Best Fantasy movies of 1970s

Star Wars(1977)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee, and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.



Monty Python and the Holy Grail(1975)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 78

King Arthur and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.



Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back(1980)

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Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 41

After the rebels are overpowered by the Empire on their newly established base, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Master Yoda. His friends accept shelter from a questionable ally as Darth Vader hunts them in a plan to capture Luke.



The Last Wave(1977)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 54

A Sydney lawyer defends five Aborigines in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions.



El espíritu de la colmena(1973)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 44

In 1940, after watching and being traumatized by the movie Frankenstein (1931), a sensitive seven year-old girl living in a small Spanish village drifts into her own fantasy world.



Jabberwocky(1977)

Combined Rating:
50
Combined Critics Rating: 45

A young peasant, with no interest in adventure or fortune, is mistaken as the kingdom's only hope when a horrible monster threatens the countryside.



Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory(1971)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 26

Charlie receives a golden ticket to a factory, his sweet tooth wants going into the lushing candy, it turns out there's an adventure in everything.



Xanadu(1980)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 41

The story of a girl who makes dreams come true.



Somewhere in Time(1980)

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Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 29

A Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to travel back in time and meet the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel.



The Lord of the Rings(1978)

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Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 23

The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.



Le roi et l'oiseau(1980)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 44

A chimney sweep and a shepherdess seek to escape from the clutches of a tyrannical king.



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.



Zardoz(1974)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 20

In the distant future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.



Freaky Friday(1976)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 26

A mother and daughter find their personalities switched and have to live each other's lives on one strange Friday.



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.



Peau d'âne(1970)

Combined Rating:
34
Combined Critics Rating: 35

A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry a man she doesn't love.



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.



Du bi quan wang da po xue di zi(1976)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 29

Tien Wu Chu, Chung-Erh Lung, Yu Wang, Kang Chin,
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After his students are killed by the One Armed Boxer, a vengeful and blind Kung Fu expert travels to a village where a martial arts contest is being held and vows to behead every one armed man he comes across.



Kanashimi no Beradonna(1973)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 35

After being banished from her village, a peasant woman makes a pact with the devil to gain magical ability.



Wizards(1977)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 18

On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a wizard and his faire folk comrades fight an evil wizard who's using technology in his bid for conquest.




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