Decades
TopTenREVIEWS top Fantasy movie of all time is Star Wars.
Email to a friendTop 1970's Fantasy Movies
Click on a movie title for more info and reviews
| Movies are ranked according to overall critic score | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
| 1 |  | Star Wars (1977) |  3.9039 237 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$8.26
| Part IV in George Lucas' epic, "Star Wars: A New Hope" follows Luke Skywalker, a orphaned farm boy, ...more about Star Wars starring Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford |
| 2 |  | Alien (1979) |  3.6601 312 reviews | R | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$7.50
| Space vehicle Nostromo discovers a strange pod. The creature in the pod infects a member of the ...more about Alien starring Tom Skerritt and Sigourney Weaver |
| 3 |  | Eraserhead (1977) | 3.2961 81 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Horror |
$16.55
| Henry is forced into a live-in relationship with his girlfriend when they discover she is pregnant. ...more about Eraserhead starring Jack Nance and Charlotte Stewart |
| 4 |  | Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) | 3.2520 83 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| When several locals witness a strange alien encounter, they are all mysteriously drawn to a remote ...more about Close Encounters of the Third Kind starring Richard Dreyfuss and François Truffaut |
| 5 |  | Young Frankenstein (1974) |  3.2497 80 reviews | PG | Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$6.86
| Dr. Frederick Frankenstein denounces his relationship to his famous grandfather, but he is lured by ...more about Young Frankenstein starring Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle |
| 6 |  | Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975) | 3.1124 66 reviews | R | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Musical, Comedy |
$5.84
| Brad and Janet are stranded in the mansion of a crazy, transsexual, transvestite scientist on the ...more about Rocky Horror Picture Show starring Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon |
| 7 |  | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) | 3.0663 48 reviews | G | Fantasy, Musical, Comedy, Family |
$7.36
| Willy Wonka announces five people will win a personal tour through his candy factory. The winners ...more about Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory starring Gene Wilder and Jack Albertson |
| 8 |  | Rescuers, The (1977) | 3.0655 27 reviews | G | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Crime, Musical, Mystery, Family, Animation, Disney |
$8.99
| Bernard and Bianca, of the Rescue Aid Society (a mouse organization) receive a message in a bottle ...more about Rescuers starring Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor |
| 9 |  | Heaven Can Wait (1978) | 3.0376 34 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Comedy |
$3.90
| Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed ...more about Heaven Can Wait starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie |
| 10 |  | Carrie (1976) | 3.0050 108 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
$5.69
| Carrie White is a shy young girl who doesn't make friends easily. After her class mates taunt her ...more about Carrie starring Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie |
| 11 |  | All That Jazz (1979) | 3.0020 45 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Musical |
$5.99
| Overworked, exhausted dancer Joe Gideon relies on a slew of drugs to keep up with is hectic ...more about All That Jazz starring Roy Scheider and Jessica Lange |
| 12 |  | Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) | 2.9911 21 reviews | G | Adventure, War, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Comedy, Family, Animation, Disney |
$10.98
| During WWII in England, Charlie, Carrie, and Paul Rawlins are sent to live with Eglantine Price, an ...more about Bedknobs and Broomsticks starring Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson |
| 13 |  | Phantasm (1979) | 2.9860 39 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$12.14
| Mike, a young teenage boy who has just lost his parents, is afraid to lose his brother. This fear ...more about Phantasm starring Bill Thornbury and Reggie Bannister |
| 14 |  | Pete's Dragon (1977) | 2.9654 13 reviews | G | Adventure, Fantasy, Musical, Family, Animation, Disney |
$17.87
| In New England in the early 20th century, Pete is a nine-year-old orphan escaping from his brutal ...more about Pete's Dragon starring Sean Marshall and Helen Reddy |
| 15 |  | Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) | 2.9371 29 reviews | G | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Family, Disney |
$12.30
| Tia (Kim Richards) and Tony (Ike Eisenmann) are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. ...more about Escape to Witch Mountain starring Eddie Albert and Ike Eisenmann |
| 16 |  | Black Hole, The (1979) | 2.9011 59 reviews | PG | Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Disney |
$7.02
| The crew of the spaceship Palamino stumbles across the "lost" ship U.S.S. Cygnus, hovering on the ...more about Black Hole starring Maximilian Schell and Anthony Perkins |
| 17 |  | Zardoz (1974) | 2.8795 61 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$3.84
| In the distant future Earth is divided into two camps, the barely civilized group and the overly ...more about Zardoz starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling |
| 18 |  | Tommy (1975) | 2.8530 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Musical |
$3.95
| Tommy is blind, deaf and dumb, but there is nothing wrong with him. As a small child, he ...more about Tommy starring Oliver Reed and Ann-Margret |
| 19 |  | King Kong (1976) | 2.8520 50 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Romance |
$3.42
| An expedition of the "Petrox" company, is exploring in search of petrol. A strange island where ...more about King Kong starring Jeff Bridges and Charles Grodin |
| 20 |  | Allegro non troppo (1977) | 2.8272 19 reviews | PG | Fantasy, Musical, Comedy, Animation |
$16.13
| An enthusiastic filmmaker thinks he's come up with a totally original idea: animation set to ...more about Allegro non troppo starring Mirella Falco and Maurizio Nichetti |
| 21 |  | Freaky Friday (1976) | 2.8170 11 reviews | G | Fantasy, Comedy, Family, Disney |
$7.34
| Schoolgirl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel. ...more about Freaky Friday starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster |
| 22 |  | Last Wave, The (1977) | 2.7868 18 reviews | NA | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery |
$21.95
| A Sydney lawyer has more to worry about than higher-than-average rainfall when he is called upon to ...more about Last Wave starring Richard Chamberlain and Olivia Hamnett |
| 23 |  | Golden Voyage of Sinbad, The (1974) | 2.7691 17 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Family |
$8.26
| Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the ...more about Golden Voyage of Sinbad starring Caroline Munro and Tom Baker |
| 24 |  | Jabberwocky (1977) |  2.7496 25 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy |
$19.99
| After the death of his father the young cooper 'Dennis Cooper' goes to town where he has to pass ...more about Jabberwocky starring Michael Palin and Harry H. Corbett |
| 25 |  | Herbie Rides Again (1974) | 2.6959 8 reviews | G | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Comedy, Family, Disney |
$7.34
| Alonzo Hawk is a mean-spirited property developer who has bought several blocks of land in the ...more about Herbie Rides Again starring Helen Hayes and Ken Berry |
| 26 |  | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) | 2.6777 19 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$8.91
| Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her ...more about On a Clear Day You Can See Forever starring Barbra Streisand and Larry Blyden |
| 27 |  | Oh, God! (1977) | 2.6767 19 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Comedy |
$9.48
| Jerry, a assistant grocery manager (John Denver) is approached by God to help spread his message. ...more about Oh starring John Denver and George Burns |
| 28 |  | Watership Down (1978) | 2.6710 13 reviews | PG | Drama, Fantasy, Family, Animation | N/A | Based upon Richard Adam's novel of the same title, this animated feature delves into the ...more about Watership Down starring John Hurt and Michael Graham Cox |
| 29 |  | Wizards (1977) | 2.6065 30 reviews | PG | War, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Animation |
$6.99
| In a post-apocalyptic future, humankind is destroyed and the fantastic races of ancient legend ...more about Wizards starring Bob Holt and Richard Romanus |
| 30 |  | Man of La Mancha (1972) | 2.5478 20 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$6.59
| This musical version of Don Quixote is framed by an incident allegedly from the life of its author, ...more about Man of La Mancha starring Peter O'Toole and Sophia Loren |
| 31 |  | Scrooge (1970) | 2.4411 17 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Christmas, Musical, Family |
$6.86
| This is a delightful musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol. Cold-souled ...more about Scrooge starring Albert Finney and Alec Guinness |
| 32 |  | Lord of the Rings, The (1978) | 2.4273 57 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Animation |
$8.49
| Only the first two parts of J.R.R. Tolkein's classic fantasy trilogy of the same name are covered ...more about Lord of the Rings starring Christopher Guard and William Squire |
| 33 |  | Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) | 2.3341 14 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Family |
$10.23
| Sinbad must deliver a prince transformed into a monkey to the lands of the Ademaspai to restore him ...more about Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger starring Patrick Wayne and Taryn Power |
| 34 |  | Spaceman and King Arthur, The (1979) | 2.2604 8 reviews | G | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Family, Disney |
$10.98
| A NASA spacecraft proves Einstein right when, travelling faster than light, it ends up near King ...more about Spaceman and King Arthur starring Dennis Dugan and Jim Dale |
| 35 |  | Strongest Man in the World, The (1975) |  2.2427 9 reviews | G | Fantasy, Comedy, Family, Teen, Disney |
$7.02
| A school laboratory accident mixes one student's vitamin cereal mix with Dexter Riley's chemical ...more about Strongest Man in the World starring Kurt Russell and Joe Flynn |
| 36 |  | Hercules in New York (1970) | 2.2188 8 reviews | NA | Action, Fantasy, Comedy |
$7.21
| After many centuries, Hercules gets bored living in Olympus (the home of the great Greek gods) and ...more about Hercules in New York starring Arnold Stang and Deborah Loomis |
| 37 |  | Man Who Haunted Himself, The (1970) | 2.2140 11 reviews | NA | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
$12.14
| While driving one evening, Harold Pelham appears possessed and has a car accident. While on the ...more about Man Who Haunted Himself starring Roger Moore and Hildegarde Neil |
| 38 |  | Return from Witch Mountain (1978) | 2.1770 12 reviews | G | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Family, Disney |
$12.30
| Tia and her brother Tony have supernatural powers, can communicate and move things with the power ...more about Return from Witch Mountain starring Bette Davis and Christopher Lee |
| 39 |  | Savages (1972) | 2.1666 6 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Comedy |
$21.95
| A tribe of primitive "mudpeople" encounter a croquet ball, rolling through their forest. Following ...more about Savages starring Anne Francine and Thayer David |
| 40 |  | Amazing Mr. Blunden, The (1972) | 2.1590 6 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Mystery, Family | N/A | A mysterious, very old solicitor Mr. Blunden ('Laurence Naismith' (qv)) visits Mrs. Allen and her ...more about Amazing Mr. Blunden starring Lynne Frederick and Rosalyn Landor |
| 41 | | Brewster McCloud (1970) | 2.1491 12 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Comedy | N/A | Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He ...more about Brewster McCloud starring Bud Cort and Sally Kellerman |
| 42 |  | Slipper and the Rose, The (1976) | 2.0007 6 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Family |
$14.95
| In the tiny kingdom of Euphrania, the King and his court are most anxious to get Prince Edward wed. ...more about Slipper and the Rose starring Richard Chamberlain and Gemma Craven |
| 43 | | 200 Motels (1971) | 1.9962 7 reviews | R | Fantasy, Comedy, Music | N/A | "Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him ...more about 200 Motels starring Theodore Bikel and Mark Volman |
| 44 | | Zaat (1975) | 1.9825 10 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi | N/A | A mad scientist (and apparent former Nazi) unleashes his master plan: to transform himself into a ...more about Zaat starring Marshall Grauer and Wade Popwell |
| 45 | | Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973) | 1.9026 5 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Family | N/A | ...more about Digby starring Jim Dale and Angela Douglas |
| 46 | | Warlords of Atlantis (1978) | 1.8706 4 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | N/A | Searching for the lost world of Atlantis, Prof. Aitken, his son Charles and Greg Collinson are ...more about Warlords of Atlantis starring Peter Gilmore and Shane Rimmer |
| 47 |  | Wiz, The (1978/I) | 1.8583 14 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy, Musical, Family |
$7.87
| An updated, urban, African-Americanized version of The Wizard of Oz. Dorthy gets whisked from her ...more about Wiz starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson |
| 48 | | From Beyond the Grave (1973) | 1.8482 8 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror | N/A | Anthology film from Amicus adapted from four short stories by R. Chetwynd-Hayes strung together ...more about From Beyond the Grave starring Peter Cushing and Ian Bannen |
| 49 | | Mother (1970) | 1.8379 3 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Romance, Comedy | N/A | Clyde King, a toy store employee whose hobbies include making wooden toys and stalking women, is ...more about Mother starring Julie Newmar and Wally Cox |
| 50 | | Beyond Atlantis (1973) | 1.8105 6 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi | N/A | ...more about Beyond Atlantis starring Patrick Wayne and John Ashley |
Copyright ©2008 TopTenREVIEWS, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of TopTenREVIEWS, Inc. is prohibited.
