Fantasy movies about death

List of the best death fantasy movies selected by visitors to our site: The Good Place, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, A Dog's Purpose, Dragonfly, A Monster Calls, Life of Pi, The Christmas Chronicles, What Dreams May Come, Wristcutters: A Love Story, The Odd Life of Timothy Green.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:19

Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:55

A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time – gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family
CountryUSA, China, Hong Kong, India
Duration02:29

A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:44

A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patients near death experiences.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrefantasy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain, USA
Duration02:30

A boy imagines a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrefantasy, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, France, India
Duration02:07

The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
CountryUSA
Duration02:40

Siblings Kate and Teddy try to prove Santa Claus is real, but when they accidentally cause his sleigh to crash, they have to save Christmas.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, New Zealand
Duration01:53

Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:28

Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly similar to his old one, just a bit worse. Discovering that his ex-girlfriend has also "offed" herself, he sets out on a road trip, with his Russian rocker friend, to find her. Their journey takes them through an absurd purgatory where they discover that being dead doesn't mean you have to stop livin'!

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

    A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:34

    Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and loveable stuffed animals, Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and the rest of the gang, to rekindle their friendship and remind him of endless days of childlike wonder and make-believe, when doing nothing was the very best something.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantasy, drama, adventure, detective
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:00

    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.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genreaction, fantasy, drama, adventure
    CountryNew Zealand, USA
    Duration02:41

    The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    Antoine and Kenny Tyler are NCAA college basketball players, and Antoine is the star. Suddenly Antoine dies of heart attack and Kenny has to fill his shoes as leader of team. Some time later, Antoine returns as a ghost and helps Kenny in game and in life, but Kenny changes in the process and doesn't quite like it.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
    CountryUSA, Canada, China, Japan
    Duration02:12

      The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountryUSA, Australia, India, United Kingdom
      Duration02:18

      Peter Rabbit's feud with Mr. McGregor escalates to greater heights than ever before as they rival for the affections of the warm-hearted animal lover who lives next door.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genreaction, fantasy, drama, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia
      Duration02:34

      When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword Excalibur from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy... whether he likes it or not.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrefantasy, adventure, family
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:26

      Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrefantasy, adventure, family, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:48

      Alice, an unpretentious and individual 19-year-old, is betrothed to a dunce of an English nobleman. At her engagement party, she escapes the crowd to consider whether to go through with the marriage and falls down a hole in the garden after spotting an unusual rabbit. Arriving in a strange and surreal place called 'Underland,' she finds herself in a world that resembles the nightmares she had as a child, filled with talking animals, villainous queens and knights, and frumious bandersnatches. Alice realizes that she is there for a reason – to conquer the horrific Jabberwocky and restore the rightful queen to her throne.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:39

      Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud has the adoration of his mother Claire and his little brother Sam, as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his bright future is cut short when a tragedy strikes and takes his dreams with it. After his high-school classmate Tess returns home unexpectedly, Charlie grows torn between honoring a promise he made four years earlier and moving forward with newfound love. And as he finds the courage to let go of the past for good, Charlie discovers the soul most worth saving is his own.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, New Zealand
      Duration02:15

      After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      A businessman is reunited with the four lost souls who were his guardian angels during childhood, all with a particular purpose to joining the afterlife.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrefantasy, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA, South Africa, India
      Duration01:57

      In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:44

      Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:50

      Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrefantasy, drama
      CountryJapan

      After death, people have just one week to choose only a memory to keep for eternity.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom

      Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile Sinbad meets the Vizier who has another part of the interlocking golden map, and they mount a quest across the seas to solve the riddle of the map.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantasy, comedy, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:20

      Powerful businessman Russ Duritz is self-absorbed and immersed in his work. But by the magic of the moon, he meets Rusty, a chubby, charming 8-year-old version of himself who can't believe he could turn out so badly -- with no life and no dog. With Rusty's help, Russ is able to reconcile the person he used to dream of being with the man he's actually become.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:10

      Rick and Evelyn O'Connell, along with their 8 year old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King's might, the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and isn't above kidnapping its new bearer, Alex, to gain control of Anubis' otherworldly army.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:50

      Larry Burrows is unhappy and feels powerless over his life. He believes his entire life could have turned out differently had he not missed that shot in a baseball game when was a kid. One night he meets this mysterious man, who could change his fate by offering him that alternative life he always dreamed of. But as Burrows embarks on this journey of self discovery he realises that even this new life has its problems and drawbacks..

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:32

      Unlucky in love, chemist Paul Matthews visits gypsy Madame Rosa for help. Quickly realizing he is a hopeless nerd, she gifts him with Love Potion No. 8, which makes anyone who wears it irresistible to the opposite sex for four hours. Paul and animal psychologist coworker Diane Farrow decide to test it on themselves. The awkward pair suddenly find themselves alluring to anyone they approach, but soon realize they are most attracted to each other.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:31

      A twisted honeymoon adventure about a young couple on their way to Niagara Falls.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:05

        Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:44

        Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and twenty years later, fate brings Alex and Louie's daughter, Miranda, together. It's not until Alex is invited to Louie's home that he begins to remember his former life, wife and best friend. Of course, there's also the problem that he's attracted to Louie's/his own daughter.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:46

        When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, biography
        CountryFrance
        Duration01:35

        At the Café des Poètes in Paris, a fight breaks out between the poet Orphée and a group of resentful upstarts. A rival poet, Cègeste, is killed, and a mysterious princess insists on taking Orpheus and the body away in her Rolls-Royce. Orphée soon finds himself in the underworld, where the Princess announces that she is, in fact, Death. Orpheus escapes in the car back to the land of the living, only to become obsessed with the car radio. This film is the central part of Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy, which consists of The Blood of a Poet (1930), Orpheus (1950) and Testament of Orpheus (1960).

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:06

        Fearful of a prophecy stating that a girl child will be born to bring about her downfall, the evil Queen Bavmorda imprisons all pregnant women within the formidable stronghold of Nockmaar. A child, Elora Danan, is born in the Nockmaar dungeons and identified as the prophesied child by a birthmark on her arm. However, before the black sorceress arrives to claim the child, Elora's mother convinces her reluctant midwife to escape with the baby. Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, is entrusted with delivering the royal infant from evil.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
        Duration02:27

        Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:10

        Danny is obsessed with a fictional movie character action hero Jack Slater. When a magical ticket transports him into Jack's latest adventure, Danny finds himself in a world where movie magic and reality collide. Now it's up to Danny to save the life of his hero and new friend.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genreaction, thriller, fantasy
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany, Hungary, Canada
        Duration01:46

        As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of their respective bloodlines.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom
        Duration01:48

        Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army of gladiators, a Tyrannosaurus rex and other exhibits. Larry tries desperately to keep the museum under control, but he's fighting a losing battle until President Teddy Roosevelt comes to the rescue.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:05

        Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his career, and to the horrifying discovery that his former life no longer exists. As he stumbles through this alternate suburban universe, Jack finds himself at a crossroad where he must choose between his high-power career and the woman he loves.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrefantasy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:35

        Scrooge is a miserly old businessman in 1840s London. One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of Marley, his dead business partner. Marley foretells that Scrooge will be visited by three spirits, each of whom will attempt to show Scrooge the error of his ways. Will Scrooge reform his ways in time to celebrate Christmas?

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure
        CountryUSA, Australia

        Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:53

        Everybody knows that your life is a story. But what if a story was your life? Harold Crick is your average IRS agent: monotonous, boring, and repetitive. But one day this all changes when Harold begins to hear an author inside his head narrating his life. But when the narration reveals he is going to die, Harold must find the author and convince them to change the ending.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrefantasy, drama, family
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:41

        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 neglected. Aided by one of the servants' boys, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:04

        Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama, drama
        CountryIndia
        Duration02:27

        When Harsha, a bike stunter from Vishakapatnam, accidentally meets Indu, he discovers his warrior life Kala Bhairava in his last birth. the remaining story portrays how Indu and Kala Bhairava are connected.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:51

        The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of errors ensues. Elwood and Harvey become the catalysts for a family mending its wounds and for romance blossoming in unexpected places.




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