Best Fantasy movies of 2005

Actors : Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Eric Sykes, Emma Watson,
Directors : Mike Newell,

A young wizard finds himself competing in a hazardous tournament between rival schools of magic, but he is distracted by recurring nightmares.

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman,
Directors : George Lucas,

Three years into the Clone Wars, the Jedi rescue Palpatine from Count Dooku. As Obi-Wan pursues a new threat, Anakin acts as a double agent between the Jedi Council and Palpatine and is lured into a sinister plan to rule the galaxy.

Actors : Djimon Hounsou, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Keanu Reeves,
Directors : Francis Lawrence,

Supernatural detective John Constantine helps a policewoman prove her sister's death was not a suicide, but something more.

Actors : Heath Ledger, Monica Bellucci, Matt Damon, Petr Ratimec,
Directors : Terry Gilliam,

Will and Jake Grimm are traveling con-artists who encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires true courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms.

Actors : Angela Lansbury, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald,
Directors : Kirk Jones,

A governess uses magic to rein in the behavior of seven ne'er-do-well children in her charge.

Actors : Reese Witherspoon, Donal Logue, Mark Ruffalo, Dina Spybey-Waters,
Directors : Mark Waters,

A lonely landscape architect falls for the spirit of the beautiful woman who used to live in his new apartment.

Actors : Goran Visnjic, Will Yun Lee, Jennifer Garner, Kirsten Prout,
Directors : Rob Bowman,

Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.

Actors : Shirley MacLaine, Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Michael Caine,
Directors : Nora Ephron,

Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic sitcom Bewitched (1964).

Actors : Jason Barry, Gina McKee, Stephanie Leonidas, Rob Brydon,
Directors : Dave McKean,

In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.

Actors : Serge Riaboukine, Gilbert Melki, Rie Rasmussen, Jamel Debbouze,
Directors : Luc Besson,

A beautiful woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together.

Actors : Jerry O'Connell, Sean Faris, Rene Russo, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Raja Gosnell,

A widowed Coast Guard Admiral and a widow handbag designer fall in love and marry, much to the dismay of her 10 and his 8 children.

Actors : Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cumming, Traylor Howard, Liam Falconer,
Directors : Lawrence Guterman,

Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son "born of the mask", he discovers just how looney child raising can be.

Actors : Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, William Moseley, Tilda Swinton,
Directors : Andrew Adamson,

Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion.

Actors : Janet McTeer, Jennifer Tilly, Jodelle Ferland, Jeff Bridges,
Directors : Terry Gilliam,

Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.

Actors : Michelle Rodriguez, Kristanna Loken, Michael Madsen, Ben Kingsley,
Directors : Uwe Boll,

In the 18th century, a vampire escapes from the freak show she once participated in and teams up with a group of vampire slayers to kill the man who raped her mother.

Actors : Bryan Clark, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Chad Faust, Katie Stuart,
Directors : Jeremy Haft,

Tamara, an unattractive girl, who is picked on by her peers returns after her death as a sexy seductress to exact revenge.

Actors : Shigeru Akahori, Naomi Araki, Björk, Matthew Barney,
Directors : Matthew Barney,

The film concerns the theme of self-imposed limitation and continues Matthew Barney's interest in religious rite, this time focusing on Shinto.

Actors : Nicholas Tse, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung, Dong-gun Jang,
Directors : Kaige Chen,

Empowered by the love of a slave (Jang), a royal concubine (Cheung) is given the chance to make an extraordinary decision.

Actors : Bunta Sugawara, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Chiaki Kuriyama, Hiroyuki Miyasako,
Directors : Takashi Miike,

A young boy is chosen as the defender of good and must team up with Japan's ancient spirits and creatures of lore to destroy the forces of evil.

Actors : Assumpta Serna, César Sarachu, Gottfried John, Amira Casar,

Dark fairy-tale about a demonic doctor who abducts a beautiful opera singer with designs on transforming her into a mechanical nightingale.