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Know any classic fantasy movies?

Asked by Foolaholic (5804points) December 3rd, 2009
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My roommate and I recently finished watching The Dark Crystal (1882) and The NeverEnding Story (1884), and we were wondering if the collective knows of any other good fantasy movies to go along with our theme (preferably from around the same time).

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AstroChuck's avatar

Dragonslayer
Excaliber
Highlander
Ladyhawke
Clash of the Titans
Willow

AstroChuck (37609points)“Great Answer” (7points)
ringaroundtherosie's avatar

Time Bandits.

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absalom's avatar

Ha, Beetlejuice, maybe?
Beastmaster
Masters of the Universe (i.e, He-Man!)
Clash of the Titans
Flash Gordon
Return to Oz

absalom (7552points)“Great Answer” (1points)
Foolaholic's avatar

@ringaroundtherosie

That. Sounds. Amazing. Lurve. Also, welcome to the collective!

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Jeruba's avatar

I second all of @AstroChuck‘s selections. Excalibur and Willow are especially worth your time, in my opinion.

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AstroChuck's avatar

Another great one from the late 80’s is The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.

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absalom's avatar

@AstroChuck

You just reminded me of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai. I recommend that especially.

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Lightlyseared's avatar

Conan.
Red Sonja.

Lightlyseared (34621points)“Great Answer” (1points)
Christian95's avatar

Lord of the Rings

Christian95 (3260points)“Great Answer” (2points)
evegrimm's avatar

I’m sure you’ve thought of this already, but Labyrinth.

Also (although I haven’t seen it yet), Jim Henson’s The Storyteller.

The Princess Bride, too, but that and Labyrinth are really well known.

evegrimm (3714points)“Great Answer” (4points)
erichw1504's avatar

<~ Labyrinth!

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poofandmook's avatar

Absolutely Willow. Willow is one of my all-time favorite movies. And kudos on The Neverending Story… I frickin love that movie.

@erichw1504: you remind me of the babe! ;)

poofandmook (17320points)“Great Answer” (1points)
Qingu's avatar

KRULL

It has sword, giant spiders, magic horses, AND laser-shooting aliens.

Qingu (21185points)“Great Answer” (0points)
oratio's avatar

The movie Legend ¤
It’s wonderful. Forgotten, overlooked and deserves to be seen.
The Princess Bride ¤
“Hello. My Name is Inigo Montoya. You Killed My Father. Prepare to Die”

oratio (8940points)“Great Answer” (3points)
evil2's avatar

the sword and the sorcerer, beast master, highlander

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oratio's avatar

This is not really fantasy, but entertaining none the less in sense of the wonderfully silly 80’s. Last scene of The Last Dragon

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evil2's avatar

@oratio Hey its Bruce Lee-roy

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oratio's avatar

@evil2 and Sho-Nuff !!! :D The Shogun of Harlem.

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Dr_C's avatar

The best ones have already been mentioned but i thought i’d reiterate for effect…
Princess bride
Clash of the titans
Baron Münchaussen
Willow
Conan the Barbarian…

And I can’t believe no one has mentioned “The Never Ending Story”

Edit: Poof just called me on not reading the details and told me never ending story was already mentioned. Fine. It was mentioned… but it’s still a really cool 80’d flick!

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poofandmook's avatar

@Dr_C: It was mentioned in the original post, and I commended it ;) Goofball!

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Dr_C's avatar

@poofandmook You win this round… but revenge is a dish best served luke warm with a side of coleslaw!

Dr_C (14339points)“Great Answer” (1points)
CMaz's avatar

@AstroChuck has a good list. But…

Clash of the Titans always put me to sleep.

CMaz (26303points)“Great Answer” (0points)
rangerr's avatar

Pan’s Labyrinth!
Lurve for watching The Dark Crystal. It scared the hell out of me when I was little.

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Foolaholic's avatar

@rangerr

Me too! It’s funny, scenes like the one where the emperor crumbles to dust I have no memory of. I think a younger, traumatized me had mentally blocked it.

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ParaParaYukiko's avatar

You’ve probably already seen the ones I would suggest.

Also, Dark Crystal and Never-Ending Story both terrified me as a child. Just saying.

Oh: you could always watch the old animated version of The Hobbit.

ParaParaYukiko (6116points)“Great Answer” (1points)
rangerr's avatar

@Foolaholic It made me terrified of puppets. Still am. Also. I liked neverending story 3 more than the first one.

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ParaParaYukiko's avatar

Ooh, others! The Last Unicorn and
The Sea Prince and the Fire Child, both animated childhood favorites of mine.

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evil2's avatar

the hobbitt, ferngulley

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MagsRags's avatar

Wizard of Oz

MagsRags (5769points)“Great Answer” (1points)
MagsRags's avatar

Oh, and pretty much anything by Hayao Miyazaki. Among my favorites,
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
My neighbor Totoro
But there’s also Howl’s Moving Castle, Kiki’s Delivery Service, and more.
I lurve the cat bus in the clip from Totoro above.

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Foolaholic's avatar

@MagsRags Lurve for Miyazaki. Your list is missing his newest, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. Also, this Totoro AMV won Best in Show at Anime Boston 2 years ago. I recommend it.

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MagsRags's avatar

@Foolaholic I haven’t seen that one, thanks! I’ll have to look for it.

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janbb's avatar

If you really want classic, Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast.

janbb (62863points)“Great Answer” (1points)
filmfann's avatar

@janbb lurve for that, but I think they are looking for something more along the lines of Clash of the Titans

filmfann (52224points)“Great Answer” (1points)
Slick's avatar

The Wizard of OZ.
Lords of the Ring.
Willow.

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Ria777's avatar

from the late ‘60s’ or so, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders.

from the ‘70s’, The Wicker Man (I would call it marginally a fantasy, others wouldn’t—a great film anyway). I mean the original movie, not the remake with Nicholas Cage. avoid the remake.

from the ‘80’s, The Company of Wolves (as much horror as fantasy, though not in a traditional way and also inspired by the previous film)

from the 2000’s, Pan’s Labyrinth.

Valerie would easily fit into my favorite ten movies of all time, if not my top five. amazing, amazing film.

as well, a few ‘80’s films which I personally don’t especially like: Legend and Excalibur. the latter goes from good (the start) to not-so-good (the middle) and then good (the end). you might like it. I haven’t seen any of Ladyhawke, which also came out in the ‘80’s. some people like it.

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