A list of fantasy films released in the 1980s.

List 1980s

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Notes
1980
Flash Gordon	Mike Hodges	Max von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Kenny Baker, John Hallam, Robbie Coltrane
Hawk the Slayer	Terry Marcel	Jack Palance, John Terry, Bernard Bresslaw, Peter O'Farrell, Patricia Quinn, Morgan Sheppard aka William Morgan Sheppard,
Return of the King	Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr.	Orson Bean, John Huston, Roddy McDowall		Television movie, Animated film
Xanadu	Robert Greenwald	Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck, Sandahl Bergman
1981
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire	Nicholas Corea	Lane Caudell, Belinda Bauer, Victor Campos, Kabir Bedi, George Kennedy		German: de:Der Zauberbogen
Blind Chance	Krzysztof Kieslowski	Boguslaw Linda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Clash of the Titans	Desmond Davis	Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Claire Bloom, Maggie Smith, Burgess Meredith, Ursula Andress, Neil McCarthy, Judi Bowker, Neil McCarthy, Siân Phillips
Dragonslayer	Matthew Robbins	Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ian McDiarmid, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam, Peter Eyre, Albert Salmi,
Excalibur	John Boorman	Liam Neeson, Patrick Stewart, Gabriel Byrne, Helen Mirren, Paul Geoffrey, Nicol Williamson, Nigel Terry, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi,
Heavy Metal	Gerald Potterton	John Candy, Eugene Levy, John Vernon, Richard Romanus,		Animated Film
Time Bandits	Terry Gilliam	John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Ian Holm, Kenny Baker, Jack Purvis, Jim Broadbent, Derrick O'Connor, Ralph Richardson, Katherine Helmond, Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan, David Rappaport, David Warner,
1982
Along Unknown Paths (ru)	Mikhail Yuzovsky	Tatyana Peltzer, Aleksandr Filippenko, Tatyana Aksyuta		[1]
Ator the Fighting Eagle	Joe D'Amato	Miles O'Keeffe, Sabrina Siani, Ritza Brown
Sorceress	Jack Hill	Leigh Harris, Lynette Harris, Roberto Harris, David Millbern, Bruno Rey
The Beastmaster	Don Coscarelli	Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn, John Amos, Joshua Milrad, Rod Loomis, Ben Hammer, Ralph Strait, Billy Jayne,
Conan the Barbarian	John Milius	Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman, Mako, Franco Columbu, Sven-Ole Thorsen
The Dark Crystal	Jim Henson	Frank Oz, Kathryn Mullen, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Louise Gold, Mike Quinn,
The Flight of Dragons	Jules Bass,	John Ritter, James Earl Jones, Arthur Rankin, Jr., Victor Buono, Harry Morgan, Larry Storch, Ed Peck, Nellie Bellflower,		Television movie, Animated film
The Last Unicorn	Jules Bass	Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Alan Arkin, Arthur Rankin, Jr., Tammy Grimes, Robert Klein, Christopher Lee, Nellie Bellflower, Keenan Wynn		Animated film
The Secret of NIMH	Don Bluth	Hermione Baddeley, John Carradine, Tom Hatten, Dom DeLuise, Wil Wheaton, Elizabeth Hartman, Derek Jacobi, Arthur Malet, Shannen Doherty, Paul Shenar, Peter Strauss		Animated film
The Sword and the Sorcerer	Albert Pyun	Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, Simon MacCorkindale
1983
Academy of Mr. Kleks	Krzysztof Gradowski	Piotr Fronczewski, Sławomir Wronka
Conquest	Lucio Fulci	Jorge Rivero, Andrea Occhipinti, Sabrina Siani
The Dead Zone	David Cronenberg	Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt		Horror
Deathstalker	James Sbardellati	Richard Hill, Barbi Benton, Richard Brooker
Fire and Ice	Ralph Bakshi	Randy Norton, Cynthea Leake		Animated film
Krull	Peter Yates	Ken Marshall, Liam Neeson, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Robbie Coltrane, Bernard Bresslaw
The Man Who Wasn't There	Bruce Malmuth	Steve Guttenberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Lisa Langlois
Mary Poppins, Goodbye	Leonid Kvinikhidze	Natalya Andrejchenko, Albert Filozov, Lembit Ulfsak
Sorcerers	Konstantin Bromberg	Aleksandra Yakovleva, Aleksandr Abdulov, Yekaterina Vasilyeva, Valentin Gaft
Thor the Conqueror	Tonino Ricci, Anthony Richmond	Conrad Nichols, Christopher Holm, Maria Romano
Videodrome	David Cronenberg	James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits		Horror, Science Fiction
Yor, the Hunter from the Future	Antonio Margheriti	Reb Brown, Corinne Cléry, John Steiner
Zu Warriors	Tsui Hark	Yuen Biao
1984
All of Me	Carl Reiner	Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant
Ator 2 - L'invincibile Orion	Joe D'Amato	Miles O'Keeffe, Lisa Foster, Charles Borromel
Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure	John Korty	Eric Walker, Warwick Davis, Fionnula Flanagan		[2]
The Company of Wolves	Neil Jordan	Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Stephen Rea
Conan the Destroyer	Richard Fleischer	Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain
Esprit D'Amour	Ringo Lam	Alan Tam, Ni Shu-chun
A Fairy Tale of Wanderings	Alexander Mitta	Andrei Mironov, Tatiana Aksyuta		[3]
Formula of Love	Mark Zakharov	Nodar Mgaloblishvili, Aleksandr Abdulov, Semyon Farada
Ghostbusters	Ivan Reitman	Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis		Horror, Science Fiction
Gremlins	Joe Dante	Hoyt Axton, John Louie, Keye Luke, Don Steele, Susan Burgess, Scott Brady, Zach Galligan
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	Hayao Miyazaki			Anime film
The Neverending Story	Wolfgang Petersen	Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter	Tage Danielsson	Hanna Zetterberg, Börje Ahlstedt, Lena Nyman
Sheena	John Guillermin	Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass, Donovan Scott
Splash	Ron Howard	Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Levy
Supergirl	Jeannot Szwarc	Faye Dunaway, Helen Slater, Peter O'Toole
Sword of the Valiant	Stephen Weeks	Miles O'Keeffe, Sean Connery, Cyrielle Claire, Trevor Howard, Peter Cushing, John Rhys-Davies
The Tale of Tsar Saltan	Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Lev Milchin			Animated
The Warrior and the Sorceress	John C. Broderick	David Carradine, Luke Askew, Maria Socas
1985
After the Rain, on Thursday (ru)	Mikhail Yuzovsky	Oleg Tabakov, Tatyana Peltzer, Semyon Farada, Georgi Millyar		[4]
Asterix Versus Caesar	Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi			Animated
Barbarian Queen	Héctor Olivera	Lana Clarkson, Victor Bo, Dawn Dunlap
The Black Cauldron	Ted Berman, Richard Rich	Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, Nigel Hawthorne, Freddie Jones, Arthur Malet, Phil Fondacaro, John Hurt		Animated film
Brazil	Terry Gilliam	Jonathan Pryce, Michael Palin, Kim Greist, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Robert De Niro
The Dungeonmaster	Various	Jeffrey Byron, Richard Moll, Leslie Wing
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor	Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat	Wilford Brimley, Warwick Davis, Aubree Miller		[5]
The Knight of the Dragon	Fernando Colomo	Harvey Keitel, Klaus Kinski, Fernando Rey, María Lamor, Miguel Bosé, Julieta Serrano
Ladyhawke	Richard Donner	Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer
Legend	Ridley Scott	Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry
The Peanut Butter Solution	Michael Rubbo	Mathew Mackay, Siluck Saysanasy, Alison Podbrey
The Purple Rose of Cairo	Woody Allen	Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello
Return to Oz	Walter Murch	Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Fairuza Balk
Red Sonja	Richard Fleischer	Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandahl Bergman
Santa Claus: The Movie	Jeannot Szwarc	John Lithgow, Dudley Moore
Travels of Mr. Kleks	Krzysztof Gradowski	Piotr Fronczewski, Sławomir Wronka
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom	Héctor Olivera	Bo Svenson, Vidal Peterson
1986
Asterix Versus Caesar	Pino Van Lamsweerde			Animated
Big Trouble in Little China	John Carpenter	Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun
Castle in the Sky	Hayao Miyazaki			Anime film
Dream Lovers	Tony Au	Chow Yun-fat, Cher Yeung
The Golden Child	Michael Ritchie	Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance, Charlotte Lewis
Highlander	Russell Mulcahy	Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown
Labyrinth	Jim Henson	David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud
Momo	Johannes Schaaf	Radost Bokel, Mario Adorf, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sylvester Groth
Peggy Sue Got Married	Francis Ford Coppola	Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller
The Worst Witch	Robert Young	Fairuza Balk, Diana Rigg, Charlotte Rae, Tim Curry		Television movie
1987
The Barbarians	Ruggero Deodato	David Paul, Peter Paul, Richard Lynch
Batteries not included	Matthew Robbins	Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae, Elizabeth Peña, Michael Carmine, Dennis Boutsikaris
A Chinese Ghost Story	Ching Siu Tung	Leslie Cheung, Wong Tsu Hsien, Wu Ma
Date with an Angel	Tom McLoughlin	Michael E. Knight, Phoebe Cates, Emmanuelle Béart
Kingsize	Juliusz Machulski	Jacek Chmielnik, Katarzyna Figura, Jerzy Stuhr, Jan Machulski
Mannequin	Michael Gottlieb	Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty
Masters of the Universe	Gary Goddard	Dolph Lundgren, Courteney Cox-Arquette, Frank Langella, Meg Foster
Mio in the Land of Faraway	Vladimir Grammatikov	Christopher Lee, Christian Bale, Nicholas Pickard, Timothy Bottoms, Susannah York
The Princess Bride	Rob Reiner	Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon
Rouge	Stanley Kwan	Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, Man Chi Leung
Snow White	Michael Berz	Diana Rigg, Billy Barty, Sarah Patterson
Wings of Desire	Wim Wenders	Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Peter Falk
The Witches of Eastwick	George Miller	Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon
1988
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Terry Gilliam	John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle
Alice	Jan Švankmajer	Kristina Kohoutova
Beetlejuice	Tim Burton	Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder		Horror
Big	Penny Marshall	Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, John Heard
Gandahar	René Laloux			Animated film
The Land Before Time	Don Bluth	Gabriel Damon, Candace Huston, Judith Barsi, Will Ryan, Pat Hingle		Animated film
My Neighbor Totoro	Hayao Miyazaki			Anime film
The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe		Richard Dempsey, Sophie Cook, Jonathan R. Scott, Sophie Wilcox
One, Two - Don't Let It Trouble You! (ru)	Mikhail Yuzovsky	Oleg Tabakov, Nikolai Karachentsov, Semyon Farada		Steampunk fantasy
Peacock King	Nam Lai Choi	Yuen Biao, Gloria Yip, Hiroshi Mikami
Portrait of a Nymph	Wu Ma
To Kill a Dragon	Mark Zakharov	Aleksandr Abdulov, Oleg Yankovsky, Yevgeny Leonov
Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller	Michael Rubbo
Tryumph of Mr. Kleks	Krzysztof Gradowski	Piotr Fronczewski, Sławomir Wronka
Vice Versa	Brian Gilbert	Judge Reinhold, Fred Savage, Corinne Bohrer
Willow	Ron Howard	Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis
Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Robert Zemeckis	Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy		Comedy
1989
Always	Steven Spielberg	Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson
Asterix and the Big Fight	Philippe Grimond			Animated
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure	Stephen Herek	Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin
Chances Are	Emile Ardolino	Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey, Jr., Ryan O'Neal
Dream a Little Dream	Marc Rocco	Corey Feldman, Meredith Salenger, Jason Robards, Jr.
Erik the Viking	Terry Jones	Tim Robbins, Gary Cady, Mickey Rooney
Ghostbusters II	Ivan Reitman	Ivan Reitman, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis
Kiki's Delivery Service	Hayao Miyazaki			Anime film
The Little Mermaid	Ron Clements, John Musker	René Auberjonois, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Paddi Edwards, Buddy Hackett, Jason Marin, Kenneth Mars, Ben Wright, Samuel E. Wright		Animated film
Little Monsters	Richard Greenberg	Fred Savage, Howie Mandel, Rick Ducommun
Santa Sangre	Alejandro Jodorowsky	Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Sabrina Dennison
Prince Caspian/The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989 TV Serial)		Warwick Davis, Jonathan R. Scott, Sophie Wilcox, David Thwaites
Teen Witch	Dorian Walker	Robyn Lively, Dan Gauthier, Joshua Miller