Top Fantasy Movies


The Top Fantasy Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Fantasy List". Lists are calculated daily.

101. A Christmas Carol

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Clive Donner
Actors: George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, Angela Pleasence, Edward Woodward, Michael Carter, David Warner
Plot: In this adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic George C. Scott portrays Scrooge, the miser with an uncaring soul who is visited by three spirits and learns compassion once again.

102. The Incredible Hulk

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Louis Leterrier
Actors: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, William Hurt, Tim Roth, Tim Blake Nelson, Ty Burrell
Plot: In this comic book movie based off of the same name of the Marvel hero
(and a new version to the 2001 release) a scientist whose experiment goes
wrong is forced to try to cope with his anger and the mysterious after
affects of what he has become and what he can become. He must try to
control his anger but use it wisely enough to destroy a more deadly, out
of control version of himself.

103. Red Balloon, The ( ballon rouge, Le )

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Fantasy/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Albert Lamorisse
Actors: Pascal Lamorisse, René Marion, Sabine Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov, Paul Perey
Plot: The only short film to win an Oscar outside the short film category (for Best Original Screenplay) - this near silent film tells the story of a boy on the streets of Paris, and the seemingly sentient red balloon that follows him.

104. Maleficent

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Stromberg
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple
Plot: The classic fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty as seen through the eyes of the main antagonist, the self-proclaimed "Mistress of All Evil", Maleficent.

105. Insidious

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Wan
Actors: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey, Angus Sampson, Ty Simpkins, Andrew Astor
Plot: A couple and their three children move into a new home only to find themselves in a battle with vengeful spirits. After one of their children falls into a coma, they call on a team of ghost hunters and a psychic to drive out the evil before losing their child to "the further".

106. Sorry to Bother You

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Boots Riley
Actors: Tessa Thompson, Armie Hammer, Lakeith Stanfield, Patton Oswalt, Steven Yeun, Terry Crews
Plot: Taking place in an alternate version of Oakland, a black telemarketer learns the secret to success is to use his "white voice" and proceeds to quickly rise up the food chain. But his newfound fame comes at a price as he delves deeper and deeper into his shady business.

107. Mr. Nobody

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jaco van Dormael
Actors: Jared Leto, Diane Kruger, Sarah Polley, Linh Dan Pham, Rhys Ifans, Juno Temple
Plot: A story of Nemo Nobody, a 118 year-old man who is the last mortal on Earth after the human race has achieved quasi-immortality. Nemo relates his experiences with his mother, father and relationships.

108. The Lighthouse

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Eggers
Actors: Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson, Valeriia Karaman
Plot: Follows the story of two lighthouse keepers who operate on a remote island in the 1890s who must contend with a series of strange events.

109. An Andalusian Dog ( chien andalou, Un )

Year of Release: 1929
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Simone Mareuil, Pierre Batcheff
Plot: Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel's surrealist silent and plotless short-film is meant to inspire thought and evoke emotion through the juxtaposition of images. Using logic that could only be explained in dreams, Un chien andalou will shock, disturb, and ultimately confuse anyone who dare's to try and fully understand it.

110. Man of Steel

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Henry Cavill, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Russell Crowe
Plot: Kal-El was sent away from his doomed home planet of Krypton by his father. After crash landing on Earth, he is found by the Kent family and they raise him as their own, Clark Kent, teaching him their values. Realising he has great power among humans, Clark must now face up to his first grave challenge, General Zod, who led a rebellion on his home planet.

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