Best Fantasy movies that are award winners or nominees

Heaven Can Wait(1978)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 24

A Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die, returns to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire.



Return to Oz(1985)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 21

Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, is somehow called back to Oz when a vain witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful.



The Wiz(1978)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 20

An adaptation of 'The Wizard of Oz' that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.



Dragonslayer(1981)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A young wizarding apprentice is sent to kill a dragon which has been devouring girls from a nearby kingdom.



The Preacher's Wife(1996)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 24

Good natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood they live in. On top of all ...



Phantom of the Paradise(1974)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.



Young Sherlock Holmes(1985)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 15

When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes decides to investigate.



Mary Poppins Returns(2018)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 48

Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives.



Chances Are(1989)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A reincarnated man unknowingly falls in love with his own daughter from his previous life. Once he realizes this, he tries to end their relationship before angels erase his memory.



Oh, God!(1977)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 17

When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.



The Milagro Beanfield War(1988)

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Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 19

In Milagro, a small town in the American Southwest, Ladd Devine plans to build a major new resort development. While activist Ruby Archuleta and lawyer/newspaper editor Charlie Bloom ...



Mannequin(1987)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A young artist, searching for his vocation, makes a mannequin so perfect he falls in love with it. Finding the mannequin in a store window, he gets a job there and his creation comes to life.



O Lucky Man!(1973)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 14

This sprawling, surrealist musical serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in Europe. Many actors play multiple roles, giving the film a stagy tone.



All of Me(1984)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A dying millionaire has her soul transferred into a younger, willing woman. However, something goes wrong, and she finds herself in her lawyer's body - together with the lawyer.



The Clan of the Cave Bear(1986)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 8

A young Cro-Magnon woman is raised by Neanderthals.



Man of La Mancha(1972)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 11

The funny story of mad but kind and chivalrous elderly nobleman Don Quixote who, aided by his squire Sancho Panza, fights windmills that are seen as dragons to save prostitute Dulcinea who is seen as a noblewoman.



Herbie Rides Again(1974)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 4

The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.



Finian's Rainbow(1968)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 11

An Irish immigrant and his daughter move into a town in the American South with a magical piece of gold that will change people's lives, including a struggling farmer and African American citizens threatened by a bigoted politician.



Scrooge(1970)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.



Switch(1991)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Steve Brooks is a sexist and the prototype macho. Unfortunately one day he is killed by one of his girlfriends. In heaven, though, there is no place for men like him and he is sent back to ...




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