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.



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.



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 ...



On a Clear Day You Can See Forever(1970)

Combined Rating:
15
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.



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.



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.



Head(1968)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 0

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



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. ...



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.



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...



Count Yorga, Vampire(1970)

Combined Rating:
12
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.



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: 6

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.




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