Every epic fantasy movie streaming on MGM+ in the US right now —
18 films ranked by rating, checked against MGM+’s live catalog.
Updated July 2026 · Availability refreshed from MGM+ US
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The Lost World (1925)
IMDb 7.0🍅 100%Letterboxd 3.41h 44m
Directed by Harry O. Hoyt
✦ MovieMuse AI takeSilent cinema's foundational spectacle: stop-motion dinosaurs establish the fantastical realm as tangible, conquerable landscape.
The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.
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Topper Returns (1941)
IMDb 6.8🍅 88%Letterboxd 3.31h 28m
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
✦ MovieMuse AI takeA comedy ghost story, not epic fantasy—belongs in supernatural comedy, not this genre.
Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealthy friend, Ann Carrington, the intended victim. With Topper's help, Gail sets out to find her killer with the expected zany results.
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The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
IMDb 6.7🍅 43%Letterboxd 3.12h 6m
Directed by Robert Redford
✦ MovieMuse AI takeA sports drama with magical realism, not epic fantasy—lacks the mythic scope and worldbuilding.
World War I has left golfer Rannulph Junuh a poker-playing alcoholic, his perfect swing gone. Now, however, he needs to get it back to play in a tournament to save the financially ravaged golf course of a long-ago sweetheart. Help arrives in the form of mysterious caddy Bagger Vance.
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Arabian Nights (1974)
IMDb 6.6🍅 83%Letterboxd 3.72h 11m
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
✦ MovieMuse AI takePasolini's baroque storytelling transforms Eastern folklore into sensual, digressive narrative—epic scope through accumulation rather than singular quest.
The final part of Pasolini's Trilogy of Life series is rich with exotic tales of slaves and kings, potions, betrayals, demons and, most of all, love and lovemaking in all its myriad forms. Mysterious and liberating, this is an exquisitely dreamlike and adult interpretation of the original folk tales.
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The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
2h 29m
Directed by Raoul Walsh
✦ MovieMuse AI takeSilent cinema's imaginative set design and practical effects create a richly textured Arabian fantasy world.
A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
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Snow White (1987)
IMDb 6.5Letterboxd 3.11h 25m
Directed by Michael Berz
A prince, seeking the greatest treasure, stumbles upon seven little men guarding a coffin. They tell him the story of Snow White, a beautiful princess who was forced to run away from home after her jealous stepmother tried to have her killed. When she realizes that the girl is still alive and living with the dwarfs, she sets out to destroy her only rival once and for all.
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Ella Enchanted (2004)
IMDb 6.3🍅 51%Letterboxd 3.51h 36m
Directed by Tommy O'Haver
✦ MovieMuse AI takeWhimsical fairy-tale logic and charming magical worldbuilding capture genuine storybook enchantment effectively.
Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be quite the curse once Ella finds herself in the hands of several unscrupulous characters whom she quite literally cannot disobey. Determined to gain control of her life and decisions, Ella sets off on a journey to find her fairy godmother who she hopes will lift the curse. The path, however, isn't easy -- Ella must outwit a slew of unpleasant obstacles including ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, elves and Prince Charmont's evil uncle, who wants to take over the crown and rule the kingdom.
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Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
IMDb 6.3🍅 78%Letterboxd 3.21h 34m
Directed by Nathan Juran
✦ MovieMuse AI takePractical effects-driven giant encounters anchor an otherwise whimsical tale, grounding fairy-tale heroics in visceral, physical fantasy violence.
The terrible and trecherous Pendragon plans to gain the throne of Cornwall by getting the king to abdicate and to marry his lovely daughter. To help him he has his dreadful witches in his castle and his almost unstoppable sorcery. A giant under his control abducts the princess, but on the way home with her the giant meets farming lad Jack who slays him. This is only the beginning.
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Reign of Fire (2002)
IMDb 6.2🍅 41%Letterboxd 3.01h 41m
Directed by Rob Bowman
✦ MovieMuse AI takeDragons as civilizational extinction event anchor this grounded post-apocalyptic survival epic memorably.
In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons -- has much at stake: His mother was killed by a dragon, but his love is still alive.
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The People That Time Forgot (1977)
IMDb 5.4🍅 63%Letterboxd 2.71h 30m
Directed by Kevin Connor
✦ MovieMuse AI takeLost-world adventure with practical creature effects and genuine exploratory wonder sustains pulp epic energy.
Major Ben McBride organizes a mission to the Antarctic wastes to search for his friend who has been missing in the region for several years. McBride's party find themselves in a world populated by primitive warriors and terrifying prehistoric creatures, all of whom they must evade in order to get back safely
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At the Earth's Core (1976)
IMDb 5.1🍅 40%Letterboxd 2.61h 30m
Directed by Kevin Connor
✦ MovieMuse AI takeSubterranean realm filled with stop-motion creatures and alien landscapes defines retro adventure spectacle.
A huge burrowing machine tunnels out of control at ferocious speed, cutting clean through to the center of the earth, to the twilight world of pellucidar. Once there, Dr. Perry and David Innes are threatened by half human creatures, lizard-like birds, and man-eating plants.
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The Barbarians (1987)
IMDb 5.0Letterboxd 2.71h 27m
Directed by Ruggero Deodato
✦ MovieMuse AI takeMusclebound barbarian quest formula with tribal lore and mystical artifact stakes hits genre beats.
Orphaned brothers Kutchek and Gore are adopted by a tribe led by Canary the owner of a powerful jewel. The evil Kadar wants both Canary and the jewel. Attacking the tribe he kidnaps Canary but the stone eludes him. The brothers are taken to be trained as gladiators and years later have grown to be VERY big. They escape and set off on a quest to find the jewel and rescue Canary.
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She (1984)
IMDb 4.8Letterboxd 2.81h 46m
Directed by Avi Nesher
✦ MovieMuse AI takeGrimy post-apocalyptic landscape and rubber-suited creature designs deliver trashy sword-and-sorcery atmosphere.
In a backward post-apocalyptic world, She aids two brothers' quest to rescue their kidnapped sister. Along the way, they battle orgiastic werewolves, a psychic communist, a tutu-wearing giant, a mad scientist, and gladiators before standing against the odds to defeat the evil Norks.
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Mannequin Two: On the Move (1991)
IMDb 4.5🍅 12%Letterboxd 2.51h 35m
Directed by Stewart Raffill
✦ MovieMuse AI takeModern-day rom-com, not fantasy epic—reincarnation premise doesn't scaffold genuine mythic worldbuilding.
Although Jason works as a department store clerk, he is also a reincarnated prince. Long ago, his beloved Jessie was snatched away from him by an evil wizard who used his powers to transform her into wooden statue. Now Jessie is in Jason's department store as a mannequin. When he encounters her, she awakens from her thousand-year sleep. They quickly revive their romance, but the evil wizard has been reincarnated as well, and he's up to no good.
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Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
IMDb 4.4Letterboxd 2.51h 42m
Directed by Stephen Weeks
✦ MovieMuse AI takeArthurian legend adapted with genuine medieval atmosphere and the supernatural Green Knight's otherworldly menace.
Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a game with a brave knight. Gawain journeys across the land, learning about life, saving damsels, and solving the Green Knight's riddle.
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Hercules (1983)
IMDb 4.1🍅 22%Letterboxd 2.71h 38m
Directed by Luigi Cozzi
✦ MovieMuse AI takeSci-fi intrudes upon mythic structure: science-magic collision reframes Herculean labor as ideological combat between enlightenment and ancient order.
Hercules, a semi-divine being, squares off against King Minos, who is attempting to use science to gain power and take over the world. With the help of a benevolent sorceress, Circe, Hercules tries to save his beloved Cassiopeia from being sacrificed by Minos, and struggles against laser-breathing creatures and an evil sorceress.
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The Adventures of Hercules (1985)
IMDb 4.0Letterboxd 2.51h 28m
Directed by Luigi Cozzi
✦ MovieMuse AI takeMacGuffin-driven episodic structure mirrors classical hero's journey; stolen artifacts justify successive fantastical encounters across mythic geography.
Hercules searches for the Seven Thunderbolts of Zeus, which have been stolen by renegade gods.
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Gor (1987)
IMDb 3.6Letterboxd 2.01h 34m
Directed by Fritz Kiersch
✦ MovieMuse AI takePlanetary colonization fantasy with sword-wielding heroes against tyranny establishes alternate-world stakes adequately.
American professor Tarl Cabot is transported via a magical ring to planet Gor, where he must help an oppressed country overthrow its evil king and his barbarian henchmen.
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