Your Top 10 Favorite Fantasy Films

[Noctis]

Hey, guys, I'm curious to know what your top ten fantasy films are after reading RT's Top 50 Best Reviewed Fantasy Films Of All Time. Here's the list:

 

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/best_fantasy_films/

 

Anyway, here's my list:

 

1. Deathly Hallows Part 1 + Part 2 

2. Coraline 

3. Fellowship of the Ring

4. Pan's Labyrinth

5. Half-Blood Prince

6. Spirited Away

7. Prisoner of Azkaban

8. The Two Towers

9. Sorcerer's Stone

10. How To Train Your Dragon

 

[IndustriousAngel]

hmm ... don't know what exactly counts as fantasy - Gremlins 1+2 are very high on my overall list but maybe they're too little pure fantasy, as is Life of Brian - so I did it without them:

1. Lord of the Rings (I count them as one big movie)

2. The Dark Crystal

3. The Princess Bride

4. Big Fish

5. Spirited Away

6. Big Trouble in Little China

7. The Hobbit (again, all three count as one)

8. The Fountain

9. Hudson Hawk

10. Stardust

 

In case something doesn't count, runner-ups are: Pan's Labyrinth, Edward Scissorhands, Time Bandits, Willow, Your Highness, The Brothers Lionheart, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Forbidden Kingsom, Eric the Viking, Excalibur ... hell there's a lot of them runner-ups isn't it?

[Jessie]

Fellowship of the ring is one of my favourite films so I guess that would have to be number 1 for me.

[James]

1. Lord of the Rings

2. Deathly Hollows Part 1 + 2

3. POTC: At World's End

4. Prince of Persia

5. Order of the Phoenix

6. Goblet of Fire

7. The Hobbit (1 + 2 and soon 3)

8. Dorian Gray (2009)

8. Chronicles of Narnia 2: Prince Caspian

9. Prisoner of Azkaban

10. Inkheart

Edited December 10, 2014 by James

[Kalo]

I'm only including Live action because the range for fantasy in animation is to obscure 

 

1.Lord of the Rings:

2.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (P1 and P2)

3.The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 

4.Enchanted

5.The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 

6.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

7.The Princess Bride 

8.The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

9.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

10.Big Fish

Edited December 10, 2014 by KaloVisor

[peludo]

1. The Lord of the Rings

2. Spirited Away

3. Fantasia

4. Big Fish

5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

6. Pan's Labyrinth

7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows I

8. The Princess Bride

9. Willow

10. Jason and the Argonauts

 

I do not include The Hobbit since I have not seen the last film, but I can say that top 4 is safe.

[Spidey Freak]

1. Aladdin

2. Princess Mononoke + Frozen

4. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

5. Stardust

6. The Little Mermaid

7. The Nightmare Before Christmas

8. Big Fish

9. The Princess Bride

10. Edward Scissorhands

[Noctis]

1. The Lord of the Rings

2. Spirited Away

3. Fantasia

4. Big Fish

5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

6. Pan's Labyrinth

7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows I

8. The Princess Bride

9. Willow

10. Jason and the Argonauts

 

I do not include The Hobbit since I have not seen the last film, but I can say that top 4 is safe.

Love that you have DH1.

[ShouldIBeHere]

1. Fellowship of the Ring

2. The Two Towers

3. The Return of the King

4. The Never-ending Story (1984, Germany)

5. Battle of the Five Armies

6. Unexpected Journey

7. Desolation of Smaug

8. Deathly Hallows Part 1

9. Pan's Labyrinth

10. Big Fish

[peludo]

Love that you have DH1.

Azkaban is still my favorite. It is completely different to the rest of Potter films. It has an absurd touch that I love. But I like a lot the darkness and pre-ending feeling you get seeing DH1. A very solid film, IMO.

[BK007]

1. How to Train Your Dragon 2

2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1

3. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

5. Curious Case of Benjamin Button

6. Groundhog Day

7. King Kong

8. How to Train Your Dragon

9. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

10. About Time

11. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

12. Star Wars: A New Hope

13. Life of Pi

14. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

15. Speed Racer

 

Added some more in case some of them are sci-fi/adventure or whatever.

[peludo]

^ If Groundhog Day or Star Wars can be taken into account, I have to change my list

[Noctis]

Star Wars is definitely fantasy. I forgot about Button! I have to change my list.

[BK007]

Gonna quickly type up RTs list

 

50 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

49 Black Orpheus (1959)

48 Howl's Moving Castle

47 Shrek

46 Kung Fu Panda

45 Shrek 2

44 Hellboy 2

43 The Dance of Reality (2014)

42 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)

41 Tangled

40 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

39 Beauty and the Beast

38 My Neighbour Totoro

37 Time Bandits 

36 Princess Mononoke

35 Sleeping Beauty

34 Frozen

33 James and the Giant Peach

32 The Little Mermaid

31 Blancanieves (2013)

30 Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

29 The Secret of Nimh

28 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

27 Coraline

26 How to Train Your Dragon 2

25 LOTR Fellowship of the Ring

24 Aladdin

23 Enchanted

22 Secret World of Arrietty

21 Orpheus (1950)

20 Yellow Submarine (1968)

19 Thief of Baghdad (1924) 

18 Kiki's Delivery Service

17 Tale of the Princess Kaguya

16 the Witches (1990)

15 Ugetsu Monogatari (1954)

14 The Princess Bride

13 LOTR Return of the King

12 Pan's Labyrinth

11 Spirited Away

10 Thief of Baghdad (1940)

09 LOTR The Two Towers

08 Fantasia

07 Beauty and the Beast (1946)

06 How to Train Your Dragon

05 Monty Python and the Holy Grail

04 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2

03 Pinocchio

02 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

01 The Wizard of Oz

 

Wow. It was basically the animated, Harry Potter and LOTR show. Guess there haven't been that many good fantasy movies. Then again, it would have been very restricted as to what could have been done back then, so it makes sense. Fantasy is one of my favourite genres so always good to see more movies being made in the genre.