These days, the long-awaited adaptation of The Dark Tower, the epic fantasy series of books by the famous writer Stephen King, arrived in cinemas.
On this occasion, we looked at other representatives of this genre and highlighted those seven, which you definitely have worth seeing.
1. Lord of the Rings trilogy
Most likely the most famous a fantasy series of films and books. Here we cheated a bit and combined all three movies, because if you watch the first one, you will most likely watch the other two as well. The fact that it is the last part also testifies to the quality of the films The Royal Return (Return of the King, 2003) record holder for Oscars received.
2. The Princess Bride (1987)
A grandfather sits at the bedside of his sick grandson and reads him a fairy tale that takes place behind the nine mountains and the nine seas and includes kings and queens, beautiful princesses and evil princes, wizards, giants, pirates and swordsmen, and of course happy ending.
3. Labyrinth (Labyrinth, 1986)
A 16-year-old girl has thirteen hours to solve the riddle of the maze and her little brother with it, after she made a wish to be kidnapped by the evil King Jareth and her wish came true. Bonus: the role of Jareth is played by the sadly deceased David Bowie.
4. The Faun's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno, 2006)
In a cruel time fascist regime in Spain the girl Ofelia's mother marries the sadistic general Vidal. He takes them to a remote outpost, where he begins to relentlessly suppress the rebels. Meanwhile, Ophelia discovers an incredible in the woods magical world, full of supernatural fantasy creatures and great adventures, which in a way also mirror the cruel everyday life she faces in real life.
5. The Willow Dwarf (Willow, 1988)
A film based on the creator's story Star Wars by George Lucas, tells the story of a farmer who is the central hero of the story, as he must protect a child from an evil queen who wants to rule the world.
6. Excalibur – The Sword of King Arthur (Excalibur, 1981)
There were already a lot of versions of the Arthurian story, we got two this year as well (King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Transformers: The Last Knight), but one of the best is Excalibur - The Sword of King Arthur, which is a classic take on the legendary story. In it, the wizard Merlin must help To Arthur Pendragon in bringing the British people together around the round table Camelot, as dark forces threaten to destroy it.
7. The Harry Potter film series
Another of the more modern adaptations of the bestselling books that still has a huge fan following around the world. A series of eight films follows the young wizard Harry Potter, who must prove his talent and defeat the evil one in the process Voldemort. All fans, however, will come to their account with a prequel in the coming years Magical animals.
