List of fantasy films of the 1980s
A list of fantasy films released in the 1980s.
List
Title |
Director |
Cast |
Country |
Notes
|
1980
|
Return of the King |
Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. |
Orson Bean, John Huston, Roddy McDowall |
United States |
Television movie, Animated film
|
Xanadu |
Robert Greenwald |
Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck, Sandahl Bergman |
United States |
|
Dumbrava minunată (film) [ro] |
Gheorghe Naghi |
Diana Muscă, Ernest Maftei, Elena Drăgoi |
Romania |
|
Hawk the Slayer |
Terry Marcel |
Jack Palance, John Terry, Bernard Bresslaw, Patricia Quinn, W. Morgan Sheppard |
United States United Kingdom |
|
1981
|
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire |
Nicholas Corea |
Lane Caudell, Belinda Bauer, Victor Campos, Kabir Bedi, George Kennedy |
United States |
German: de:Der Zauberbogen
|
Clash of the Titans |
Desmond Davis |
Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Claire Bloom, Maggie Smith, Burgess Meredith, Ursula Andress, Neil McCarthy, Judi Bowker, Neil McCarthy, Siân Phillips |
United Kingdom United States |
|
Dragonslayer |
Matthew Robbins |
Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ian McDiarmid, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam, Peter Eyre, Albert Salmi |
United Kingdom |
|
Excalibur |
John Boorman |
Liam Neeson, Patrick Stewart, Gabriel Byrne, Helen Mirren, Nicol Williamson, Nigel Terry, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi |
United Kingdom |
|
Heavy Metal |
Gerald Potterton |
John Candy, Eugene Levy, John Vernon, Richard Romanus |
Canada |
Animated film
|
Time Bandits |
Terry Gilliam |
John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Ian Holm, Kenny Baker, Jim Broadbent, Derrick O'Connor, Ralph Richardson, Katherine Helmond, Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan, David Rappaport, David Warner |
United Kingdom |
|
Maria, Mirabela |
Ion Popescu-Gopo |
Gilda Manolescu, Medeea Marinescu, Ingrid Celia |
Romania, Soviet Union |
Live-action/animated film
|
1982
|
Along Unknown Paths (ru) |
Mikhail Yuzovsky |
Tatyana Peltzer, Aleksandr Filippenko, Tatyana Aksyuta |
Soviet Union |
[1]
|
Ator the Fighting Eagle |
Joe D'Amato |
Miles O'Keeffe, Sabrina Siani, Ritza Brown |
Italy |
|
Sorceress |
Jack Hill |
Leigh Harris, Lynette Harris, Roberto Harris, David Millbern, Bruno Rey |
United States Mexico |
|
The Beastmaster |
Don Coscarelli |
Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn, John Amos, Rod Loomis, Ralph Strait, Billy Jayne, Joshua Milrad |
United States |
|
Conan the Barbarian |
John Milius |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman, Mako, Franco Columbu, Sven-Ole Thorsen |
United States |
|
The Dark Crystal |
Jim Henson |
Frank Oz, Kathryn Mullen, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Louise Gold, Mike Quinn |
United States United Kingdom |
|
The Flight of Dragons |
Jules Bass, |
John Ritter, James Earl Jones, Arthur Rankin Jr., Victor Buono, Harry Morgan, Larry Storch, Ed Peck, Nellie Bellflower, |
United States |
Television movie, Animated film
|
Forbidden Zone |
Richard Elfman |
Hervé Villechaize, Susan Tyrrell |
United States |
|
The Last Unicorn |
Jules Bass |
Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Alan Arkin, Arthur Rankin Jr., Tammy Grimes, Robert Klein, Christopher Lee, Nellie Bellflower, Keenan Wynn |
United States |
Animated film
|
The Secret of NIMH |
Don Bluth |
Hermione Baddeley, John Carradine, Tom Hatten, Dom DeLuise, Wil Wheaton, Elizabeth Hartman, Derek Jacobi, Arthur Malet, Shannen Doherty, Paul Shenar, Peter Strauss |
United States |
Animated film
|
The Sword and the Sorcerer |
Albert Pyun |
Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, Simon MacCorkindale, George Maharis, Richard Lynch |
United States |
|
1983
|
Conquest |
Lucio Fulci |
Jorge Rivero, Andrea Occhipinti, Sabrina Siani |
Italy Mexico Spain |
|
Deathstalker |
James Sbardellati |
Richard Hill, Barbi Benton, Richard Brooker |
United States |
|
Fire and Ice |
Ralph Bakshi |
Randy Norton, Cynthea Leake |
United States |
Animated film
|
Hercules
|
Luigi Cozzi
|
Lou Ferrigno, Sybil Danning, Brad Harris, Rossana Podesta, Mirella D'Angelo, William Berger, Eva Robin's
|
Italy, United States
|
Krull |
Peter Yates |
Ken Marshall, Liam Neeson, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Robbie Coltrane, Bernard Bresslaw |
United States United Kingdom |
|
The Man Who Wasn't There |
Bruce Malmuth |
Steve Guttenberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Lisa Langlois |
United States |
|
Mary Poppins, Goodbye |
Leonid Kvinikhidze |
Natalya Andrejchenko, Albert Filozov, Lembit Ulfsak |
Soviet Union |
|
Sorcerers |
Konstantin Bromberg |
Aleksandra Yakovleva, Aleksandr Abdulov, Yekaterina Vasilyeva, Valentin Gaft |
Soviet Union |
|
Thor the Conqueror |
Tonino Ricci, Anthony Richmond |
Conrad Nichols, Christopher Holm, Maria Romano |
Italy |
|
Zu Warriors |
Tsui Hark |
Yuen Biao |
Hong Kong |
|
1984
|
All of Me |
Carl Reiner |
Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant, Richard Libertini |
United States |
|
Ator 2 - L'invincibile Orion |
Joe D'Amato |
Miles O'Keeffe, Lisa Foster, Charles Borromel |
Italy |
|
The Company of Wolves |
Neil Jordan |
Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Stephen Rea |
United Kingdom |
|
Conan the Destroyer |
Richard Fleischer |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain |
United States |
|
A Fairy Tale of Wanderings |
Alexander Mitta |
Andrei Mironov, Tatiana Aksyuta |
Soviet Union |
[2]
|
Formula of Love |
Mark Zakharov |
Nodar Mgaloblishvili, Aleksandr Abdulov, Semyon Farada |
Soviet Union |
|
Ghostbusters |
Ivan Reitman |
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis |
United States |
Horror, Science fiction
|
Gremlins |
Joe Dante |
Hoyt Axton, Keye Luke, Don Steele, Scott Brady, Zach Galligan |
United States |
|
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind |
Hayao Miyazaki |
|
Japan |
Anime film
|
The NeverEnding Story |
Wolfgang Petersen |
Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach |
West Germany United Kingdom |
|
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter |
Tage Danielsson |
Hanna Zetterberg, Börje Ahlstedt, Lena Nyman |
Sweden Norway |
|
Sheena |
John Guillermin |
Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass, Donovan Scott |
United States |
|
Splash |
Ron Howard |
Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Levy |
United States |
|
Supergirl |
Jeannot Szwarc |
Faye Dunaway, Helen Slater, Hart Bochner, Peter O'Toole |
United Kingdom |
|
Sword of the Valiant |
Stephen Weeks |
Miles O'Keeffe, Sean Connery, Cyrielle Clair, Trevor Howard, Peter Cushing, John Rhys-Davies |
United Kingdom |
|
The Tale of Tsar Saltan |
Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Lev Milchin |
|
Soviet Union |
Animated
|
The Warrior and the Sorceress |
John C. Broderick |
David Carradine, Luke Askew, Maria Socas |
United States |
|
1985
|
The Adventures of Hercules
|
Luigi Cozzi
|
Lou Ferrigno, Milly Carlucci, Sonia Viviani, William Berger, Venantino Venantini, Eva Robin's
|
Italy, United States
|
|
After the Rain, on Thursday (ru) |
Mikhail Yuzovsky |
Oleg Tabakov, Tatyana Peltzer, Semyon Farada, Georgi Millyar |
Soviet Union |
[3]
|
Asterix Versus Caesar |
Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi |
|
France |
Animated
|
Barbarian Queen |
Héctor Olivera |
Lana Clarkson, Victor Bo, Dawn Dunlap |
United States Argentina |
|
The Black Cauldron |
Ted Berman, Richard Rich |
Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, Nigel Hawthorne, Freddie Jones, Arthur Malet, Phil Fondacaro, John Hurt |
United States |
Animated film
|
The Dungeonmaster |
Various |
Jeffrey Byron, Richard Moll, Leslie Wing |
United States |
|
Ladyhawke |
Richard Donner |
Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer |
United States |
|
Legend |
Ridley Scott |
Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry |
United States |
|
The Peanut Butter Solution |
Michael Rubbo |
Mathew Mackay, Siluck Saysanasy, Alison Podbrey |
Canada |
|
The Purple Rose of Cairo |
Woody Allen |
Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello |
United States |
|
Return to Oz |
Walter Murch |
Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Fairuza Balk |
United States |
|
Red Sonja |
Richard Fleischer |
Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandahl Bergman |
United States |
|
Santa Claus: The Movie |
Jeannot Szwarc |
David Huddleston, John Lithgow, Dudley Moore |
United States United Kingdom |
|
Travels of Mr. Kleks |
Krzysztof Gradowski |
Piotr Fronczewski, Sławomir Wronka |
Poland |
|
Weird Science |
John Hughes |
Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock |
United States |
Comedy[4]
|
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom |
Héctor Olivera |
Bo Svenson, Vidal Peterson |
United States |
|
1986
|
Asterix in Britain |
Pino Van Lamsweerde |
|
France |
Animated
|
Big Trouble in Little China |
John Carpenter |
Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong |
United States |
|
Castle in the Sky |
Hayao Miyazaki |
|
Japan |
Anime film
|
Dream Lovers |
Tony Au |
Chow Yun-fat, Cher Yeung |
Hong Kong |
|
The Golden Child |
Michael Ritchie |
Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance, Charlotte Lewis |
United States |
|
Highlander |
Russell Mulcahy |
Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown |
United Kingdom United States |
|
Labyrinth |
Jim Henson |
David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud |
United Kingdom United States |
|
Momo |
Johannes Schaaf |
Radost Bokel, Mario Adorf, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sylvester Groth |
Germany Italy |
|
The Worst Witch |
Robert Young |
Fairuza Balk, Diana Rigg, Charlotte Rae, Tim Curry |
United Kingdom United States |
Television movie
|
1987
|
The Barbarians |
Ruggero Deodato |
David Paul, Peter Paul, Richard Lynch |
Italy United States |
|
A Chinese Ghost Story |
Ching Siu Tung |
Leslie Cheung, Wong Tsu Hsien, Wu Ma |
Hong Kong |
|
Date with an Angel |
Tom McLoughlin |
Michael E. Knight, Phoebe Cates, Emmanuelle Béart |
United States |
Fantasy comedy
|
Gor |
Fritz Kiersch |
Jack Palance, |
United States |
|
Harry and the Hendersons |
William Dear |
John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Don Ameche, David Suchet |
United States |
Fantasy comedy[5]
|
Kingsize |
Juliusz Machulski |
Jacek Chmielnik, Katarzyna Figura, Jerzy Stuhr, Jan Machulski |
Poland |
|
Mannequin |
Michael Gottlieb |
Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty, James Spader |
United States |
Fantasy comedy
|
Masters of the Universe |
Gary Goddard |
Dolph Lundgren, Courteney Cox, Frank Langella, Meg Foster |
United States |
|
Mio in the Land of Faraway |
Vladimir Grammatikov |
Christopher Lee, Christian Bale, Nicholas Pickard, Timothy Bottoms, Susannah York |
Sweden Soviet Union Norway |
|
The Princess Bride |
Rob Reiner |
Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon |
United States |
|
Rouge |
Stanley Kwan |
Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, Man Chi Leung |
Hong Kong |
|
Snow White |
Michael Berz |
Diana Rigg, Billy Barty, Sarah Patterson |
United States |
|
Wicked City |
Yoshiaki Kawajiri |
|
Japan |
|
Wings of Desire |
Wim Wenders |
Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Peter Falk |
West Germany France |
|
The Witches of Eastwick |
George Miller |
Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer |
United States |
Fantasy comedy
|
1988
|
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
Terry Gilliam |
John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle |
United Kingdom West Germany |
|
Alice |
Jan Švankmajer |
Kristina Kohoutova |
Czechoslovakia Switzerland |
|
Beetlejuice |
Tim Burton |
Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder |
United States |
Horror
|
Big |
Penny Marshall |
Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, John Heard, Robert Loggia |
United States |
|
The Land Before Time |
Don Bluth |
Gabriel Damon, Candace Huston, Judith Barsi, Will Ryan, Pat Hingle |
United States |
Animated film
|
My Neighbor Totoro |
Hayao Miyazaki |
|
Japan |
Anime film
|
One, Two - Don't Let It Trouble You! (ru) |
Mikhail Yuzovsky |
Oleg Tabakov, Nikolai Karachentsov, Semyon Farada |
Soviet Union |
Steampunk fantasy
|
To Kill a Dragon |
Mark Zakharov |
Aleksandr Abdulov, Oleg Yankovsky, Yevgeny Leonov |
Soviet Union |
|
Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller |
Michael Rubbo |
|
Canada |
|
Tryumph of Mr. Kleks |
Krzysztof Gradowski |
Piotr Fronczewski, Sławomir Wronka |
Poland |
|
Vice Versa |
Brian Gilbert |
Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage, Corinne Bohrer |
United States |
|
Willow |
Ron Howard |
Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis |
United States |
|
Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
Robert Zemeckis |
Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy |
United States |
Comedy
|
1989
|
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure |
Stephen Herek |
Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin |
United States |
|
Dream a Little Dream |
Marc Rocco |
Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Meredith Salenger, Jason Robards Jr. |
United States |
|
Teen Witch |
Dorian Walker |
Robyn Lively, Dan Gauthier, Joshua Miller |
United States |
|
Maria Mirabela în Tranzistoria [ro] |
Ion Popescu-Gopo |
Elena Zaițeva, Jorj Voicu, Mihai Bisericanu, Horațiu Mălăele |
Romania, Soviet Union |
Live-action/animated film
|
Ghostbusters II |
Ivan Reitman |
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis |
United States |
|
Kiki's Delivery Service |
Hayao Miyazaki |
|
Japan |
Anime film
|
Little Monsters |
Richard Alan Greenberg |
Fred Savage, Howie Mandel, Rick Ducommun |
United States |
|
Erik the Viking |
Terry Jones |
Tim Robbins, Terry Jones, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt |
United Kingdom United States |
|
Asterix and the Big Fight |
Philippe Grimond |
|
France |
Animated
|
Prancer
|
John Hancock
|
Rebecca Harrell, Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, John Joseph Duda
|
United States
|
Fantasy drama
|
References
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