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Best Fantasy Movies of the 1930s, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
39 fantasy films from the 1930s are in our catalog; the 39 best are ranked below. Top of the list is The Wizard of Oz (1939), at 8.1 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.0. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 7.6 on IMDb against 96 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wizard of Oz '1939 | Fantasy | 8.1 | 98% | 92 | 7.6 | Victor Fleming |
| 2 | King Kong '1933 | Fantasy / Horror | 7.9 | 97% | 92 | 7.6 | Merian C. Cooper |
| 3 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs '1938 | Fantasy / Animation | 7.6 | - | 96 | 7.1 | David Hand |
| 4 | Lost Horizon '1937 | Fantasy / Drama / Romance | 7.6 | 92% | - | 6.9 | Frank Capra |
| 5 | A Christmas Carol '1938 | Drama / Fantasy | 7.5 | 100% | 72 | 7.0 | Edwin L. Marin |
| 6 | Vampyr '1932 | Horror / Fantasy / Mystery | 7.4 | 98% | - | 7.2 | Carl Theodor Dreyer |
| 7 | On Borrowed Time '1939 | Comedy / Drama / Fantasy | 7.7 | - | - | 7.7 | Harold S. Bucquet |
| 8 | Brave Little Tailor '1938 | Animation / Fantasy / Comedy | 7.5 | - | - | 6.9 | Bill Roberts |
| 9 | The Mascot '1933 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.7 | - | - | 7.0 | Władysław Starewicz |
| 10 | Thru the Mirror '1936 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 7.5 | - | - | 7.2 | David Hand |
| 11 | The Blood of a Poet '1932 | Fantasy | 7.3 | 95% | 67 | 7.0 | Jean Cocteau |
| 12 | Topper '1937 | Comedy / Fantasy / Romance | 7.2 | 88% | - | 6.7 | Norman Z. McLeod |
| 13 | Snow-White '1933 | Animation / Fantasy / Comedy / Musical | 7.4 | - | - | 6.8 | Dave Fleischer |
| 14 | The Prince and the Pauper '1937 | Drama / Fantasy | 7.2 | 71% | - | 6.8 | William Keighley |
| 15 | Minnie the Moocher '1932 | Musical / Animation / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror | 7.3 | - | - | 6.6 | Dave Fleischer |
| 16 | Somewhere in Dreamland '1936 | Fantasy / Animation | 7.5 | - | - | 7.3 | Dave Fleischer |
| 17 | Francis the First '1937 | Comedy / Fantasy | 6.6 | - | - | 5.7 | Christian-Jaque |
| 18 | The Tortoise and the Hare '1935 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.1 | - | - | 6.6 | Wilfred Jackson |
| 19 | Babes in Toyland '1934 | Fantasy / Comedy | 7.1 | 100% | - | 6.3 | Charley Rogers |
| 20 | Santa's Workshop '1932 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 7.1 | - | - | 6.6 | Wilfred Jackson |
| 21 | The Ugly Duckling '1931 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.0 | - | - | 6.8 | Wilfred Jackson |
| 22 | The Man Who Could Work Miracles '1936 | Comedy / Fantasy | 6.9 | 63% | - | 6.0 | Lothar Mendes |
| 23 | Peter Ibbetson '1935 | Drama / Fantasy / Romance | 6.9 | 80% | - | 7.0 | Henry Hathaway |
| 24 | A Night on Bald Mountain '1933 | Animation / Fantasy / Horror | 6.9 | - | - | 6.3 | Alexandre Alexeieff |
| 25 | The Blue Light '1932 | Drama / Fantasy / Mystery | 6.8 | 70% | - | 6.9 | Leni Riefenstahl |
| 26 | A Midsummer Night's Dream '1935 | Fantasy / Romance / Comedy | 6.8 | 92% | - | 6.4 | William Dieterle |
| 27 | Death Takes a Holiday '1934 | Fantasy / Romance / Drama | 6.9 | 78% | 53 | 6.3 | Mitchell Leisen |
| 28 | The Ghost Goes West '1935 | Romance / Comedy / Fantasy | 6.7 | 100% | - | 6.7 | René Clair |
| 29 | Poor Cinderella '1934 | Animation / Fantasy | 6.9 | - | - | 6.4 | Dave Fleischer |
| 30 | Merbabies '1938 | Animation / Musical / Comedy / Fantasy | 6.2 | - | - | 6.2 | Rudolf Ising |
| 31 | Liliom '1934 | Drama / Fantasy | 6.8 | 100% | - | 6.5 | Fritz Lang |
| 32 | Gulliver's Travels '1939 | Animation / Action / Fantasy | 6.6 | 69% | - | 6.2 | Dave Fleischer |
| 33 | The Joy of Life '1934 | Fantasy / Animation | 6.7 | - | - | 5.5 | Anthony Gross |
| 34 | Topper Takes a Trip '1938 | Comedy / Fantasy / Romance | 6.4 | - | - | 6.5 | Norman Z. McLeod |
| 35 | The Goddess of Spring '1934 | Animation / Fantasy / Musical | 6.6 | - | - | 6.3 | Wilfred Jackson |
| 36 | She '1935 | Fantasy | 6.4 | 50% | - | 5.6 | Lansing C. Holden |
| 37 | Scrooge '1935 | Drama / Fantasy / Horror | 6.4 | - | - | 6.1 | Henry Edwards |
| 38 | Alice in Wonderland '1933 | Fantasy / Comedy | 6.3 | 60% | 54 | 6.1 | Norman Z. McLeod |
| 39 | Werewolf of London '1935 | Horror / Fantasy | 6.3 | 80% | - | 6.1 | Stuart Walker |
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Directors on this list
Victor Fleming David Hand Frank Capra Edwin L. Marin Carl Theodor Dreyer Bill Roberts Władysław Starewicz Jean Cocteau Norman Z. McLeod Dave Fleischer William Keighley Christian-Jaque
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