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Best Fantasy Movies of the 2000s
#1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) · ★ 8.5 · 27,480 votes · 3h 21m · action, fantasy, adventureAs armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellows…
#2 Spirited Away (2001) · ★ 8.5 · 18,950 votes · 2h 5m · fantasy, animation, familyA young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she ha…
#3 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) · ★ 8.4 · 28,290 votes · 2h 59m · action, fantasy, adventureYoung hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along…
#4 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) · ★ 8.4 · 24,583 votes · 2h 59m · action, fantasy, adventureFrodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Towe…
#5 Howl's Moving Castle (2004) · ★ 8.4 · 11,504 votes · 1h 59m · fantasy, adventure, animationSophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to…
#6 A Dog's Will (2000) · ★ 8.4 · 1,243 votes · 1h 44m · comedy, fantasy, romanceThe lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be ju…
#7 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) · ★ 8.0 · 23,701 votes · 2h 21m · fantasy, adventureHarry Potter's life is in danger once more as dangerous wizard Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban Prison and is heading to Hogwarts.…
#8 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) · ★ 7.9 · 30,189 votes · 2h 32m · fantasy, adventureHarry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the…
#9 Monsters, Inc. (2001) · ★ 7.9 · 20,280 votes · 1h 32m · comedy, fantasy, animationLovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wan…
#10 Coraline (2009) · ★ 7.9 · 9,460 votes · 1h 40m · fantasy, horror, animationWandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy,…
#11 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) · ★ 7.8 · 22,852 votes · 2h 23m · action, fantasy, adventureWhen wily pirate Captain Barbossa seizes Jack Sparrow’s beloved ship, the Black Pearl, and kidnaps the governor’s daughter, Elizabeth Swann, blacksmith Will Turner reluctantly team…
#12 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) · ★ 7.8 · 22,662 votes · 2h 37m · fantasy, adventureWhen his name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools. Signs of Voldemort's return emerge as…
#13 Shrek (2001) · ★ 7.8 · 19,294 votes · 1h 30m · comedy, fantasy, adventureIt ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dra…
#14 Ratatouille (2007) · ★ 7.8 · 19,003 votes · 1h 51m · comedy, fantasy, animationIn one of Paris's finest restaurants, Remy, a determined young rat, dreams of becoming a renowned French chef. Torn between his family's wishes and his true calling, Remy and his p…
#15 Donnie Darko (2001) · ★ 7.8 · 13,789 votes · 1h 54m · fantasy, drama, mysteryAfter narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.…
#16 Pan's Labyrinth (2006) · ★ 7.8 · 11,767 votes · 1h 58m · fantasy, drama, warIn post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun wh…
#17 Ponyo (2008) · ★ 7.8 · 4,984 votes · 1h 40m · fantasy, animation, familyWhen Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energeti…
#18 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) · ★ 7.8 · 2,270 votes · 1h 38m · fantasy, drama, science-fictionWhen 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to 'leap' backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon…
#19 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) · ★ 7.7 · 23,981 votes · 2h 41m · fantasy, adventureCars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a w…
#20 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) · ★ 7.7 · 21,283 votes · 2h 18m · fantasy, adventureWhen a new professor's methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches students how to defend against the dark arts.…
#21 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) · ★ 7.7 · 21,213 votes · 2h 33m · fantasy, adventureDumbledore tries to prepare Harry for the final battle with Voldemort while Death Eaters wreak havoc in both Muggle and Wizard worlds.…
#22 Big Fish (2003) · ★ 7.7 · 7,968 votes · 2h 5m · fantasy, adventure, dramaThroughout 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, t…
#23 Partly Cloudy (2009) · ★ 7.7 · 1,133 votes · 0h 6m · comedy, fantasy, animationEveryone knows that the stork delivers babies, but where do the storks get the babies from? The answer lies up in the stratosphere, where cloud people sculpt babies from clouds and…
#24 Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2001) · ★ 7.7 · 857 votes · 1h 43m · action, fantasy, adventureLegendary dhampir D competes with a motley family of bounty hunters to track down Charlotte Elbourne, a young woman seemingly abducted by undead nobleman Meier Link.…
#25 Avatar (2009) · ★ 7.6 · 34,759 votes · 2h 42m · action, fantasy, adventureIn the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.…
#26 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) · ★ 7.6 · 14,005 votes · 2h 46m · fantasy, romance, dramaBorn under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Dai…
#27 Corpse Bride (2005) · ★ 7.6 · 10,438 votes · 1h 17m · fantasy, romance, animationIn a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the…
#28 The Emperor's New Groove (2000) · ★ 7.6 · 7,482 votes · 1h 18m · comedy, fantasy, adventureWhen the self‑absorbed Emperor Kuzco is accidentally transformed into a llama, he must rely on a humble villager to survive the jungle and reclaim his throne.…
#29 Treasure Planet (2002) · ★ 7.6 · 4,744 votes · 1h 36m · fantasy, adventure, science-fictionWhen space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space…
#30 The Fall (2006) · ★ 7.6 · 1,610 votes · 1h 57m · fantasy, adventure, dramaIn 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…
#31 Kung Fu Hustle (2004) · ★ 7.5 · 3,351 votes · 1h 39m · action, comedy, fantasyIt's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortun…
#32 Waking Life (2001) · ★ 7.5 · 986 votes · 1h 41m · fantasy, drama, animationWaking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussio…
#33 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) · ★ 7.4 · 17,591 votes · 2h 31m · action, fantasy, adventureCaptain Jack Sparrow’s got a blood debt to pay: he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler of the Ocean Depths. To escape eternal servitude aboard the Flying Dutch…
#34 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) · ★ 7.4 · 5,178 votes · 2h 27m · fantasy, drama, crimeJean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work take…
#35 Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002) · ★ 7.4 · 3,848 votes · 1h 48m · comedy, fantasy, adventureHistory's favorite Gauls assist Queen Cleopatra when she wagers that the Egyptian people can build a palace for Julius Caesar in just three months.…
#36 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) · ★ 7.4 · 3,717 votes · 2h 0m · action, fantasy, adventureTwo warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.…
#37 Naruto Shippuden the Movie (2007) · ★ 7.4 · 1,079 votes · 1h 34m · action, fantasy, animationDemons that once almost destroyed the world, are revived by someone. To prevent the world from being destroyed, the demon has to be sealed and the only one who can do it is the shr…
#38 Interstate 60 (2002) · ★ 7.4 · 832 votes · 1h 56m · comedy, fantasy, adventureAn aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.…
#39 The Secret of Kells (2009) · ★ 7.4 · 787 votes · 1h 19m · fantasy, animation, familyAdventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to finish Brother Aiden's book, B…
#40 Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire (2009) · ★ 7.4 · 521 votes · 1h 35m · action, comedy, fantasyNinjas with bloodline limits begin disappearing in all the countries and blame points toward the fire nation. By Tsunade's order, Kakashi is sacrificed to prevent an all out war. A…