The A, B, C’s of Fantasy Films:
(I have seen the ones in bold.)
A: Arabian Nights Adventurer
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- The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
- The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
- The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
- Sinbad, the Sailor (1947)
- Bagdad (1949)
- The Singing Princess (1949)
- Flame of Araby (1951)
- Kismet (1955)
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
- The Thief of Baghdad (1961)
- The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
- Arabian Nights (1974)
- Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
- Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (1982)
- Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
- Aladdin (1992)
- The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
- Arabian Nights (2000)
- Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
- Aladdin (2019)
B: Barbarian
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- Robert E. Howard’s Hyborian Age (films)
- Conan the Barbarian (1982)
- Conan the Destroyer (1984)
- Red Sonja (1985)
- Kull the Conqueror (1997)
- Solomon Kane (2009)
- Conan the Barbarian (2011)
- The Beastmaster (1982)
- Barbarian Queen (1985)
- Attila (2001)
- Robert E. Howard’s Hyborian Age (films)
C: Celtic Warrior
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- Asterix the Gaul (1967)
- Boudica Warrior Queen (2003)
- Disney Pixar’s Brave (2012)
- The Gaelic King (2017)
D: Dragonslayer
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- Fritz Lang’s Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
- Fritz Lang’s Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild’s Revenge (1924)
- The Magic Sword (St. George and the Dragon) (1962)
- Dragonslayer (1981)
E: Enchantress/Sorcerer
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- Disney’s Fantasia (1940) – “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
- Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- Willow (1988)
- Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (2017)
F: Fairyfolk
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- William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)
- Disney’s Fantasia (1940) – “The Nutcracker Suite”
- Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal (1982) & Labyrinth (1986)
- The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
- Disney’s Maleficent (2014) & Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
G: Giantslayer
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- Edison Studios Jack and the Beanstalk (1902)
- Disney’s Fun and Fancy Free (1947) – “Mickey and the Beanstalk”
- Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
- Disney’s Into the Woods (2014)
H: Hero
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- Helen of Troy (1956)
- Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
- Clash of the Titans (1981)
- 300 (2006)
I: Immortal
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- Highlander (1986)
- Highlander II: The Quickening “Renegade Version” (1991)
- Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1995)
- Highlander: Endgame (2000)
J: Jungle Explorer
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- Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
- Rudyard Kipling/Disney’s The Jungle Book (1967)
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
- Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
K: Knight
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- A Connecticut Yankee (1931)
- The Crusades (1935)
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1949)
- Ivanhoe (1952)
- Knights of the Round Table (1953)
- Prince Valiant (1954)
- Disney’s The Sword in the Stone (1963)
- Camelot (1967)
- Lancelot du Lac (1974)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- Excalibur (1981)
- First Knight (1995)
- Prince Valiant (1997)
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
- Arn: The Knight Templar (2007)
- The Green Knight (2021)
L: Lost Boy
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- Peter Pan (1924)
- Disney’s Peter Pan (1953)
- Hook (1991)
- Peter Pan (2003)
M: Middle Earther
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- The Hobbit (1977)
- The Lord of the Rings (1978)
- Lord of the Rings film trilogy
- The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- The Two Towers (2002)
- The Return of the King (2003)
- The Hobbit film trilogy
- An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
- The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
N: Narnian
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- The Chronicles of Narnia (1988-1990)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
O: Ozian
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- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- Disney’s Return to Oz (1985)
- Disney’s Oz The Great and Powerful (2013)
P: Princess/Prince
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- Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
- Disney’s Sleeping Beauty (1959)
- The Princess Bride (1987)
- Disney’s The Little Mermaid (1989)
Q: Queen Challenger
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- Disney’s Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- Alice in Wonderland (1999)
- Disney’s Alice in Wonderland (2010)
- Disney’s Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
R: Roman Hero
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- Spartacus (1960)
- Cleopatra (1963)
- Gladiator (2000)
- The First King: Birth Of An Empire (Romulus v Remus: The First King) (2019)
S: Sailor/Pirate
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- Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island (1950)
- Cutthroat Island (1995)
- Pirates of the Caribbean film series
- The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
- Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
- At World’s End (2007)
- On Stranger Tides (2011)
- Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
T: Thief
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- Robin Hood (1922)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
- Disney’s Robin Hood (1973)
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
U: Unicorn Whisperer
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- The Last Unicorn (1982)
- Legend (1985)
- Stardust (2007)
- The Secret of Moonacre (2008)
V: Viking
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- The Viking (1928)
- The Vikings (1958)
- Hagbard and Signe (1967)
- When the Raven Flies (1984)
- The 13th Warrior (1999)
- Pathfinder (2007)
- How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
- The Northman (2022)
W: Wizard
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- Harry Potter film series
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
- Fantastic Beasts film series
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2002)
- Harry Potter film series
X: Xanadu Explorer
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- The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
- Doctor Who – “Marco Polo” (1964)
- Marco the Magnificent (1965)
- The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo on His Journeys to the Ends of the Earth (1998)
- Disney’s Mulan (1998)
- Marco Polo (2014-2016)
Y: Yahoo Traveler
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- Georges Méliès’s Guliver’s Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (1902)
- Gulliver’s Travels (1939)
- Gulliver’s Travels (1996)
- Gulliver’s Travels (2010)
Z: Zelda/Hylian
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- The Legend of Zelda (1989)