EPIC FANTASY MOVIES!
Have you seen them all? Probably, right? But just in case, here’s a whole mess of ’em. Click on any of the images to stream on Amazon Video. We will add links for buying DVDs and such soon!
THE LORD OF THE RINGS – THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
Story by JRR Tolkien
Directed by Peter Jackson
In the first part, The Lord of the Rings, a shy young hobbit named Frodo Baggins inherits a simple gold ring that holds the secret to the survival–or enslavement–of the entire world.
THE PRINCESS BRIDE
Story by William Goldman
Directed by Rob Reiner
Based on William Goldman’s novel of the same name, The Princess Bride is staged as a book read by grandfather (Peter Falk) to his ill grandson (Fred Savage). Falk’s character assures a romance-weary Savage that the book has much more to deliver than a simpering love story, including but not limited to fencing, fighting, torture, death, true love, giants, and pirates.
THE NEVERENDING STORY
Story by Michael Ende
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
A family fantasy/adventure epic based on the acclaimed best-seller about a troubled boy who discovers an extraordinary storybook-and the fantastical world within its pages.
LABYRINTH
Directed by Jim Henson
A young girl, who enters a world of her own creation, experiences her first awareness of love, responsibility and danger.
THE DARK CRYSTAL
Directed by Jim Henson, Frank Oz
Gelflings attempt to save the world from evil in this elaborate fantasy from directors Jim Henson and Frank Oz.
ERAGON
Story by Christopher Paolini
Directed by Stefen Fangmeier
In a mythical time, a teenage boy becomes a dragon rider with the help of a wise old man, and with his newly-hatched dragon, avenges the murder of his uncle, rescues a beautiful warrior, and battles a tyrannical king.
NARNIA
Story by C.S. Lewis
Directed by Andrew Adamson
Four siblings play a game of hide and seek and wind up entering a magical land. Once there, they discover a world inhabited by beasts, dwarfs, and giants and find themselves in a battle to defeat a witch.
THE BLACK CAULDRON
Story by Lloyd Alexander
Directed by Ted Berman, Richard Rich
A young boy challenges an evil king to save his world.
EXCALIBUR
Story by Bernard Cornwell
Directed by Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren
The King Arthur roars to life of Arthur’s rise to power, the Knights of the Round Table, Merlin the Magician, the golden age of Camelot and the search for the Holy Grail.
DRAGONHEART
Story by Charles Pogue
Directed by Rob Cohen
The last dragon and a disillusioned dragonslaying knight must cooperate to stop an evil king who was given partial immortality.
CONAN THE BARBARIAN
Directed by John Milius
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as the Cimmerian Conan who sets out with his companions to learn the “riddle of steel,” which will give him ultimate power and kill the arch-villain Thulsa Doom.
PAN’S LABYRINTH
Story by Guillermo Del Toro
Directed by Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren
Amidst a civil war, armed with only her imagination, young Ofelia discovers a mysterious labyrinth and meets a faun who sets her on a path to saving herself and her ailing mother.
DUNE
Story by Frank Herbert
Directed by David Lynch
Set in a distant future the year 10191 where life in the universe and space travel is dependent upon a spice Melange found only on the desert planet Arrakis or Dune; where the natives of the planet await the arrival of their Messiah who will lead them into a holy war against the evil Harkonnen empire.
WILLOW
Story by George Lucas
Directed by Bob Dolman
A reluctant dwarf must play a critical role in protecting a special baby from an evil queen.
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS
Directed by Courtney Solomon
Destiny belongs to those who dare in Dungeons & Dragons, a thunderous fantasy adventure inspired by the immensely popular role-playing game
LEGEND
Directed by Ridley Scott
Tom Cruise stars in this visually stunning fantasy-adventure in which pure good and evil battle to the death in a mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals.
THE LAST UNICORN
Story by Peter S. Beagle
Directed by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Fantasy about the last remaining unicorn on earth who leaves her home in the lilac woods in the hope that she will find another unicorn somewhere in the world.
LADYHAWKE
Directed by Richard Donner
In this enchanted swashbuckling tale of two lovers cursed to live together yet apart. With the help of the wily Phillipe Gaston, known as the Mouse, the lovers battle the evil bishop.
TIME BANDITS
Story by Michael Palin
Directed by Terry Gilliam
A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.
THE HOBBIT
Story by J.R.R. Tolkien
Directed by Peter Jackson
The adventure follows Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim Erebor with the help of Gandalf the Grey and 13 Dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield.
SEVENTH SON
Story by Orson Scott Card
Directed by Sergei Bodrov
An unlikely young hero embarks on a daring adventure with his mentor in order to vanquish a dark queen.