Classic fantasy film greats

[Overread]

Thought it would be good to list them out, those classics from an era before CGI took over as I'm sure I've missed/forgotten many and others might well find them very enjoyable!

So without further ado lets get started!

Sinbad The Sailor - a whole series of films with many epic motions of stop motion
Jason and the Argonauts
Clash of the Titans
Red Sonja
Conan
Willow
Labyrinth
Dark Crystal
Merlin
The Long Ships (granted this isn't -as- fantasy as the others but I'm throwing it into the list)

 

[BAYLOR]

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Excalibur
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules This film hilarious one the best send up of both the Sword and Sandal and Fantasy Genres of all time.

 

[HanaBi]

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
The Lost World (1924)
The Magic Sword (1960)
The Sword and The Dragon (1955 Russian)
The Time Machine (1960)

One or two probably not true classical fantasy in a historical sense, but its all I can come up with right now.

 

[J Riff]

Hercules Vs. Everybody
Lost Horizon 1937
Fantastic Planet 1973

 

[BAYLOR]

Diamajin
Return of Diamajin. both made in 1966 by Too Studios , there is third film which I have not see.

Diamajin is Giant Samurai warrior god , who when taken wreaks death and destrution upon exile doers .

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Two from Michael Powell (and others):

The Thief of Bagdad (1940) is gorgeous and a rousing adventure.

A Matter of Life and Death AKA Stairway to Heaven (1946) is beautiful and touching.

Two by Jean Cocteau:

Le Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast, 1946) is lovely and poetic.

Orphée (Orpheus, 1950) is dream-like and haunting.

Somebody is bound to mention The Wizard of Oz (1939), so let me say that I think Return to Oz (1985) is wonderful, really capturing the flavor of the original Baum books.

 

[BAYLOR]

Disney's

Snow White
Fantasia
Sleeping Beauty
The Sword and the Stone
The Little Mermaid
Hercules
Mulan
Bed Nobs and Broomsticks
The Black Cauldron

 

[BAYLOR]

The Wizard of Oz 1939
The Blue Bird 1940
The Enchanted Cottage
Its a Wonderful Life 1946
The 5000 Fingers of Dr Ti 1953
Heavy Metal 1981
The Never Ending Story 1984
Return to Oz 1985
Highlander 1986
Willow 1988

 

[hitmouse]

Ok, I will take the bait.
The Black Cauldron is the worst Disney film ever (which is saying something) and a complete insult to the source material.
Red Sonja is total crap. Hilariously so.

A Matter of Life and Death is a wonderful film.

I would add:
Blithe Spirit
The Circus of Dr Lao
The Singing Ringing Tree ( not sure if this coumts as TV

 

[BAYLOR]

Dragonslayer 1982

 

[clovis-man]

The Thief of Bagdad (1940) is gorgeous and a rousing adventure.

Of course, by this time I have had several video copies of this to watch. But back in the 1970s I sped over the Bay Bridge with my Father-in-law and two youngest Brother-in-law and Sister-in-law to catch a remastered version of this being shown in San Francisco at The Palace of Fine Arts. Nothing will ever match the experience of seeing it on the big screen that day.

 

[Narkalui]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Krull...

 

[Judderman]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Krull...

I was just reading through all the other posts and thinking that.

Excalibur is probably in the fantasy class.

 

[Danny McG]

Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Darby O'Gill and the Little People - Wikipedia

 

[Judderman]

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Great entertainment.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Great entertainment.

Even though it was made under the Nazi regime, the 1943 German film Münchhausen is a delightful fantasy, free (as far as I can tell) of the propaganda you would expect. Terry Gilliam's 1988 version borrows many elements from it.

 

[Frost Giant]

Time Bandits (1981)

 

[Jax]

Hawk The Slayer