Fantasy Movies
Jack and the Beanstalk (1970)
Retelling of the classic fairy tale, but from a decidedly 1960s point of view, complete with “groovy” dialogue.
Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1970)
A postman, S.D. Kluger, decides to answer some of the most common questions about Santa Claus, and tells us about a baby named Kris who is raised by a family…
Brewster McCloud (1970)
Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He has a dream: to take flight within the confines of the stadium. Brewster…
The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
The Phantom Tollbooth, based upon the children’s adventure novel by Norton Juster, tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo. Unexpectedly receiving a magic tollbooth and, having nothing…
Santa and the Three Bears (1970)
Two bear cubs want to meet Santa despite their mother telling them that Santa does not exist. With the help of the park ranger, their wish might come true!
Scrooge (1970)
A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)
An ancient tribe attempts to sacrifice Sanna as an offering to the Sun god to save their tribe from dinosaurs. Tara, a young man from another tribe, saves Sanna and…
The Projectionist (1970)
A projectionist bored with his everyday life begins fantasizing about his being one of the superheroes he sees in the movies he shows.
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the effects she experiences when she puts on a pair of magic…
Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach (1970)
A pastor and ethnographer visits a remote corner of 19th-century Lithuania where folk customs associated with the area’s pagan past still have a hold on the population.
Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970)
Lemuel Gulliver (Lubomír Kostelka) has had a car accident and continues his journey across the unknown countryside on foot. On the road he finds a dead rabbit dressed like a…
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warren. She goes to a…
Pufnstuf (1970)
Jimmy (Jack Wild) ventures to Living Island with his magical, talking flute, Freddy. Once there, he befriends many of the island’s inhabitants, but the evil Witchiepoo (Billie Hayes) is determined…
Gamera vs. Jiger (1970)
When a giant stone statue on Wester Island is disturbed, the legendary monster Jiger appears and heads for Japan. Gamera tries to stop this new rival, only to be injured…
Fluctuations (1970)
A bizarre don’t-even-try-to-make-sense-of-it bombardment of sexual imagery that plays like stream of consciousness from a degenerate: threesomes, foursomes, lesbians, bondage, hair-whipping (!) and, believe it or not, even kung-fu. Avant-garde…
Hercules in New York (1970)
Hercules is sent from Mount Olympus to modern-day Manhattan, where he takes up professional wrestling before getting mixed up with a gang of mobsters.
Sole Survivor (1970)
In 1960, the ruins of an American bomber were found in the Libyan desert, but the remains of the crew were never located. In Guerdon Trueblood’s teleplay, the ghosts of…
Eggshells (1969)
A group of hippie students in Austin, Texas move into an old big house in the woods. However, something else is there and it’s influencing them.
All Monsters Attack (1969)
Ichiro Miki is a child living in the industrial district of Kawasaki, where his parents’ constant struggle to make ends meet often leaves the schoolboy alone. Constantly teased by a…
Fearless Frank (1969)
A country boy arrives in Chicago, gets killed by some gangsters, and returns to life with superhuman powers in this satirical look at movie genres.
Zeta One (1969)
Women around the globe begin disappearing when a renegade race of top-heavy aliens from the planet Angvia begin snatching them off the streets.
The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
A turn of the century wild west show struggling to make a living in Mexico comes into the possession of a tiny prehistoric horse. This leads to an expedition to…
The Mighty Gorga (1969)
A circus owner and a lady trapper trek into the African jungle to capture a giant gorilla for his circus.
The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha (1969)
Goopy Gyne and Bagha Byne are banished from their respective villages for being bad musicians. However, with their skills, they succeed in pleasing the king of ghosts who grants them…
Our Lady of the Sphere (1969)
Animation using cutout animation to craft a bizarre science fiction experiment. Moving spheres, such as balloons and bubbles, are superimposed on static backgrounds to suggest travel and discovery.
The Love Bug (1968)
Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of its own, not realizing Herbie’s worth until a sneaky rival plots to…
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
Through Fire Water and… Brass Pipes (1968)
Fairytale about heroic Vasya and beautiful Alenushka.