Fantasy movies provide us the ultimate escape from reality and the drudgery of real life. They take us into the world of imagination where anything is possible, from tree monsters to endearing giants like in The BFG. Our Best 2016 Fantasy movies list gives you the best from the Fantasy world of movies that will take you to new, unexplored worlds.
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Best 2016 Fantasy Movies You Must Watch
You have a lot to choose from the Fantasy genre this year. Go into the wilderness with Mowgli, or explore multiple dimensions with Stephen Strange and The Ancient One. Here’s the list of 2016 Fantasy films you must watch.
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The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling’s classic The Jungle Book is back in a new avatar. With better movie making techniques than used in previous productions, this one is a real treat.
The Jungle Book (2016)
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley
Join Mowgli as he adjusts to the wild with help of a panther named Bagheera and a bear Baloo and fights to keep Sher Khan at bay. Although the story isn’t new, this has to be on anyone’s best 2016 fantasy movies list.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Jacob is your everyday Joe, until one day he stumbles into things that raise questions about his grandfather. The mystery takes him into different world and times and to a home where children have special powers.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson
An exciting new journey into a new world. Based on a book by the same name, watch this to forget about your daily grind. The movie didn’t score too well in the books of critics, but audience gave this one a thumbs up.
Pete’s Dragon
Pete’s Dragon doesn’t have that problem, though. The movie did well to get favorable reviews from critics as well as the audience. Pete has survived six years alone in the forest. When a ranger finds him, he explains that he had help from his friend Elliot, a dragon.
Pete’s Dragon (2016)
Director: David Lowery
Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley
Later, when a villager claims that he saw this dragon, no one believes him. To prove he is right, the man goes on a quest to capture Elliot.
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The BFG
Giants eat children. That is what Sophie has known all her life. But her perceptions about the big bipeds begin to change when she meets a Big Friendly Giant.
The BFG (2016)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton
But there is a problem. Bloodbottler, Fleshlumpeater, and some other giants do not agree with BFG’s friendly ways. Sophie must now accompany the BFG and convince the Queen to kill the bad ones and end the menace. Did you like this one? Tell if you thin the movie deserves to be on the Best 2016 Fantasy Movies list or f you think otherwise.
Doctor Strange
Dr. Stephen Strange is an arrogant and proud Neurosurgeon. But when he injures his hands in an accident, his ability to practice medicine is snatched away.
Doctor Strange (2016)
Director: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams
Looking for a solution to his problems, Stephen Strange travels the world in search for a medicine to fix his hands. He stumbles into The Ancient One in the Himalayas, who opens a whole new world to the surgeon.
A Monster Calls
There’s something eating Connor from the inside. He is depressed. At school he either gets bullied or pitied. At home he must deal with his mother’s sickness.
A Monster Calls (2016)
Director: J.A. Bayona
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Lewis MacDougall
Tree monsters are not known to mingle with humans. But this one cannot bear Connor’s plight anymore. He urges Connor to tell the truth and stop feeling guilty all the time.
There’s still time to wrap up this year and we have at least a couple more that can surely make it to this list of 2016 Fantasy movies. Do you agree with our picks? Or are there some that we have missed. Share which movies you think ought to make it to the Best 2016 Fantasy Movies list.
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