Fantasy Films
Pattern Statistics
401
Movies
6.8
Avg Arcplot
107
Avg Runtime
1935-2024
Year Range
6.6
Avg IMDb
60%
Avg RT
56
Avg Metacritic
$58861M
Total Box Office
177
With Awards
13.6
Avg Plot Points
Fantasy Films - Structural Analysis
This collection of 401 fantasy films demonstrates evolving relationship with narrative structure common to the genre. Spanning works from 1935 to 2024, the average Arcplot score of 6.9 reflects thoughtful engagement with narrative form.
Within this genre, 1% of films attain scores above 8.0, suggesting that narrative approaches vary considerably. Standout films include Stranger Than Fiction (8.3), Aquamarine (8.0), and Hercules (8.0).
Duration Characteristics
Fantasy films in this dataset average 1 hour and 47 minutes, reflecting efficient narrative compression.
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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 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
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
Barbie as Rapunzel
2002
Barton Fink
1991
Bastille Day
2016
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
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
Bewitched
2005
Big
1988
Big Fish & Begonia
2016
Big Miracle
2012
Big Trouble in Little China
1986
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black
2008
Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse
2010
Blood and Chocolate
2007
Blue Exorcist: The Movie
2012
Bridge to Terabithia
2007
Brother Bear 2
2006
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
Charming
2018
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968
Cinderella
1950
Cinderella
1997
Cinderfella
1960
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009
City of Ember
2008
CJ7
2008
Clash of the Titans
1981
Clash of the Titans
2010
Click
2006
Clifford the Big Red Dog
2021
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
Damsel
2024
Dark City
1998
Dark Shadows
2012
Day Watch
2006
Daybreakers
2010
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 in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
Dogma
1999
Dolittle
2020
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2010
Donkey Skin
1970
Dorian Gray
2009
Dororo
2007
Down to Earth
2001
Dr. Cheon and the Lost Talisman
2023
Dracula 2000
2000
Dragon Blade
2015
Dragon Wars: D-War
2007
Dragonball Evolution
2009
Dragonfly
2002
DragonHeart
1996
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
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
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2009
Gnome Alone
2017
Godsend
2004
Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989
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: Tokyo S.O.S.
2003
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
Happily N'Ever After
2007
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
Hideaway
1995
High Spirits
1988
Highlander
1986
Highlander: Endgame
2000
Hocus Pocus
1993
Hot to Trot
1988
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022
House
1985
House II: The Second Story
1987
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
I Am Dragon
2015
Iceman
2014
If You Are the One 2
2010
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
It's A Wonderful Life
1946
Kiki's Delivery Service
1989
Mac and Me
1988
Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
2020
Maid to Order
1987
Mama
2013
Midnight in Paris
2011
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
Mothra vs. Godzilla
1964
Mr. Destiny
1990
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2007
Mulan
2020
Multiplicity
1996
Pan's Labyrinth
2006
Princess Mononoke
1997
R.I.P.D.
2013
Race to Witch Mountain
2009
Scoop
2006
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010
Scrooge
1970
Scrooged
1988
Season of the Witch
2011
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
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
Stranger Than Fiction
2006
Swiss Army Man
2016
The Age of Adaline
2015
The Ant Bully
2006
The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King
2017
The Beastmaster
1982
The Beauty Inside
2015
The BFG
2016
The Black Cauldron
1985
The Fall
2006
The Family Man
2000
The Flight Before Christmas
2008
The Flintstones
1994
The Forbidden Kingdom
2008
The Future
2011
The Gate
1987
The Gift
2000
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
1973
The Great Yokai War
2005
The Green Mile
1999
The Guardian
1990
The Haunting
1999
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
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 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 of Moonacre
2009
The Secret of Roan Inish
1994
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007
The Seventh Seal
1957
The Shadow
1994
The Smurfs 2
2013
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010
The Spirit
2008
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 2
2012
The Uninvited
2009
The Visitors
1993
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
1998
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 Young Messiah
2016
Thinner
1996
Thirst
2009
Thor
2011
Thor: The Dark World
2013
Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022
Thumbelina
1994
Time Bandits
1981
Tinker Bell
2008
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
2009
Tooth Fairy
2010
Toys
1992
Transylvania 6-5000
1985
Treasure Planet
2002
Troll
1986
Trolls
2016
Trolls Band Together
2023
Trolls World Tour
2020
Tuck Everlasting
2002
Twilight
2008
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
Underdog
2007
Underworld
2003
Underworld: Blood Wars
2016
Underworld: Evolution
2006
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2009
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
Warlock
1989
We Are from the Future
2008
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 Tiger
2012
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
Wholly Moses
1980
Wicked
2024
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
Xanadu
1980
Yesterday
2019
Your Name
2016
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
Zookeeper
2011