Pan's Labyrinth! And does Eternal Sunshine count?

IMDB lists Eternal Sunshine as Sci Fi, not fantasy...what do you think? And that goes back to our big question: "what falls in the fantasy genre"? Does everyone feel comfortable there? Do bear in mind we'll be looking at sci fi coming up, so we can keep it separate. Alice (1988) by Jan Svankmajer Beauty & The Beast (1946) by Jean Cocteau Being John Malkovich (1999) Black Orpheus (1959) by Marcel Camus Brazil (1985) Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) The Chronicles of Narnia (2005, and onward) The City of Lost Children (1995) by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet Dreams (1990) by Akira Kurosawa The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974) The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (2009) The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Night Watch (2004) and Day Watch (2006) by Timur Bekmambetov Orpheus (1950) by Jean Cocteau The Science of Sleep (2006) by Michel Gondry The Thief of Bagdad (1940) Wings of Desire (1987) by Wim Wenders

Shaula, That is a good list. I will agree with these: Beauty & The Beast (1946) by Jean Cocteau Being John Malkovich (1999) The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974) The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Wings of Desire (1987) by Wim Wenders And, I will add these five: Thief of Baghdad (1924), with Douglas Fairbanks Ugetsu (1953) Where the Wild Things Are (2009) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Fantastic suggestions, Jeb. (As it were!)

The Neverending Story The Princess Bride Pan's Labrith Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Beasts of the Southern Wild 300 Groundhog Day It's a Wonderful Life Enchanted Ghost Reign of Fire Mary Poppins E.T. Kung Fu Hustle Babe

Wow, you know your way around the genre. Nice list, Billie Jean, and especially nice catch on the less-obvious suggestion of Kung Fu Hustle! (I love the final scene.)

Edward Scissorhands Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Lord of the Rings (trilogy) Splash Scrooge The Truman Show ( I think I may have put this in drama already ) Pirates of the Carribean( the last one) The Mask (all this talk of masks...) Casper The Green Mile What Women Want Nanny McPhee The Polar Express Big (latter three should possibly be in family) Death Becomes Her (ridiculous but I liked it)

Pan's Labyrinth The Lord of the Rings Willow Hook The Dark Crystal The Princess Bride Field of Dreams The Neverending Story Reign of Fire Gremlins King Kong (1933)

Labyrinth. Willow. Hook. E.T The Princess Bride. Flight of Dragons. The Dark Crystal. LOTR. Pan's Labyrinth. Edward Scissorhands.

Wings of Desire (1987) by Wim Wenders Brazil (1985) by Terry Gilliam Groundhog Day (1993) by Harold Ramis Pan's Labyrinth (2006) by Guillermo del Toro The Mask (1994) by Chuck Russell Hugo (2011) by Martin Scorsese Alice in Wonderland (2010) by Tim Burton Meet the Robinsons (2007) by Steve Anderson Angel-A (2005) by Luc Besson (French) Sleeping Beauty (1959), (art by Eyvind Earle)

Tough one. I feel I left out so many... The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Edward Scissorhands Wings of Desire Brazil Jason and the Argonauts(1963) King Kong (1933) Pan's Labyrinth Being John Malkovich Beauty and the Beast (1946) Splash

I know there are more than 10, but we're not voting yet, so it's ok, right? :) Pan’s Labyrinth The Neverending Story The Chronicles of Narnia The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Mary Poppins Hellboy Harry Potter Constantine Stardust Coraline Edward Scissorhands Alice in Wonderland (2010) by Tim Burton E.T Practical Magic The Golden Compass Beetle Juice Dark Shadows Corpse Bride Sleepy Hollow The Crow The Green Mile Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles The Sixth Sense The Others The Mummy The Devil's Advocate Ghostbusters The Addams Family X-Men Resident Evil Jumanji Jurassic Park Powder Signs Stranger Than Fiction

Big Harry Potter Lord of the Rings trilogy Pan's Labyrinth The Princess Bride ET The Wizard of Oz Alice in Wonderland Splash Liar, Liar The Mummy Jurassic Park

Aside from a few mentioned already, I feel Legend (1985) and A Trip to the Moon (1902) and the typical Disney canon are also important for studying fantasy filmmaking. Should make a distinction that Fantasy is so broad as a genre, I'd break down a bit either by subgenre, style, or tradition.

PS Jeb, the Fairbanks Thief of Bagdad is the one I meant to list. Thank you for adding the right one.

This list is still open if you have more suggestions, but here's an initial tally of what we have so far: 1. 300 2. A Trip to the Moon (1902) 3. Alice (1988) by Jan Svankmajer 4. Alice in Wonderland (2010) by Tim Burton 5. Angel-A (2005) by Luc Besson (French) 6. Babe 7. Beasts of the Southern Wild 8. Beauty & The Beast (1946) by Jean Cocteau 9. Beauty and the Beast (1946) 10. Beetle Juice 11. Being John Malkovich (1999) 12. Big 13. Black Orpheus (1959) by Marcel Camus 14. Brazil (1985) by Terry Gilliam 15. Casper 16. Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) 17. Constantine 18. Coraline 19. Corpse Bride 20. Dark Shadows 21. Death Becomes Her 22. Dreams (1990) by Akira Kurosawa 23. E.T. 24. Edward Scissorhands 25. Enchanted 26. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth 27. Field of Dreams 28. Flight of Dragons. 29. Ghost 30. Ghostbusters 31. Gremlins 32. Groundhog Day (1993) by Harold Ramis 33. Harry Potter series 34. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 35. Hellboy 36. Hook 37. Hugo (2011) by Martin Scorsese 38. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles 39. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) 40. Jason and the Argonauts(1963) 41. Jumanji 42. Jurassic Park 43. King Kong (1933) 44. Kung Fu Hustle 45. Labyrinth. 46. Legend (1985) 47. Liar, Liar 48. Mary Poppins 49. Meet the Robinsons (2007) by Steve Anderson 50. Nanny McPhee 51. Night Watch (2004) and Day Watch (2006) by Timur Bekmambetov 52. Orpheus (1950) by Jean Cocteau 53. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) by Guillermo del Toro 54. Pirates of the Carribean( the last one) 55. Powder 56. Practical Magic 57. Reign of Fire 58. Resident Evil 59. Scrooge 60. Signs 61. Sleeping Beauty (1959) (art by Eyvind Earle) 62. Sleepy Hollow 63. Splash 64. Stardust 65. Stranger Than Fiction 66. The Addams Family 67. The Chronicles of Narnia 68. The Chronicles of Narnia (2005, and onward) 69. The City of Lost Children (1995) by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet 70. The Crow 71. The Dark Crystal 72. The Devil’s Advocate 73. The Golden Compass 74. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974) 75. The Green Mile 76. The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (2009) 77. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy 78. The Mask (1994) by Chuck Russell 79. The Mummy 80. The Neverending Story 81. The Others 82. The Polar Express 83. The Princess Bride 84. The Science of Sleep (2006) by Michel Gondry 85. The Sixth Sense 86. The Truman Show 87. The Wizard of Oz 88. Thief of Baghdad (1924), with Douglas Fairbanks 89. Ugetsu (1953) 90. What Women Want 91. Where the Wild Things Are (2009) 92. Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) 93. Willow 94. Wings of Desire (1987) by Wim Wenders 95. X-Men Please double check and make sure I didn't omit any of your suggestions when I was removing duplicates from the list. Many thanks to the people who took the time to include the year of the film and/or the screenwriters. We're still very light on suggestions for Other Resources for the fantasy genre, so if you can recommend DVD commentaries on any of these films, please leave a comment on that post while it's still open, too. (I'm fairly surprised at the scarcity of DVD commentary recommendations across the board with the Genre Essentials series: what's up there?)

Oops. More recommendations on films to see from swinefever: "...if you’re after heroic fantasy try THE 13TH WARRIOR (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=T_J2UywDr9o) which is loveably as bad as everyone says or if you want to look further afield maybe the russian film WOLFHOUND (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6b-aIAW8U0) or THE GOBLIN WARS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdk9_fPdzo0) from Japan. For out and out laughs I’d go with GROUNDHOG DAY, for strange and magical try French films VIDOCQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRhGMy7E_CU) or BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Feh8Eqh4nWU) and if you want found footage there’s TROLL HUNTER (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9dgeYkYOZA). For kids look no further than perrenial favourites THE DARK CRYSTAL (transcript) or LABRYNTH but for something equally as good the French animated film DRAGON HUNTERS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92DSWORGKnU) is worth seeing or the superb HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON." I'll add these into the list next time I update it.

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