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Best Fantasy Movies of All Time, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
960 fantasy films are in our catalog; the 100 best are ranked below. Top of the list is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ('2003), at 9.0 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.9. Biggest split between audiences and critics: The Green Mile, 8.6 on IMDb against 61 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King '2003 | Fantasy / Action | 9.0 | 94% | 94 | 8.5 | Peter Jackson |
| 2 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring '2001 | Fantasy / Action | 8.9 | 91% | 92 | 8.4 | Peter Jackson |
| 3 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers '2002 | Fantasy / Action | 8.8 | 95% | 87 | 8.4 | Peter Jackson |
| 4 | It's a Wonderful Life '1946 | Drama / Fantasy | 8.6 | 94% | 89 | 8.3 | Frank Capra |
| 5 | The Green Mile '1999 | Fantasy / Drama / Crime | 8.6 | 78% | 61 | 8.5 | Frank Darabont |
| 6 | Spirited Away '2001 | Animation / Fantasy | 8.6 | 96% | 96 | 8.5 | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 7 | Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender '2026 | Animation / Fantasy / Action | - | 90% | - | 9.1 | Lauren Montgomery |
| 8 | The Odyssey '2026 | Action / Fantasy | 8.4 | 94% | 88 | 8.0 | Christopher Nolan |
| 9 | The Wizard of Oz '1939 | Fantasy | 8.1 | 98% | 92 | 7.6 | Victor Fleming |
| 10 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail '1975 | Comedy / Fantasy | 8.1 | 92% | 91 | 7.8 | Terry Jones |
| 11 | The Seventh Seal '1957 | Fantasy / Drama | 8.1 | 93% | 88 | 8.1 | Ingmar Bergman |
| 12 | Princess Mononoke '1997 | Fantasy / Animation | 8.3 | 93% | 78 | 8.3 | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 13 | Faust '1926 | Fantasy / Drama / Horror | 8.1 | 91% | - | 7.9 | F. W. Murnau |
| 14 | My Neighbor Totoro '1988 | Fantasy / Animation | 8.1 | 94% | 87 | 8.1 | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 15 | Scrooge '1951 | Fantasy / Drama | 8.1 | 86% | - | 7.4 | Brian Desmond Hurst |
| 16 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl '2003 | Fantasy / Action | 8.1 | 79% | 63 | 7.8 | Gore Verbinski |
| 17 | Groundhog Day '1993 | Romance / Fantasy / Comedy | 8.0 | 93% | 72 | 7.6 | Harold Ramis |
| 18 | The Princess Bride '1987 | Fantasy / Comedy / Romance | 8.0 | 93% | 78 | 7.7 | Rob Reiner |
| 19 | Ugetsu '1953 | Fantasy / Drama / Mystery | 8.1 | 100% | - | 8.0 | Kenji Mizoguchi |
| 20 | A Matter of Life and Death '1946 | Romance / Fantasy / Drama | 8.0 | 97% | - | 7.7 | Michael Powell |
| 21 | The Phantom Carriage '1921 | Drama / Fantasy / Horror | 8.0 | 100% | - | 7.7 | Victor Sjöström |
| 22 | Pan's Labyrinth '2006 | Fantasy / Drama / War | 8.2 | 95% | 98 | 7.8 | Guillermo del Toro |
| 23 | King Kong '1933 | Fantasy / Horror | 7.9 | 97% | 92 | 7.6 | Merian C. Cooper |
| 24 | The Red Balloon '1956 | Comedy / Drama / Fantasy | 8.1 | 96% | - | 7.7 | Albert Lamorisse |
| 25 | Ratatouille '2007 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 8.1 | 96% | 96 | 7.8 | Brad Bird |
| 26 | Monsters, Inc. '2001 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 8.1 | 96% | 79 | 7.9 | Pete Docter |
| 27 | Beauty and the Beast '1991 | Romance / Animation / Fantasy | 8.0 | 95% | 95 | 7.7 | Gary Trousdale |
| 28 | Harvey '1950 | Comedy / Fantasy | 7.9 | 88% | 79 | 7.7 | Henry Koster |
| 29 | Die Nibelungen: Siegfried '1924 | Drama / Fantasy | 8.1 | 93% | - | 7.7 | Fritz Lang |
| 30 | Aladdin '1992 | Animation / Fantasy / Romance | 8.0 | 96% | 86 | 7.7 | Ron Clements |
| 31 | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer '1964 | Animation / Fantasy | 8.0 | 95% | - | 7.4 | Larry Roemer |
| 32 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 '2011 | Fantasy | 8.1 | 96% | 85 | 8.1 | David Yates |
| 33 | Soul '2020 | Animation / Drama / Musical / Fantasy | 8.0 | 95% | 83 | 8.1 | Pete Docter |
| 34 | Warriors of the Wind '1984 | Animation / Fantasy | 8.0 | 87% | 86 | 7.9 | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 35 | Beauty and the Beast '1946 | Drama / Fantasy / Romance | 7.9 | - | 92 | 7.5 | Jean Cocteau |
| 36 | How to Train Your Dragon '2010 | Fantasy / Animation | 8.1 | 99% | 75 | 7.9 | Chris Sanders |
| 37 | Castle in the Sky '1986 | Fantasy / Animation / Action | 8.0 | 97% | 78 | 8.0 | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 38 | The Exterminating Angel '1962 | Comedy / Drama / Fantasy | 7.9 | 94% | - | 7.9 | Luis Buñuel |
| 39 | Nosferatu '1922 | Horror / Fantasy | 7.8 | 97% | - | 7.7 | F. W. Murnau |
| 40 | Howl's Moving Castle '2004 | Fantasy / Animation | 8.2 | 88% | 82 | 8.4 | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 41 | Mary Poppins '1964 | Comedy / Fantasy | 7.8 | 95% | 88 | 7.5 | Robert Stevenson |
| 42 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory '1971 | Fantasy / Comedy | 7.8 | 84% | 67 | 7.5 | Mel Stuart |
| 43 | The Nightmare Before Christmas '1993 | Fantasy / Animation | 7.9 | 95% | 82 | 7.8 | Henry Selick |
| 44 | Donnie Darko '2001 | Fantasy / Drama / Mystery | 8.0 | 88% | 88 | 7.8 | Richard Kelly |
| 45 | Fanny and Alexander '1982 | Fantasy / Drama / Mystery | 8.1 | 100% | 100 | 7.8 | Ingmar Bergman |
| 46 | Ghostbusters '1984 | Comedy / Fantasy | 7.8 | 95% | 71 | 7.5 | Ivan Reitman |
| 47 | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir '1947 | Romance / Fantasy / Drama | 7.8 | 100% | - | 7.5 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| 48 | The Adventures of Prince Achmed '1926 | Animation / Fantasy / Romance | 7.8 | 100% | - | 7.5 | Lotte Reiniger |
| 49 | Zack Snyder's Justice League '2021 | Action / Fantasy | 7.9 | 71% | 54 | 8.1 | Zack Snyder |
| 50 | Fantasia '1940 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.7 | 95% | 96 | 7.3 | Samuel Armstrong |
| 51 | Edward Scissorhands '1990 | Fantasy / Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 92% | 74 | 7.7 | Tim Burton |
| 52 | Orpheus '1950 | Romance / Fantasy / Drama | 7.8 | 97% | - | 7.7 | Jean Cocteau |
| 53 | Kwaidan '1965 | Horror / Fantasy / Drama | 7.9 | 91% | - | 7.7 | Masaki Kobayashi |
| 54 | Meshes of the Afternoon '1943 | Mystery / Fantasy | 7.8 | 100% | - | 7.6 | Maya Deren |
| 55 | Shrek '2001 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 7.9 | 89% | 84 | 7.8 | Andrew Adamson |
| 56 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban '2004 | Fantasy | 7.9 | 90% | 82 | 8.0 | Alfonso Cuarón |
| 57 | Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge '1924 | Drama / Fantasy | 7.9 | 89% | - | 7.6 | Fritz Lang |
| 58 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs '1938 | Fantasy / Animation | 7.6 | - | 96 | 7.1 | David Hand |
| 59 | Macario '1960 | Drama / Fantasy | 8.3 | 100% | - | 8.7 | Roberto Gavaldón |
| 60 | Big Fish '2003 | Fantasy / Drama | 7.9 | 76% | 58 | 7.7 | Tim Burton |
| 61 | Un Chien Andalou '1929 | Fantasy / Thriller / Horror | 7.6 | 100% | - | 7.4 | Luis Buñuel |
| 62 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey '2012 | Fantasy / Action | 7.8 | 64% | 58 | 7.4 | Peter Jackson |
| 63 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit '1988 | Fantasy / Animation / Comedy / Crime | 7.7 | 96% | 83 | 7.5 | Robert Zemeckis |
| 64 | Kiki's Delivery Service '1989 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.8 | - | 85 | 7.8 | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 65 | Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train '2020 | Animation / Action / Fantasy | 8.2 | - | 72 | 8.2 | Haruo Sotozaki |
| 66 | The Thief of Bagdad '1924 | Romance / Fantasy | 7.7 | 97% | - | 7.3 | Raoul Walsh |
| 67 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button '2008 | Drama / Fantasy / Romance | 7.8 | 72% | 70 | 7.6 | David Fincher |
| 68 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug '2013 | Fantasy / Action | 7.8 | 74% | 66 | 7.6 | Peter Jackson |
| 69 | The Bishop's Wife '1947 | Comedy / Fantasy / Drama / Romance | 7.6 | 85% | 72 | 7.1 | Henry Koster |
| 70 | Lost Horizon '1937 | Fantasy / Drama / Romance | 7.6 | 92% | - | 6.9 | Frank Capra |
| 71 | Wings of Desire '1987 | Drama / Fantasy / Romance | 7.9 | 95% | 79 | 7.8 | Wim Wenders |
| 72 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone '2001 | Fantasy | 7.7 | 80% | 65 | 7.9 | Chris Columbus |
| 73 | Vincent '1982 | Animation / Fantasy | 8.3 | - | - | 7.8 | Tim Burton |
| 74 | Puss in Boots: The Last Wish '2022 | Animation / Fantasy / Comedy | 7.9 | - | 73 | 8.2 | Joel Crawford |
| 75 | Being John Malkovich '1999 | Comedy / Drama / Fantasy | 7.7 | 94% | 90 | 7.4 | Spike Jonze |
| 76 | An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge '1961 | Drama / Fantasy | 8.1 | - | - | 7.6 | Robert Enrico |
| 77 | Portrait of Jennie '1948 | Drama / Romance / Fantasy / Mystery | 7.6 | 93% | - | 7.2 | William Dieterle |
| 78 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire '2005 | Fantasy | 7.7 | 88% | 81 | 7.8 | Mike Newell |
| 79 | Simon of the Desert '1965 | Comedy / Drama / Fantasy | 7.8 | 100% | - | 7.6 | Luis Buñuel |
| 80 | The Little Mermaid '1989 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.6 | 92% | 88 | 7.4 | John Musker |
| 81 | Destiny '1921 | Drama / Fantasy / Thriller | 7.6 | 79% | - | 7.4 | Fritz Lang |
| 82 | Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town '1970 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.7 | 93% | - | 7.2 | Jules Bass |
| 83 | The Spirit of the Beehive '1973 | Drama / Fantasy | 7.7 | 93% | 87 | 7.6 | Víctor Erice |
| 84 | The Time Machine '1960 | Thriller / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Romance | 7.5 | 77% | 67 | 7.4 | George Pal |
| 85 | Evil Dead II '1987 | Horror / Comedy / Fantasy | 7.6 | 88% | 72 | 7.5 | Sam Raimi |
| 86 | The Fabulous Baron Munchausen '1962 | Animation / Fantasy / Comedy | 7.7 | - | - | 7.4 | Karel Zeman |
| 87 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 '2014 | Fantasy / Action / Animation | 7.8 | 92% | 77 | 7.7 | Dean DeBlois |
| 88 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 '2010 | Fantasy | 7.7 | 77% | 65 | 7.7 | David Yates |
| 89 | Miracle in Milan '1951 | Comedy / Fantasy / Drama | 7.6 | 93% | 78 | 7.3 | Vittorio De Sica |
| 90 | About Time '2013 | Drama / Romance / Fantasy | 7.8 | 70% | 55 | 7.9 | Richard Curtis |
| 91 | The Picture of Dorian Gray '1945 | Drama / Horror / Fantasy | 7.5 | 94% | 65 | 7.1 | Albert Lewin |
| 92 | Time of the Gypsies '1988 | Drama / Crime / Fantasy / Romance | 8.1 | 100% | - | 7.6 | Emir Kusturica |
| 93 | Batman '1989 | Fantasy / Action / Crime | 7.5 | 77% | 69 | 7.2 | Tim Burton |
| 94 | Pitfall '1962 | Mystery / Fantasy / Crime | 7.5 | 100% | - | 7.3 | Hiroshi Teshigahara |
| 95 | Mickey and the Beanstalk '1947 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.6 | - | - | 6.8 | Bill Roberts |
| 96 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse '1947 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 7.8 | - | - | 7.3 | Joseph Barbera |
| 97 | The Snowman '1982 | Animation / Fantasy | 8.2 | 80% | - | 7.6 | Dianne Jackson |
| 98 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince '2009 | Fantasy | 7.6 | 83% | 78 | 7.7 | David Yates |
| 99 | Pinocchio '1940 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.4 | 100% | 99 | 7.1 | Hamilton Luske |
| 100 | The Lego Movie '2014 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 7.7 | 96% | 83 | 7.4 | Phil Lord |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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