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Top Fantasy Films (#1-100)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Victor Fleming 6
2 Star Wars 1977 George Lucas 7
3 It's a Wonderful Life 1946 Frank Capra 13
4 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 Steven Spielberg 21
5 The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Irvin Kershner 46
6 King Kong 1933 Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack 47
7 Toy Story 1995 John Lasseter 83
8 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 David Hand 87
9 Brazil 1985 Terry Gilliam 97
10 The Seventh Seal 1957 Ingmar Bergman 98
11 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 Peter Jackson 104
12 Nosferatu 1922 F.W. Murnau 115
13 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner 145
14 Fantasia 1940 James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe, Norman Ferguson, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, and Paul Satterfield 158
15 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson 166
16 Beauty and the Beast 1946 Jean Cocteau 174
17 Groundhog Day 1993 Harold Ramis 187
18 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson 191
19 Wings of Desire 1987 Wim Wenders 195
20 Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand 199
21 Field of Dreams 1989 Phil Alden Robinson 219
22 Sherlock, Jr. 1924 Buster Keaton 226
23 The Birds 1963 Alfred Hitchcock 238
24 Stairway to Heaven 1946 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 242
25 Pinocchio 1940 Hamilton Luske and Ben Sharpsteen 245
26 Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki 246
27 Fanny and Alexander 1982 Ingmar Bergman 247
28 Ugetsu 1953 Kenji Mizoguchi 250
29 Beauty and the Beast 1991 Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 252
30 Rosemary's Baby 1968 Roman Polanski 255
31 Mary Poppins 1964 Robert Stevenson 263
32 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972 Luis Buñuel 266
33 Carrie 1976 Brian De Palma 275
34 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 289
35 L'Âge d'or 1930 Luis Buñuel 301
36 Superman 1978 Richard Donner 314
37 Toy Story 2 1999 John Lasseter 325
38 Babe 1995 Chris Noonan 329
39 Dracula 1931 Tod Browning 340
40 Edward Scissorhands 1990 Tim Burton 354
41 Being John Malkovich 1999 Spike Jonze 356
42 Un chien andalou 1929 Luis Buñuel 369
43 Eraserhead 1977 David Lynch 397
44 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Robert Zemeckis 408
45 Ghost 1990 Jerry Zucker 409
46 Performance 1970 Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg 414
47 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971 Mel Stuart 415
48 Miracle on 34th Street 1947 George Seaton 421
49 Ghostbusters 1984 Ivan Reitman 429
50 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Gore Verbinski 449
51 A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 Wes Craven 451
52 Suspiria 1977 Dario Argento 456
53 The Evil Dead 1981 Sam Raimi 466
54 Orpheus 1950 Jean Cocteau 470
55 Voyage to the Moon 1902 Georges Méliès 473
56 Batman 1989 Tim Burton 493
57 Evil Dead II 1987 Sam Raimi 495
58 Stalker 1979 Andrei Tarkovsky 513
59 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 514
60 The Fly 1986 David Cronenberg 524
61 Big 1988 Penny Marshall 563
62 The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993 Henry Selick 567
63 The Green Mile 1999 Frank Darabont 568
64 The Thief of Bagdad 1924 Raoul Walsh 571
65 Spider-Man 2002 Sam Raimi 574
66 Monsters, Inc. 2001 Peter Docter 580
67 Throne of Blood 1957 Akira Kurosawa 581
68 An American Werewolf in London 1981 John Landis 585
69 Harvey 1950 Henry Koster 602
70 Jason and the Argonauts 1963 Don Chaffey 609
71 The Thief of Bagdad 1940 Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, and Tim Whelan 627
72 Celine & Julie Go Boating 1974 Jacques Rivette 649
73 The Exterminating Angel 1962 Luis Buñuel 655
74 The Incredibles 2004 Brad Bird 657
75 Delicatessen 1991 Marc Caro and Jean-Marie Jeunet 662
76 Lost Horizon 1937 Frank Capra 690
77 Heavenly Creatures 1994 Peter Jackson 691
78 Les Vampires 1915 Louis Feuillade 697
79 Videodrome 1983 David Cronenberg 723
80 Aladdin 1992 Ron Clements and John Musker 724
81 All That Jazz 1979 Bob Fosse 732
82 Scrooge 1951 Brian Desmond Hurst 748
83 Beetlejuice 1988 Tim Burton 749
84 The Mummy 1932 Karl Freund 767
85 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 Chris Columbus 779
86 Princess Mononoke 1997 Hayao Miyazaki 791
87 The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985 Woody Allen 804
88 Barbarella 1968 Roger Vadim 820
89 Vampyr 1932 Carl Theodor Dreyer 834
90 The Crow 1994 Alex Proyas 847
91 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 1999 George Lucas 857
92 The Little Mermaid 1989 Ron Clements and John Musker 874
93 Curse of the Demon 1957 Jacques Tourneur 888
94 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Hayao Miyazaki 892
95 Pan's Labyrinth 2006 Guillermo del Toro 894
96 Meshes of the Afternoon 1943 Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid 906
97 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 2002 George Lucas 907
98 Cinderella 1950 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 919
99 Yellow Submarine 1968 George Dunning 924
100 Spider-Man 2 2004 Sam Raimi 940
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