List of fantasy films of the 1980s

The list of fantasy films of the 1980s gives a chronological overview of cinema and full-length TV productions that were shot in this genre between 1980 and 1989 . When using it, it should be noted that some of the films listed overlap with related genres from the field of fantasy such as horror and science fiction , but also drama and comedy . The list does not claim to be complete and is subject to an ongoing expansion process.

1980

title	Director	Country of production
Flash Gordon	Mike Hodges	United Kingdom / United States
Fellini's City of Women	Federico_Fellini	Italy / France
harlequin	Simon Wincer	Australia
Herbie goes crazy	Vincent McEveety	United States
A sky dog ​​from a sniffer	Joe Camp	United States
The Empire Strikes Back	Irvin Kershner	United States
My wife is a witch	Catellano & Pipolo	Italy
The Return of the King	Arthur Rankin Jr. , Jules Bass	United States
The strong will	Daniel Petrie	United States
Suur Tõll	Purely Raamat	Soviet Union
Tanya's island	Alfred Sole	Canada / United States
A deadly dream	Jeannot Szwarc	United States
Tracy meets the good Lord	Gilbert Cates	United States
Xanadu	Robert Greenwald	United States

1981

title	Director	Country of production
Alissa w Strane bye	Yefrem Pruschansky	Soviet Union
In the beginning there was fire	Jean-Jacques Annaud	Canada / France / United States
Caveman - who came out of the cave	Carl Gottlieb	United States
The dragon slayer	Matthew Robbins	United States
Excalibur	John Boorman	United States / United Kingdom
Freak Orlando	Ulrike Ottinger	Germany
Heavy metal	Gerald Potterton , Jimmy T. Murakami	Canada
Hunter of the lost treasure	Steven Spielberg	United States
battle of the titans	Desmond Davis	United Kingdom / United States
The return of the Frankenstein family	Don Weis	United States
Time bandits	Terry Gilliam	United Kingdom
The magic arch	Nicholas Corea	United States

1982

title	Director	Country of production
Alice at the Palace	Emile Ardolino	United States
Alicja in horror land	Jacek Bromski , Jerzy Gruza	Poland / United Kingdom / Belgium / United States
Alissa w Saserkalje	Yefrem Pruschansky	Soviet Union
Ator - lord of fire	Joe D'Amato	Italy
Ator II - The Invincible	Joe D'Amato	Italy
Beastmaster - The Liberator	Don Coscarelli	United States / FR Germany
Conan the barbarian	John Milius	United States
The dark crystal	Jim Henson , Frank Oz	United States / United Kingdom
He - stronger than fire and iron	Umberto Lenzi	Italy , France
Cat people	Paul Schrader	United States
The last Unicorn	Arthur Rankin Jr. , Jules Bass	United States / United Kingdom / Japan / FR Germany
Mrs. Brisby and the Secret of NIMH	Don Bluth	United States
Pink Floyd - The Wall	Alan Parker	United Kingdom
The barbarian sword	Michael E. Lemick	Italy
Talon in the fight against the Empire	Albert Pyun	United States

1983

title	Director	Country of production
Conquest	Lucio Fulci	Italy / Spain / Mexico
Duel of the best	Giacomo Battiato	Italy
One against the empire	Antonio Margheriti	Italy / Turkey
fire and Ice	Ralph Bakshi	United States
The secret of the four crown jewels	Ferdinando Baldi	Spain / United States / Italy
Gunan - King of the Barbarians	Frank Shannon	Italy
Hercules	Luigi Cozzi	Italy
Hundra	Matt Cimber	United States / Spain
Krull	Peter Yates	United Kingdom / United States
Mickey's Christmas story	Burny Mattinson	United States
Powers of light	Jack Hill	United States / Mexico
A midsummer night's dream	Gabriele Salvatores	Italy
Thor - the invincible barbarian	Anthony Richmond	Italy
The Throne of Fire	Francesco Prosperi	Italy
The death hunter	James Sbardellati	United States / Argentina
Two of the same kind	John Herzfeld	United States

1984

title	Director	Country of production
The adventures of Petrov and Vasechkin	Vladimir Alenikov	Russia
Camelot - The curse of the golden sword	Stephen Weeks	United Kingdom
Charles Dickens' Christmas story	Clive Donner	United States / United Kingdom
Conan the destroyer	Richard Fleischer	United States
Ewoks - The Caravan of the Brave	John Korty	United States
Ghostbusters - The Ghostbusters	Ivan Reitman	United States
Gremlins - little monsters	Joe Dante	United States
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Steven Spielberg	United States
A fantastic story	Alexander Naumowitsch Mitta	Soviet Union / Romania / Czechoslovakia
Münchhausen's adventure on the moon	Jean Image	France
Nausicaä from the Valley of the Winds	Hayao Miyazaki	Japan
Peppi Dlinnytschulok	Margarita Mikaeljan	Soviet Union
Ronja the robber's daughter	Days Danielsson	Sweden / Norway
Sheena - queen of the jungle	John Guillermin	United Kingdom / United States
Solo for 2	Carl Reiner	United States
Splash - A maiden on the hook	Ron Howard	United States
Supergirl	Jeannot Szwarc	United Kingdom / United States
the never ending Story	Wolfgang Petersen	BR Germany / United States
Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer	Mamoru Oshii	Japan
The desert planet	David Lynch	United States
The time of the wolves	Neil Jordan	United Kingdom

1985

title	Director	Country of production
The adventures of Hercules 2nd part	Luigi Cozzii	United States / Italy
Asterix - victory over Caesar	Gaëtan Brizzi , Paul Brizzi	France
Barbarian Queen	Hector Olivera	United States / Argentina
The bride	Franc Roddam	United Kingdom / United States
Ewoks - Battle for Endor	Jim Wheat , Ken Wheat	United States
The wrong prince	Dušan Rapoš	Czechoslovakia / FR Germany
The secret of the magic sword	Ed Friedman , Lou Kachivas , Marsh Lamore , Bill Reed , Gwen Wetzler	United States
Ginga Tetsudō no Yoru	Gisaburō Sugii	Japan
Joey	Roland Emmerich	Germany / United States
Legend	Ridley Scott	United States / United Kingdom
Oz - a fantastic world	Walter Murch	United States
The Purple Rose of Cairo	Woody Allen	United States
Quatermain - In search of the treasure of the kings	J. Lee Thompson	United States
Red Sonja	Richard Fleischer	United States
Santa claus	Jeannot Szwarc	United States
Supergirl	Jeannot Szwarc	United Kingdom
The day of the hawk	Richard Donner	United States
Taran and the magic cauldron	Ted Berman , Richard Rich	United States
Company peanut butter	Michael Rubbo	Canada
If dreams were true	Phillip Borsos	Canada / United States
Back from the past	Cary Medoway	United States

1986

title	Director	Country of production
Adventure in toy land	Clive Donner	United States
Aladdin	Bruno Corbucci	Italy
In search of the golden child	Michael Ritchie	United States
Ayla and the Bear Clan	Michael Chapman	United States
Bauzi - The penguin from Antarctica	Gennadi Sokolski , Kenjirō Yoshida	Japan
Big Trouble in Little China	John Carpenter	United States
Dragon Ball - The Movie: The Legend of Shenlong	Daisuke Nishio	Japan
The secret of the tomb on the Nile	Fred Olen Ray	United States
Highlander - There can only be one	Russell Mulcahy	United States / United Kingdom
In the realm of the Amazons	Alex Sessa	Argentina
The journey into the labyrinth	Jim Henson	United States , United Kingdom
King Kong is alive	John Guillermin	United States
Magic Crystal	Wong Jing	Hong Kong
The fairy tale of Tom Thumb	Gunars Piesis	Soviet Union / Czechoslovakia
Momo	Johannes Schaaf	Federal Republic of Germany / Italy
Peggy Sue got married	Francis Ford Coppola	United States
The journey into the labyrinth	Jim Henson	United States / United Kingdom
The castle in the sky	Hayao Miyazaki	Japan
Supercat - The richest cat in the world	Greg Beeman	United States

1987

title	Director	Country of production
Alice in the land of the magic mirror	Andrea Bresciani , Richard Slapczynski	Australia / Italy
The barbarians	Ruggero Deodato	United States / Italy
The prince's bride	Rob Reiner	United States
Cannon Movie Tales: Beauty and the Beast	Eugene Marner	United Kingdom / United States / Israel
Cannon Movie Tales: Sleeping Beauty	David Irving	United States
Cannon Movie Tales: Hansel and Gretel	Len Talan	United States
Cannon Movie Tales: Rumpelstiltskin	David Irving	United States / Israel
The big friendly giant	Brian Cosgrove	United Kingdom
Hatschipuh	Ulrich König	Germany
The Witches of Eastwick	George Miller	United States
The sky over Berlin	Wim Wenders	Germany / France
Iron Warrior	Al Bradley	Italy
Jenatsch	Daniel Schmid	Switzerland / France / Germany
Made in Heaven	Alan Rudolph	United States
mannequin	Michael Gottlieb	United States
Masters of the Universe	Gary Goddard	United States
Mio, my Mio	Vladimir Grammatikov	Sweden / Soviet Union / Norway
Mystor - The Death Hunter II	Jim Wynorski	United States } / Argentina
The navigator	Vincent Ward	New Zealand / Australia
The new adventures from Pippi Longstocking	Ken Annakin	United States / Sweden
Quatermain II - In search of the mysterious city	Gary Nelson	United States
Snow white	Michael Berz	United States / Israel
Like father, like son	Rod Daniel	United States

1988

title	Director	Country of production
The adventures of Baron Münchhausen	Terry Gilliam	United Kingdom / FR Germany
Alice	Jan Švankmajer	Czechoslovakia / Switzerland / United Kingdom / FR Germany
Alice in Wonderland	Rich Trueblood	Australia
Dearest sister	Goran Carmback	Sweden
Beetlejuice	Tim Burton	United States
Big	Penny Marshall	United States
The king of Narnia	Marilyn Fox	United Kingdom
Deathstalker III	Alfonso Corona	United States / Mexico
Wrong game with Roger Rabbit	Robert Zemeckis	United States
Faust - from heaven through the world to hell	Dieter Dorn	Germany
The ghosts that I called …	Richard Donner	United States
I am you	Brian Gilbert	United States
Me and him	Doris Dörrie	Germany
In a land before our time	Don Bluth	United States
King size	Juliusz Machulski	Poland
My neighbor Totoro	Hayao Miyazaki	Japan
Moonwalker	Jerry Kramer , Jim Blashfield , Colin Chilvers	United States
The seventh character	Carl Schultz	United States
Splash, Too - The Mermaid from New York	Greg Antonacci	United States
Days of darkness	Alexander Sokurov	Soviet Union
Top Line - The Secret of the Aztec Mountain	Ted Archer	Italy
Willow	Ron Howard	United States

1989

title	Director	Country of production
Always - The fire angel of Montana	Steven Spielberg	United States
Arielle the mermaid	John Musker , Ron Clements	United States
Asterix - Operation Menhir	Philippe Grimond	France / FR Germany
Barbarian Queen II	Joe Finley	United States
Charlie - All dogs go to heaven	Don Bluth	United States
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn	Alex Kirby	United Kingdom
Dream a Little Dream	Marc Rocco	United States
Erik the Viking	Terry Jones	United Kingdom / Sweden
Field of dreams	Phil Alden Robinson	United States
Ghostbusters II	Ivan Reitman	United States
A heavenly lover	Emile Ardolino	United States
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Steven Spielberg	United States
Kiki's small delivery service	Hayao Miyazaki	Japan
The warrior of the emperor	Ching Siu-Tung	Hong Kong
Puppet Master	David Schmoeller	United States
Dance of the Witches	Larry Cohen	United States
Teen witch	Dorian Walker	United States
Warlock - Satan's son	Steve Miner	United States

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