Best Fantasy Movies of All Time, a list by HD Movie Lists

9.0

/1980305/

88

/45028/

84

/23295/

4.5

/1076646/

94

/280/

Audience

86

/34679773/

94

/41/

3.5

age 12+

Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam take the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark lord's realm.

88

8.2

/703280/

80

/14864/

77

/10148/

4.2

/584800/

95

/244/

Audience

91

/637368/

98

/37/

4.0

age 15+

Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real father, Ofelia must complete three terrifying tasks.

88

8.2

/25829/

78

/385/

79

/514/

4.2

/36926/

100

/32/

Audience

93

/6920/

4.0

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.

87

8.1

/198581/

79

/2617/

81

/2832/

4.3

/226934/

93

/71/

Audience

93

/3133/

88

/15/

4.0

age 13+

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.

87

8.9

/2008174/

87

/52299/

84

/24272/

4.4

/1383355/

91

/235/

Audience

95

/80557/

92

/34/

3.0

age 12+

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.

87

8.8

/1784848/

87

/44119/

84

/21071/

4.4

/1048366/

95

/258/

Audience

95

/72895/

87

/39/

3.0

age 12+

Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.

86

8.1

/428831/

78

/8777/

75

/5162/

4.0

/303947/

98

/167/

Audience

89

/876935/

92

/30/

4.0

age 6+

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.

85

7.9

/13414/

75

/207/

76

/231/

4.1

/20914/

97

/32/

Audience

89

/4690/

4.0

A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.

6

85

8.1

/949012/

82

/34685/

80

/19924/

4.0

/1012303/

96

/333/

Audience

89

/19742/

85

/41/

3.5

age 12+

Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's formidable skills.

85

7.8

/20686/

76

/317/

76

/324/

4.2

/32560/

96

/26/

Audience

90

/6633/

87

/4/

4.0

In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein and hearing from her sister that the monster is not dead, instead existing as a spirit inhabiting a nearby barn.

85

7.9

/28092/

74

/407/

74

/558/

4.1

/33212/

96

/67/

Audience

90

/22663/

92

/7/

4.0

The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief. She is unable to return the key on time, but it is revealed that the Beast is the genuinely handsome one. A simple tale of tragic love that turns into a surreal vision of death, desire, and beauty.

84

8.0

/451118/

82

/11807/

76

/4361/

4.0

/510250/

96

/84/

Audience

94

/37222/

78

/20/

3.5

age 8+

In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.

83

7.9

/691927/

81

/38082/

80

/20836/

4.1

/1299928/

90

/260/

Audience

86

/1170185/

82

/40/

3.5

age 10+

Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the term also brings danger: soul-sucking Dementors hover over the school, an ally of the accursed He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named lurks within the castle walls, and fearsome wizard Sirius Black escapes Azkaban. And Harry will confront them all.

83

7.7

/216964/

77

/8540/

75

/5429/

3.9

/259101/

96

Audience

85

/443185/

83

/15/

4.0

age 12+

'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.

82

7.8

/186132/

79

/7970/

75

/4443/

3.9

/200615/

96

/57/

Audience

86

/682812/

88

/13/

age 5+

Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins, an angelic nanny. She not only brings a change in their lives but also spreads happiness.

82

7.4

/14506/

75

/259/

71

/246/

3.7

/9213/

100

/29/

Audience

81

/4004/

4.0

age 8+

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.

82

7.5

/11640/

72

/256/

73

/223/

3.8

/8726/

95

/110/

Audience

84

/5189/

82

/21/

4.0

A black and white silent movie, based on the Snow White fairy tale, that is set in a romantic version of 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.

81

7.9

/667117/

77

/17355/

73

/12732/

3.7

/545086/

86

/255/

Audience

84

/169681/

79

/44/

4.0

age 12+

The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

81

7.8

/227489/

78

/8413/

74

/3336/

3.8

/337048/

92

/61/

Audience

87

/878520/

67

/10/

4.0

age 8+

When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticket that will make him a winner.

80

7.8

/48073/

76

/951/

75

/838/

4.2

/92068/

85

/26/

Audience

88

/13123/

76

/11/

The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.

80

7.7

/681895/

79

/36094/

78

/19991/

3.8

/1046810/

88

/256/

Audience

74

/34153607/

81

/38/

3.5

age 12+

When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools—the Triwizard Tournament. But since Harry never submitted his name for the Tournament, who did? Now Harry must confront a deadly dragon, fierce water demons and an enchanted maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named.

79

7.6

/856482/

80

/45714/

79

/26416/

3.8

/1259134/

81

/201/

Audience

82

/1160027/

65

/37/

4.0

age 7+

Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.

79

7.4

/292180/

74

/22048/

68

/7844/

3.2

/269566/

94

/332/

Audience

86

/95132/

77

/49/

4.0

age 9+

A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.

78

7.8

/116723/

78

/2363/

75

/1223/

4.1

/62015/

62

/114/

Audience

85

/4881/

64

/23/

4.0

In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.

78

7.4

/692708/

78

/39397/

77

/21257/

3.6

/1076215/

82

/237/

Audience

80

/34613/

63

/35/

4.0

age 8+

Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione’s magical abilities and courage.

77

7.6

/595903/

78

/33571/

76

/18777/

3.7

/916787/

84

/280/

Audience

78

/1560842/

78

/36/

3.0

age 12+

As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven. Harry suspects perils may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemorts defenses and to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Even as the decisive showdown looms, romance blossoms for Harry, Ron, Hermione and their classmates. Love is in the air, but danger lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.

77

7.9

/524094/

78

/14613/

77

/12488/

3.9

/770522/

89

/66/

Audience

91

/1033651/

74

/19/

2.0

age 13+

A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

77

8.1

/1211194/

80

/33408/

77

/19835/

3.9

/842275/

80

/220/

Audience

86

/33125722/

63

/40/

3.0

age 12+

Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 18th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save her.

76

7.4

/93870/

75

/7619/

72

/3213/

3.7

/92977/

86

/264/

Audience

81

/754/

76

/40/

3.0

age 12+

A boy imagines a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way.

76

7.7

/599452/

79

/32679/

77

/18440/

3.7

/923011/

77

/288/

Audience

85

/353308/

65

/42/

3.0

age 12+

Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.

76

7.8

/705580/

78

/29446/

75

/12684/

3.4

/476598/

75

/252/

Audience

85

/265828/

66

/44/

3.5

age 11+

The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.

76

7.5

/71690/

74

/1321/

72

/1027/

3.7

/34005/

80

/60/

Audience

90

/65881/

73

/16/

3.0

age 16+

A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.

75

7.1

/217376/

72

/6966/

68

/5235/

3.5

/323712/

93

/193/

Audience

80

/407976/

75

/32/

3.0

age 6+

The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?

75

7.0

/174720/

75

/7646/

71

/4217/

3.7

/452757/

92

/25/

Audience

73

/384702/

72

/21/

3.0

age 9+

An extraordinarily intelligent young girl from a cruel and uncaring family discovers she possesses telekinetic powers and is sent off to a school headed by a tyrannical principal.

75

7.3

/31058/

73

/849/

71

/554/

3.6

/24480/

89

/46/

Audience

79

/22825/

69

/10/

age 6+

Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.

75

7.1

/56891/

73

/1229/

69

/833/

3.7

/30719/

90

/60/

Audience

82

/36605/

69

/15/

3.0

age 12+

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

74

6.8

/54681/

72

/1945/

69

/1185/

3.4

/65831/

94

/48/

Audience

70

/59782/

78

/25/

3.0

age 9+

A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand High Witch is unveiling her master plan to turn all children into mice. Will Luke fall victim to the witches' plot before he can stop them?

74

6.9

/68394/

71

/1652/

66

/933/

3.5

/49966/

91

/54/

Audience

77

/49852/

79

/18/

3.0

age 9+

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

74

8.0

/459021/

79

/9192/

77

/6942/

3.9

/326801/

75

/219/

Audience

89

/26364/

58

/42/

2.5

age 12+

Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

74

6.6

/118121/

63

/5779/

65

/1744/

3.7

/407998/

89

/331/

Audience

50

/813/

85

/56/

4.0

age 15+

An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men.

74

7.2

/173397/

74

/5305/

73

/4563/

3.6

/263089/

85

/163/

Audience

70

/24789/

74

/25/

age 9+

Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences including that she's rich, he's poor, she's a city girl, and he's a country boy the two become fast friends. Together they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants where they rule as king and queen.

74

7.5

/633619/

78

/34282/

77

/18833/

3.6

/960531/

78

/256/

Audience

81

/2334880/

71

/37/

2.5

age 12+

Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of students to defend themselves against the dark arts.

73

7.3

/384062/

73

/8450/

71

/6454/

3.5

/236061/

70

/129/

Audience

80

/607542/

65

/35/

3.5

age 18+

Ichabod Crane, an eccentric investigator, is determined to stop the murderous Headless Horseman.

73

6.7

/61693/

74

/8076/

63

/2140/

3.1

/45561/

88

/245/

Audience

72

/1103/

71

/42/

3.5

age 7+

For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

79

73

7.7

/6976/

72

/153/

73

/142/

3.8

/5599/

97

/67/

Audience

83

/2315/

A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.

73

7.6

/285339/

76

/7895/

72

/3895/

3.6

/155722/

77

/198/

Audience

86

/46799/

66

/33/

2.5

age 12+

In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.

73

7.1

/71500/

74

/2622/

71

/1045/

3.6

/65928/

78

/50/

Audience

81

/176581/

66

/13/

age 10+

On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.

72

7.8

/873404/

78

/35628/

73

/17840/

3.5

/563079/

64

/305/

Audience

83

/484853/