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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.
Sorted by year:
1940s
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
1950s
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
1960s
Beauty and the Beast (1962)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
The Raven (1963)
1970s
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)
1980s
Dragonslayer (1981)
The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
Fire and Ice (1983)
Krull (1983)
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
Highlander (1986)
Troll (1986)
1990s
Troll 2 (1990)
Highlander III: The Final Dimension (1994)
Kull the Conqueror (1997)
2000s
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Kibakichi (2003)
Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King (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 (2004)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and
the Wardrobe (2005)
Dungeons & Dragons 2 (2005)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Minotaur (2006)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
The Golden Compass (2007)
Gryphon (2007)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At
World's End (2007)
Scale:
(see it)
(matinee)
(wait for TV)
(skip it)
(toxic)