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Best Fantasy Movies of the 1950s

Fantasy films released 1950–1959, ranked by TMDB rating among titles with at least 500 votes.

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   #1 The Seventh Seal (1957) · ★ 8.1 · 3,472 votes · 1h 36m · fantasy, drama

   When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his li…

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   #2 Ugetsu (1953) · ★ 8.0 · 668 votes · 1h 36m · fantasy, drama, mystery

   In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to p…

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   #3 Harvey (1950) · ★ 7.7 · 704 votes · 1h 44m · comedy, fantasy

   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.) A…

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   #4 The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) · ★ 7.5 · 588 votes · 1h 21m · fantasy, adventure, horror

   A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wildern…

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   #5 Forbidden Planet (1956) · ★ 7.3 · 1,102 votes · 1h 38m · fantasy, adventure, romance

   Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwe…

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   #6 Alice in Wonderland (1951) · ★ 7.2 · 6,377 votes · 1h 15m · fantasy, adventure, animation

   On a golden afternoon, wildly curious young Alice tumbles into the burrow and enters the merry, madcap world of Wonderland full of whimsical escapades.…

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   #7 Peter Pan (1953) · ★ 7.2 · 5,832 votes · 1h 17m · fantasy, adventure, animation

   Leaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever. But while in Neverland, the kids must face Ca…

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   #8 Cinderella (1950) · ★ 7.1 · 7,276 votes · 1h 14m · fantasy, romance, animation

   Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically tur…

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   #9 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) · ★ 7.1 · 1,020 votes · 2h 7m · fantasy, adventure, science-fiction

   A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.…

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    #10 Sleeping Beauty (1959) · ★ 6.9 · 5,588 votes · 1h 15m · fantasy, romance, animation

    Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent b…

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    #11 Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) · ★ 6.9 · 530 votes · 2h 12m · fantasy, adventure, family

    An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.…

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    #12 Around the World in 80 Days (1956) · ★ 6.7 · 604 votes · 3h 2m · comedy, fantasy, adventure

    Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days…

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