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| 1 |  | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) |  3.9287 257 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Family |
$12.87
| An extra terrestrial is accidentally left behind on Earth. He befriends a boy named Elliot and his ...more about E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial starring Henry Thomas and Dee Wallace-Stone |
| 2 |  | Wings of Desire (1987) |  3.7197 45 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
$7.49
| Damiel (Bruno Ganz) is an angel who assists the needs of the people in Berlin. He decides to trade ...more about Wings of Desire starring Bruno Ganz and Curt Bois |
| 3 |  | Time Bandits (1981) | 3.5164 63 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Family |
$9.10
| A young boy joins a group of dwarfs on an adventure through time. He follows them through ...more about Time Bandits starring John Cleese and Sean Connery |
| 4 |  | Return of the Living Dead, The (1985) |  3.2449 38 reviews | R | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$5.25
| Two medical supply warehouse workers unknowingly release a secret chemical rumored to re-animate ...more about Return of the Living Dead starring Clu Gulager and James Karen |
| 5 |  | Gremlins (1984) | 3.2338 58 reviews | PG | Fantasy, Horror, Comedy |
$4.99
| A small quiet town is turned upside down when Joe breaks all the rules for owning a Mogwai. Soon ...more about Gremlins starring Hoyt Axton and John Louie |
| 6 |  | Ghost Busters (1984) | 3.2317 58 reviews | PG | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$4.43
| Three paranormal investigators begin ghost hunting in NYC shortly after their university funding ...more about Ghost Busters starring Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd |
| 7 |  | Conan the Barbarian (1982) | 3.2316 89 reviews | R | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
$5.85
| As a child, Conan is enslaved by the warriors that killed his parents. When he is released from ...more about Conan the Barbarian starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones |
| 8 |  | Princess Bride, The (1987) | 3.2164 130 reviews | PG | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Comedy |
$5.99
| Princess Buttercup is being held against her will and forced to marry the evil Prince Humperdinck. ...more about Princess Bride starring Cary Elwes and Robin Wright Penn |
| 9 |  | Field of Dreams (1989) | 3.1945 60 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Sports |
$4.49
| An Iowa farmer begins to hear a voice telling him to build a baseball field. When his task is ...more about Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner and Amy Madigan |
| 10 |  | Dead Zone, The (1983) | 3.1793 72 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
$7.45
| After a five-year coma, Johnny Smith develops the ability to see people's future just by touching ...more about Dead Zone starring Christopher Walken and Brooke Adams |
| 11 |  | Evil Dead, The (1981) | 3.1519 152 reviews | NC-17 | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
$6.84
| Five college friends are forced to spend the night in a remote abandoned cabin. There they find the ...more about Evil Dead starring Bruce Campbell and Ellen Sandweiss |
| 12 |  | Nightmare On Elm Street, A (1984) | 3.1405 88 reviews | NA | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
$6.53
| Seeking his revenge on the parents of Elm Street, Freddy Kruger invades the dreams of their ...more about Nightmare On Elm Street starring Ronee Blakley and Heather Langenkamp |
| 13 |  | Superman II (1980) | 3.1311 62 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$5.99
| When Superman saves Paris by throwing a nuclear bomb into outer space, he awakens three exiled ...more about Superman II starring Gene Hackman and Christopher Reeve |
| 14 |  | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 3.1167 79 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Fantasy |
$43.99
| Renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, returns for the 3rd and final ...more about Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade starring Harrison Ford and Sean Connery |
| 15 |  | Star Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | 3.0983 107 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$8.26
| As the Empire builds a new Death Star, Luke must save his friends from Jabba the Hut, but when Luke ...more about Star Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedi starring Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford |
| 16 |  | Big Trouble in Little China (1986) | 3.0960 102 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy |
$4.11
| Tough as nails trucker, Jack Burton, agrees to pick up his friend's girlfriend at the airport, but ...more about Big Trouble in Little China starring Kurt Russell and Kim Cattrall |
| 17 |  | Excalibur (1981) | 3.0893 61 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy |
$4.50
| The myth of King Arthur brought once again to the screen. Uthur Pendragon is given the mystical ...more about Excalibur starring Nigel Terry and Helen Mirren |
| 18 |  | Brazil (1985) | 3.0674 100 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Cult |
$8.89
| Sam lives in a world of technology, where the government takes extreme anti-terrorism measures. ...more about Brazil starring Jonathan Pryce and Robert De Niro |
| 19 |  | Dark Crystal, The (1982) | 3.0607 80 reviews | PG | Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Animation |
$5.99
| The last two Gelfings embark on a mission to find and restore the last shard of the Dark Crystal ...more about Dark Crystal starring Jim Henson and Kathryn Mullen |
| 20 |  | Videodrome (1983) | 3.0537 94 reviews | R | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$6.99
| A sleazy television producer stumbles upon a program that broadcasts snuff films called, ...more about Videodrome starring James Woods and Sonja Smits |
| 21 |  | Big (1988) | 3.0459 45 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Comedy, Family |
$9.99
| A young boy makes a wish at a fairground machine to be big. He wakes up the following morning to ...more about Big starring Tom Hanks and Elizabeth Perkins |
| 22 |  | Legend (1985) | 3.0418 73 reviews | PG | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance |
$8.99
| "Darkness" seeks to entrap the world in eternal night by destroying the last of the unicorns. It is ...more about Legend starring Tom Cruise and Mia Sara |
| 23 |  | Purple Rose of Cairo, The (1985) | 3.0410 33 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Romance, Comedy |
$5.69
| Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey during the Depression and is searching for an escape from her ...more about Purple Rose of Cairo starring Mia Farrow and Jeff Daniels |
| 24 |  | Labyrinth (1986) | 3.0308 66 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy, Musical, Family |
$3.86
| Sarah must navigate her way through an elaborate labyrinth with riddles and dead ends at every turn ...more about Labyrinth starring David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly |
| 25 |  | Beetlejuice (1988) | 3.0246 62 reviews | PG | Fantasy, Horror, Comedy |
$2.87
| A recently dead couple refuses to allow a new family to move into their house. To scare them off ...more about Beetlejuice starring Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis |
| 26 |  | Black Cauldron, The (1985) | 3.0239 27 reviews | PG | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Family, Animation, Disney |
$10.98
| Centuries ago, in the land of Prydain, a young man named, Taran is given the task of protecting Hen ...more about Black Cauldron starring John Hurt and Freddie Jones |
| 27 |  | Tron (1982) | 3.0211 104 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$12.34
| A video game programmer is literally transported into the hard drive of the system he is trying to ...more about Tron starring Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner |
| 28 |  | Christine (1983) | 3.0176 63 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
$9.66
| When Arnie falls in love with his new car "Christine" she falls in love back and there is little ...more about Christine starring Keith Gordon and John Stockwell |
| 29 |  | Batman (1989) | 3.0160 92 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Fantasy, Crime |
$5.50
| Gotham City: dark, dangerous, 'protected' only by a mostly corrupt police department. Despite the ...more about Batman starring Michael Keaton and Kim Basinger |
| 30 |  | Creepshow (1982) | 3.0009 50 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$1.96
| Five tales of terror are presented in the gothic style of the old EC comics such as Tales From The ...more about Creepshow starring Hal Holbrook and Adrienne Barbeau |
| 31 |  | Flash Gordon (1980) | 3.0000 19 reviews | NA | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy | N/A | In this update of the 1930's comic strip, Flash is a football hero who is skyjacked aboard Dr. ...more about Flash Gordon starring Sam J. Jones and Melody Anderson |
| 32 |  | Back to the Future Part II (1989) | 2.9958 53 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$18.56
| The second part of the trilogy begins as Doc, Marty and Jennifer take the time-traveling DeLorean ...more about Back to the Future Part II starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd |
| 33 |  | Dune (1984) | 2.9863 90 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$9.58
| In the far future, a duke and his family are sent by the Emperor to a sand world from which comes a ...more about Dune starring Francesca Annis and Leonardo Cimino |
| 34 |  | Dragonslayer (1981) | 2.9821 49 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
$3.90
| A King has made a pact with a dragon where he sacrfices virgins to it, and the dragon leaves his ...more about Dragonslayer starring Peter MacNicol and Caitlin Clarke |
| 35 |  | Meaning of Life, The (1983) | 2.9816 34 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Musical, Comedy |
$8.11
| The comedy groups last full length movie returns to the feel of the hugely popular BBC TV show. It ...more about Meaning of Life starring Graham Chapman and John Cleese |
| 36 |  | Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A (1987) | 2.9778 44 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy |
$5.99
| Picking up where the original Nightmare left off, Nancy has grown up and become a psychiatrist ...more about Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors starring Nan Martin and Heather Langenkamp |
| 37 |  | Willow (1988) | 2.9716 72 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy |
$7.50
| Willow, a small farmer/apprentice magician, meets Madmartigan, a great swordsman, and together they ...more about Willow starring Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley |
| 38 |  | Highlander (1986) | 2.9656 53 reviews | R | Action, Fantasy |
$5.07
| A rare clan of immortals can only be killed by one of their own kind. Many have been alive for ...more about Highlander starring Christopher Lambert and Roxanne Hart |
| 39 |  | Company of Wolves, The (1984) | 2.9650 35 reviews | R | Fantasy, Horror |
$16.08
| This movie is in fact a magical bag full of symbolic folklore about werewolves, or, rather, their ...more about Company of Wolves starring Angela Lansbury and David Warner |
| 40 |  | Splash (1984) | 2.9556 22 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Romance, Comedy |
$7.02
| Allen Bauer is rescued from drowning as a young boy off Cape Cod by a young mermaid. Years later he ...more about Splash starring Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah |
| 41 |  | Xanadu (1980) | 2.9552 26 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Musical, Romance |
$5.95
| The Greek muses incarnate themselves on Earth to inspire men to achieve. One of them, incarnated as ...more about Xanadu starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly |
| 42 |  | Ladyhawke (1985) | 2.9446 36 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance |
$9.48
| Philipe Gastone, a thief, escapes from the dungeon at Aquila, sparking a manhunt. He is nearly ...more about Ladyhawke starring Matthew Broderick and Rutger Hauer |
| 43 |  | Hellraiser (1987) | 2.9435 49 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror |
$5.07
| Clive Barker's feature directing debut graphically depicts the tale of a man and wife who move into ...more about Hellraiser starring Andrew Robinson and Clare Higgins |
| 44 |  | Return to Oz (1985) | 2.9386 15 reviews | PG | Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Disney |
$7.02
| Dorothy, back in Kansas, can't stop thinking about Oz, and even believes that her friends have sent ...more about Return to Oz starring Fairuza Balk and Nicol Williamson |
| 45 |  | Clash of the Titans (1981) | 2.9372 55 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Family |
$3.59
| Perseus has to rescue Andromeda, before she has to marry a monster. Zeus has set up a few tests for ...more about Clash of the Titans starring Laurence Olivier and Claire Bloom |
| 46 |  | Somewhere in Time (1980) | 2.9353 29 reviews | PG | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
$5.95
| Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs ...more about Somewhere in Time starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour |
| 47 |  | Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The (1988) | 2.9316 52 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy |
$22.94
| The fantastic tale of a 17th century aristocrat, his talented henchmen and a little girl in their ...more about Adventures of Baron Munchausen starring Eric Idle and Sarah Polley |
| 48 |  | Phenomena (1985) | 2.9241 54 reviews | NA | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery | N/A | Jennifer Corvino, the daughter of a famous actor, has had trouble with sleepwalking for some time. ...more about Phenomena starring Jennifer Connelly and Daria Nicolodi |
| 49 |  | Children of the Corn (1984) | 2.8841 45 reviews | NA | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
$5.07
| A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to ...more about Children of the Corn starring Peter Horton and Linda Hamilton |
| 50 |  | Heavy Metal (1981) | 2.8808 55 reviews | R | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Musical, Animation |
$19.19
| Loc-Nar, a glowing green orb and embodiment of evil, shows a little girl nine animated shorts ...more about Heavy Metal starring Don Francks and Al Waxman |
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