# List of fantasy films of the 1990s

A list of fantasy films released in the 1990s.

## List

* 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Notes |
| 1990 |||||
| Les 1001 Nuits | Philippe de Broca | Catherine Zeta-Jones, Thierry Lhermitte, Gérard Jugnot | France | Fantasy comedy |
| A Chinese Ghost Story Part II | Ching Siu Tung | Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong, Michelle Reis | Hong Kong | |
| Don Juan, Mi Querido Fantasma | Antonio Mercero | Juan Luis Galiardo, María Barranco, Verónica Forqué | Spain | |
| Dreams | Akira Kurosawa | Akira Terao, Martin Scorsese, Mitsunori Isaki, Chishū Ryū | Japan United States | |
| Edward Scissorhands | Tim Burton | Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest | United States | |
| Erotic Ghost Story | Ngai Kai-Lam | Leslie Cheung | Hong Kong | |
| Ghost | Jerry Zucker | Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn | United States | |
| Ghost Dad | Sidney Poitier | Bill Cosby, Kimberly Russell, Denise Nicholas | United States | |
| Heart Condition | James D. Parriott | Bob Hoskins, Denzel Washington, Chloe Webb | United States | |
| Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland | Masami Hata and William T. Hurtz | Gabriel Damon, Mickey Rooney, Bernard Erhard, Laura Mooney | Japan, United States | |
| Mr. Destiny | James Orr | James Belushi, Michael Caine, Linda Hamilton | United States | |
| Nouvelle Vague | Jean-Luc Godard | Alain Delon, Domiziana Giordano, Roland Amstutz | France Switzerland | |
| The Nutcracker Prince | Paul Schibli | | Canada | |
| Quest for the Mighty Sword | Joe D'Amato | Eric Allan Kramer, Margaret Lenzey, Donald O'Brien | Italy | |
| The Rescuers Down Under | Hendel Butoy, Mike Gabriel | | United States | Animated film |
| Saga of the Phoenix | Ngai Kai Lam, Sze Yu Lau | Gloria Yip, Yuen Biao, Hiroshi Abe | Hong Kong | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Steven Barron | Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Ray Serra | United States | |
| Wings of Fame | Otakar Votocek | Peter O'Toole, Colin Firth | Netherlands | |
| The Witches | Nicolas Roeg | Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher | United Kingdom United States | |
| 1991 |||||
| Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time | Sylvio Tabet | Marc Singer, Kari Wührer, Wings Hauser | United States | |
| Beauty and the Beast | Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | | United States | Animated film |
| Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Peter Hewitt | Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Bill Sadler | United States | |
| Cast a Deadly Spell | Martin Campbell | Fred Ward, Julianne Moore, Clancy Brown | United States | Television film |
| Defending Your Life | Albert Brooks | Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn | United States | |
| Delirious | Tom Mankiewicz | John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms | United States | |
| The Double Life of Veronique | Krzysztof Kieslowski | Irène Jacob | Poland France | |
| Fantaghirò | Lamberto Bava | Alessandra Martines | Italy | |
| The Fisher King | Terry Gilliam | Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl | United States | |
| Hook | Steven Spielberg | Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts | United States | |
| The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter | George T. Miller | Jonathan Brandis, Clarissa Burt | United States Germany | |
| The Polar Bear King | Ola Solum | Jack Fjeldstad, Maria Bonnevie, Tobias Hoesl, | Norway Germany | also called Kvitebjørn Kong Valemon |
| Prospero's Books | Peter Greenaway | John Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel Blanc | United Kingdom France | |
| Truly, Madly, Deeply | Anthony Minghella | Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman, Bill Paterson | United Kingdom | |
| Wizards of the Demon Sword | Fred Olen Ray | Blake Bahmer, Lyle Waggoner, Heidi Paine | United States | |
| 1992 |||||
| Aladdin | Ron Clements, John Musker | | United States | Animated film |
| Army of Darkness | Sam Raimi | Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert | United States | |
| Death Becomes Her | Robert Zemeckis | Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis | United States | |
| Doctor Mordrid | Albert Band, Charles Band | Jeffrey Combs, Jay Acovone, Brian Thompson, Yvette Nipar | United States | |
| Fantaghirò 2 | Lamberto Bava | Alessandra Martines | Italy | |
| FernGully: The Last Rainforest | Bill Kroyer | Johnathon Ward, Samantha Mathis, Tim Curry | United States Australia | |
| Freddie as F.R.O.7 | Jon Acevski | | United States United Kingdom | Animated film |
| Into the West | Mike Newell | Gabriel Byrne, Ciaran Fitzgerald, Ruaidhri Conroy | Ireland | |
| Orlando | Sally Potter | Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Lothaire Bluteau | United Kingdom Italy France Netherlands | |
| Porco Rosso | Hayao Miyazaki | | Japan | Anime film |
| Prelude to a Kiss | Norman Rene | Alec Baldwin, Meg Ryan, Kathy Bates | Jamaica United States | |
| 1993 |||||
| The Bride With White Hair | Philip Kwok, Ronny Yu | Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Nam Kit-Ying | Hong Kong | |
| The Bride with White Hair 2 | Ronny Yu, David Wu | Sunny Chan, Christy Chung, Joey Maan Yee-man | Hong Kong | |
| Double, Double, Toil and Trouble | Stuart Margolin | Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen | United States | |
| Fantaghirò 3 | Lamberto Bava | Alessandra Martines | Italy | |
| Green Snake | Tsui Hark | Maggie Cheung, Joey Wong, Zhao Wenzhuo | Hong Kong | |
| Groundhog Day | Harold Ramis | Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott | United States | |
| Heart and Souls | Ron Underwood | Robert Downey Jr., Charles Grodin, Alfre Woodard | United States | |
| Hocus Pocus | Kenny Ortega | Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy | United States | |
| Last Action Hero | John McTiernan | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O'Brien, F. Murray Abraham | United States | |
| Legend of the Liquid Sword | | | Hong Kong | |
| The Nightmare Before Christmas | Henry Selick | | United States | Stop-Motion film |
| Ninja Scroll | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | | Japan | Anime film |
| The Secret Garden | Agnieszka Holland | Kate Maberly, Maggie Smith | United Kingdom | |
| Super Mario Bros. | Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton | Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper | United States | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III | Stuart Gillard | Elias Koteas, Paige Turco, Stuart Wilson | United States | |
| Les Visiteurs | Jean-Marie Poire | Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Valérie Lemercier | France | |
| Wishman | Mike Marvin | Paul Le Mat, Geoffrey Lewis, Paul Gleason, Quin Kessler | United States | |
| Zero Patience | John Greyson | John Robinson, Dianne Heatherington, Bernard Behrens | Canada | |
| 1994 |||||
| The Princess and the Goblin | József Gémes | Joss Ackland, Claire Bloom, Roy Kinnear, Sally Ann Marsh | United States | Animated film |
| Thumbelina | Don Bluth, Gary Goldma | Jodi Benson, Gino Conforti, Barbara Cook | United States | Animated Film |
| The Crow | Alex Proyas | Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott | United States | |
| Faust | Jan Švankmajer | | Czech Republic France United Kingdom Germany | Stop-Motion film |
| North | Rob Reiner | Elijah Wood, Bruce Willis, Jon Lovitz | United States | |
| Pom Poko | Isao Takahata | | Japan | Anime film |
| The Lion King | Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff | | United States | Animated film |
| The Mask | Chuck Russell | Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Riegert | United States | |
| The NeverEnding Story III | Peter MacDonald | Jason James Richter, Melody Kay, Freddie Jones | United Kingdom Germany | |
| The Pagemaster | Joe Johnston | Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Ed Begley, Jr. | United States | Animated film |
| The Santa Clause | John Pasquin, Bill Elvin | Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson | United States | |
| The Swan Princess | Richard Rich | | United States | Animated film |
| 1995 |||||
| Babe | Chris Noonan | James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski | Australia | |
| The City of Lost Children | Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet | France Spain Germany | |
| Casper | Brad Silberling | Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty | United States | |
| Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going | Eliseo Subiela | Darío Grandinetti, Mariana Arias | Argentina | |
| The Indian in the Cupboard | Frank Oz | Hal Scardino, Litefoot, Lindsay Crouse | United States | |
| Jumanji | Joe Johnston | Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst | United States | |
| A Kid in King Arthur's Court | Michael Gottlieb | Debora Weston, Barry Stanton, Shane Rimmer | United States | |
| Memories | Katsuhiro Otomo, Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura | | Japan | Anime film |
| Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie | Bryan Spicer | Karen Ashley, Johnny Yong Bosch, Steve Cardenas | United States | |
| Mortal Kombat | Paul W. S. Anderson | Robin Shou, Linden Ashby, Bridgette Wilson | United States | |
| Rough Magic | Clare Peploe | Bridget Fonda, Russell Crowe, Jim Broadbent | France United Kingdom | |
| Slayers The Motion Picture | Kazuo Yamazaki | | Japan | Anime film |
| Sleeping Beauty | Toshi Hiruma | Andrea Libman, Scott McNeil, Richard Newman | United States | Animated film, family-oriented adventure |
| Toy Story | John Lasseter | | United States | Animated film |
| 1996 |||||
| 101 Dalmatians | Stephen Herek | Glenn Close | United States | |
| The Adventures of Pinocchio | Steven Barron | Martin Landau Jonathan Taylor Thomas Udo Kier | United States United Kingdom France Germany | |
| The Craft | Andrew Fleming | Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Robin Tunney | United States | |
| The Crow: City of Angels | Tim Pope | Vincent Perez, Mia Kirshner, Richard Brooks | United States | |
| Dragonheart | Rob Cohen | Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite | United States | |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, Kevin Kline, Paul Kandel, Jason Alexander, Charles Kimbrough, Mary Wickes, David Ogden Stiers | United States | Animated Film |
| Jack | Francis Ford Coppola | Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Jennifer Lopez, Bill Cosby | United States | |
| James and the Giant Peach | Henry Selick | Paul Terry, Simon Callow, Richard Dreyfuss | United States | Stop-Motion film |
| Kazaam | Paul Michael Glaser | Shaquille O'Neal, Francis Capra, Ally Walker | United States | |
| Matilda | Danny DeVito | Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman | United States | |
| Phenomenon | Jon Turteltaub | John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker | United States | |
| The Preacher's Wife | Penny Marshall | Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney Vance | United States | |
| Slayers Return | Kunihiko Yuyama | | Japan | Anime film |
| To the Ends of time | Markus Rothkranz | Joss Ackland, Christine Taylor, Tom Schultz, Sarah Douglas | United States | |
| 1997 |||||
| The Borrowers | Peter Hewitt | John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Mark Williams | United Kingdom | Film remake |
| FairyTale: A True Story | Charles Sturridge | Florence Hoath, Peter O'Toole, Elizabeth Earl | United Kingdom | |
| Flubber | Les Mayfield | Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald | United States | |
| Hercules | Ron Clements, John Musker | | United States | Animated film |
| A Life Less Ordinary | Danny Boyle | Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter | United Kingdom | |
| Princess Mononoke | Hayao Miyazaki | | Japan | Anime film |
| Kull the Conqueror | John Nicolella | Kevin Sorbo, Tia Carrere, Thomas Ian Griffith | United States | |
| Mortal Kombat Annihilation | John R. Leonetti | Robin Shou, Talisa Soto, James Remar | United States | |
| Photographing Fairies | Nick Willing | Toby Stephens, Emily Woof, Ben Kingsley | United Kingdom | |
| A Simple Wish | Michael Ritchie | Martin Short, Mara Wilson, Francis Capra, Kathleen Turner | United States | |
| Slayers Great | Kunihiko Yuyama | | Japan | Anime film |
| Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Michael Cohn | Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill, Monica Keena | United States | |
| Spawn | Mark A.Z. Dippé | John Leguizamo, Michael Jai White, Martin Sheen | United States | |
| Twilight of the Ice Nymphs | Guy Maddin | Pascale Bussières, Nigel Whitmey, Shelley Duvall | Canada | |
| Warriors of Virtue | Ronny Yu | Angus MacFadyen, Mario Yedidia, Marley Shelton | United States | |
| 1998 |||||
| A Bug's Life | John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton | | United States | Animated film |
| A Very Unlucky Leprechaun | Brian Kelly | Warwick Davis, Danielle Lombardi, Stephanie Lombardi | Ireland United States | |
| After Life | Hirokazu Koreeda | Arata, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima | Japan | |
| Antz | Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson | | United States | Animated film |
| Babe: Pig in the City | George Miller | Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell, Mary Stein | United States | |
| Blade | Stephen Norrington | Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson | United States | |
| City of Angels | Brad Silberling | Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Andre Braugher | United States | |
| Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang | George Bloomfield | Gary Busey, Miranda Richardson, Ice-T | Canada | |
| Kirikou and the Sorceress | Michel Ocelot | Doudou Gueye Thiaw, Maimouna N'Diaye, Awa Sene Sarr | France | Animated film |
| Meet Joe Black | Martin Brest | Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani | United States | |
| Practical Magic | Griffin Dunne | Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman | United States | |
| Quest for Camelot | Frederik Du Chau | | United States | Animated film |
| Sliding Doors | Peter Howitt | Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch | United States | |
| Slayers Gorgeous | Hiroshi Watanabe | | Japan | Anime film |
| Small Soldiers | Joe Dante | Frank Langella, Tommy Lee Jones, Ernest Borgnine | United States | Science fiction |
| The Storm Riders | Andrew Lau | Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng, Sonny Chiba | Hong Kong | |
| What Dreams May Come | Vincent Ward | Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Annabella Sciorra | United States | |
| The Wolves of Kromer | Will Gould | Lee Williams, James Layton, Rita Davies | United Kingdom | |
| 1999 |||||
| The 13th Warrior | John McTiernan | Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Dennis Storhoi | Canada United States | |
| Being John Malkovich | Spike Jonze | John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener | United States | |
| Dogma | Kevin Smith | Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino | United States | |
| Fantasia 2000 | Various directors | | United States | Animated film |
| The Green Mile | Frank Darabont | Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt | United States | |
| The Mummy | Stephen Sommers | Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo | United States | |
| Mystery Men | Kinka Usher | Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, William H. Macy | United States | |
| Tarzan | Chris Buck, Kevin Lima | | United States | Animated film |
| Toy Story 2 | John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, Ash Brannon | | United States | Animated film |
| Tuvalu | Veit Helmer | Denis Lavant, Chulpan Khamatova, Philippe Clay | Germany | |