From Magic Lanterns to Epic Sagas: Unveiling the Mesmerizing Evolution of Fantasy Films (1899 – Present) – Prepare to Be Enchanted!

Unlock the Mystical Realm of Fantasy Films: Prepare to Journey Through Spellbinding Worlds, Astonishing Creatures, and Unforgettable Adventures

Table Of Contents

1. Pre 1920 Fantasy Films
2. 1920s Fantasy Films
3. 1930s Fantasy Films
4. 1940s Fantasy Films
5. 1950's Fantasy Films
6. 1950's Fantasy TV Series
7. 1960's Fantasy Films
8. 1970's Fantasy Films
9. 1970's Fantasy TV Series
10. 1980's Fantasy Films
11. 1980's Fantasy TV Series
12. 1990's Fantasy Films
13. 1990’s Fantasy TV Series
14. 2000's Fantasy Films
15. 2000’s Fantasy TV Series
16. 2010’s Fantasy TV Series
17. 2020's Fantasy Films
18. 2020's Fantasy series

Pre 1920 Fantasy Films

• 1899  – Cinderella
• 1903 – Alice in Wonderland
• 1910 – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
• 1915 – Alice in Wonderland
• 1918 – Tarzan of the Apes

1920s Fantasy Films

• 1920 – The Mark of Zorro
• 1922 – Robin Hood
• 1924 – The Thief of Baghdad
• 1925 – The Lost World
• 1926 – Faust 

1930s Fantasy Films

• 1935 – She 
• 1937 – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• 1937 – The Man Who Could Work Miracles
• 1939 – The Wizard of Oz  
• 1939 – Gulliver’s Travels
• 1939 – Vasilisa the Beautiful (Soviet)

1940s Fantasy Films

• 1940 – The Thief of Bagdad  
• 1940 – One Million B.C.
• 1941 – The Devil and Daniel Webster
• 1945 – A Thousand and One Nights
• 1945 – Kashchey the Immortal (Soviet)
• 1946 – Beauty and the Beast 
• 1949 – A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

1950’s Fantasy Films

• 1950 –Orpheus 
• 1951 – A Christmas Carol
• 1951 – Alice in Wonderland
• 1951 The Night Before Christmas (Soviet)
• 1952 – Jack and the Beanstalk 
• 1953 – Ugetsu 
• 1954 – Brigadoon 
• 1957 –The Seventh Seal 
• 1958 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad  
• 1959 – Darby O’Gill and the Little People
• 1959 – Journey to the Center of the Earth

1950’s Fantasy TV Series

1955 – 1959 The Adventures of Robin Hood 

1960’s Fantasy Films

• 1960 – Babes in Toyland 
• 1960 – The Three Worlds of Gulliver 
• 1961 – Atlantis, the Lost Continent
• 1961 – Mysterious Island
• 1962 – Jack the Giant Killer 
• 1962 – The Magic Sword
• 1962 – The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
• 1963 – Jason and the Argonauts 
• 1964 – Mary Poppins  
• 1967 – Camelot
• 1967 – Viy  (Soviet)
• 1965 – She
• 1966 – One Million Years B.C. 
• 1967 – Doctor Dolittle 
• 1968 – The Lost Continent
• 1968 – Yellow Submarine
• 1969 – The Valley of Gwangi 

1970’s Fantasy Films

• 1971 – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
• 1971 – Bedknobs and Broomsticks
• 1972 – Ruslan and Ludmila (Soviet)
• 1973 – Golden Voyage of Sinbad 
• 1974 – The Island at the Top of the World
• 1975 – Land That Time Forgot
• 1975 – Monty Python and the Holy Grail
• 1976 – At the Earth’s Core
• 1976 – Once Upon A Girl
• 1977 – Pete’s Dragon
• 1977 – The Dragon Lives Again
• 1977 – The Hobbit (1977 film)
• 1977 – Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger  
• 1977 – Jabberwocky
• 1978 – The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)
• 1979 – Phantasm
• 1978 – The Water Babies

1970’s Fantasy TV Series

1978 – 1980 Monkey

1980’s Fantasy Films

• 1980 – Hawk the Slayer
• 1980 – The Return of the King (1980 film)
• 1980 – Somewhere in Time
• 1981 – Clash of the Titans 
• 1981 – Dragonslayer 
• 1981 – Excalibur 
• 1981 – The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
• 1981 – Time Bandits 
• 1982 – Ator, the Fighting Eagle
• 1982 – Beastmaster, Beastmaster 
• 1982 – Conan the Barbarian – Conan the Barbarian 
• 1982 – Sorceress
• 1982 – The Dark Crystal 
• 1982 – The Last Unicorn
• 1982 – Mazes and Monsters
• 1982 – The Sword and the Sorcerer
• 1983 – Conquest
• 1983 – Deathstalker 
• 1983 – Fire and Ice (1983 film)
• 1983 – Hundra
• 1983 – Krull
• 1983 – The Throne of Fire
• 1983 – Thor the Conqueror
• 1983 – Yor, the Hunter from the Future
• 1983 – Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain
• 1984 – The Never Ending Story
• 1984 – The Company of Wolves
• 1984 – Conan the Barbarian – Conan the Destroyer
• 1984 – Sheena
• 1984 – Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
• 1984 – The Devil’s Sword
• 1984 – The Lost Empire 
• 1984 – The Warrior and the Sorceress
• 1985 – Ladyhawke 
• 1985 – Barbarian Queen
• 1985 – Legend (1985 film)
• 1985 – Red Sonja 
• 1985 – Return to Oz
• 1985 – The Black Cauldron
• 1985 – The Hobbit
• 1985 – Wizards of the Lost kingdom
• 1986 – Argonavtebi
• 1987 – Deathstalker II
• 1987 – Masters of the Universe 
• 1987 – Wicked City 
• 1987 – The Witches of Eastwick 
• 1986 – Highlander 
• 1986 – Labyrinth
• 1987 – The Princess Bride
• 1988 – Adventures of Baron Munchausen 
• 1988 – Beetlejuice
• 1988 – Willow
• 1989 – The Little Mermaid 

1980’s Fantasy TV Series

• 1978 – 1980 Monkey
• 1980–1982 – Thundarr the Barbarian 
• 1982 –1987 – Faerie Tale Theatre
• 1983 – Manimal
• 1983- 1986 – Storybook International
• 1983 – 1985 – Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)
• 1984 –1986 Robin of Sherwood
• 1987–1988 The Storyteller 
• 1987 – 1990 Beauty and the Beast (TV series)

1990’s Fantasy Films

• 1990 – Edward Scissorhands 
• 1990 – The Princess and the Goblin
• 1990 – The Witches 
• 1991 – Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
• 1991 – Hook
• 1991 – Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves
• 1992 – Aladdin
• 1994 – The Crow 
• 1995 – The City of Lost Children ( La cité des enfants perdus)
• 1995 – First Knight
• 1996 – Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus
• 1996 – Dragonheart
• 1996 – Kazaam
• 1997 – Kull the Conqueror
• 1997 – Princess Mononoke
• 1997 – Snow White: A Tale of Terror
• 1999 – Sleepy Hollow 

1990’s Fantasy TV Series

• 1991–1993 Pirates of Darkwater
• 1992 –1998 Highlander
• 1995 -1999 Hercules the Legendary Journeys
• 1995 – 2001 Xena  Warrior Princess
• 1996 – 1998 – Adventures of Sinbad 
• 1998 – 1999 Young Hercules
• 1998 –1999 Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
• 1999–2002 Beastmaster

2000’s Fantasy Films

• 2000 – Dungeons & Dragons (Film)
• 2001 – The Lord of The Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring
• 2001 – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone  
• 2002 – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 
• 2001 – Spirited Away
• 2002 – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• 2003 – Big Fish 
• 2003 – Peter Pan
• 2003 – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 
• 2003 – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• 2004 – Ella Enchanted 
• 2004 – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• 2005 – Beowulf & Grendel
• 2005 – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• 2005 – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• 2005 – Nanny McPhee 
• 2005 – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 
• 2005 – Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God
• 2006 – Eragon
• 2006 – Pan’s Labyrinth 
• 2006 – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• 2007 – Beowulf 
• 2007 – Enchanted
• 2007 – Stardust  
• 2007 – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• 2007 – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
• 2008 – Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight
• 2008 – The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
• 2008 – The Forbidden Kingdom
• 2008 – The Spiderwick Chronicles
• 2008 – Twilight Saga – Twilight 
• 2009 – Coraline (film)
• 2009 – Dorian Gray
• 2009 – Where the Wild Things Are 
• 2009 – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• 2009 – The Twilight Saga – New Moon
• 2009 – The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 
• 2009 – Solomon Kane
• 2009 – Where the Wild Things Are 

2000’s Fantasy TV Series

• 1999–2002 Beastmaster
• 2004  – Earthsea 
• 2005 – 2008 Avatar: The Last Airbender
• 2006 – 2009 Robin Hood 
• 2008 – 2012 – Merlin
• 2008 – 2010 – Legend of the Seeker

2010’s Fantasy Films

• 2010 – Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)
• 2010 – Clash of the Titans (2010)
• 2010 – The Twilight Saga –Eclipse
• 2010 – Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
• 2010 – The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
• 2010 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
• 2010 – Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
• 2010 – Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 
• 2010 – The Last Airbender
• 2010 – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• 2011 – Conan the Barbarian – Conan the Barbarian (2011)
• 2011 – The Twilight Saga-Breaking Dawn – Part 1 
• 2011 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
• 2011 – Immortals 
• 2011 – Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• 2012 – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 
• 2012 – Dungeons & Dragons 3: The Book of Vile Darkness
• 2012 – Trollhunter
• 2012 – Blancanieves  (Spanish) 
• 2012 – Snow White and the Huntsman
• 2012 – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• 2012 – Wrath of the Titans
• 2013  – Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters  
• 2013 – Jack the Giant Slayer
• 2013 – Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
• 2013 – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
• 2013 – Oz the Great and Powerful
• 2014 – Into the Woods
• 2014 – Hercules
• 2014 – Maleficent
• 2014 – Seventh Son 
• 2014 – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• 2014 – Viy
• 2015 – Cinderella 
• 2015 – Krampus (film)
• 2015 – Tale of Tales (Italian: Il racconto dei racconti)
• 2016 – Gods of Egypt
• 2016 – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• 2016 – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
• 2016 – The BFG 
• 2016 – Pete’s Dragon
• 2016 – The Great Wall (film)
• 2016 – The Jungle Book 
• 2016 – Warcraft 
• 2017 – Beauty and the Beast
• 2017 – Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil
• 2017 – Last Knight (Russian)
• 2017 – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
• 2018 – Robin Hood
• 2019 – Aladdin (2019 film)
• 2019 – Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

2010’s Fantasy TV Series

• 2008 – 10 – Legend of the Seeker
• 2011–18 Once Upon a Time 
• 2011 – 19 Game of Thrones
• 2013– 14 Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
• 2013 – 15 Atlantis
• 2014 – Outlander
• 2015 – 16 Galavant
• 2016 – 17 The Shannara Chronicles
• 2019 – Carnival Row 
• 2019 – His Dark Materials
• 2019 – The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
• 2019 – The Witcher 

2020’s Fantasy Films

• 2020 – Gretel & Hansel
• 2020 – Mulan (2020 film)
• 2021 – The Green Knight 
• 2022 – Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
• 2023 – Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

2020’s Fantasy series

2021 – Hellbound (TV series)