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Fantasy Movies Audiences Rated Higher Than Critics
190 fantasy films in our catalog have at least 10,000 IMDb votes and a score that is higher with audiences than with critics by 15 points or more. The widest gap: Highlander (1986), 7.0 on IMDb against 24 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highlander '1986 | Action / Fantasy | 7.0 | 70% | 24 | 6.9 | Russell Mulcahy | +46 |
| 2 | The Beastmaster '1982 | Fantasy / Action | 6.2 | 50% | 18 | 6.3 | Don Coscarelli | +44 |
| 3 | The Sentinel '1977 | Horror / Mystery / Fantasy | 6.3 | 45% | 19 | 6.1 | Michael Winner | +44 |
| 4 | Somewhere in Time '1980 | Drama / Fantasy / Romance | 7.2 | 54% | 29 | 7.5 | Jeannot Szwarc | +43 |
| 5 | The Car '1977 | Horror / Action / Thriller / Mystery / Fantasy | 6.2 | 32% | 21 | 6.4 | Elliot Silverstein | +41 |
| 6 | Mannequin '1987 | Comedy / Romance / Fantasy | 6.0 | 20% | 21 | 6.9 | Michael Gottlieb | +39 |
| 7 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters '2013 | Fantasy / Horror / Action | 6.1 | 17% | 23 | 6.1 | Tommy Wirkola | +38 |
| 8 | Teen Wolf '1985 | Comedy / Fantasy / Romance | 6.1 | 46% | 25 | 6.2 | Rod Daniel | +36 |
| 9 | Warcraft '2016 | Action / Fantasy | 6.7 | 29% | 32 | 6.4 | Duncan Jones | +35 |
| 10 | 47 Ronin '2013 | Drama / Action / Fantasy | 6.3 | 16% | 28 | 6.2 | Carl Rinsch | +35 |
| 11 | Underworld: Blood Wars '2016 | Fantasy / Action / Thriller / Horror | 5.8 | 21% | 23 | 5.9 | Anna Foerster | +35 |
| 12 | Bright '2017 | Fantasy / Action / Thriller | 6.3 | 26% | 29 | 6.2 | David Ayer | +34 |
| 13 | Pokémon the Movie 2000 '1999 | Fantasy / Animation / Sci-Fi | 6.1 | - | 28 | 6.8 | Kunihiko Yuyama | +33 |
| 14 | Idle Hands '1999 | Comedy / Horror / Fantasy | 6.3 | 19% | 31 | 6.2 | Rodman Flender | +32 |
| 15 | Legend '1985 | Fantasy | 6.3 | 34% | 31 | 6.3 | Ridley Scott | +32 |
| 16 | R.I.P.D. '2013 | Fantasy / Action / Comedy | 5.6 | 13% | 25 | 5.9 | Robert Schwentke | +31 |
| 17 | Underworld: Evolution '2006 | Fantasy / Action / Thriller | 6.7 | 17% | 36 | 6.6 | Len Wiseman | +31 |
| 18 | Scrooged '1988 | Fantasy / Comedy / Drama | 6.9 | 72% | 38 | 6.8 | Richard Donner | +31 |
| 19 | Vampire's Kiss '1989 | Comedy / Horror / Fantasy | 6.1 | 65% | 30 | 6.0 | Robert Bierman | +31 |
| 20 | Dolittle '2020 | Comedy / Fantasy | 5.6 | 15% | 26 | 6.6 | Stephen Gaghan | +30 |
| 21 | A Dog's Purpose '2017 | Fantasy / Drama | 7.3 | 35% | 43 | 7.6 | Lasse Hallström | +30 |
| 22 | Jumanji '1995 | Fantasy | 7.1 | 56% | 41 | 7.3 | Joe Johnston | +30 |
| 23 | The School for Good and Evil '2022 | Fantasy / Comedy | 5.9 | 38% | 30 | 7.0 | Paul Feig | +29 |
| 24 | Pixels '2015 | Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Fantasy | 5.6 | 18% | 27 | 5.8 | Chris Columbus | +29 |
| 25 | Gods of Egypt '2016 | Action / Fantasy | 5.4 | 15% | 25 | 5.7 | Alex Proyas | +29 |
| 26 | Meet Joe Black '1998 | Fantasy / Drama / Romance | 7.2 | 48% | 43 | 7.4 | Martin Brest | +29 |
| 27 | Pokémon: The First Movie '1998 | Animation / Fantasy / Action | 6.4 | 17% | 35 | 7.0 | Kunihiko Yuyama | +29 |
| 28 | Red One '2024 | Action / Comedy / Fantasy | 6.2 | 29% | 34 | 6.9 | Jake Kasdan | +28 |
| 29 | Alice Through the Looking Glass '2016 | Fantasy | 6.2 | 29% | 34 | 6.6 | James Bobin | +28 |
| 30 | Sucker Punch '2011 | Action / Fantasy / Thriller | 6.1 | 23% | 33 | 6.2 | Zack Snyder | +28 |
| 31 | Underworld '2003 | Fantasy / Action / Thriller | 7.0 | 31% | 42 | 6.9 | Len Wiseman | +28 |
| 32 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen '2003 | Fantasy / Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi | 5.8 | 16% | 30 | 6.0 | Stephen Norrington | +28 |
| 33 | Bedtime Stories '2008 | Fantasy / Comedy / Romance | 6.1 | 27% | 33 | 6.2 | Adam Shankman | +28 |
| 34 | Doctor Dolittle '1967 | Comedy / Fantasy | 6.2 | 29% | 34 | 6.2 | Richard Fleischer | +28 |
| 35 | Fantasy Island '2020 | Fantasy / Horror / Mystery | 4.9 | 9% | 22 | 5.7 | Jeff Wadlow | +27 |
| 36 | Slumberland '2022 | Comedy / Fantasy | 6.7 | 42% | 40 | 7.2 | Francis Lawrence | +27 |
| 37 | The Family Man '2000 | Comedy / Drama / Romance / Fantasy | 6.9 | 54% | 42 | 6.8 | Brett Ratner | +27 |
| 38 | The Hot Chick '2002 | Comedy / Fantasy | 5.6 | 21% | 29 | 6.4 | Tom Brady | +27 |
| 39 | The Super Mario Galaxy Movie '2026 | Comedy / Fantasy / Animation | 6.3 | 42% | 37 | 8.2 | Aaron Horvath | +26 |
| 40 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales '2017 | Action / Fantasy | 6.5 | 30% | 39 | 6.7 | Espen Sandberg | +26 |
| 41 | King Arthur: Legend of the Sword '2017 | Action / Drama / Fantasy | 6.7 | 31% | 41 | 6.6 | Guy Ritchie | +26 |
| 42 | Just My Luck '2006 | Comedy / Fantasy / Romance | 5.5 | 14% | 29 | 6.2 | Donald Petrie | +26 |
| 43 | Hocus Pocus '1993 | Fantasy / Comedy | 6.9 | 42% | 43 | 7.0 | Kenny Ortega | +26 |
| 44 | What Dreams May Come '1998 | Drama / Fantasy / Romance | 7.0 | 51% | 44 | 7.3 | Vincent Ward | +26 |
| 45 | Conan the Barbarian '1982 | Fantasy / Action | 6.9 | 68% | 43 | 6.8 | John Milius | +26 |
| 46 | Zack Snyder's Justice League '2021 | Action / Fantasy | 7.9 | 71% | 54 | 8.1 | Zack Snyder | +25 |
| 47 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife '2021 | Fantasy / Comedy | 7.0 | 63% | 45 | 7.3 | Jason Reitman | +25 |
| 48 | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones '2013 | Fantasy / Action / Mystery | 5.8 | 13% | 33 | 6.4 | Harald Zwart | +25 |
| 49 | The Last Witch Hunter '2015 | Action / Fantasy | 5.9 | 17% | 34 | 6.0 | Breck Eisner | +25 |
| 50 | Red Riding Hood '2011 | Mystery / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller | 5.4 | 10% | 29 | 6.0 | Catherine Hardwicke | +25 |
| 51 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider '2001 | Action / Fantasy | 5.8 | 21% | 33 | 5.9 | Simon West | +25 |
| 52 | The Green Mile '1999 | Fantasy / Drama / Crime | 8.6 | 78% | 61 | 8.5 | Frank Darabont | +25 |
| 53 | Mortal Kombat: Annihilation '1997 | Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi | 3.6 | 4% | 11 | 4.6 | John R. Leonetti | +25 |
| 54 | Thinner '1996 | Fantasy / Horror | 5.8 | 19% | 33 | 5.9 | Tom Holland | +25 |
| 55 | Willow '1988 | Fantasy / Action | 7.2 | 53% | 47 | 7.0 | Ron Howard | +25 |
| 56 | Return to Oz '1985 | Fantasy | 6.7 | 59% | 42 | 6.7 | Walter Murch | +25 |
| 57 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie '2023 | Comedy / Fantasy / Animation | 7.0 | 58% | 46 | 7.6 | Michael Jelenic | +24 |
| 58 | Hotel Transylvania '2012 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 7.1 | 45% | 47 | 7.0 | Genndy Tartakovsky | +24 |
| 59 | Underworld: Awakening '2012 | Fantasy / Action / Horror | 6.3 | 26% | 39 | 6.3 | Björn Stein | +24 |
| 60 | The Smurfs '2011 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 5.4 | 21% | 30 | 5.8 | Raja Gosnell | +24 |
Gap is IMDb score times 10 minus Metacritic score, in points. Only films with at least 10,000 IMDb votes and both scores are included, and only gaps of 15 points or more. This list is ordered by the size of the gap, not by quality. Scores shown are the raw ones.
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