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Fantasy movies

Explore magic, fantastic creatures and imagined worlds.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 3,692 films · Page 115.

The Vintner's Luck (2009)

Drama, fantasy film

The film is the story of Sobran Jodeau (Jérémie Renier), an ambitious young peasant winemaker, and the three loves of his life – his beautiful wife Celeste (Keisha Castle-Hughes), the proudly intellectual baroness Aurora de Valday (Vera Farmiga), and Xas (Gaspard Ulliel), an angel who strikes up an unlikely but enduring friendship that borders on eroticism with him. Under Xas' guidance, Sobran is forced to fathom the nature of love and belief and in the process grapples with the sensual, the sacred and the profane – in pursuit of the perfect vintage.

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A Heavenly Christmas (2016)

Drama, fantasy film

Eve Morgan is a work-focused woman who has pushed aside most other aspects of her life to focus on a successful career. When she is killed in a fall close to Christmas, she is greeted by Pearl, an angel who reveals that Eve has been chosen to become a Christmas angel and help Max, a musician working as a fry cook who has been taking care of his niece since her parents died a few years ago. Eve is able to inspire Max to try out for an audition he recently missed, and even falls for him, but is taken away by Pearl who reveals that Eve's time as an angel was only temporary; Eve has been in a coma since the fall, Pearl explaining that she…

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El Muerto (2007)

Action, fantasy film, Horror

Centuries ago, the Aztec Empire of Mexico was conquered by the Spanish conquistadors. Horrified by their religious practices, the Spaniards set out to convert the native population to Catholicism, effectively declaring war upon the Aztec religion. According to an ancient prophecy, the Aztecs and their religion will return to dominance in a time known as the Sixth Sun.

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Viking Destiny (2018)

Action, Adventure, fantasy film

A Viking Princess (Demetriou) is forced to flee her kingdom after being framed for the murder of her father the King. Under the guidance of the god Odin (Terence Stamp), she travels the world gaining wisdom and building the army she needs to win back her throne.

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Rise of the Gargoyles (2009)

fantasy film, Horror

In Paris, France, two workers find a hidden chamber while digging beneath the Saint Jean André Church. They collect the valuable objects in the area, but they are attacked by a creature. Meanwhile, the discredited Professor Jack Randall, who wrote a book about gargoyles rejected by the experts, is encouraged by his friend Carol Beckham to check the place out.

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Gallavants (1984)

musical film

Gallavants are ants living in their own fairy-tale land, Ganteville. The little ones have to go to school in preparation of their adult life as working ants. However, one pupil, named Shando, thinks he doesn't need to take lessons and work hard, in order to find his destination in life.

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Nuovomondo (2006)

Drama, historical film

The first major segment of the film introduces the poor Mancuso family (headed by the widowed Salvatore), from Sicily, Italy, at the turn of the 20th century residing in a rural mountainous region, who decide to emigrate to the United States after receiving a sign from God in the form of American postcards depicting giant produce and chickens. Their dreams about the land of opportunity where giant vegetables are grown, people swim in milk, and coins fall from the sky propel their decision, which gives the viewer insight into the unrealistic expectations that many immigrants held about America. Salvatore takes his family consisting of his…

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Prancer Returns (2001)

Christmas film, Drama, fantasy film

Preteen siblings from a broken marriage live with their mother, Denise, in Three Oaks, Michigan. Ryan, the oldest, wants to go live with their father in Chicago. This confuses shy Charlie, the youngest, who is also the butt of bigger school kids' often mean pranks.

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Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

Drama, fantasy film

First segment In New Orleans, ugly and embittered young woman Henrietta secretly loves law student Michael. On Mardi Gras night, a mysterious stranger gives her a white mask of beauty that she must return at midnight. At a party, Michael falls in love with Henrietta but has yet to see her face under the mask.

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Mamula (2014)

fantasy film, Horror

The story begins with Ana and Sergei, a couple on vacation in Montenegro. That night, Ana initiates sex with Sergei. As she undresses, Sergei is charmed after hearing the siren's song which he follows into the water where he drowns.

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Santa Baby 2 (2009)

Christmas film, Comedy, comedy television program, fantasy film, Modern-Day Fantasy

Santa finds himself in the midst of a late-in-life crisis. He has grown tired of the responsibilities of his job and is ready to pass on the reins to his business-minded daughter Mary, who feels torn between the family business and running her own high-stakes firm in New York City, along with balancing a relationship with the love of her life, Luke. The situation gets increasingly dire when Teri, an ambitious new arrival to the North Pole, sows dissension at the workshop in an effort to take over Christmas.

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A Thousand and One Nights (1945)

Adventure, fantasy film

Vagabond singer Aladdin has his hands full keeping his pickpocket friend, Abdullah, out of trouble. Abdullah is thought insane as he claims to have been born 1,200 years too early, speaks in 1940s slang and knows about television. Princess Armina, the beautiful daughter of Sultan Kamar Al-Kir, is borne through the streets of Baghdad in a palanquin.

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Cross (2011)

Action, fantasy film, Superhero

Given incredible power by an ancient Celtic Cross, Callan along with the help of weapon experts Riot, Backfire, War, Lucia and Shark battle an unstoppable evil empire led by Erlik in the city of Los Angeles. When an ancient Viking called Gunnar, comes to town in search of blood, Callan must stop him before he destroys the world. Erlik and his men Saw, London gangster English and Slag aided by the evil Doctor aim to defeat Callan by helping Gunnar.

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Turn Back the Clock (1933)

Comedy, Comedy drama, fantasy film

On March 6, 1933, Joe Gimlet, a middle-aged proprietor of a cigar store, encounters his childhood friend, banker Ted Wright. During a dinner engagement with Joe and his wife Mary, Ted presents an investment opportunity, urging the couple to commit $4,000 to his company. Despite Joe's enthusiasm for the proposal, Mary hesitates to relinquish their savings, provoking Joe's inebriated frustration.

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Max Winslow and the House of Secrets (2019)

Adventure, family film, fantasy film, Science fiction, thriller film

The movie begins with a bunch of newscasters talking about the many accomplishments of genius Atticus Virtue before switching to high school student Max Winslow. Max lives with her mother and brother, her dad having left when she was five years old. Max is socially awkward and spends most of her time on computers and never connecting with people in real life.

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The Cat Piano (2009)

Cartoon, Drama, fantasy film

The Cat Piano is narrated by the main character, an anthropomorphic cat. It is clear that the narration is a poem, which the poet is typing on a typewriter. In the beginning, we are introduced to his city's love of music and musical prowess.

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Iron Warrior (1987)

Action, fantasy film, sword and sorcery film

Ator The Fighting Eagle returns again to the legendary realm of Dragor to do battle with Phoedra, an evil sorceress. Her main weapon is an unstoppable warrior, known as the Master of the Sword, who continuously battles Ator to a draw, until finally revealing his secret connection to the Blademaster.

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The Other Side (2007)

Action, Modern-Day Fantasy, thriller film

Samuel North has returned from college to reunite with his girlfriend Hanna Thompson. On the night he is to have a romantic dinner with her on the banks of a river she does not show up, and he is run into the river by a large white van. His soul goes to Hell, aka "The Pit," where he is tormented by the worst memories of his life, including being bullied, finding his parents murdered, and the regretful taxi ride to college, which took him from Hanna.

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Otto; or, Up with Dead People (2008)

Comedy, Drama, fantasy film, Horror, LGBTQ-related film, pornographic film, Zombie

A young gay man named Otto believes that he is a zombie and has hitched a ride to Berlin and begins to explore the city. Otto is discovered by underground filmmaker Medea Yarn, who begins to make a documentary about him with the support of her girlfriend, Hella Bent, and her brother Adolf. Medea is trying to finish Up with Dead People, the epic political-porno-zombie movie that she has been working on and convinces its star, Fritz Fritze, to allow the vulnerable Otto to stay in his guest bedroom.

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Dæmos Rising (2004)

fantasy film, Horror, Science fiction

Kate Lethbridge-Stewart responds to a message from ex-UNIT operative Douglas Cavendish to investigate a haunting. Arriving at Cavendish's isolated cottage, she faces a demonic power her father had previously battled. Summoned by a future tyranny, a Dæmon is set to return to Earth.

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The Good Witch's Destiny (2013)

Drama, fantasy film

Cassie Nightingale's (Catherine Bell) birthday is drawing nearer. She tells her husband, Middleton Police Chief Jake Russell (Chris Potter), that she wants a party with all her friends and family attending. Jake's grown children, Brandon (Matthew Knight) and Lori (Hannah Endicott-Douglas), will both graduate soon, and Cassie believes this to be the last time everyone will be together.

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Shanks (1974)

body horror film, fantasy film, Horror, Science fiction, science fiction horror film

In a film that explicitly describes itself as "a grim fairy tale" (in intertitles), Malcolm Shanks (Marceau) is a deaf (but expert lip reader), mute puppeteer who lives with his cruel sister (Tsilla Chelton) and her alcoholic husband, Mr. Barton (Philippe Clay). His skill with puppets is noticed by Mr.

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