Legend, the princess bride, labrynth. Never ending story. Last unicorn. Lady hawk. Excalibur. Dark crystal.
The Sword and the Sorcerer.
3 bladed sword FTW.
Ladyhawke, Excalibur (this one is much more R rated than most, it features an on-screen rape in the first 5 minutes), Legend, Labyrinth, The Princess Bride, Krull, Conan.
The 80's were really a heyday for fantasy movies, weren't they?
Star Wars Episodes 5 and 6
Red Dawn
Well if you don't mind some science fiction in your fantasy, try Ice Pirates.
Return to oz is decent enough!
The dark crystal is the greatest fantasy movie of all time.
One of the reasons I think they hit different is because of the technology used to film them and the practical effects.
To me horror films from the 70s and before seem more real and scary than modern ones that are full of CGI and weird pallete swaps like when they film night scenes during the day and then darken them after. It just gives off this whole 'this is a fake movie' thing to me.
Screamers.
If you also want so-bad-it's-good then you must not miss Yor: The Hunter from the Future from 1983, see video review here: https://youtu.be/doS-sxtlNfU
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/doS-sxtlNfU
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.
Well ... Stranger Things ... I know, I know. But it gives me so good 80's vibes, especially due to the great synthie soundtrack. Can not not mention it.
A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions
If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!
Looking for support?
Looking for a community?
~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~