It's... inconceivable no one has said Princess Bride yet.
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Willow
- NausicaΓ€ of the Valley of the Wind
- My Neighbor Totoro
- Big Trouble in Little China
Nausicaa is so good
Dragonslayer was pretty good.
This along with Legend. Excalibur was really good too.
"We are all animals, my lady..."
Ladyhawke, Conan..
Labyrinth, Willow, and of course The Princess Bride.
Can't forget Krull!
The Dark Crystal
Have you watched it as an adult? I loved that movie growing up and watched it a few years ago. Good lord, is it messed upβ¦
I've only seen the Netflix remake but I really enjoyed it. Would you recommend going back and watching the original?
It's not a remake, it's a prequel. So you should definitely watch the film.
I didn't even know there was a remake, so yes
I really do not like the faces in this movie. Hard pass.
Not sure if it quite counts as fantasy but...
Everything about Blade Runner was perfect.
The sequel somehow managed to not drop the ball as well.
I think you're selling the sequel very short.
It managed to build on the original.
Flash Gordon
Also Flesh Gordon.
It is exactly what you think, but it's more comedic than arousing.
The Secret of Nimh
Xanadu (Modern Fantasy)
Ladyhawke
Oh, and Return to Oz.
That movie is terrifying
Clash of the Titans
The Goonies, The Golden Child, Big Trouble in Little China, The Last Dragon, and The Monster Squad.
Bonus: I think Bill & Ted's movies were in the 80s too? The one with Death I always felt was sort of similar to Never Ending Story.
Wait, no Ghostbusters!?
There can be only one!
Deathstalker 1 and 2 are underappreciated rubbish.
Cheap, tone deaf, bad acting, bad writing, catchy out of place theme music, pure entertainment.
Big trouble in little china
Thereβs a really fucking bizarre Alice in wonderland that shouldnβt be missed.
There's SO MANY Alice adaptations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Films_and_television_programmes_based_on_Alice_in_Wonderland
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Never ending story. I think that was 80s?
All the good ones that can think of have already been mentioned. I also remember enjoying Heavy Metal as a teen, but not sure if I'd enjoy it nowadays.
The Beastmaster! The only film I know where Rip Torn squares off against ferrets. The best sword and sorcery movie of all time, I think.
Well ... Stranger Things ... I know, I know. But it gives me so good 80's vibes, especially due to the great synthie soundtrack. Can not not mention it.
Ladyhawke, Excalibur (this one is much more R rated than most, it features an on-screen rape in the first 5 minutes), Legend, Labyrinth, The Princess Bride, Krull, Conan.
The 80's were really a heyday for fantasy movies, weren't they?
The dark crystal is the greatest fantasy movie of all time.
One of the reasons I think they hit different is because of the technology used to film them and the practical effects.
To me horror films from the 70s and before seem more real and scary than modern ones that are full of CGI and weird pallete swaps like when they film night scenes during the day and then darken them after. It just gives off this whole 'this is a fake movie' thing to me.
Well if you don't mind some science fiction in your fantasy, try Ice Pirates.
Star Wars Episodes 5 and 6
If you also want so-bad-it's-good then you must not miss Yor: The Hunter from the Future from 1983, see video review here: https://youtu.be/doS-sxtlNfU
Screamers.
- Hawk the Slayer, with Jack Palance (!) playing the bad guy
- Dragonslayer, astounding dragon models and cinematography