Best Fantasy movies of 1981

Actors : Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, John Cleese,
Directors : Terry Gilliam,

A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.

Actors : Cherie Lunghi, Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay,
Directors : John Boorman,

Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the round table of Camelot even as forces conspire to tear it apart

Actors : Peter MacNicol, Ralph Richardson, Caitlin Clarke, John Hallam,
Directors : Matthew Robbins,

A young wizarding apprentice is sent to kill a dragon which has been devouring girls from a nearby kingdom.

Actors : Bulle Ogier, Pascale Ogier, Pierre Clémenti, Jean-François Stévenin,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

A woman recently released from prison and a strange young female street urchin keep running into each other on the streets of Paris and finally become companions in a very strange and very ...

Actors : Richard Romanus, John Candy, Don Francks, Joe Flaherty,

A glowing green orb - which embodies ultimate evil - terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

Actors : Paula Prentiss, Richard Benjamin, Jeffrey Tambor, Severn Darden,
Directors : Howard R. Cohen,

A family moves into a house inhabited by scary creatures and a number of close calls ensue.

Actors : Patti D'Arbanville, Dabney Coleman, Mary Kay Place, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Ken Shapiro,

Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fiedler, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses not only to win her back, but to gain a little revenge.

Actors : Bill Cosby, Adam Rich, Elliott Gould, Susan Anspach,
Directors : Steven Hilliard Stern,

Max, a dead corrupt businessman, makes a Faustian pact with Satan's henchman to drive three people to Hell in exchange for longer life. Soon Max realizes that there still may be good in him.

Actors : Roz Kelly, Ed McMahon, Adam Arkin, Joanne Nail,
Directors : Larry Cohen,

A teenager (Adam Arkin) becomes a werewolf after a family vacation in Transylvania.

Actors : Gyula Szabó, Ferenc Szalma, György Cserhalmi, Vera Pap,
Directors : Marcell Jankovics,

A man is born the son of a horse with superpowers and uses them to do battle with legendary dragons.

Actors : Milos Kopecký, Vlastimil Brodský, Evelyna Steimarová, Michal Docolomanský,
Directors : Oldrich Lipský,

In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpathians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions which include, even at this early date, television and a film camera.

Actors : W.D. Mochtar, Sofia W.D., Ilona Agathe Bastian, Yos Santo,
Directors : H. Tjut Djalil,

Researching a book that takes her to Bali and the black magic cult of Leák, Cathy meets an evil witch which promises to train her in the dark arts. Tricked, Cathy is turned into a ...

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Akiko Kana, Kenji Sawada, Ken Ogata,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

The villain is called Amakusa SHIRO Tokaisada. He is actually based on a real christian samurai. The movie was one of the inspirations for the game called 'Samurai Shodown' (actual spelling)

Actors : Howard Segal, Jennifer Houlton, Don Stewart, Regina Carrol,
Directors : Al Adamson,

A magician in a carnival--who actually can read minds and levitate people and objects--works with a superintelligent chimp named Alex, who can also talk. The magician and the chimp soon ...

Actors : Tôru Furuya, Keiko Han, Michiko Nomura, Mami Koyama,
Directors : Masami Hata,

A prince of the sea and a child of fire engage in a tragic forbidden romance.

Actors : Ülari Kirsipuu, Ines Aru, Egert Soll, Anna-Liisa Kurve,
Directors : Helle Karis,

Nukitsamees (English title: Bumpy) is a family musical which somewhat echoes the fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel. A brother and sister called Kusti and Iti get lost in a forest while ...

Actors : Christopher Hobbs, Gerald Incandela, Karl Bowen, Graham Dowie,
Directors : Derek Jarman,

Actors : Ryôichi Takayanagi, Fumi Dan, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Miyoko Akaza,
Directors : Nobuhiko Ôbayashi,

Mitamura Yuka (Hiroko Yakushimaru) is a normal shy middle school student that has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show his skills, by stealing the student ...

Actors : Michiyo Ohkusu, Mariko Kaga, Katsuo Nakamura, Yûsaku Matsuda,
Directors : Seijun Suzuki,

A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.

Actors : Viktor Kremlyov, Mayya Bulgakova, Lyudmila Efimenko, Ivan Mykolaichuk,
Directors : Yuri Ilyenko,

Mavka, a water nymph, loves Lukash, a country youth. Their brief happiness ends when Lukash is forced to marry the shrewish Kilina. The Spirit of the Forest turns Lukash into a wolf as ...