Fantasy-Adventure Movies

by joe_538 | created - 22 Apr 2013 | updated - 13 Dec 2015 | Public

Sword and Sorcery, fairy tales, and ancient mythology. From The Thief of Bagdad to The Hobbit and beyond.

I am a completest, there's no denying a few of these are just plain rubbish. Please tell me if I missed anything.

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1. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

Not Rated | 155 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher

Votes: 6,976 | Gross: $4.36M

2. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)

Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Siegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, sets off on a treacherous journey to the Kingdom of Burgundy to ask King Gunther for the hand of his sister, the beautiful Princess Kriemhild.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Paul Richter, Margarete Schön, Theodor Loos, Gertrud Arnold

Votes: 6,559

3. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)

Not Rated | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Princess Kriemhild vows to avenge her husband's murder but must overcome her brothers who swore allegiance to Hagen. She marries Etzel, King of the Huns, and persuades his army to attack Hagen, but she loses more than she bargained for.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Margarete Schön, Gertrud Arnold, Theodor Loos, Hans Carl Mueller

Votes: 5,000

4. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)

Not Rated | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

A handsome prince rides a flying horse to faraway lands and embarks on magical adventures, which include befriending a witch, meeting Aladdin, battling demons and falling in love with a princess.

Directors: Lotte Reiniger, Carl Koch

Votes: 6,898

5. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Approved | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

96 Metascore

Exiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.

Directors: William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne, Roy Atwell

Votes: 215,567 | Gross: $184.93M

6. The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Not Rated | 106 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

After being tricked and cast out of Bagdad by the evil Jaffar, King Ahmad joins forces with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne, the city, and the Princess he loves.

Directors: Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, Alexander Korda, Zoltan Korda, William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez, John Justin

Votes: 14,507 | Gross: $0.27M

7. A Thousand and One Nights (1945)

Passed | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Tongue-in-cheek fantasy film set in Baghdad and loosely based on the One Thousand and One Nights medieval story.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Evelyn Keyes, Phil Silvers, Adele Jergens, Cornel Wilde

Votes: 695

8. Sinbad, the Sailor (1947)

Approved | 116 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

In medieval Persia, during the rule of Caliph Harun-Al-Rashid, Sinbad the Sailor boasts about his latest adventures to his friends.

Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, Anthony Quinn

Votes: 2,242

9. The Magic Carpet (1951)

Passed | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Using a magic flying carpet and a handful of friends, the son of a murdered Caliph must fight the usurper in order to win the throne of the Caliphate.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Lucille Ball, John Agar, Patricia Medina, George Tobias

Votes: 319

10. Aladdin and His Lamp (1952)

67 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A poor young man finds a lamp with a genie trapped inside. The genie promises to grant the man three wishes if he frees him from the lamp.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Johnny Sands, Patricia Medina, Richard Erdman, John Dehner

Votes: 96

11. Ulysses (1954)

Not Rated | 94 min | Adventure, Fantasy

A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that depicts Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.

Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Silvana Mangano, Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Rossana Podestà

Votes: 4,649

12. The Sword and the Dragon (1956)

83 min | Adventure, Fantasy

A mythical knight goes on an epic journey and fights barbarian hordes in an ancient land.

Director: Aleksandr Ptushko | Stars: Boris Andreyev, Shukur Burkhanov, Andrei Abrikosov, Natalya Medvedeva

Votes: 1,372

13. Hercules (1958)

G | 107 min | Adventure, Fantasy, History

The muscular Hercules performs his Labors, sails with the Argonauts, and romances the fair Iole.

Director: Pietro Francisci | Stars: Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Fabrizio Mioni, Ivo Garrani

Votes: 2,336 | Gross: $10.90M

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14. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

G | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Family

When a princess is shrunken by an evil wizard, Sinbad must undertake a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war.

Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer, Torin Thatcher

Votes: 14,769 | Gross: $6.98M

15. Hercules Unchained (1959)

G | 105 min | Adventure, Fantasy

While negotiating peace between two brothers contesting the throne of Thebes, an amnesiac Hercules is seduced by the evil Queen Omphale.

Directors: Pietro Francisci, Mario Bava | Stars: Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Gabriele Antonini, Patrizia Della Rovere

Votes: 2,325 | Gross: $5.45M

16. Sleeping Beauty (1959)

G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

85 Metascore

After being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies.

Directors: Les Clark, Clyde Geronimi, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton

Votes: 160,964 | Gross: $51.60M

17. The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957)

Not Rated | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A group of lonely Viking women build a ship and set off across the sea to locate their missing menfolk, only to fall into the clutches of the barbarians that also hold their men captive. There is a cameo appearance by the sea serpent.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Abby Dalton, Susan Cabot, Bradford Jackson, June Kenney

Votes: 1,594

18. The Wizard of Baghdad (1960)

Approved | 92 min | Comedy

A genie turned mortal after his many failures is sent to Baghdad. As his last chance to prove himself he must help a prince and princess fulfill a prophecy.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Dick Shawn, Diane Baker, Barry Coe, John van Dreelen

Votes: 173

19. Goliath and the Dragon (1960)

Approved | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A warrior returning home to his country must battle giant bats, three-headed dogs and a vicious dragon to save his wife, and his people, from the machinations of an evil ruler.

Director: Vittorio Cottafavi | Stars: Mark Forest, Broderick Crawford, Gaby André, Renato Terra

Votes: 615

20. The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)

Not Rated | 99 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

After being shipwrecked, a man finds himself on an island inhabited by tiny people, who soon make plans for him.

Director: Jack Sher | Stars: Kerwin Mathews, Jo Morrow, June Thorburn, Lee Patterson

Votes: 3,082

21. The Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete (1960)

Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, Fantasy

A mythological hero attempts to rescue a princess from being sacrificed to a half-man, half-bull creature.

Director: Silvio Amadio | Stars: Bob Mathias, Rosanna Schiaffino, Alberto Lupo, Rik Battaglia

Votes: 387

22. The Loves of Hercules (1960)

Not Rated | 98 min | Fantasy, Adventure

Hercules decides to avenge the death of his wife, murdered at the hands of Éurito, king of Ecalia, but everything is a plot of an ambitious courtier. Hercules ends up falling in love with Deyanira, who is now a good queen.

Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Jayne Mansfield, Mickey Hargitay, Massimo Serato, Tina Gloriani

Votes: 1,285

23. Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961)

Approved | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

An ice-skating Snow White finds refuge from the Wicked Queen with the Three Stooges.

Directors: Walter Lang, Frank Tashlin | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Carol Heiss, Joe DeRita

Votes: 1,184 | Gross: $2.62M

24. The Thief of Baghdad (1961)

Approved | 100 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

In the time of the Arabian Nights, the city of Baghdad is ruled by Sultan Ali Bajazeth but actually controlled by the scheming Grand Vizier Ghamal. The poor of Baghdad are aided by Karim, the Thief of Baghdad.

Directors: Bruno Vailati, Arthur Lubin | Stars: Steve Reeves, Giorgia Moll, Arturo Dominici, Edy Vessel

Votes: 680

25. Hercules and the Captive Women (1961)

Unrated | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Strong yet sleepy Hercules discovers that the Queen of Atlantis is plotting to take over the world with superhuman warriors.

Director: Vittorio Cottafavi | Stars: Reg Park, Fay Spain, Ettore Manni, Luciano Marin

Votes: 1,635

26. Hercules in the Haunted World (1961)

G | 84 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

Hercules must journey into Hades itself to retrieve the magic stone that will free his love from the powers of darkness.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Reg Park, Christopher Lee, Leonora Ruffo, George Ardisson

Votes: 2,351

27. The Magic Sword (1962)

Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

The son of a sorceress, armed with weapons, armour and six magically summoned knights, embarks on a quest to save a princess from a vengeful wizard.

Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Estelle Winwood, Gary Lockwood, Anne Helm

Votes: 2,605

28. Jack the Giant Killer (1962)

Passed | 94 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A farmboy-turned-knight must protect a princess from the schemes of an evil wizard.

Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Kerwin Mathews, Judi Meredith, Torin Thatcher, Walter Burke

Votes: 3,044

29. The Golden Arrow (1962)

Approved | 91 min | Adventure, Fantasy

Genies help a bandit recover a golden arrow, which will show that he is the heir to the sultan's kingdom.

Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Tab Hunter, Rossana Podestà, Umberto Melnati, Mario Feliciani

Votes: 357

30. The Fury of Hercules (1962)

97 min | Adventure

In a tyrannical kingdom there is an evil ruler and a queen who lusts after Hercules who is attracted to a handmaiden. A rebellion overthrows the ruler.

Director: Gianfranco Parolini | Stars: Brad Harris, Luisella Boni, Mara Berni, Elke Arendt

Votes: 239

31. Ulysses Against Hercules (1962)

99 min | Adventure, Fantasy

Ulysses offends the gods by blinding the Cyclops, so they send Hercules to capture him and bring him to them.

Director: Mario Caiano | Stars: Georges Marchal, Mike Lane, Alessandra Panaro, Dominique Boschero

Votes: 243

32. Beauty and the Beast (1962)

Not Rated | 77 min | Family, Fantasy, Horror

Curse turns a handsome prince into a werewolf at night. A princess tries to help him, while his enemies plot to take his throne.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Joyce Taylor, Mark Damon, Eduard Franz, Michael Pate

Votes: 314

33. The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)

Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Three goofy druggists travel back to Ancient Greece on a milquetoast inventor's time machine.

Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Joe DeRita, Vicki Trickett

Votes: 1,177 | Gross: $4.36M

34. Captain Sindbad (1963)

Passed | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Family

To marry Princess Jana, Captain Sindbad must battle deadly obstacles and fight El Kerim, the evil ruler who also wants to marry the princess.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Guy Williams, Heidi Brühl, Pedro Armendáriz, Abraham Sofaer

Votes: 1,046 | Gross: $5.45M

35. Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

G | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Family

69 Metascore

The legendary Greek hero leads a team of intrepid adventurers in a perilous quest for the legendary Golden Fleece.

Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Gary Raymond, Laurence Naismith

Votes: 31,057 | Gross: $4.58M

36. Hercules, Samson & Ulysses (1963)

Approved | 93 min | Adventure, Fantasy

Two strongmen set out to hunt down a murderous sea monster. Their ship is wrecked and they end up in the Holy Land where Hercules is assumed to be Samson who is a wanted man. The two team up to survive.

Director: Pietro Francisci | Stars: Kirk Morris, Iloosh Khoshabe, Liana Orfei, Diletta D'Andrea

Votes: 697

37. Conquest of Mycene (1963)

Not Rated | 102 min | Adventure, Fantasy

A prince passes himself off as Hercules and does battle with an evil queen and her bloodthirsty religious cult in Mycene, in order to free the people of a neighboring kingdom.

Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Gordon Scott, Alessandra Panaro, Rosalba Neri, Arturo Dominici

Votes: 309

38. Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964)

Unrated | 88 min | Adventure, Fantasy

Hercules is summoned to oppose the evil Queen Samara, who has allied herself with aliens and is sacrificing her own people in a bid to awaken a moon goddess.

Director: Giacomo Gentilomo | Stars: Sergio Ciani, Jany Clair, Anna Maria Polani, Nando Tamberlani

Votes: 1,991

40. Hercules the Invincible (1964)

Unrated | 85 min | Adventure, Fantasy

Hercules battles to save the population from a giant dragon.

Director: Alvaro Mancori | Stars: Dan Vadis, Spela Rozin, Carla Calò, Ken Clark

Votes: 456

41. Hercules Against Rome (1964)

87 min | Adventure, History

Hercules comes from Greece to Ravenna, Italy, because a friend from childhood days has sent for him: Hercules should help the Roman Emperor who is in danger because of an intrigue lead by the leader of the pretorian guards.

Director: Piero Pierotti | Stars: Sergio Ciani, Wandisa Guida, Livio Lorenzon, Daniele Vargas

Votes: 126

42. Hercules vs. the Giant Warriors (1964)

Not Rated | 94 min | Adventure, Fantasy

Hercules defends a people against a race of giant warriors.

Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Dan Vadis, Marilù Tolo, Pierre Cressoy, Piero Lulli

Votes: 187

43. Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun (1964)

Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure

Hercules is rescued by Prince Maytha and his warriors. Athualpa, King of the Incas, is to sacrifice Princess Yamara to the Sun God. Hercules must save her and defeat the King.

Director: Osvaldo Civirani | Stars: Mark Forest, Anna-Maria Pace, Giuliano Gemma, Ángela Rhu

Votes: 216

44. Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964)

Unrated | 86 min | Adventure, Fantasy

Hercules fights to free the people of Babylon from an evil sorceress.

Director: Domenico Paolella | Stars: Peter Lupus, Helga Liné, Mario Petri, Livio Lorenzon

Votes: 576

45. Hercules the Avenger (1965)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

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Director: Maurizio Lucidi | Stars: Reg Park, Gia Sandri, Giovanni Cianfriglia, Adriana Ambesi

Votes: 165

46. Hercules and the Princess of Troy (1965 TV Movie)

47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The mighty Hercules battles a sea monster to save the legendary city of Troy.

Director: Albert Band | Stars: Gordon Scott, Paul Stevens, Mart Hulswit, Diana Hyland

Votes: 307

47. Hercules in New York (1970)

G | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

23 Metascore

Hercules is sent to Earth where he finds true love and starts a promising career in the bodybuilder business.

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Arnold Stang, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Deborah Loomis, James Karen

Votes: 19,605

48. Sleeping Beauty (1971)

71 min | Family, Fantasy

When the Fairy of Industry is not invited to the birth of the princess, she sees that the child pricks her finger on a spindle and falls in a cursed sleep. For 100 years she has to wait for a prince to awaken her again.

Director: Walter Beck | Stars: Juliane Korén, Vera Oelschlegel, Helmut Schreiber, Burkhard Mann

Votes: 174

49. Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)

Not Rated | 93 min | Adventure, Fantasy

The medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him.

Director: Stephen Weeks | Stars: Murray Head, Ciaran Madden, Nigel Green, Anthony Sharp

Votes: 292

50. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)

G | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

69 Metascore

Sinbad and the vizier of Marabia, followed by evil magician Koura, seek the three golden tablets that can gain them access to the ancient temple of the Oracle of All Knowledge.

Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker, Douglas Wilmer

Votes: 10,562 | Gross: $3.03M

51. The Hobbit (1977 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

A homebody hobbit in Middle Earth gets talked into joining a quest with a group of dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon.

Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Orson Bean, John Huston, Theodore Gottlieb, Cyril Ritchard

Votes: 16,356

52. Jabberwocky (1977)

PG | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

61 Metascore

A young peasant with no interest in adventure or fortune is mistaken for the kingdom's only hope when a horrible monster threatens the countryside.

Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Michael Palin, Harry H. Corbett, John Le Mesurier, Warren Mitchell

Votes: 15,992

53. Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)

G | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Sinbad the Sailor sails to deliver a cursed prince to a dangerous island in the face of deadly opposition from the powerful witch Zenobia, her son and their several monsters.

Director: Sam Wanamaker | Stars: Patrick Wayne, Jane Seymour, Taryn Power, Margaret Whiting

Votes: 8,679 | Gross: $16.79M

54. Wizards (1977)

PG | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a wizard and his faire folk comrades fight an evil wizard who's using technology in his bid for conquest.

Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Bob Holt, Jesse Welles, Richard Romanus, David Proval

Votes: 13,019 | Gross: $9.00M

55. The Lord of the Rings (1978)

PG | 132 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.

Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes, John Hurt

Votes: 35,889 | Gross: $0.92M

56. Arabian Adventure (1979)

G | 98 min | Adventure, Fantasy

An evil magician seeks to gain power by obtaining a magic rose. A peasant boy and a Prince join forces to stop him.

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Christopher Lee, Milo O'Shea, Oliver Tobias, Emma Samms

Votes: 1,150

57. Arabische Nächte (1979)

91 min | Comedy

Karin, a gas station manager, is in a bad mood: her business is going badly as the price of gasoline continues to rise, and her meager profits are regularly swallowed up by her friend Wolfgang's passion for motor racing.

Director: Klaus Lemke | Stars: Cleo Kretschmer, Wolfgang Fierek, Micha Lampert, Dolly Dollar

Votes: 86

58. Black Angel (1980)

PG | 25 min | Short, Adventure, Fantasy

A knight finds his village destroyed and abandoned. He tries to track the attackers down and avenge his family, but almost drowns. A maiden, prisoner of Black Knight, saves him, so he vows to free her, even though she warns him not to.

Director: Roger Christian | Stars: Tony Vogel, James Gibb, John Young, Patricia Christian

Votes: 685

59. The Return of the King (1980 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.

Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Orson Bean, John Huston, Theodore Bikel, William Conrad

Votes: 4,630

60. Excalibur (1981)

PG | 140 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

56 Metascore

Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart.

Director: John Boorman | Stars: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi

Votes: 67,211 | Gross: $34.97M

61. Clash of the Titans (1981)

PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Family

59 Metascore

Perseus must battle Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda.

Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Claire Bloom, Maggie Smith

Votes: 47,788 | Gross: $41.09M

62. Dragonslayer (1981)

PG | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

68 Metascore

A young wizarding apprentice is sent to kill a dragon which has been devouring girls from a nearby kingdom.

Director: Matthew Robbins | Stars: Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam

Votes: 19,975 | Gross: $14.11M

63. Sorceress (1982)

R | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Sword and sorcery story of the cosmic struggle between white magic and black magic.

Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Leigh Harris, Lynette Harris, Roberto Nelson, David Millbern

Votes: 2,656

64. Conan the Barbarian (1982)

R | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

43 Metascore

A powerful warrior seeks to avenge the genocide of his people and the murder of his parents at the hands of a snake cult.

Director: John Milius | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman

Votes: 162,582 | Gross: $39.57M

65. The Beastmaster (1982)

PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

18 Metascore

A sword-and-sorcery fantasy about a young man's search for revenge. Armed with supernatural powers, the handsome hero and his animal allies wage war against marauding forces.

Director: Don Coscarelli | Stars: Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn, John Amos

Votes: 25,239 | Gross: $14.06M

66. The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)

R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

39 Metascore

A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage's dangerous future when he is recruited to help a princess foil the designs of a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer in conquering a land.

Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, Simon MacCorkindale, George Maharis

Votes: 7,529 | Gross: $39.10M

67. Ator, the Fighting Eagle (1982)

PG | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The son of Torren learns of his heritage, goes to avenge the deaths of his fellow villagers, and rescue his sister from the evil Dakkar and his spider cult.

Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Miles O'Keeffe, Sabrina Siani, Ritza Brown, Dakar

Votes: 2,951

68. The Dark Crystal (1982)

PG | 93 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

66 Metascore

On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal, and to restore order to his world.

Directors: Jim Henson, Frank Oz | Stars: Jim Henson, Kathryn Mullen, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz

Votes: 71,506 | Gross: $40.58M

69. The Flight of Dragons (1982 Video)

Passed | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

A young Boston writer goes back in time into an era where wizards and dragon reign and science is just barely known.

Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Victor Buono, James Gregory, James Earl Jones, Harry Morgan

Votes: 6,088

70. The Last Unicorn (1982)

G | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

70 Metascore

A beautiful unicorn sets out to learn if she truly is the last of her kind in this sparkling animated musical.

Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Alan Arkin

Votes: 29,559 | Gross: $6.46M

71. Fire and Ice (1983)

PG | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

45 Metascore

At the end of the ice age, an evil queen and her son are set on conquering the world using magic and warriors. The lone survivor of a crushed village fights back as does the king of Fire Keep.

Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Randy Norton, Cynthia Leake, Steve Sandor, Sean Hannon

Votes: 12,640 | Gross: $0.76M

72. Deathstalker (1983)

R | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A lone warrior nicknamed Deathstalker is sent by a witch on a quest to find a sword, a chalice, and an amulet, two of which are held by the wicked king and sorcerer, Munkar.

Director: James Sbardellati | Stars: Rick Hill, Barbi Benton, Richard Brooker, Lana Clarkson

Votes: 6,332 | Gross: $11.92M

73. Hercules (1983)

PG | 98 min | Adventure, Fantasy, History

The story of the Greek mythological figure, updated in this '80s version.

Director: Luigi Cozzi | Stars: Lou Ferrigno, Brad Harris, Sybil Danning, Rossana Podestà

Votes: 4,408 | Gross: $10.68M

74. Krull (1983)

PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

45 Metascore

A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet, Krull.

Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Francesca Annis

Votes: 36,274 | Gross: $16.52M

75. Conquest (1983)

R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A young man, armed with a magical bow and arrows, embarks on a mystical journey through a mystical land to rid it of all evil and joins forces with an outlaw to take down an evil witch bent on claiming the magic bow for evil.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jorge Rivero, Andrea Occhipinti, Conrado San Martín, Violeta Cela

Votes: 2,802

76. Sword of the Valiant (1984)

PG | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

12 Metascore

The Green Knight challenges King Arthur's knights. But only young Gawain accepts and decapitates him. The knight takes his head and now gives Gawain one year to learn about virtues, knighthood and then face the challenge himself.

Director: Stephen Weeks | Stars: Miles O'Keeffe, Cyrielle Clair, Leigh Lawson, Sean Connery

Votes: 2,520

77. The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)

R | 81 min | Adventure, Fantasy

A fearsome swordsman, Kain, crosses the barren wastelands and comes upon a town where two arch enemies fight incessantly for control of the town's only well.

Director: John C. Broderick | Stars: David Carradine, Luke Askew, María Socas, Anthony De Longis

Votes: 2,529 | Gross: $2.89M

78. The Blade Master (1983)

PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Muscle-bound Ator and his mute East Asian sidekick travel from the ends of the earth to save his aged mentor from the evil, mustachioed Zor.

Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Miles O'Keeffe, Lisa Foster, David Brandon, Charles Borromel

Votes: 3,898

79. Conan the Destroyer (1984)

PG | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

53 Metascore

Conan leads a ragtag group of adventurers on a quest for a princess.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Olivia d'Abo, Wilt Chamberlain

Votes: 85,380 | Gross: $31.04M

80. Red Sonja (1985)

PG-13 | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

35 Metascore

The fearless warrior Red Sonja sets out to avenge her family's murder and rid her kingdom from the tyrannical rule of evil Queen Gedren.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brigitte Nielsen, Sandahl Bergman, Paul L. Smith

Votes: 44,902 | Gross: $6.95M

81. Legend (1985)

PG | 94 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

30 Metascore

A young man must stop the Lord of Darkness from destroying daylight and marrying the woman he loves.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent

Votes: 72,521 | Gross: $15.50M

82. Ladyhawke (1985)

PG-13 | 121 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

64 Metascore

The thief Gaston escapes the dungeon of medieval Aquila through the latrine. Soldiers are about to kill him when Navarre saves him. Navarre, traveling with his spirited hawk, plans to kill the bishop of Aquila with help from Gaston.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern

Votes: 51,009 | Gross: $18.43M

83. Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985)

PG | 72 min | Action, Adventure, Family

When evil screams throughout the world. When all the galaxies converge. When all that's fair and fine seems lost. A Hero will emerge.

Directors: Héctor Olivera, Alan Holleb | Stars: Bo Svenson, Vidal Peterson, Thom Christopher, Barbara Stock

Votes: 2,046

84. The Black Cauldron (1985)

PG | 80 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

59 Metascore

A young boy and a group of misfit friends embark on a quest to find a dark magic item of ultimate power before a diabolical tyrant can.

Directors: Ted Berman, Richard Rich | Stars: Grant Bardsley, Freddie Jones, Susan Sheridan, Nigel Hawthorne

Votes: 40,774 | Gross: $21.29M

85. The Adventures of Hercules (1985)

PG | 88 min | Adventure, Fantasy

Hercules searches for the Seven Thunderbolts of Zeus, which have been stolen by renegade gods.

Director: Luigi Cozzi | Stars: Lou Ferrigno, Milly Carlucci, Sonia Viviani, William Berger

Votes: 1,600

86. Labyrinth (1986)

PG | 101 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

50 Metascore

Sixteen-year-old Sarah must solve a labyrinth to rescue her baby brother when he is taken by the Goblin King.

Director: Jim Henson | Stars: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Shelley Thompson

Votes: 149,668 | Gross: $12.73M

87. Highlander (1986)

R | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

24 Metascore

An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponents, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize".

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, Roxanne Hart

Votes: 147,525 | Gross: $5.90M

88. Snow White (1987)

PG | 85 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical

The ageless tale of a beautiful young princess whose jealous stepmother orders her killed so that she will be 'the fairest in the land.' When the huntsman takes pity on her, he takes her to the house of the seven dwarfs.

Director: Michael Berz | Stars: Diana Rigg, Billy Barty, Sarah Patterson, Nicola Stapleton

Votes: 941

89. Deathstalker II (1987)

R | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

In this parody of the sword and sorcery films, a princess is deposed by an evil sorcerer. She enlists the aid of Deathstalker to battle the forces of evil, including a clone of the princess, and win back her kingdom.

Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: John Terlesky, Monique Gabrielle, John Lazar, Toni Naples

Votes: 3,607

90. The Princess Bride (1987)

PG | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

78 Metascore

A bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon

Votes: 451,129 | Gross: $30.86M

91. Sleeping Beauty (1987)

G | 90 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical

Feature-length, live-action musical version of the classic fairy tale by Charles Perrault.

Director: David Irving | Stars: Tahnee Welch, Kenny Baker, Morgan Fairchild, David Holliday

Votes: 570

92. Rumpelstiltskin (1987)

G | 84 min | Fantasy, Family, Musical

A musical version of the classic story about a miller's daughter who receives help from a mischievous dwarf, then ends up over her head. Now, she and a mute servant girl may be the only hope for her baby son, John.

Director: David Irving | Stars: Amy Irving, Billy Barty, Clive Revill, Priscilla Pointer

Votes: 688 | Gross: $0.36M

93. Masters of the Universe (1987)

PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

35 Metascore

The heroic warrior He-Man battles against the evil lord Skeletor and his armies of darkness for control of Castle Grayskull.

Director: Gary Goddard | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg Foster, Billy Barty

Votes: 44,333 | Gross: $17.34M

94. Iron Warrior (1987)

PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Ator and his brother are separated as children by the evil witch Phaedra. 18 years later she takes over the kingdom with the help of a masked warrior. Ator and Princess Janna prepare for the final fight.

Directors: Alfonso Brescia, Ovidio G. Assonitis | Stars: Miles O'Keeffe, Savina Gersak, Elisabeth Kaza, Iris Peynado

Votes: 1,046 | Gross: $0.01M

95. Willow (1988)

PG | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

47 Metascore

A young farmer is chosen to undertake a perilous journey in order to protect a special baby from an evil queen.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis, Jean Marsh

Votes: 129,948 | Gross: $57.27M

96. Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell (1988)

R | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The third thrilling saga of Deathstalker pits him against the evil wizard and ruler of the Southland, Troxartes, and his band of undead warriors.

Director: Alfonso Corona | Stars: John Allen Nelson, Carla Herd, Terri Treas, Thom Christopher

Votes: 2,340

97. Erik the Viking (1989)

PG-13 | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Erik the Viking and his men travel across the sea to find Valhalla to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnarok.

Director: Terry Jones | Stars: Tim Robbins, John Cleese, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt

Votes: 14,483 | Gross: $1.93M

98. Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)

PG-13 | 93 min | Adventure, Fantasy

Sinbad and his shipmates aid a young prince, who must battle an evil wizard to gain the hand of a beautiful princess.

Directors: Enzo G. Castellari, Luigi Cozzi | Stars: Lou Ferrigno, John Steiner, Roland Wybenga, Ennio Girolami

Votes: 1,849

99. Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (1989)

PG | 80 min | Action, Fantasy, Adventure

Three kingdoms have been overtaken by three evil lords and only a teenage boy with magical powers can restore peace to the land.

Director: Charles B. Griffith | Stars: Mel Welles, Bobby Jacoby, David Carradine, Susan Lee Hoffman

Votes: 1,216

100. The Juniper Tree (1990)

Not Rated | 78 min | Drama, Fantasy

86 Metascore

Margit and her older sister, Katla, flee their homeland after their mother is killed for practicing witchcraft. Needing a place to stay, Katla casts a spell over a young farmer named Jóhann which makes him fall in love with her.

Director: Nietzchka Keene | Stars: Björk, Bryndis Petra Bragadóttir, Valdimar Örn Flygenring, Guðrún Gísladóttir

Votes: 2,592



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