Fantasy Films
Pattern Statistics
701
Movies
6.6
Avg Arcplot
108
Avg Runtime
1935-2025
Year Range
NaN
Avg IMDb
53%
Avg RT
52
Avg Metacritic
$99076M
Total Box Office
637
With Awards
15.0
Avg Plot Points
Fantasy Films - Narrative Patterns
This compilation of 701 fantasy films reveals varied approaches to narrative structure typical within the genre. Representing works from 1935 to 2025, the average Arcplot score of 7.0 demonstrates selective application of classical frameworks.
Within this genre, 1% of films achieve scores above 8.0, suggesting that innovation and experimentation are valued. Notable examples include Stranger Than Fiction (8.3), Aquamarine (8.0), and Hercules (8.0).
Runtime Patterns
Fantasy films in this dataset average 1 hour and 48 minutes, indicating economical storytelling approaches.
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1987
10,000 BC
2008
13 Going on 30
2004
1408
2007
17 Again
2009
47 Ronin
2013
A Christmas Carol
1984
A Day Without a Mexican
2004
A Dog's Purpose
2017
A Dog's Will
2000
A Letter to Momo
2012
A Life Less Ordinary
1997
A Little Princess
1995
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999
A Monster Calls
2016
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
A Simple Wish
1997
A Thousand Words
2012
A Writer's Odyssey
2021
About Time
2013
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
2012
Across the Universe
2007
Addams Family Values
1993
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996
Alice in Wonderland
1951
Alice in Wonderland
2010
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
Aliens in the Attic
2009
All of Me
1984
Allegiant
2016
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
2011
Always
1989
An American Carol
2008
An American Pickle
2020
An American Werewolf in Paris
1997
Anchors Aweigh
1945
Angel-A
2005
Angels in the Outfield
1994
Aquaman
2018
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023
Aquamarine
2006
Army of Darkness
1992
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
2010
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
2009
Avatar
2009
Barbie
2023
Barton Fink
1991
Bathory: Countess of Blood
2008
Batman
1966
Batman Forever
1995
Batman Returns
1992
Beastly
2011
Beasts of the Southern Wild
2012
Beautiful Creatures
2013
Beauty and the Beast
2017
Beauty and the Beast
1991
Beauty and the Beast
2014
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997
Bebe's Kids
1992
Bedazzled
2000
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
Bedtime Stories
2008
Beetlejuice
1988
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
Before I Wake
2016
Being John Malkovich
1999
Better Man
2024
Bewitched
2005
Big
1988
Big Fish
2003
Big Fish & Begonia
2016
Big Miracle
2012
Big Trouble in Little China
1986
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
Black Adam
2022
Black Butler
2014
Black Knight
2001
Blade of the 47 Ronin
2022
Blood and Chocolate
2007
Bridge to Terabithia
2007
Brother Bear 2
2006
Bruce Almighty
2003
Bulletproof Monk
2003
Casper
1995
Casshern
2004
Castle in the Sky
1986
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010
Catwoman
2004
Chaos Walking
2021
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968
Cinderella
1950
Cinderella
1997
Cinderfella
1960
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009
City of Angels
1998
City of Ember
2008
CJ7
2008
Clash of the Titans
1981
Clash of the Titans
2010
Click
2006
Clifford the Big Red Dog
2021
Cold Souls
2009
Coma
2020
Conan the Barbarian
2011
Conan the Barbarian
1982
Conan the Destroyer
1984
Constantine
2005
Cool World
1992
Corpse Bride
2005
Creepshow 2
1987
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006
Dahufa
2017
Damsel
2024
Dark City
1998
Dark Shadows
2012
Dark World
2010
Day Watch
2006
Daybreakers
2010
Dear Santa
2024
Death Becomes Her
1992
Death Note
2006
Death Note: The Last Name
2006
Deathstalker
1983
Defending Your Life
1991
Delirious
1991
Diary of the Dead
2007
Doctor Dolittle
1998
Doctor Sleep
2019
Doctor Strange
2016
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
Dogma
1999
Dolittle
2020
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2010
Donkey Skin
1970
Dorian Gray
2009
Down to Earth
2001
Dr. Cheon and the Lost Talisman
2023
Dracula 2000
2000
Dracula Untold
2014
Dragon Blade
2015
Dragon Wars: D-War
2007
Dragonball Evolution
2009
Dragonfly
2002
DragonHeart
1996
Dragonkeeper
2024
Dragonslayer
1981
Dream a Little Dream
1989
Dream Scenario
2023
Drive Angry
2011
Drop Dead Fred
1991
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
1990
Dumbo
2019
Dungeons & Dragons
2000
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
2023
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
2011
Edward Scissorhands
1990
Eega
2012
Elektra
2005
Elf
2003
Ella Enchanted
2004
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988
Empress Chung
2005
Encanto
2021
Enchanted
2007
End of Days
1999
Epic
2013
Epic Movie
2007
Eragon
2006
Eraserhead
1977
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
Eternals
2021
Evan Almighty
2007
Every Day
2018
Evil Dead II
1987
FairyTale: A True Story
1997
Family Swap
2021
Fantasia
1940
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
2022
Fantastic Four
2005
Fantasy Island
2020
Fat Albert
2004
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992
Field of Dreams
1989
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001
Finding Neverland
2004
Finian's Rainbow
1968
Fire in the Sky
1993
Fireworks
2017
Forever Young
1992
Freakier Friday
2025
Freaky Friday
2003
Freaky Friday
1976
Frozen II
2019
Furious
2017
G-Force
2009
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
1996
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
1999
Ghost
1990
Ghost Dad
1990
Ghost Rider
2007
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2011
Ghost Town
2008
Ghostbusters
2016
Ghostbusters
1984
Ghostbusters II
1989
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2009
Gnome Alone
2017
Godsend
2004
Godzilla vs. Mothra
1992
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
2024
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
2001
Godzilla: Final Wars
2004
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
Goosebumps
2015
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
2018
Green Snake
2021
Gremlins
1984
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
Gretel & Hansel
2020
Groundhog Day
1993
Gulliver's Travels
2010
Harry and the Hendersons
1987
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
2011
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2001
Harvey
1950
Haunted Mansion
2023
Heaven Can Wait
1978
Heavy Metal
1981
Hellboy
2019
Hellboy
2004
Herbie Goes Bananas
1980
Herbie Rides Again
1974
Hercules
1983
Hercules
1997
Hereafter
2010
Hi, Mom
2021
Hideaway
1995
High Spirits
1988
Highlander
1986
Highlander: Endgame
2000
Hocus Pocus
1993
Horton Hears a Who!
2008
Hot to Trot
1988
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022
House
1985
House II: The Second Story
1987
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
Iceman
2014
Igor
2008
Immortals
2011
In Dreams
1999
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
2007
Inkheart
2008
Interview with the Vampire
1994
Into the Woods
2014
Iron Mask
2019
Isn't It Romantic
2019
It's a Boy Girl Thing
2006
It's A Wonderful Life
1946
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013
James and the Giant Peach
1996
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
1993
Joe's Apartment
1996
Jonah Hex
2010
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959
Jumanji
1995
Jungle Cruise
2021
Just Like Heaven
2005
Just My Luck
2006
Justice League
2017
Juvenile
2000
Kate & Leopold
2001
Kiki's Delivery Service
1989
King Kong
1976
King Kong Lives
1986
Kingdom
2019
Kiss Me Goodbye
1982
Kleks Academy
2024
Kong: Skull Island
2017
KPop Demon Hunters
2025
Krampus
2015
Krull
1983
Kull the Conqueror
1997
L.A. Story
1991
La Belle Époque
2019
La Chimera
2023
Labyrinth
1986
Lady in the Water
2006
Ladyhawke
1985
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
2001
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
League of Gods
2016
Legend
1985
Legion
2010
Leprechaun
1993
Leprechaun 2
1994
Life of Pi
2012
Like Mike
2002
Little
2019
Little Nicky
2000
Lovesick
1983
Luca
2021
Mac and Me
1988
Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
2020
Magic Silver
2009
Maid to Order
1987
Mama
2013
Mannequin
1987
Mars Attacks!
1996
Mary and The Witch's Flower
2017
Mary Poppins
1964
Masquerade
2022
Masters of the Universe
1987
Matilda
1996
Max Steel
2016
Meet Joe Black
1998
Meet the Spartans
2008
Megalopolis
2024
Men
2022
Michael
1996
Mickey 17
2025
Mid-Century
2022
Midnight in Paris
2011
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
1995
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie
2023
Mirage
2018
Mirai
2018
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
Monkeybone
2001
Monster Family
2017
Monster Hunter
2020
Monstrum
2018
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975
Mood Indigo
2013
Mortal Kombat
1995
Mortal Kombat
2021
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997
Mr. Destiny
1990
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2007
Mr. Popper's Penguins
2011
Mulan
2020
Multiplicity
1996
My Little Pony: The Movie
2017
Mystery Men
1999
Nanny McPhee
2005
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
Needful Things
1993
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
1997
New Gods: Nezha Reborn
2021
New Nightmare
1994
Night Watch
2004
Nightbreed
1990
Nim's Island
2008
Nine Lives
2016
Ninja III: The Domination
1984
Nosferatu
2024
Oh, God!
1977
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970
One Magic Christmas
1985
One Missed Call
2003
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013
Orlando
1992
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
Pacific Rim: Uprising
2018
Painted Skin: The Resurrection
2012
Palm Springs
2020
Pan's Labyrinth
2006
Paprika
2006
Peggy Sue Got Married
1986
Penelope
2007
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
2013
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023
Peter Pan
1953
Peter Pan
2003
Phantasm II
1988
Phenomenon
1996
Pinocchio
2019
Pinocchio
2002
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003
Pixels
2015
Pleasantville
1998
Powder
1995
Power Rangers
2017
Practical Magic
1998
Priest
2011
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010
Princess Mononoke
1997
Queen of the Damned
2002
R.I.P.D.
2013
Race to Witch Mountain
2009
Red Lights
2012
Red Riding Hood
2011
Red Sonja
1985
Reign of Fire
2002
Renfield
2023
Return from Witch Mountain
1978
Return to Never Land
2002
Return to Oz
1985
Revelation
2001
Rise of the Guardians
2012
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
2012
Roald Dahl's The Witches
2020
Robin Hood
2018
Rock-A-Doodle
1991
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
2023
Ruby Red
2013
Ruby Sparks
2012
Russian Ark
2002
Santa Claus: The Movie
1985
Sapphire Blue
2014
Scoop
2006
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010
Scrooge
1970
Scrooged
1988
Season of the Witch
2011
Shallow Hal
2001
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021
Sheena
1984
Sherlock Gnomes
2018
Shorts
2009
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
2003
Sleeping Beauty
1959
Sleepwalkers
1992
Sleepy Hollow
1999
Sliding Doors
1998
Small Soldiers
1998
Solomon Kane
2009
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
Son of the Mask
2005
Sorry to Bother You
2018
Soul
2020
Spawn
1997
Spice World
1997
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
Spirited
2022
Splash
1984
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
2011
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
1977
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
1983
Stardust
2007
Stargate: The Ark of Truth
2008
Stay Alive
2006
Stay Tuned
1992
Stigmata
1999
Strange World
2022
Stranger Than Fiction
2006
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
2009
Sucker Punch
2011
Suicide Squad
2016
Super Mario Bros.
1993
Supergirl
1984
Suspiria
2018
Swiss Army Man
2016
Switch
1991
Tale of Tales
2015
Tales from Earthsea
2006
Ted 2
2015
Teen Wolf
1985
Teen Wolf Too
1987
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
1993
The Addams Family 2
2021
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
The Age of Adaline
2015
The American Society of Magical Negroes
2024
The Ant Bully
2006
The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King
2017
The Beastmaster
1982
The BFG
2016
The Black Cauldron
1985
The Borrowers
1997
The Boxtrolls
2014
The Boy and the Beast
2015
The Boy Who Could Fly
1986
The Brand New Testament
2015
The Brothers Grimm
2005
The Butcher's Wife
1991
The Cat Returns
2002
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010
The Covenant
2006
The Craft
1996
The Croods: A New Age
2020
The Crow
1994
The Crow
2024
The Crow: City of Angels
1996
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008
The Dark
2005
The Dark Crystal
1982
The Dark Tower
2017
The Dead Don't Die
2019
The Devil and Max Devlin
1981
The Devil's Advocate
1997
The Dragon Pearl
2011
The Fall
2006
The Family Man
2000
The Flintstones
1994
The Forbidden Kingdom
2008
The Four 3
2014
The Future
2011
The Gate
1987
The Gift
2000
The Golden Compass
2007
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
1973
The Great Wall
2016
The Great Yokai War
2005
The Green Mile
1999
The Guardian
1990
The Haunting
1999
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
The Hot Chick
2002
The House at the End of Time
2013
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
2018
The Illusionist
2006
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009
The Indian in the Cupboard
1995
The Invention of Lying
2009
The Invisible
2007
The Invisible Boy
2014
The Kid
2000
The Kid Who Would Be King
2019
The King and I
1999
The Last Airbender
2010
The Last Legion
2007
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
2023
The Last Warrior: Emissary of Darkness
2021
The Last Warrior: Root of Evil
2020
The Last Witch Hunter
2015
The Laws of the Universe: The Age of Elohim
2021
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2003
The Legend of Hei
2019
The Lighthouse
2019
The Little Mermaid
2023
The Little Mermaid
1989
The Lord of the Rings
1978
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
The Love Bug
1968
The Lovely Bones
2009
The Magic Flute
2022
The Magic Roundabout
2004
The Man from the Future
2011
The Mask
1994
The Master and Margarita
2024
The Master of Disguise
2002
The Mermaid
2016
The Meteor Man
1993
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013
The Mummy
1999
The Mummy
2017
The Mummy Returns
2001
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2008
The NeverEnding Story
1984
The New Adventures of Aladdin
2015
The Night Before
2015
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
The Northman
2022
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
The Omega Code
1999
The Order
2003
The Pirates
2014
The Polar Express
2004
The Princess and the Frog
2009
The Princess Bride
1987
The Promise
2005
The Promised Neverland
2020
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
The Rescuers Down Under
1990
The Road to El Dorado
2000
The Santa Clause 2
2002
The School of the Magical Animals
2021
The Science of Sleep
2006
The Scorpion King
2002
The Secret Garden
1993
The Secret Garden
2020
The Secret of Moonacre
2009
The Secret of Roan Inish
1994
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007
The Seventh Seal
1957
The Shadow
1994
The Shape of Water
2017
The Smurfs 2
2013
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010
The Spiral
1998
The Spirit
2008
The Sword and the Sorcerer
1982
The Sword in the Stone
1963
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2013
The Thief Lord
2006
The Three Musketeers
2011
The Time Traveler's Wife
2009
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
The Tree of Life
2011
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
2011
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009
The Uninvited
2009
The Warrior's Way
2010
The Watcher in the Woods
1980
The Watchers
2024
The Water Horse
2007
The Witch
2016
The Witches of Eastwick
1987
The Wiz
1978
The Wizard of Oz
1939
The Wolfman
2010
The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity
2020
The Young Messiah
2016
Thinner
1996
Thor
2011
Thor: The Dark World
2013
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022
Three Wishes
1995
Thumbelina
1994
Time Bandits
1981
Tooth Fairy
2010
Toys
1992
Transylvania 6-5000
1985
Treasure Planet
2002
Troll
1986
Trolls
2016
Trolls Band Together
2023
Trolls World Tour
2020
Truly Madly Deeply
1991
Tuck Everlasting
2002
Twilight
2008
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
Two of a Kind
1983
UI
2024
Underdog
2007
Underworld
2003
Underworld: Blood Wars
2016
Underworld: Evolution
2006
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2009
Unicorn Store
2017
Upside Down
2012
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995
Vampires
1998
Vampires Suck
2010
Van Helsing
2004
Vice Versa
1988
Violent Night
2022
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
2019
Violet Evergarden: The Movie
2020
Warcraft
2016
Warlock
1989
Weathering with You
2019
Weekend at Bernie's II
1993
What Dreams May Come
1998
What Women Want
2000
When in Rome
2010
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
White Snake
2019
White Snake: Afloat
2024
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
Wholly Moses
1980
Wicked
2024
Wicked: For Good
2025
Willow
1988
Wings of Desire
1987
Winter's Tale
2014
Wish Dragon
2021
Wish Upon
2017
Wishmaster
1997
Wizards
1977
Wolf Children
2012
Woman on Top
2000
Wonder Park
2019
Wonder Woman
2017
Wonder Woman 1984
2020
Wrath of the Titans
2012
Xanadu
1980
Yesterday
2019
Your Name
2016
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
Zookeeper
2011