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Best Fantasy Movies of the 1990s, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
108 fantasy films from the 1990s are in our catalog; the 50 best are ranked below. Top of the list is The Green Mile (1999), at 8.6 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.4. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Jumanji, 7.1 on IMDb against 41 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Green Mile '1999 | Fantasy / Drama / Crime | 8.6 | 78% | 61 | 8.5 | Frank Darabont |
| 2 | Princess Mononoke '1997 | Fantasy / Animation | 8.3 | 94% | 78 | 8.3 | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 3 | Groundhog Day '1993 | Romance / Fantasy / Comedy | 8.0 | 93% | 72 | 7.6 | Harold Ramis |
| 4 | Beauty and the Beast '1991 | Romance / Animation / Fantasy | 8.0 | 95% | 95 | 7.7 | Gary Trousdale |
| 5 | Aladdin '1992 | Animation / Fantasy / Romance | 8.0 | 96% | 86 | 7.7 | John Musker |
| 6 | The Nightmare Before Christmas '1993 | Fantasy / Animation | 7.9 | 95% | 82 | 7.9 | Henry Selick |
| 7 | Edward Scissorhands '1990 | Fantasy / Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 92% | 74 | 7.7 | Tim Burton |
| 8 | Being John Malkovich '1999 | Comedy / Drama / Fantasy | 7.7 | 94% | 90 | 7.4 | Spike Jonze |
| 9 | Interview with the Vampire '1994 | Horror / Drama / Fantasy | 7.5 | 69% | 62 | 7.4 | Neil Jordan |
| 10 | Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion '1997 | Animation / Sci-Fi / Drama / Fantasy / Action | 8.1 | 92% | - | 8.3 | Kazuya Tsurumaki |
| 11 | Porco Rosso '1992 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.7 | 96% | 83 | 7.8 | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 12 | The Crow '1994 | Fantasy / Action / Thriller | 7.5 | 88% | 72 | 7.5 | Alex Proyas |
| 13 | The Muppet Christmas Carol '1992 | Musical / Comedy / Fantasy / Drama | 7.8 | 78% | 64 | 7.5 | Brian Henson |
| 14 | Ninja Scroll '1993 | Fantasy / Animation / Action / Horror | 7.8 | 90% | - | 7.8 | Yoshiaki Kawajiri |
| 15 | Army of Darkness '1992 | Fantasy / Horror / Comedy | 7.4 | 68% | 59 | 7.3 | Sam Raimi |
| 16 | Delicatessen '1991 | Comedy / Sci-Fi / Fantasy | 7.5 | 90% | 66 | 7.3 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| 17 | Pleasantville '1998 | Fantasy / Comedy / Drama | 7.5 | 85% | 71 | 7.3 | Gary Ross |
| 18 | Sleepy Hollow '1999 | Fantasy / Thriller / Mystery / Horror | 7.3 | 71% | 65 | 7.2 | Tim Burton |
| 19 | The Double Life of Véronique '1991 | Drama / Fantasy | 7.6 | 86% | 86 | 7.5 | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| 20 | Dead Man '1995 | Drama / Fantasy / Western | 7.5 | 70% | 62 | 7.3 | Jim Jarmusch |
| 21 | Hercules '1997 | Animation / Fantasy / Comedy / Romance | 7.3 | 83% | 74 | 7.5 | Ron Clements |
| 22 | Dogma '1999 | Fantasy / Comedy | 7.3 | 72% | 62 | 6.9 | Kevin Smith |
| 23 | Meet Joe Black '1998 | Fantasy / Drama / Romance | 7.2 | 48% | 43 | 7.4 | Martin Brest |
| 24 | The City of Lost Children '1995 | Fantasy / Sci-Fi | 7.4 | 80% | 73 | 7.2 | Marc Caro |
| 25 | The Secret Garden '1993 | Drama / Fantasy | 7.3 | 89% | 74 | 7.4 | Agnieszka Holland |
| 26 | The Mummy '1999 | Action / Fantasy | 7.1 | 64% | 49 | 7.0 | Stephen Sommers |
| 27 | Batman Returns '1992 | Action / Fantasy | 7.1 | 81% | 68 | 7.0 | Tim Burton |
| 28 | Jumanji '1995 | Fantasy | 7.1 | 56% | 41 | 7.3 | Joe Johnston |
| 29 | A Little Princess '1995 | Drama / Fantasy | 7.6 | 97% | 83 | 7.6 | Alfonso Cuarón |
| 30 | Anastasia '1997 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.2 | 83% | 61 | 7.6 | Gary Goldman |
| 31 | Ghost '1990 | Fantasy / Romance / Thriller | 7.1 | 74% | 52 | 7.3 | Jerry Zucker |
| 32 | The Hudsucker Proxy '1994 | Comedy / Drama / Fantasy | 7.2 | 61% | 53 | 7.1 | Joel Coen |
| 33 | Arizona Dream '1993 | Comedy / Drama / Romance / Fantasy | 7.2 | 87% | 62 | 7.1 | Emir Kusturica |
| 34 | Heavenly Creatures '1994 | Drama / Fantasy | 7.2 | 95% | 86 | 6.9 | Peter Jackson |
| 35 | The Mask '1994 | Comedy / Fantasy / Crime / Romance | 7.0 | 82% | 59 | 7.0 | Chuck Russell |
| 36 | The Addams Family '1991 | Comedy / Fantasy | 7.0 | 67% | 57 | 7.1 | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| 37 | Pom Poko '1994 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.2 | 87% | 77 | 7.2 | Isao Takahata |
| 38 | The Visitors '1993 | Fantasy / Comedy | 7.0 | 31% | - | 7.1 | Jean-Marie Poiré |
| 39 | Matilda '1996 | Comedy / Fantasy | 7.0 | 90% | 72 | 7.2 | Danny DeVito |
| 40 | Hocus Pocus '1993 | Fantasy / Comedy | 6.9 | 42% | 43 | 7.0 | Kenny Ortega |
| 41 | Addams Family Values '1993 | Comedy / Fantasy | 6.9 | 76% | 61 | 7.0 | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| 42 | What Dreams May Come '1998 | Drama / Fantasy / Romance | 7.0 | 51% | 44 | 7.3 | Vincent Ward |
| 43 | Fallen '1998 | Crime / Drama / Thriller / Fantasy | 7.0 | 43% | 52 | 6.8 | Gregory Hoblit |
| 44 | Liar Liar '1997 | Comedy / Fantasy | 6.9 | 83% | 70 | 6.7 | Tom Shadyac |
| 45 | Babe '1995 | Fantasy / Drama / Comedy | 6.9 | 98% | 83 | 6.3 | Chris Noonan |
| 46 | Kirikou and the Sorceress '1998 | Fantasy / Animation | 7.5 | 96% | 77 | 7.4 | Michel Ocelot |
| 47 | Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku '1990 | Animation / Action / Sci-Fi / Drama / Fantasy | 7.8 | - | - | 7.6 | Mitsuo Hashimoto |
| 48 | Hook '1991 | Fantasy / Comedy | 6.8 | 37% | 52 | 6.8 | Steven Spielberg |
| 49 | The Witches '1990 | Fantasy / Horror | 6.8 | 94% | 78 | 7.0 | Nicolas Roeg |
| 50 | Miracle on 34th Street '1994 | Fantasy / Drama | 6.7 | 59% | - | 6.8 | Les Mayfield |
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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