Genre: Fantasy
Fantasy opens worlds that never were — magic, myth, and the impossible made real. From sweeping epics to quiet enchantments, it asks what we’d do with power the real world denies us.
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The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
2015 Breck Eisner fantasy action with Vin Diesel as an immortal witch hunter protecting modern New York from witches. -
Click (2006)
2006 Frank Coraci comedy with Adam Sandler as a workaholic who gets a magic remote that fast-forwards through his life. -
Meet Joe Black (1998)
Brest's 1998 three-hour fantasy drama. Pitt as Death taking a vacation, Hopkins as the dying man hosting him. Critics hated it. The film has aged better than expected. -
Cool World (1992)
Bakshi's 1992 live-action-animation noir. Brad Pitt, Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne. The disastrous attempted Who Framed Roger Rabbit follow-up. Notable mainly as a cautionary tale. -
Orpheus (1950)
Cocteau's 1950 mythology drama. Marais as the poet, Casarès as Death. The mirror as the boundary between worlds. The high mark of poetic French cinema. -
Artemis Fowl (2020)
Kenneth Branagh's 2020 Disney+ Eoin Colfer adaptation. Substantial production failure where multiple compounding decisions destroyed the source material. -
Michael (1996)
Nora Ephron's 1996 angel comedy with John Travolta. Gentle commercial work that uses spiritual material as premise rather than substantial engagement. -
Merlin (1998)
Merlin is the NBC miniseries that retold the Arthurian legend from the wizard's perspective. Steve Barron directed it. Sam Neill plays Merlin. Helena... -
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
Honor Among Thieves is the rare studio fantasy film that knows what it is and commits to it without apology. Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley... -
Constantine (2005)
Constantine is a better film than its reputation suggests. Francis Lawrence directed in his feature debut. Keanu Reeves plays John Constantine, the...