Best Fantasy Movies of 1980

The highest-rated fantasy films from 1980, ranked by MovieMagicScore based on authentic viewer ratings.

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The King and the Mockingbird

1980

A young shepherdess and a chimneysweep plan to get married and escape the clutches of a tyrannical king in love with her, assisted by the guile of a cheeky mockingbird, the king's archenemy.

7.8

Somewhere in Time

1980

Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early twentieth century. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.

7.5

City of Women

1980

The charismatic Snaporaz encounters an alluring woman on a train and pursues her through a forest. He ends up at a hotel populated by women gathered for a feminist conference, where he is an unwanted presence. Snaporaz soon discovers he’s entered a phantasmagoric world where women have taken power.

7.0

Super Fuzz

1980

While delivering a parking ticket to a small village in the Florida everglades, Officer Dave Speed finds himself in the middle of a radiation experiment conducted by the American government and NASA, where a detonated nuclear missile gives him a multitude of superpowers.

6.5

The Return of the King

1980

Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.

6.4

Forbidden Zone

1980

A mysterious door in the basement of the Hercules house leads to the Sixth Dimension by way of a gigantic set of intestine. When Frenchy slips through the door, King Fausto falls in love with her. The jealous Queen Doris takes Frenchy prisoner, and it is up to the Hercules family and friend Squeezit Henderson to rescue her.

6.2

My Wife is a Witch

1980

A witch being condemned to burn to death by the Holy Inquisition makes a contract with the devil to be reborn in our times.

5.9

The Watcher in the Woods

1980

After an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long lost daughter, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago during a solar eclipse.

5.9

Xanadu

1980

A beautiful muse inspires an artist and his older friend to convert a dilapidated auditorium into a lavish rollerskating club.

5.7

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Herbie Goes Bananas

1980

The adorable little VW helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico.

5.3

Best Fantasy Movies of 1980

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