Fantasy
AFI defines "fantasy" as a genre where live-action characters inhabit imagined settings and/or experience situations that transcend the rules of the natural world.
| # | Film | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wizard of Oz | 1939 |
| 2 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 2001 |
| 3 | It's a Wonderful Life | 1946 |
| 4 | King Kong | 1933 |
| 5 | Miracle on 34th Street | 1947 |
| 6 | Field of Dreams | 1989 |
| 7 | Harvey | 1950 |
| 8 | Groundhog Day | 1993 |
| 9 | The Thief of Bagdad | 1924 |
| 10 | Big | 1988 |
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Famous quotes containing the word fantasy:
“Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he “lives” his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.”
—George Gurdjieff (c. 1877–1949)
“Fantasy is a product of thought, Imagination of sensibility. If the thinking, discursive mind turns to speculation, the result is Fantasy; if, however, the sensitive, intuitive mind turns to speculation, the result is Imagination. Fantasy may be visionary, but it is cold and logical. Imagination is sensuous and instinctive. Both have form, but the form of Fantasy is analogous to Exposition, that of Imagination to Narrative.”
—Sir Herbert Read (1893–1968)
“... in a history of spiritual rupture, a social compact built on fantasy and collective secrets, poetry becomes more necessary than ever: it keeps the underground aquifers flowing; it is the liquid voice that can wear through stone.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)