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Best Fantasy Movies

of the 1990s

The 20 highest-rated fantasy movies released between 1990 and 1999, ranked by IMDb score.

1

The Green Mile(1999)

8.6 IMDb78% RT61 Meta

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, rec

2

Princess Mononoke(1997)

8.3 IMDb93% RT78 Meta

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to p

3

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion(1997)

8.1 IMDb92% RT

SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is f

4

Groundhog Day(1993)

8 IMDb94% RT72 Meta

A cynical TV weatherman, along with his idealistic producer and his sardonic cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same

5

Aladdin(1992)

8 IMDb96% RT86 Meta

In the boorish city of Agrabah, kind-hearted street urchin Aladdin and Princess Jasmine fall in love, although she can only marry a prince. He and power-hungry Grand Vizier Jafar vie for a magic lamp

6

Beauty and the Beast(1991)

8 IMDb95% RT95 Meta

Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon le

7

The Nightmare Before Christmas(1993)

7.9 IMDb95% RT82 Meta

Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghouli

8

A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella(1995)

7.8 IMDb

This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must battle a variety of m

9

Ninja Scroll(1993)

7.8 IMDb90% RT

Jubei is a masterless ninja who travels the land alone, lending his services to those with gold—or a worthy cause. His fearsome abilities have served him well, but a plot to overthrow the government t

10

Edward Scissorhands(1990)

7.8 IMDb91% RT74 Meta

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

11

Being John Malkovich(1999)

7.7 IMDb94% RT90 Meta

One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking

12

Dreams(1990)

7.7 IMDb67% RT

Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a water-mill utopia—m

13

A Little Princess(1995)

7.6 IMDb97% RT83 Meta

When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, M

14

The Double Life of Véronique(1991)

7.6 IMDb86% RT86 Meta

Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identical to Véronique, though the two are not related. T

15

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box(1995)

7.5 IMDb

When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spen

16

The Crow(1994)

7.5 IMDb88% RT72 Meta

Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a hypnotic crow, returns from the grave to exact re

17

Interview with the Vampire(1994)

7.5 IMDb66% RT62 Meta

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

18

Hercules(1997)

7.3 IMDb83% RT74 Meta

Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phi

19

The Secret Garden(1993)

7.3 IMDb89% RT74 Meta

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

20

Anastasia(1997)

7.2 IMDb83% RT61 Meta

Ten years after she was separated from her family, an eighteen-year-old orphan with vague memories of the past sets out to Paris in hopes of reuniting with her grandmother. She is accompanied by two c

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