Good fantasy movies
 

So, can you recommend me some great adventurous fantasy/scifi movies?

I love Star Ward, Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, I liked the first 300 movie, etc. Some epic scifi stories are also welcome, such as Planet of the Apes.

I just miss the feeling of putting on a movie, being sucked into a whole new world and follow an epic adventure through it... There are just not very many of those :(

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Willow (1988)

I have seen Willow, but good choice. Anything like it, though maybe a bit higher in quality, such as Star Wars and LotR?

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Some 80s classics...


Dragon Slayer (1981)
The Neverending Story (1984)
The Goonies (1985)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
The Princess Bride (1987)

I think Dragon Slayer may be just the kind of thing I'm looking for.

The problem with fantasy like LOTR and Willow, the fantasy world and middle earth style thing, is there's not many with huge production value.
Sure there's newer stuff like John Carter or Maleficent, but they're just green screen CGI-filled movies.


LOTR, Willow, and the others I mentioned above like Princess Bride, at least have that "real location" thing.


Another one to look at is Legend (1985) by Ridley Scott.

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Pan's Labyrinth (2006) could be worth looking into as well if you don't mind subtitles.

No mention of Pan’s Labyrinth? Hellboy 2?

Edit: jinx!

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If you don't mind puppetry: The Dark Crystal (1982) & Labyrinth (1986) are quite fun imo

I insist on puppetry.

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The Fall (2006) and Stardust are good too.

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I thank you all for some interesting answers. At the moment, I'm getting my hands on Dragonslayer and Stardust as first priority, then I will try the other suggestions. Keep em coming :D

From my Top 100:

Forbidden Planet (1956)
Dune (1984)
The Time Machine (1960)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Flash Gordon (1980)
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
Excalibur (1981)
The Fifth Element (1997)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
The 13th Warrior (1999)
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)

…and from the long list:

Krull (1983)
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
The Beastmaster (1982)
Hawk the Slayer (1980)
Pitch Black (2000)
Riddick (2013)
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Return to Oz (1985)

…and Immortals (2011) because there are some great visuals :).

It's so fitting that Yoda liked this ;D.

That was one interesting mofo of a list! Several there that caught my interest.

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I second Conan the Barbarian!

Make sure it's the 1982 version!

It was the first fairly well-known film to feature Arnold Schwarzenegger. Some classic scenes and quotes in this flick. In my opinion, it is worth a watch before something like Dragonslayer.

http://images.entertainment.ie/image...rian-still.jpg

I must also add another recommendation for the previously mentioned Excalibur, from 1981. Dark and operatic Arthurian tale about the titular sword and those it affects. Great performance by Nicol Williamson as Merlin, and the score is fantastic.

https://cdn2us.denofgeek.com/sites/d...?itok=zMWBlojn

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/33/9e/1d/3...2463cf95e8.jpg

Keep an eye out for Helen Mirran as Morgana, as well.

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Ugetsu monogatari (1953) - Kenji Mizoguchi
Kwaidan (1964) - Masaki Kobayashi
Legend of the Mountain (1979) - King Hu

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How about Brazil?

I quite enjoyed the new one notwithstanding – Rachel Nichols certainly helped :). And a lot more than I did the remake of Clash of the Titans.

I loved the story Liam Neeson told recently about being introduced to her on set along with Ciarán Hinds. It's definitely one of her sexiest roles.

Nicol Williamson's so memorable, and for a lot of people I'm sure would be so unlike the Merlin they'd expect. He's not only my favourite Merlin but my favourite Macbeth too.

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did somebody mentioned The Chronicles of Narnia? I also like Warcraft, old Labirinth with David Bowie and of course all Harry Potter movies :)

Wow, someone really liked that? I really hate how Paradox handles the Howard rights they own. Both Conan and Solomon Kane were just random bad fantasy scripts with some familiar names attached - they had absolutely nothing to do with Howard's works (not that older Conan was too faithful either but at least it had some scenes from different stories).

A movie that very rarely gets mentioned in discussions of this genre but definitely belongs is 1998's Pleasantville.

See Glove and Boots on youtube, if you haven't yet.

For instance (I can't post links), so google "glove and boots Shakespeare" (without quotes).

Phenomenal talents, these guys.

Harry potter :):)

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The 80's were the golden age of this type. A few of these no doubt have been mentioned in this thread but here are a few off the top of my head from the 80's...



Red Sonja
LadyHawke
Krull
Legend
Conan the Barbarian
Neverending Story
Princess Bride
Labrynth
Dark Crystal (Netflix has now got a series to expand on this also)
Time Bandits
Excalibur
Erik the Viking
Sword and the Sorcerer
Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Willow
The Secret of NIMH
Sword of the Valient
Black Cauldron
Masters of the Universe

Avoid Masters if the universe.

Unpopular opinion: I didn’t enjoy The Never Ending Story and Legend is incredibly overrated. The latter sparked an intense debate with my ex who swore by that film. She couldn’t believe I didn’t like it. 🤷

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I feel as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced ...as my horse, my lifelong companion and best friend just drowned in a lonely swamp of sadness ...while the last unicorn in all the world was captured, forced to watch, and was then beheaded for his horn by a goblin giving very strange and confusing feelings to a young boy of the late 80s through adulthood until just now understanding why, learning Blix was actually played by the female actress, Alice Playten, during a Google search to confirm a spelling.


YOU DID THIS TO ME!!!
*punts Baxter*

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Start with Terry Gilliam's fantasy:


Time Bandits (1981)
Brazil (1985)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
and
The Imginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)


Then, I would go to this list:



Wizards (1977)
The Fall (2006)
Highlander (1986)
The Pirates of The Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
and
The Mummy (1999)

Riddick

Time Bandits (1981)
Brazil (1985)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
and
The Imginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

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Harry Potter of course, but you've probably already seen them. Pan's Labyrinth is fantastic.

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No one mentioned Gaiman's "Mirrormask".. or "Coraline"

My daughter liked "Gormenghast" when she was younger. Its a mini-series but fits the allotted time for a long movie.