Fantasy Films

The ABCs of 150 Fantasy Films:

(I have seen the 92 movies in bold; movies to see next are marked with a ^.)

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)

A: Arabian Nights Adventurer

    1. The Thief of Bagdad
      • The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
      • The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
    2. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
    3. Sinbad, the Sailor (1947)
    4. Sinbad (Ray Harryhausen)
      • The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
      • The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
      • Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
    5. Arabian Nights (1974)
    6. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1982)
    7. Sheherazade (1990)
    8. Disney’s Aladdin
      • Aladdin (1992)
      • The Return of Jafar (1994)
      • Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996)
      • Aladdin (2019)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)

B: Barbarian

    1. Robert E. Howard’s
      • Conan the Barbarian (1982)
      • Conan the Destroyer (1984)
      • Red Sonja (1985)
      • Kull the Conqueror (1997)
      • Solomon Kane (2009)
      • Conan the Barbarian (2011)
    2. The Beastmaster (1982)
    3. Attila (2001)
Brave (2012)
Brave (2012)

C: Celtic Warrior

    1. Asterix the Gaul (1967)
    2. Boudica Warrior Queen (2003)
    3. Disney Pixar’s Brave (2012)
    4. The Gaelic King (2017)
Dragonslayer (1981)
Dragonslayer (1981)

D: Dragonslayer

    1. Fritz Lang’s Die Nibelungen
      • Siegfried (1924)
      • Kriemhild’s Revenge (1924)
    2. The Magic Sword (St. George and the Dragon) (1962)
    3. Dragonslayer (1981)
Faust (1926)

E: Enchantress/Sorcerer

    1. Faust (1926)
    2. Disney’s Fantasia (1940) “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
    3. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (1991)
    4. Willow (1988)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

F: Fairyfolk

    1. William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
      • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)
      • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999)
    2. Disney’s Fantasia (1940) – “The Nutcracker Suite”
    3. Jim Henson’s
      • The Dark Crystal (1982)
      • Labyrinth (1986)
    4. The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
    5. Disney’s
      • Maleficent (2014)
      • Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

G: Giantslayer

    1. Edison Studios Jack and the Beanstalk (1902)
    2. Disney’s Fun and Fancy Free (1947) – “Mickey and the Beanstalk”
    3. Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
    4. Disney’s Into the Woods (2014)
Masters of the Universe (1987)

H: He-Men Legends

    1. Flash Gordon (1980)
    2. Krull (1983)
    3. Masters of the Universe (1987)
    4. Edgar Rice Burroughs’s The Barsoom Series Disney’s John Carter (2012)
Highlander (1986)
Highlander (1986)

I: Immortal

    1. Highlander (1986)
    2. Highlander II: The Quickening “Renegade Version” (1991)
    3. Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1995)
    4. Highlander: Endgame (2000)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

J: Jungle Explorer

    1. Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
    2. Rudyard Kipling/Disney’s The Jungle Book (1967)
    3. Jumanji
      • Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
      • Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
Excalibur (1981)
Excalibur (1981)

K: Knight

    1. The Crusades (1935)
    2. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1949)
    3. Ivanhoe (1952)
    4. Knights of the Round Table (1953)
    5. Prince Valiant (1954)
    6. Disney’s The Sword in the Stone (1963)
    7. Camelot (1967)
    8. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
    9. Excalibur (1981)
    10. First Knight (1995)
    11. Prince Valiant (1997)
    12. Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
    13. Arn: The Knight Templar (2007)
    14. The Green Knight (2021)
Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)

L: Lost Boy

    1. Peter Pan (1924)
    2. Disney’s Peter Pan (1953)
    3. Hook (1991)
    4. Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

M: Middle Earther

    1. The Animated Lord of the Rings
      • The Hobbit (1967)
      • The Hobbit (1977)
      • The Lord of the Rings (1978)
      • The Return of the King (1980)
      • The War of the Rohirrim (2024)
    2. Lord of the Rings
      • The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
      • The Two Towers (2002)
      • The Return of the King (2003)
    3. The Hobbit
      • An Unexpected Journey (2012)
      • The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
      • The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)

N: Narnian

    1. The Chronicles of Narnia (1988-1990)
    2. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
    3. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
    4. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
Oz The Great and Powerful (2013)
Oz The Great and Powerful (2013)

O: Ozian

    1. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
    2. Disney’s Return to Oz (1985)
    3. Disney’s Oz The Great and Powerful (2013)
    4. Wicked (2024)
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Sleeping Beauty (1959)

P: Princess/Prince

    1. Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
    2. Disney’s Sleeping Beauty (1959)
    3. The Princess Bride (1987)
    4. Disney’s The Little Mermaid (1989)
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Q: Queen Challenger

    1. Disney’s Alice in Wonderland (1951)
    2. Alice in Wonderland (1999)
    3. Disney’s Alice in Wonderland (2010)
    4. Disney’s Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Gladiator (2000)
Gladiator (2000)

R: Roman Hero

    1. Spartacus (1960)
    2. Cleopatra (1963)
    3. Gladiator (2000)
    4. The First King: Birth Of An Empire (Romulus v Remus: The First King) (2019)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

S: Sailor/Pirate

    1. Captain Blood (1935)
    2. Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island (1950)
    3. The Crimson Pirate (1952)
    4. Pirates of the Caribbean
      • The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
      • Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
      • At World’s End (2007)
      • On Stranger Tides (2011)
      • Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

T: Thief

    1. Robin Hood (1922)
    2. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
    3. Disney’s Robin Hood (1973)
    4. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Legend (1985)
Legend (1985)

U: Unicorn Whisperer

    1. The Last Unicorn (1982)
    2. Legend (1985)
    3. Stardust (2007)
    4. The Secret of Moonacre (2008)
The 13th Warrior (1999)
The 13th Warrior (1999)

V: Viking

    1. The Viking (1928)
    2. The Vikings (1958)
    3. The 13th Warrior (1999)
    4. Pathfinder (2007)
    5. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
    6. The Northman (2022)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

W: Wizard

    1. Harry Potter
      • Harry Potter and the Philosopher’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)
      • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
      • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)
      • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
    2. Fantastic Beasts
      • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
      • Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
      • Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
Doctor Who – “Marco Polo” (1964)

X: Xanadu Explorer

    1. The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
    2. Doctor Who – “Marco Polo” (1964)
    3. Marco the Magnificent (1965)
    4. The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo on His Journeys to the Ends of the Earth (1998)
Gulliver's Travels (1996)
Gulliver’s Travels (1996)

Y: Yahoo Traveler

    1. Georges Méliès’s Guliver’s Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (1902)
    2. Gulliver’s Travels (1939)
    3. Gulliver’s Travels (1996)
    4. Gulliver’s Travels (2010)
The Legend of Zelda (1989)
The Legend of Zelda (1989)

Z: Zelda-Hylian

    1. The Legend of Zelda (1989)
    2. Captain N: The Game Master (1989-1991)

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