Best 1980s Fantasy Movies

Looking for the best 1980s Fantasy movies? These are the 29 highest-rated 1980s Fantasy titles in our catalogue, led by My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service and The Princess Bride. The list is ranked by audience score; open any title for its cast, trailer and legal places to watch.

1. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

★ 8.1/10

Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs…
2. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

★ 7.8/10

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
3. The Princess Bride (1987)

★ 7.7/10

In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of…
4. Evil Dead II (1987)

★ 7.5/10

Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording…
5. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

★ 7.5/10

'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead…
6. Beetlejuice (1988)

★ 7.4/10

A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
7. Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle (1989)

★ 7.4/10

The plot involves the coming of Lucifer to the Sanctuary, where his underlings systematically dispose of the surviving Gold Saints. Athena goes to Lucifer to ask for peace, placing herself in peril. The Bronze Saints…
8. Big (1988)

★ 7.2/10

When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside…
9. Batman (1989)

★ 7.2/10

Having witnessed his parents' brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne fights crime in Gotham City disguised as Batman, a costumed hero who strikes fear into the hearts of villains. But when a…
10. Field of Dreams (1989)

★ 7.1/10

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers…
11. Willow (1988)

★ 7.0/10

The evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, he's entrusted with…
12. The Fantastic Adventures of Unico (1981)

★ 7.0/10

When Unico, a young unicorn, is banished from his family by a pantheon of manipulative gods, his powers of joy and happiness are tested as he explores the lands with his friends Beezle and Katy.
13. All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)

★ 6.8/10

When a casino-owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs go to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way…
14. Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (1989)

★ 6.8/10

In order to wish for immortality and avenge his father, Garlic Jr. collects the dragon balls, kidnapping Goku's son Gohan in the process. Goku, Kami, Piccolo, and Krillin unite to rescue Gohan and save the world from…
15. Scrooged (1988)

★ 6.8/10

Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series…
16. Bumpy (1981)

★ 6.8/10

Brother and sister Kusti and Iti get lost in a forest while picking strawberries and are captured by an evil forest hag. They are made to work for her. The hag has a son called Bumpy whom Iti befriends. When they get a…
17. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

★ 6.7/10

During a hallucinatory incident, Kristen Parker has her wrists slashed by dream-stalking monster, Freddy Krueger. Her mother, mistaking the wounds for a suicide attempt, sends her to a psychiatric ward, where she joins…
18. Oh, Moon! (1988)

★ 6.7/10

Eleven-year-old Yekta lives in a crumbling island mansion with her strict aunts and ailing grandfather, yearning for her absent mother. As dreams and surreal visions shape her solitude, she sets out in search of a…
19. Ghostbusters II (1989)

★ 6.6/10

The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.
20. Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

★ 6.4/10

Confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty Cotton insists her supposedly dead father is stuck in hell, controlled by sadomasochistic demons after being betrayed by his evil, occult-obsessed wife, Julia. Few believe…
21. The Young Magician (1987)

★ 6.3/10

A 12-year boy feels left out by his classmates because he has no interest in athletics. He finally discovers his calling when his parents take him to a magic show. Picked by the magician to be his helper during a trick…
22. Super Mario Brothers: Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach (1986)

★ 6.2/10

When Princess Peach is kidnapped by the monster King Koopa, Mario and his brother Luigi journey to the Mushroom Kingdom to rescue her.
23. Bye Bye, Red Riding Hood (1989)

★ 6.0/10

Fanny lives in the forest with her meteorologist mother. One day on her way across the forest to visit her grandmother and great grandmother, she has three encounters that will change her life forever: an apparently…
24. Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans (1987)

★ 5.7/10

Deathstalker helps Reena the Seer out of a few jams, and she solicits his help for a bigger task. She reveals that she is actually Princess Evie, but the evil sorcerer had her abducted and cloned in order to seize…
25. Lovesick (1983)

★ 5.7/10

Sigmund Freud's ghost advises a married New York psychiatrist in love with a patient.
26. Picture of a Nymph (1988)

★ 5.6/10

Shih Erh, a Taoist monk disciple, takes in a scholar named Tsui Hung-Chuen after he inadvertently burned down his house after battling a demon. Shih Erh and his master Wu Men-Chu house and attempt to protect Tsui from…
27. The Devil's Sword (1984)

★ 5.1/10

A legendary warrior embarks on a deadly quest to retrieve the cursed Devil’s Sword, a mystical weapon with dark powers capable of unleashing unimaginable destruction. When the sword falls into the wrong hands, chaos…
28. Masque of the Red Death (1989)

★ 4.8/10

With a deadly plague ravaging his Renaissance kingdom, Prince Prospero invites his friends to retire to the protection of his castle for ongoing revels, leaving the peasantry to die. But fate is not so easily escaped…
29. Top Line (1988)

★ 4.0/10

A down-on-his-luck author makes the find of a lifetime in the remote Columbian jungle, in the form of an alien spacecraft . He sets off to announce his find to the world, but finds that a mishmash of government agents…