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)

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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)