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Films based on fantasy novels

  • Wicked: For GoodNine million colorful tulips were planted on location to surround the Munchkinland set of Wicked: For Good. This 2025 American musical fantasy film, directed by Jon M. Chu, picks up the story of Elphaba and Glinda where its predecessor…
  • The Return of the King (1980 film)In The Return of the King, Gollum bites off Frodo's finger and falls into lava with the Ring.
  • 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 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingThe Return of the King won all eleven Oscars it was nominated for. No fantasy film had won Best Picture before it.
  • Kiki's Delivery ServiceKiki's Delivery Service was first planned as a 60-minute TV special. It grew into a 102-minute feature.
  • Tales from Earthsea (film)Hayao Miyazaki never looked at his son Gorō's storyboard for Tales from Earthsea.
  • ArriettyA handwritten envelope led a French musician to score Studio Ghibli's Arrietty.
  • Wicked (2024 film)Wicked, the 2024 musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu, drew some unwelcome aerial visitors early in production. Paparazzi flew over the Munchkinland set in Ivinghoe, England, by hang glider, with GoPro cameras strapped to their…
  • Mary and the Witch's FlowerMary and the Witch's Flower was the first film from Studio Ponoc, made after its director left Studio Ghibli.
  • Howl's Moving Castle (film)A curse turns Sophie into a 90-year-old woman, and she becomes bolder.

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