Family film nights require a film that doesn't ask anyone to leave the room. Something that works for different ages without boring anyone to the point of checking their phone.
The 80s and 90s remain a goldmine. Films that were commercially dismissed on release and now considered essential. 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.
Some films don't just tell stories — they change what stories can be. These are the ones that shifted what came after them.
A great fantasy film leaves you with that rare ache — a longing to return to a world that never existed.