After a breakup, the wrong film makes everything worse. The right one doesn't fix anything — but it reminds you that other people have survived worse, and come out the other side.
The 2020s have already produced films that will be studied for decades — lean, precise, unafraid to take audiences seriously. transport you somewhere entirely new while saying something true about the world you already know.
Great fantasy films don't ask you to suspend disbelief — they build worlds so vivid that disbelief simply evaporates.
A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
In post-Civil War Spain, a troubled girl escapes into a fantastical labyrinth, where a mysterious faun reveals that she is a lost princess.
A grandfather reads a story to his sick grandson about a farmhand-turned-pirate who must rescue the woman he loves from a scheming prince.
A sullen ten-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
A mute woman working as a janitor in a secret government laboratory falls in love with a mysterious aquatic creature.
The fantasy films that endure are the ones rooted in genuine emotion. The magic is the vehicle; the story is always about something human.
A son tries to learn more about his dying father by piecing together the stories he told throughout his life.
In a countryside town bordering on a magical kingdom, a young man makes a promise to his beloved to retrieve a fallen star.
A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.
Sixteen-year-old Sarah is given thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother when her wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King.
On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, a young warrior encounters a battle between forest gods and humans who consume the forest's resources.
A twist only works if the film has earned it. These films plant their revelations early, play fair, and still manage to blindside you.
A great fantasy film leaves you with that rare ache — a longing to return to a world that never existed.