Top Rated Fantasy Movies on Kanopy - Page 3

Wish Upon

2017

Wish Upon

2017
5.7
A teenage girl discovers a box with magical powers, but those powers comes with a deadly price.
Across the Universe

2007

Across the Universe

2007
7.1
When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, who joins the growing anti-war movement. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find themselves in a psychedelic world gone mad.
Sliding Doors

1998

Sliding Doors

1998
6.6
Helen, a London ad executive, is fired from her job and rushes out to catch a train, but, as she runs down, her life suddenly splits off. In one version she catches the train; in the second, she misses it. Her whole life changes in that one second, and the rest of the film depicts what happens in each scenario.
Valhalla Rising

2009

Valhalla Rising

2009
6.1
Scandinavia, 1,000 AD. For years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight, One Eye and Are board a Viking vessel, but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that clears only as the crew sights an unknown land. As the new world reveals its secrets and the Vikings confront their terrible and bloody fate, One Eye discovers his true self.
Teen Wolf

1985

Teen Wolf

1985
6.2
When a shy teenager's new-found powers help him score at basketball - and with the popular girls - he has some pretty hairy decisions to make.
Holy Motors

2012

Holy Motors

2012
7
We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful, sometimes old. By turns murderer, beggar, company chairman, monstrous creature, worker, family man.
The Dark Crystal

1982

The Dark Crystal

1982
7.1
On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds

2017

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds

2017
8
Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.
The Hudsucker Proxy

1994

The Hudsucker Proxy

1994
7.1
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
The Water Horse

2007

The Water Horse

2007
6.5
A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.
Excalibur

1981

Excalibur

1981
7
A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur" chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately, his death.
It's a Boy Girl Thing

2006

It's a Boy Girl Thing

2006
6.5
A visit to a natural history museum proves catastrophic for two high school rivals, an overachiever and a jock, when an ancient Aztec statue casts a spell that causes them to switch bodies and see exactly what it's like to walk in the other's shoes.
The Spirit

2008

The Spirit

2008
4.8
A Rookie cop named Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces from the shadows of Central City. The Octopus, who kills anyone unfortunate enough to see his face, has other plans; he is going to wipe out the entire city.
The Legend of Bagger Vance

2000

The Legend of Bagger Vance

2000
6.6
World War I has left golfer Rannulph Junuh a poker-playing alcoholic, his perfect swing gone. Now, however, he needs to get it back to play in a tournament to save the financially ravaged golf course of a long-ago sweetheart. Help arrives in the form of mysterious caddy Bagger Vance.
The Secret Garden

1993

The Secret Garden

1993
7.4
A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and forgotten. Aided by one of the servants' boys, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.
Forever Young

1992

Forever Young

1992
6.5
A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that he doesn't have to watch his love lying in a coma. The next thing Daniel knows is that he's been awoken in 1992.
Byzantium

2013

Byzantium

2013
6.3
Residents of a coastal town learn, with deadly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought refuge at a local resort.
Border

2018

Border

2018
6.7
When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, she is forced to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.
King Kong

1976

King Kong

1976
6.3
An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.
Diary of the Dead

2007

Diary of the Dead

2007
5.6
A group of young filmmakers encounter real zombies while filming a horror movie of their own.