Best Fantasy movies of 1970s

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.



Escape to Witch Mountain(1975)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 15

Two mysterious orphan children have extraordinary powers and are chased by a scheming millionaire. But where do these kids really call home?



Hercules in New York(1970)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 6

Hercules (Schwarzenegger) is sent to Earth where he finds true love and starts a promising career in the bodybuilder business.



La montaña sagrada(1973)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a Christ-like character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.



Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band(1978)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Small town band hits it big, but they must battle a nefarious plot in the music industry.



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.



Blacula(1972)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 17

An ancient African prince, turned into a vampire by Dracula himself, finds himself in modern Los Angeles.



The Golden Voyage of Sinbad(1973)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 11

Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile...



Brewster McCloud(1970)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 15

An introverted loner living in the bowels of the Astrodome plots to develop - with the aid of a mysterious guardian angel - a pair of wings that will help him fly.



Audrey Rose(1977)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 12

A stranger attempts to convince a happily married couple that their daughter is actually his daughter reincarnated.



Oh Heavenly Dog(1980)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 21

Benji, Jane Seymour, Omar Sharif, Chevy Chase,
Joe Camp,

A murdered detective must avenge his murder after he is reincarnated as a dog.



Taste the Blood of Dracula(1970)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 9

Three middle-aged distinguished gentlemen are searching for some excitement in their boring bourgeois lives and get in contact with one of Count Dracula's servants, Lord Courtley. In a ...



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.



Dracula A.D. 1972(1972)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 8

Johnny Alucard raises Count Dracula from the dead in London in 1972. The Count goes after the descendants of Van Helsing.



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.



Forbidden Zone(1980)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 9

The bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement.



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.



Desperate Living(1977)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 7

A neurotic society woman murders her husband with the help of her maid and, on the lam, escape to Mortville, a homeless community ruled over by a fascist queen.



Three Wishes for Cinderella(1973)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Life changes dramatically for a Czech housemaid when the house driver gives her three magical hazel nuts.



At the Earth's Core(1976)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 7

A Victorian era scientist and his assistant take a test run in their Iron Mole drilling machine and end up in a strange underground labyrinth ruled by a species of giant telepathic bird and full of prehistoric monsters and cavemen.




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