Recommend Fantasy Films to me

FatRakoon · 6 Feb 2017 at 05:09

I have always had a bit of a soft spot for this sort of movie, but just recently I have had a bit of a revival after finding the Mystica Series of films and I loved them. I bought all 5, and I have watched them all 3 times now.

I have a few similar movies, but I am hoping that anyone can give me any mroe to look out for?

The sort of films Im looking for are the kind of Dungeons & Dragons, Merlin, Orcs, Elves, dwarves and all that sort of stuff.

I dont care what they are, even if they are totally cheesy, I will give it a fair go!

Warbie · 6 Feb 2017 at 09:40

Fantasy is a much overlooked genre - and what we do have is of questionable quality! LotR (the 1978 animation is worth watching) and The Hobbit are obvious choices. A favourite of mine when growing up (and still a guilty love) is Krull. Labyrinth and Princess Bride (think this counts as fantasy) are great too. You could also check out Willow, Legend (worth it just to see Tom Cruise looking like a plonker!), Neverending Story, Crystal Skull and Ladyhawke. Oh, I saw Your Highness a few weeks back and enjoyed that a good deal - it's super crass and good fun.

//edit While not high fantasy - you'll find no dwarves here - Highlander is a classic. A must see if you haven't already. Best pretend the sequels didn't happen tho! Series wise you might like the recent Shannara series - it deviated too much from the books for me, but it ticks the high fantasy boxes.

ThePainBarrier · 6 Feb 2017 at 12:19

Hawk The Slayer is a bit of classic fantasy fun.
Apparently they did a kickstarter to fund a CGI sequel back in 2015. Not sure whether that is still going ahead.

MookJong · 6 Feb 2017 at 12:25

Warbie has covered most bases there, my vote is on Krull, love that film.

Conan the barbarian
Conan the destroyer
Red Sonja
Dragonslayer
Excalibur

Grimley · 6 Feb 2017 at 18:01

Time Bandits (in fact most Terry Gilliam films)

easyrider · 6 Feb 2017 at 19:55

Warbie said:
- Highlander is a classic. A must see if you haven't already.

Indeed it is.

Nitefly · 6 Feb 2017 at 19:58

Few people have heard of it but there is a children's animation called Flight of the Dragons that I always loved as a kid. IMDB seems to hold it in good favour.

Very good actually - 7.8!!

HungryHippos · 6 Feb 2017 at 20:38

for more modern ones, I like:

Stardust
Cloud Atlas
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Uncle Petey · 6 Feb 2017 at 20:39

The Beastmaster

Marsman · 6 Feb 2017 at 21:51

The Dark Crystal
Inkheart
Dragonheart

leemk · 6 Feb 2017 at 22:44

The Sword and the Sorcerer.
Excalibur , best film with Merlin in it.

tuftyfella · 6 Feb 2017 at 23:22

First Knight
Legend (1985 version)

Sasahara · 7 Feb 2017 at 00:24

Warcraft

And not a film, but OVA anime series: Record of the Lodoss War

Malevolence · 7 Feb 2017 at 04:47

Krull

Ladyhawke.

You know what? Looking back at the films of my teenage years, I'm surprised I didn't **** myself into a coma or something.

Turambar · 7 Feb 2017 at 05:34

Most of the good ones have been mentioned already (Krull, Excalibur, Conan, Dragonslayer, Ladyhawke) so time for some not so good recommendations.

Fancy some awful misogynistic cheese with terrible wigs? Try the Deathstalker series.

If you just want cheese & terrible wigs then give Sword of the Valiant a go, it's got Sean Connery in it. He must have been hurting for money.

Terrible wigs were pretty much a staple of the fantasy film genre when it was at it's height of popularity in the 80's.

Rifftrax & MST3K have riffed quite a few 80's fantasy movies, worth a look if you find them too painful to watch in their original form.

Haggisman · 7 Feb 2017 at 08:18

In the Name of the King... A film inspired by Dungeon Siege, directed by Uwe Boll, and starring Jason Statham... What's not to like? (Other than the fact it's hideously cheesy

)

Edit: after looking at the IMDB page it's actually got quite an impressive cast!

dirtybeatfreak · 7 Feb 2017 at 09:41

Warbie said:
hSeries wise you might like the recent Shannara series - it deviated too much from the books for me, but it ticks the high fantasy boxes.

a BIG plus is one of the main characters is stunning too (Poppy Drayton).

DrToffnar · 7 Feb 2017 at 09:51

I think 'The Princess Bride' is always a good shout. Doesn't perhaps have the deepest fantasy tropes but it's a damn good movie with an incredibly witty script.

Uncle Petey · 7 Feb 2017 at 10:17

Haggisman said:
In the Name of the King... A film inspired by Dungeon Siege, directed by Uwe Boll, and starring Jason Statham... What's not to like? (Other than the fact it's hideously cheesy )

Edit: after looking at the IMDB page it's actually got quite an impressive cast!

Cheesy is one thing, absolutely **** is another

I don't know how this film could be so bad with that cast. It takes a special talent to achieve that.

krooton · 7 Feb 2017 at 11:10

Nitefly said:
Few people have heard of it but there is a children's animation called Flight of the Dragons that I always loved as a kid. IMDB seems to hold it in good favour.

Very good actually - 7.8!!

My gf made me watch this when we first got together, not bad at all.