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English-language fantasy adventure films

  • The Mandalorian and GroguHollywood's 2023 labor disputes turned a planned Mandalorian TV season into a movie.
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)Walt Disney once acted out all of Snow White for his animators, playing every character.
  • The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)Ralph Bakshi used footage of actors in Orc costumes walking to lunch in his 1978 Lord of the Rings film.
  • The Avengers (2012 film)Joss Whedon read the first Avengers script and said to pretend it never happened.
  • The Wizard of OzThe Wizard of Oz, a 1939 musical fantasy from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, holds a title few films can claim. According to the U.S. Library of Congress, it is the most seen film in cinematic history. A Kansas farm girl is swept away by a tornado…
  • Born of HopeKate Madison put her entire life savings, £8,000, into a Middle-earth fan film. Born of Hope followed Aragorn's parents.
  • Erik the VikingIn the 1989 film Erik the Viking, a missionary who denies every god saves the crew by blowing a magic horn.
  • Highlander (film)The 1986 film Highlander began as a UCLA student's class assignment. Gregory Widen sold the script for US$200,000.
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among ThievesA sports bar chat got two directors the Dungeons & Dragons movie job. They had just left directing The Flash.
  • Barbie (film)The film Barbie used up the world's remaining supply of one shade of pink paint. The shade was Pantone 219.
  • The 13th WarriorThe 13th Warrior, a 1999 action film directed by John McTiernan, grossed 61 million dollars worldwide and still became the biggest box-office bomb of its year. It tells of a poet from Baghdad who is swept into a war among Norse warriors.…
  • Yellow Submarine (film)One voice actor in Yellow Submarine was arrested before he finished recording George's lines.
  • Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)Arnold Schwarzenegger trained for 18 months before filming Conan the Barbarian. He dropped from 240 to 210 pounds.
  • A Minecraft MovieA Minecraft Movie arrived in theaters in 2025, and at one screening at Provo Towne Centre in Provo, Utah, audience members hoisted a live chicken into the air. They were promptly ejected from the theater, and videos of the moment spread…

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