Best Fantasy movies of 1980s

Actors : Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, George Maharis, Simon MacCorkindale,
Directors : Albert Pyun,

A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage's dangerous future when he is recruited to help a princess foil the designs of a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer in conquering a land.

Actors : Royal Dano, Bill Maher, Arye Gross, Jonathan Stark,
Directors : Ethan Wiley,

The new owner of a sinister house gets involved with reanimated corpses and demons searching for an ancient Aztec skull with magic powers.

Actors : Fred Savage, Judge Reinhold, Corinne Bohrer, Swoosie Kurtz,
Directors : Brian Gilbert,

During an argument, a divorced executive and his 11 year old son casually touch a magical Tibetan skull, releasing a mysterious power that transfers the father's mind to the body of the son and vice versa. Their problems have just begun.

Actors : Brian Salzberg, Donna Dempsey, Stephen Charles Barry, James Gandia,
Directors : E. Elias Merhige,

This gory and entirely visual film tells the surreal tale of the death and rebirth of gods.

Actors : Hervé Villechaize, Gisele Lindley, Jan Stuart Schwartz, Susan Tyrrell,
Directors : Richard Elfman,

The bizarre and musical tale of a girl who travels to another dimension through the gateway found in her family's basement.

Actors : Harry Dean Stanton, Gary Basaraba, Arthur Hill, Mary Steenburgen,
Directors : Phillip Borsos,

An angel must show a mother the true meaning of Christmas. It's not just presents and materialistic things, but the people she cares about.

Actors : Ian Patrick Williams, Guy Rolfe, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Carrie Lorraine,
Directors : Stuart Gordon,

A group of people stop by a mansion during a storm and discover two magical toy makers and their haunted collection of dolls.

Actors : Wu Ma, Wai Lam, Joey Wang, Leslie Cheung,
Directors : Siu-Tung Ching,

Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. Unsurprisingly, no-one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends up spending the night ...

Actors : Randy Norton, Cynthia Leake, Sean Hannon, Steve Sandor,

In this animated tale, a tiny village is destroyed by a surging glacier, which serves as the deadly domain for the evil Ice Lord, Nekron. The only survivor is a young warrior, Larn, who ...

Actors : Robert Rusler, Dedee Pfeiffer, Chris Makepeace, Sandy Baron,
Directors : Richard Wenk,

Two fraternity pledges travel to a sleazy bar in search of a stripper for their college friends, unaware it is occupied by vampires.

Actors : Ned Beatty, Leslie Nielsen, Anthony Starke, Linda Blair,
Directors : Bob Logan,

Parody of The Exorcist (1973), with Linda Blair once again possessed by Satan, and Leslie Nielsen as the exorcist.

Actors : Ally Sheedy, Michael Ontkean, Beverly D'Angelo, Valerie Perrine,
Directors : Amy Holden Jones,

Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he never had her, is visited by fairy ...

Actors : Donovan Scott, Elizabeth of Toro, Ted Wass, Tanya Roberts,
Directors : John Guillermin,

Sheena grew up in the African wild, raised by a mystical witch woman. When her foster mother is framed for a murder Sheena is forced to flee, helped by her ability to talk to animals and her knowledge of the jungle.

Actors : Samantha Cahill, Glenne Headly, Charlotte Burke, Jane Bertish,
Directors : Bernard Rose,

A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.

Actors : Lewis Smith, Jane Kaczmarek, Jason Gedrick, Richard Mulligan,
Directors : Cary Medoway,

A hip guardian angel named Bobby Fontana, who died in a car race in the 60s, reluctantly agrees to watch over lonely 80s high schooler Lenny Barnes who needs guidance on how to become cool.

Actors : Jennifer Beals, Sting, Clancy Brown, Anthony Higgins,
Directors : Franc Roddam,

After years of research, the doctor finally succeeds in creating the perfect woman, who gets the name "Eva".

Actors : Jordan Bennett, Shô Kosugi, David Chung, Lucinda Dickey,
Directors : Sam Firstenberg,

An evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body.

Actors : Eileen Brennan, David Seaman, Cory Crow, Tami Erin,
Directors : Ken Annakin,

After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso, and monkey, Mr. Nilsson, and takes up residence in the old ...

Actors : Anita Morris, George Burns, Charlie Schlatter, Tony Roberts,
Directors : Paul Flaherty,

By means of an accident the soul of David and his swinging grandfather get swapped. While the grandfather's body is still in coma, he enjoys having a young body again and repairs some facts...

Actors : Ernest Borgnine, Terence Hill, Marc Lawrence, Joanne Dru,
Directors : Sergio Corbucci,

Red powder from a nuclear explosion gives a police officer super powers as long as he doesn't see anything red. He is eventually framed for murder and is unsuccessfully executed by many different methods.