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Fantasy Movies Critics Rated Higher Than Audiences
15 fantasy films in our catalog have at least 10,000 IMDb votes and a score that is higher with critics than with audiences by 15 points or more. The widest gap: Snow White (2025), 2.2 on IMDb against 50 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snow White '2025 | Fantasy | 2.2 | - | 50 | 4.2 | Marc Webb | -28 |
| 2 | Pinocchio '1940 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.4 | 100% | 99 | 7.1 | Hamilton Luske | -25 |
| 3 | The Green Knight '2021 | Drama / Fantasy | 6.5 | 88% | 85 | 6.6 | David Lowery | -20 |
| 4 | Dragonball Evolution '2009 | Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller | 2.5 | 14% | 45 | 2.9 | James Wong | -20 |
| 5 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs '1938 | Fantasy / Animation | 7.6 | - | 96 | 7.1 | David Hand | -20 |
| 6 | Fanny and Alexander '1982 | Fantasy / Drama / Mystery | 8.1 | 100% | 100 | 7.8 | Ingmar Bergman | -19 |
| 7 | Fantasia '1940 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.7 | 95% | 96 | 7.4 | Wilfred Jackson | -19 |
| 8 | The Boy and the Heron '2023 | Animation / Fantasy / Drama | 7.3 | 96% | 91 | 7.4 | Hayao Miyazaki | -18 |
| 9 | The Tree of Life '2011 | Drama / Fantasy | 6.8 | 86% | 85 | 6.7 | Terrence Malick | -17 |
| 10 | Pan's Labyrinth '2006 | Fantasy / Drama / War | 8.2 | 95% | 98 | 7.8 | Guillermo del Toro | -16 |
| 11 | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie '1972 | Comedy / Fantasy | 7.7 | 98% | 93 | 7.4 | Luis Buñuel | -16 |
| 12 | The Last Wave '1977 | Drama / Mystery / Fantasy | 6.9 | 78% | 85 | 6.7 | Peter Weir | -16 |
| 13 | Ratatouille '2007 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 8.1 | 96% | 96 | 7.8 | Brad Bird | -15 |
| 14 | Beauty and the Beast '1991 | Romance / Animation / Fantasy | 8.0 | 95% | 95 | 7.7 | Gary Trousdale | -15 |
| 15 | The Man Who Fell to Earth '1976 | Sci-Fi / Drama / Fantasy | 6.6 | 79% | 81 | 6.5 | Nicolas Roeg | -15 |
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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