Fantasy movies about nightmares

List of the best fantasy films about nightmares according to the audience: A Monster Calls, The Good Place, Thor: The Dark World, Maleficent, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Ruby Sparks.

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

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: 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: 6.8
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:52

Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
Duration01:37

The untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the 1959 classic 'Sleeping Beauty'. A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom - and to Maleficent's true happiness as well.

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: 6.2
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, Australia, United Kingdom

    Bea, Thomas, and the rabbits have created a makeshift family, but despite his best efforts, Peter can’t seem to shake his mischievous reputation. Adventuring out of the garden, Peter finds himself in a world where his mischief is appreciated, but when his family risks everything to come looking for him, Peter must figure out what kind of bunny he wants to be.

    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: 7.5
    Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, cartoon, short
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan
    Duration01:52

    Scott Pilgrim is a 23 year old Canadian slacker and wannabe rockstar who falls in love with an American delivery girl, Ramona V. Flowers, and must defeat her seven "evil exes" to be able to date her.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genreaction, fantasy, drama, adventure
    CountryNew Zealand, USA
    Duration02:49

      Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:44

        Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.

        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: 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: 6.8
        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: 6.4
          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: 7.3
          Genrefantasy, adventure, family
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration02:42

          In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrefantasy
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:31

          An original story featuring performances by Cirque du Soleil. A young woman is entranced by an Aerialist. When they fall into the dreamlike world of Cirque du Soleil and are separated, they travel through the different tent worlds trying to find each other.

          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: 7
          Genrethriller, fantasy, drama
          CountryCanada, United Kingdom
          Duration01:55

          After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally murders his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in an Islamic port town in Africa.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:53

          Jack Powell suffers from an affliction that makes him grow four times faster than normal, so the 10-year-old looks like a 40-year-old man. After years of being tutored at home, Jack convinces his overprotective parents to send him to public school. The children don't know what to make of Jack, but with the help of his fifth-grade teacher, he makes an effort to win them over.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, family
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:30

          Natalie Babbitt's award winning book for children comes to the screen in a lavish adaptation from Walt Disney Pictures. Winnie Foster (Alexis Bledel) is a girl in her early teens growing up in the small rural town of Winesap in 1914. Winnie's parents (Victor Garber and Amy Irving) are loving but overprotective, and Winnie longs for a life of greater freedom and adventure.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryFrance, Italy, USA
          Duration01:45

          A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

          Markimdb: 8.2
          Genrefantasy, drama, military
          CountrySpain, Mexico, USA, France
          Duration01:58

            Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real father, Ofelia must complete three terrifying tasks.

            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: 6.8
            Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:22

            The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—did just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. But a trip to see Granny Wendy in London, where the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland, could lead to a chance at redemption, in this family-oriented fantasy from director Steven Spielberg.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:40

            When trucker Jack Burton agreed to take his friend, Wang Chi, to pick up his fiancee at the airport, he never expected to get involved in a supernatural battle between good and evil. Wang's fiancee has emerald green eyes, which make her a perfect target for immortal sorcerer Lo Pan and his three invincible cronies. Lo Pan must marry a girl with green eyes so he can regain his physical form.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryFrance, USA
            Duration02:22

            An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to get Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, family
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

            When a princess is shrunken by an evil wizard, Sinbad must undertake a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration02:07

            In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.

            Markimdb: 7.7
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:22

            Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.

            Markimdb: 6.7
            Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration01:39

              Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soul mate when she's sequestered inside her family's estate with only her parents to keep her company. This untraditional fairy tale about a girl who bucks convention to create her own happy ending.

              Markimdb: 7
              Genrefantasy, melodrama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:46

              Two seemingly unconnected souls from different corners of the United States make a telepathic bond that allows them to see, hear and feel the other's experiences, creating a bond that apparently can't be broken.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom
              Duration02:26

              When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.

              Markimdb: 8
              Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
              Duration01:38

              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 unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.

              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: 7
              Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:59

              Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.

              Markimdb: 6.1
              Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure, cartoon, short, detective
              CountryUSA, Czech Republic, Romania
              Duration02:11

              Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family.

              Markimdb: 7.4
              Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom
              Duration01:45

              A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.

              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: 7.2
              Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:43

              Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, family
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:44

              A young boy, Josh Baskin 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. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman. What will he find out about this strange world?

              Markimdb: 6.6
              Genrefantasy, comedy, family
              CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
              Duration01:37

              Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's great-aunt and benefactor, Lady Adelaide Stitch, threatens to separate the kids, the family pulls together under the guidance of Nanny McPhee.

              Markimdb: 7.1
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom
              Duration01:32

              After his impetuous musician girlfriend, Samantha, dies in an accident shortly after they had a fight (and nearly broke up), a grief-stricken British businessman, Ian Wyndham, living in London gets a chance to relive the day all over again, in the hope of changing the events that led up to her getting killed.

              Markimdb: 6.5
              Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, family
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:44

              Ramona is a little girl with a very big imagination and a nose for mischief. Her playful antics keep everyone in her loving family on their toes, including her older sister Beezus, who's just trying to survive her first year of high school. Through all the ups and downs of childhood, Ramona and Beezus learn that anything's possible when you believe in yourself and rely on each other.

              Markimdb: 7
              Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
              CountryUSA, India, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany
              Duration01:44

              When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for freedom is to finish the game, which proves risky as all three find themselves running from giant rhinoceroses, evil monkeys and other terrifying creatures.

              Markimdb: 7.7
              Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
              CountryUSA, Spain
              Duration01:34

                A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.

                Markimdb: 8.2
                Genrefantasy, comedy, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration00:49

                A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

                Markimdb: 6.6
                Genrefantasy, drama, family
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:36

                Workaholic Thomas Johnson dies in an auto accident and comes back to life as a dog. Remembering some of who he was, he returns to his wife and son to protect them from the man who caused his accident. But, as time goes by, he remembers more of his life, and realizes he wasn't such a good husband and father.

                Markimdb: 6.7
                Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:35

                Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Martinson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.

                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: 6.7
                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.




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