fairy Tales. In film, there isn’t much of a distinction between High Fantasy and Sword & Sorcery, (the distinction isn’t very important in literature either, though people love to argue about it) so just figure if there is anyone waving a wand or staff, this is the place.
Fantasy Reviews:
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)
- Alias Nick Beal (1949)
- Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
- An Inspector Calls (1954)
- Assassin’s Creed (2016)
- Beauty and the Beast (2017)
- Beauty and the Beast (1962)
- The BFG (2016)
- Blade of the Immortal (2017)
- Bluebeard’s Castle {Herzog Blaubarts Burg} (1963)
- Bright (2017)
- Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe (2015)
- Conan the Destroyer (1984)
- Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (2004)
- The Dark Tower (2017)
- Death Note (2017)
- Death Takes a Holiday (1934)
- Doctor Strange (1978)
- Doctor Strange (2016)
- Dragonslayer (1981)
- Dragon Storm (2004)
- Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (2005)
- The Exterminating Angel (1962)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2004)
- Fire and Ice (1983)
- Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
- A Ghost Story (2017)
- The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)
- The Golden Compass (2007)
- The Great Wall (2016)
- Gryphon (2007)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- Hellboy (2004)
- Hellboy (2019)
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
- Highlander (1986)
- Highlander III: The Final Dimension (1994)
- Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
- I’ll Never Forget You (1951)
- It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
- Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
- Jonah Hex (2010)
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
- Justice League Dark (2017)
- Kibakichi (2003)
- King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
- King Arthur—Director’s Cut (2004)
- Krull (1983)
- Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
- Kull the Conqueror (1997)
- The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017)
- The Lure {Córki dancingu} (2015)
- Mad About Men (1954)
- Minotaur (2006)
- Miranda (1948)
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
- Moana (2016)
- Mojin: The Lost Legend (2015)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)
- Night Watch {Nochnoy Dozor} (2004)
- November (2017)
- The Old Guard (2020)
- On Borrowed Time (1939)
- Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
- The Raven (1963)
- The Restless {Joong-Cheon} (2006)
- The Seventh Seal (1957)
- The Shape of Water (2017)
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
- The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
- The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
- Time Raiders (2016)
- Troll (1986)
- Troll 2 (1990)
- Wicked City (1992)
- Wings of Fame (1990)
- A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
- Your Name {Kimi no na wa} (2016)
Fantasy Reviews Sorted by Year:
- Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
- Death Takes a Holiday (1934)
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)
- On Borrowed Time (1939)
- The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
- It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
- Miranda (1948)
- Alias Nick Beal (1949)
- I’ll Never Forget You (1951)
- The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
- An Inspector Calls (1954)
- Mad About Men (1954)
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- The Seventh Seal (1957)
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
- The Exterminating Angel (1962)
- Beauty and the Beast (1962)
- Bluebeard’s Castle {Herzog Blaubarts Burg} (1963)
- Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
- The Raven (1963)
- The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)
- Doctor Strange (1978)
- Dragonslayer (1981)
- The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
- Krull (1983)
- Fire and Ice (1983)
- Conan the Destroyer (1984)
- Highlander (1986)
- Troll (1986)
- Troll 2 (1990)
- Wings of Fame (1990)
- Wicked City (1992)
- Highlander III: The Final Dimension (1994)
- Kull the Conqueror (1997)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
- Kibakichi (2003)
- Hellboy (2004)
- Dragon Storm (2004)
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2004)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
- Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
- King Arthur—Director’s Cut (2004)
- Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (2004)
- Night Watch {Nochnoy Dozor} (2004)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (2005)
- The Restless {Joong-Cheon} (2006)
- Minotaur (2006)
- Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
- Gryphon (2007)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- The Golden Compass (2007)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
- Jonah Hex (2010)
- Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe (2015)
- Mojin: The Lost Legend (2015)
- The Lure {Córki dancingu} (2015)
- Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
- Assassin’s Creed (2016)
- Doctor Strange (2016)
- The BFG (2016)
- The Great Wall (2016)
- Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
- Moana (2016)
- Time Raiders (2016)
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
- November (2017)
- Justice League Dark (2017)
- Blade of the Immortal (2017)
- Your Name {Kimi no na wa} (2016)
- Death Note (2017)
- Beauty and the Beast (2017)
- The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
- The Shape of Water (2017)
- The Dark Tower (2017)
- King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
- A Ghost Story (2017)
- Bright (2017)
- A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
- Hellboy (2019)
- The Old Guard (2020)