Best Fantasy movies of 1960s

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.



Kingu Kongu tai Gojira(1962)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A pharmaceutical company captures King Kong and brings him to Japan, where he escapes from captivity and battles a recently released Godzilla.



Boccaccio 70(1962)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 9

Four directors tell tales of Eros fit for a 1970s Decameron. Working-class lovers, Renzo and Luciana, marry but must hide it from her employer; plus, they need a room of their own. A ...



7 Faces of Dr. Lao(1964)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 5

A mysterious circus comes to a western town bearing wonders and characters that entertain the inhabitants and teach valuable lessons.



Medea(1969)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 7

To win the kingdom his uncle took from his father, Jason must steal the golden fleece from the land of barbarians, where Medea is royalty and a powerful sorceress, where human sacrifice ...



Viy(1967)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 5

A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of witch in a small old wooden church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him.



Valerie a týden divu(1970)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Inspired by fairy-tales such as Alice in Wonderland and Little Red-Riding Hood, "Valerie and her Week of Wonders" is a surreal tale in which love, fear, sex and religion merge into one fantastic world.



On a Clear Day You Can See Forever(1970)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 7

A troubled young woman who visits a psychotherapist to help her quit smoking undergoes hypnosis and finds herself reliving a tragic Victorian romance from a past life.



Head(1968)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The Monkees are tossed about in a psychedelic, surrealist, plotless, circular bit of fun fluff.



Mysterious Island(1961)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 0

During the Civil War a group of Union soldiers and two Confederates escape the stockade using a hot air balloon and end up on a strange Pacific island.



Fando y Lis(1968)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Fando and his partially paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. Based on Jodorowsky's memories of a play by surrealist Fernando Arrabal.



Zazie dans le métro(1960)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 0

This merry farce depicts a satirical view of the French society: Ten-year-old Zazie has to stay two days with her relatives in Paris, so that her mother can spend some time with her lover. ...



Otoshiana(1962)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 4

A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of lost souls.



San daikaijû: Chikyû saidai no kessen(1964)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 0

After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.



Frosty(1964)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A fairy-tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.



Hibernatus(1969)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The frozen body of Paul Fournier is discovered in Greenland where he had disappeared during a scientific expedition in 1905. Perfectly conserved he is brought back to life in the 1960s. His...



Cinderfella(1960)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 4

This was Jerry Lewis' answer to the classic Cinderella story. When his father dies, poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and her two no-good sons, Maximilian and ...



House of Dark Shadows(1970)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 5

Vampire Barnabas Collins is accidentally released from his centuries-long confinement at his family's estate in Maine. He targets his clueless descendants who live there now and pursues Maggie, the incarnation of his lost love.



Count Yorga, Vampire(1970)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 7

A couple invites an émigré to conduct a seance for the girl's recently deceased mother, unaware he is a vampire.




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