Bluray Release Dates Bluray release calendar with release dates for new and upcoming Bluray releases. Filter. Fantasy Films. Fantasy. Films Unlike science. In mythological or legendary times, they transcend. Fantasy. films are often in the context of the imagination, dreams. Directed by Ted Nicolaou. With Diane Franklin, Mary Woronov, Gerrit Graham, Chad Allen. A familys new satellite TV system starts receiving signals from another. A Short Horror Film About the Perils of Choosing the Wrong Hashtag for Your Selfie. Cult Horror Movies Medusa ' title='Cult Horror Movies Medusa ' />Fantasy films often have an element of magic. They may appeal. to both children and adults, depending upon the particular. See AFIs. 1. 0 Top 1. The Top 1. 0 Fantasy Films. See also separate article on Super Heroes. Film In fantasy films, the hero often undergoes some kind of mystical. Ancient Greek mythological figures or Arabian Nights type narratives are typical. Flying carpets, magic swords and spells, dragons, and ancient. Bizarre and imaginary, invented. Shangri La or Brigadoon. The earliest sci fi writers. H. G. Wells and Jules Verne created fantastic worlds andor journeys the. Typically, the predominant characters in fantasies are princes. Some fantasy type films might also include quasi religious. Or they. include the gnomes, dwarves and elves of legend. Odd phenomena, physical aberrations, and incredible characters. They are often inspired or taken, however remotely, from myth or legend. They fill us with a marvelous sense of awe and touch off deep primal emotions. Fantasy films are most likely to overlap with the film genres. When the narrative of a fantasy film tends to emphasize advanced technology. Or when the supernatural, fantasy forces are specifically intended to. Early Fantasy Films Over. The earliest. fantasy films combined science fiction with visions of the future. Some of. the earliest were Georges Melies fantasy silent film about a trip to the. Moon, Voyage Dans La Lune 1. Fritz Langs. expressionistic Metropolis 1. Germanwith a nightmarish view of. Alexander Kordas Things to Come 1. Director Merian C. Coopers great prehistoric fantasy film King Kong 1. Skull Island. with a fearsome hairy Beast created by Willis H. OBriens marvelous stop motion. Frank Capras wonderful philosophical romantic fantasy Lost. Horizon 1. 93. 7 brought a group of plane crash survivors to the fabled. Shangri La hidden within a snowy Tibetan mountain pass. Comic. strip hero Flash Gordon Buster Crabbe, with his love interest Dale Arden. Jean Rogers, was the subject of many serialized. Flash Gordon Flash Gordons Trip to Mars 1. Of. course, the greatest childrens fantasymusical of all time was The Wizard. Oz 1. 93. 9, a journey down the yellow brick road to the colorful. Land of Oz. Producer Alexander Kordas dazzling Technicolor, costume fantasy. Oscar winning The Thief of Bagdad 1. UK. masterfully retold the Arabian Nights tale of the land of magic carpets. The frightening story of a man. The Picture. of Dorian Gray 1. Dr. Jekyll. and Mr. Hyde tale. British. Michael Powells and writerproducer Emeric Pressburgers romantic. Stairway to Heaven 1. A Matter of Life and Death. David Niven as a aviation casualty in debate with Heavenly and Earthly. Jean Cocteaus lyrical and romantic French film La Belle et la. Bete 1. 94. 6 aka Beauty and the Beast, adapted from an 1. Beast and a beautiful woman. In Frank Capras Its. Wonderful Life 1. James Stewart is aided. Clarence Henry Travers. The whimsical, comical. Harvey 1. 95. 0 also starred James Stewart as an inebriated man. And Vincente. Minnellis lyrical musical fantasy Brigadoon 1. Scottish village of the same name where the inhabitants. George Pal Special Effects Wizard Both. George Pal and Ray Harryhausen created and designed some of the best stop motion. Producer George Pal won his first Special Effects Academy. Award for his work on the sci fi fantasyadventure film Destination Moon. He also won Best Visual Special Effects Oscars for the exciting. When Worlds Collide 1. The War of the Worlds 1. Finally, Pal succeeded. MGMs musical fantasy of the Grimms fairy tale Tom Thumb 1. Oscar. Pals. next directorial effort was for an adaptation of H. G. Wells book, the visual. Oscar winning fantasy adventure The Time Machine 1. Rod Taylor as the curious time traveler to the year 8. Elois and hideous Morlocks. In his later career, Pal was also involved. Cinerama feature fairy tale The Wonderful. World of the Brothers Grimm 1. Faces of Dr. Lao 1. Tony Randall who changes. Medusa, Merlin the Magician, the Abominable. Snowman, and a Talking Serpent. Ray Harryhausen Special Effects Wizard Mainstream. Ray Harryhausen. a protege of early stop motion animator Willis OBrien the creator of King. Kong, featured grotesque giant monsters, fabulous Greek mythological. Arabian figures. One of Ray Harryhausens earliest films included. OBrien to animate Mighty Joe Young 1. He also contributed. Warner Bros. prehistoric fantasy The Beast from 2. Fathoms 1. 95. 3. Godzilla monster story with a rhedosaurus threatening New York City. He also contributed to a string of 5. It Came From Beneath the Sea 1. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers 1. US capital in the spectacular finale, 2. Million. Miles to Earth 1. Italy, and the great fantasy adventure of all time The 7th Voyage of. Sinbad 1. 95. 8, featuring the rescue of a miniature princess Kathryn Grant. Kerwin Mathews on his seventh voyage, a young genie. Cyclops, a dragon, a snake woman. Harryhausen. proceeded with a fantasy adaptation of Jonathan Swifts The 3 Worlds of. Gulliver 1. 95. 9 about Lemuel Gulliver Kerwin Mathews a globe traveling. Lilliput and the giant world. Brobdignag, an adaptation of Jules Vernes oft filmed Mysterious Island. Captain Nemo of the Nautilus. Jason and the Argonauts 1. Golden Fleece while confronting clashing. Hydra, a walking Talos statue, and an army of sword wielding. More. Harryhausen films in the mid 6. H. G. Wells adaptation The. First Men in the Moon 1. The Valley of Gwangi. Sinbad series with more fantastic creatures The Golden Voyage of Sinbad 1. Sinbad and the Eye of the. Tiger 1. 97. 9, and the more recent mythological fantasy Clash of the. Titans 1. 98. 1 with a memorable snake haired Gorgon Medusa, a Cyclops. Divx Movies Download The Incredibles. Pegasus. Frank Oz and Jim Henson Muppets Puppets With Jim Henson, Frank Oz directed The Dark Crystal 1. Muppets. Henson also directed the. George Lucas produced Labyrinth 1. Jennifer Connelly in an enchanted land inhabited by Hensons Muppets as monsters. Goblin King David Bowie. The last film produced by. Jim Henson was British director Nicolas Roegs adventure fantasy The Witches. Roald Dahls novel of the same name, with trademark. Anjelica Huston as a frightening. Grand High Witch that threatens to turn two young boys into mice at a seaside.