Best movies — fantasy on Netflix : our Top 20

1999 · Frank Darabont

On death row in a Southern penitentiary, a towering, soft-spoken inmate named John Coffey harbors a baffling ability to lift illness and suffering from others. When Paul Edgecomb, the cell block’s chief guard, witnesses Coffey’s restorative gift, he becomes obsessed with preventing the condemned man’s execution. Battling institutional forces and his own uncertainty, Edgecomb mounts a desperate attempt to save a man whose power challenges everything they thought they knew.

With Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Cromwell, Michael Jeter and Graham Greene

2007 · Julie Taymor

A chance reunion with Gwen Stacy propels Brooklyn’s young Spider-Man into the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society — a coalition of spider-powered heroes tasked with defending reality itself. When the group fractures over how to confront a dangerous new threat, Miles finds himself opposed to his fellow Spiders and must strike out on his own to protect the people he loves.

With Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy, T.V. Carpio and Spencer Liff

1984 · Ivan Reitman

After being dismissed from their university positions, three parapsychologists open a paranormal investigation and removal firm in New York City, only to encounter a rising supernatural force whose emergence threatens to engulf the entire world.

With Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts and William Atherton

2008 · David Fincher

Arriving into the world under strange circumstances—as an elderly infant in a New Orleans nursing home—Benjamin Button begins life aging backward. When he is twelve, he meets Daisy, a youngster who drifts in and out of his life as she grows into a professional dancer. Though his years are filled with many extraordinary episodes, it is his bond with Daisy and the hope that their timelines will one day align that sustains him.

With Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Mahershala Ali and Jared Harris

1989 · Hayao Miyazaki

During a required year of independence, a young witch struggles to find her place in a wary small town while supporting herself by operating a modest air courier service.

With Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi, Keiko Toda, Mieko Nobusawa, Koichi Miura and Haruko Katō

2009 · Christopher Smith

A celebrated supermodel pair accept an invitation aboard an extravagant cruise for the ultra-wealthy, overseen by a dangerously unstable, hard-drinking captain. What begins as a picture-perfect escape collapses into catastrophe, leaving the remaining guests marooned on a deserted island where social masks fall away and a brutal struggle for power and survival takes over.

With Melissa George, Liam Hemsworth, Emma Lung, Rachael Carpani, Michael Dorman, Joshua McIvor and Henry Nixon

1990 · Jerry Zucker

A young man’s life is cut short, but his restless spirit remains—teaming up with an unwilling medium to reach out to his beloved and warn her of a dangerous force closing in.

With Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, Vincent Schiavelli, Rick Aviles and Martina Deignan

2024 · Robert Eggers

A tormented young woman, haunted by shadows of her past, becomes the object of a relentless vampire's fixation. As his dark devotion tightens around her life, the fragile boundary between salvation and doom collapses, igniting a wave of dread and violence that consumes their world.

With Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Bill Skarsgård, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe, Emma Corrin and Ralph Ineson

1988 · Richard Donner

A high-powered television executive, Frank Cross has let ruthless ambition and a sour disposition cost him the woman he once loved. After he dismisses a staffer on Christmas Eve, a succession of spectral visitors forces him to confront his past, rethink his choices, and seize one last opportunity to make amends.

With Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover, Bobcat Goldthwait, David Johansen and Carol Kane

2006 · M. Night Shyamalan

Young and determined sailor Jessica Watson sets out to become the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world. Met with widespread doubt, she leans on the guidance of her coach and mentor, Ben Bryant, and the steadfast support of her parents. Over 210 relentless days at sea she confronts some of the planet’s most treacherous waters, battling storms, isolation and the limits of endurance as she strives to achieve a feat many believed impossible.

With Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey Wright, Sarita Choudhury, Freddy Rodríguez and Bill Irwin

1999 · Shim Hyung-rae

When a young real-estate broker is found dead, a world-weary detective plunges into a maze of deceit and shifting truths. His hunt for the killer forces him to confront—and ultimately dismantle—the comforting illusions that have sustained his life.

With Dan Cashman, Bruce Cornwell, Dennis Howard, Matt Landers, Richard Livingston and Donna Philipson

2016 · Duncan Jones

Azeroth’s tranquil societies teeter on the verge of war when a fearsome horde of orc warriors—desperate refugees from a dying homeland—arrive bent on claiming new lands. A suddenly opened rift links the two worlds and sets them on a collision course: one army faces obliteration while an entire people risks extinction. From opposite sides, two champions are drawn into a decisive confrontation that will determine the survival of their loved ones, their cultures, and the world they call home.

With Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Ben Schnetzer, Toby Kebbell and Robert Kazinsky

2010 · Julie Taymor

With Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones, Reeve Carney, David Strathairn, Tom Conti, Alan Cumming and Chris Cooper

2010 · Troy Nixey

The Daily Show host riffs on the comic pitfalls of assigning names to nations, how traffic lights seem to grant New Yorkers a bizarre sense of invincibility, and the strange reasons you might want to avoid drinking in Scotland.

With Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison, Jack Thompson, Alan Dale, Emelia Burns and Nicholas Bell

2008 · Kim Ki-duk

A short bonus episode presented as an extra feature with the theatrical release of Yes! Precure 5 GoGo!: Okashi no Kuni no Happy Birthday.

With Joe Odagiri, Lee Na-young, Park Ji-a, Jin Tae-hyeon, Chang Mi-hee, Lee Ho-Young and Kim Min-soo

2006 · Woody Allen

A fictionalized drama based on real events, offering a behind-the-scenes, insider perspective on how the women of Newsnight managed to land the now-infamous interview with Prince Andrew.

With Woody Allen, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Ian McShane, Charles Dance, Romola Garai and Kevin McNally

2026 · Shingo Yamashita

Iroha's quiet life is upended when Kaguya, a carefree runaway from the Moon, arrives to live with her and persuades her to join forces as performers in a dazzling virtual realm.

With Yuko Natsuyoshi, Anna Nagase, Saori Hayami, Miyu Irino, Yuma Uchida, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka and Yoshino Aoyama

2000 · Nancy Meyers

Nick Marshall is a cocky, chauvinistic advertising exec who expects a promotion—until he's passed over in favor of Darcy, the company's new boss. After a freak accident leaves him able to hear women's private thoughts, Nick uses his unexpected power to eavesdrop and manipulate, scheming to undermine Darcy even as she appears oddly infatuated with him. The ability gives him a professional edge, but also forces him to face the consequences of exploiting people's inner lives and to reconsider his attitudes toward the women around him.

With Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda, Ashley Johnson, Mark Feuerstein and Lauren Holly

1967 · Carlos Velo

A man returns to a town plagued by violence and the fury of thwarted love to find his father, Pedro Páramo.

With John Gavin, Ignacio López Tarso, Pilar Pellicer, Julissa, Graciela Döring, Carlos Fernández and Augusto Benedico

2018 · Andy Serkis

Brought up by a wolf pack, a human boy must confront the deadly tiger Shere Khan and come to terms with the truths of his human heritage.

With Rohan Chand, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Naomie Harris, Andy Serkis and Peter Mullan