Time Out London 50 Best Fantasy Movies

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If film is the ultimate escapist medium then fantasy is its purest, most dreamlike expression, sweeping the viewer away to distant lands and exploring dizzying imaginative concepts far removed from our humdrum reality. Too often dismissed as a genre for nerds, in the past decade fantasy has thundered into the mainstream courtesy of Peter Jackson’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy. But as our list proves, great fantasy movies have been around since the birth of cinema, spanning sword and sorcery, romance, animation, action and more – here are 50 of the best.

* 51 Movies because Die Nibelungen is listed here as two separate films

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  1. 5 new

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  2. 7 new

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  3. 9 new

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  4. 11 new

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 15 new

    Edward Scissorhands

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 18 new

    Der Himmel über Berlin

    1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check
  7. 21 new

    Wo hu cang long

    2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 37 new

    Portrait of Jennie

    1948, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 42 new

    Orlando

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 44 new

    The Purple Rose of Cairo

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 46 new

    13 Going on 30

    2004, in 1 top list Check
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Last updated on Jun 8, 2015 by SanderO; source