Best Fantasy movies of 1980s

Conan the Destroyer(1984)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 17

Conan leads a ragtag group of adventurers on a quest for a princess.



Phantasm II(1988)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 33

Mike, now released from a psychiatric hospital, continues his journey to stop the evil Tall Man from his grim work.



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.



Red Sonja(1985)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A vengeful woman sets out to retrieve a magic orb from an evil queen whom she vows vengeance upon after the evil queen slain her family and her loyal warriors raped her.



Truly Madly Deeply(1990)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 36

A woman dealing with inconsolable grief over the death of her partner gets another chance when he returns to earth as a ghost.



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.



Masters of the Universe(1987)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 18

The heroic warrior He-Man battles against lord Skeletor and his armies of darkness for control of Castle Grayskull.



The Serpent and the Rainbow(1988)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 21

An anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies.



Santa sangre(1989)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 23

A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless mother - the leader of a strange religious cult -, and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name as he becomes "her arms".



Krull(1983)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.



Supergirl(1984)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 21

After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.



The Beastmaster(1982)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 19

A sword-and-sorcery fantasy about a young man's search for revenge. Armed with supernatural powers, the handsome hero and his animal allies wage war against marauding forces.



The Monster Squad(1987)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A young group of monster fanatics attempt to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monsters.



Nightbreed(1990)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 19

A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of monsters are hiding from humanity.



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.



*batteries not included(1987)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 13

Apartment block tenants seek the aid of alien mechanical life-forms to save their building from demolition.



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.



Pumpkinhead(1988)

Combined Rating:
33
Combined Critics Rating: 15

After a tragic accident, a man conjures up a towering, vengeful demon called Pumpkinhead to destroy a group of unsuspecting teenagers.



Kaze no tani no Naushika(1984)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Warrior/pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.



Teen Wolf Too(1987)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 20

Todd Howard is a struggling teenager. Nothing seems to be going very well for him, until he turns into a wolf.




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