Best Fantasy movies of 1980s

18 Again!(1988)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 6

By means of an accident the soul of David and his swinging grandfather get swapped. While the grandfather's body is still in coma, he enjoys having a young body again and repairs some facts...



Saturday the 14th(1981)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 8

A family moves into a house inhabited by scary creatures and a number of close calls ensue.



De lift(1983)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A lift begins displaying some erratic behavior, like trapping some party goers and nearly suffocating them, and decapitating a security guard. Felix, the technician from the lift company, ...



Oh, God! You Devil(1984)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 9

George Burns is back as God, but oops, here he is as Satan, too. A young rock star is ready to sell his soul to Satan, and Satan is all too happy to oblige. Oops! Seems the fellow was ...



Absolute Beginners(1986)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 7

In 1958 London a young photographer seeks media stardom to keep the love of a beautiful, aspiring fashion designer.



Like Father Like Son(1987)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A mysterious potion switches the personalities of a buttoned up doctor and his laid back son.



Modern Problems(1981)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fiedler, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses not only to win her back, but to gain a little revenge.



Two of a Kind(1983)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 3

God has had just about enough of the human's attitude so he will destroy the planet very soon. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank teller, both with very amateur criminal minds, to...



Non ci resta che piangere(1984)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A teacher (Saverio) and a schoolkeeper (Mario) get lost in the Italian countryside. They find themselves in the late 15th century, they met Leonardo da Vinci and try to teach him how to ...



Mio min Mio(1987)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A fantasy about the lonely boy who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real father is the king. In that country he sets out on a quest, ...



Yôjû toshi(1987)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Two agents - a lady-killer human and a voluptuous demon - attempt to protect a signatory to a peace ceremony between the human world and the "Black World" from radicalized demons.



Date with an Angel(1987)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 8

Jim is soon to be married to Patty, but when he wakes up after a bachelor party thrown by his friends, he finds an injured angel in his pool. When Patty sees her, she thinks he's seeing ...



L'uomo puma(1980)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Low-budget film about a young man given a mystical medallion by an Aztec shaman, in order to become a puma-empowered champion like his father before him. In trying to initially locate the ...



Hawk the Slayer(1980)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 4

With the aid of his companions, a man seeks to defeat his evil brother who has taken a nun hostage.



Los nuevos extraterrestres(1983)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A young boy in the woods discovers a lovable alien...or is it?



Tenshi no tamago(1985)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.



Some Girls(1988)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 5

Michael, a college student, visits his girlfriend Gabriella and her family for Christmas in Canada. When he gets there, she tells him that she doesn't love him any more. Michael attempts to...



The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie(1989)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Toxie finds he has nothing to do as a superhero, as he has ridden his city of evil. He decides to go to work for a major corporation, which he discovers may be the evilest of all his adversaries.



Oh, God! Book II(1980)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 6

God asks a young girl to help spread his word and influence with a slogan.



The Devil and Max Devlin(1981)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 10

Max, a dead corrupt businessman, makes a Faustian pact with Satan's henchman to drive three people to Hell in exchange for longer life. Soon Max realizes that there still may be good in him.




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