Subgenre Sampler
Family > Fantasy: 292 Films to Buy & Rent
Golden Voyage of Sinbad, The (1973)
- Dir. Gordon Hessler
Feat. John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker…
- Arabian Nightish saga with Tom Baker (Dr Who) as Sinbad's adversary. The swordplay of a six–armed statue is but one of the Harryhausen FX…
Sigmund and the Seamonsters (TV Series) (1973-1975)
- Sid and Marty Krofft's low–budget kids sitcom about two brothers, Johnny and Scott, who harbour a friendly sea monster named Sigmund in their…
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
- Dir. William Sterling
Feat. Michael Crawford, Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore…
- Star–packed, centennial adaptation of Lewis Carroll's masterpiece follows young Alice (Fullerton) down the rabbithole and on to her adventures…
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Angela Lansbury
- An apprentice witch wants to use her powers to contribute to the English war effort against the Nazis, plus a trip to the cartoon Island of…
Lidsville (TV Series) (1971)
- Feat. Charles Nelson Reilly, Butch Patrick, Billie Hayes
- Kookiest and perhaps the most hilarious of the Sid & Marty Krofft children's productions about a teenager who gets lost in a fantasy world of…
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory) (1971)
- Dir. Mel Stuart
Feat. Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson
- Roald Dahl adapts his own book for this lively, almost psychedelic musical adaptation about a boy's desire to see inside a chocolate factory run by…
Donkey Skin (Peau d'âne) (1970)
- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Delphine Seyrig…
- A vibrant, whimsical and genuinely fantastic adaptation of Perrault's classic 17th century fairy tale in which a Princess (Deneuve) disguises herself…
World of Sid & Marty Krofft, The (1969-1984)
- Excellent sampler of the children’s television productions made by the Krofft brothers, whose most famous hit was perhaps 'H.R. Pufnstuf', but who…
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Peter Ustinov
- Peter Ustinov applies his comic talents to playing the ghost of the notorious pirate, conjured into the present by Disney Studios, to rescue a high…
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
- Dir. Ken Hughes
Feat. Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries…
- Dick Van Dyke stars as eccentric inventor and who gives a run–down race car a magical new lease of life.
This musical comedy masterpiece…