Post edited 3:34 am – April 16, 2010 by Tue Sorensen

Got 'em right here:

1. Highlander (1986)

2. Pleasantville (1998)

3. LadyHawke (1985)

4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

5. Fantasia (1940)

6. The Jungle Book (1967)

7. Ronja Robbersdaughter (1984)

8. Legend (1985)

9. Being John Malkovich (1999)

10. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

11. Les Visiteurs (1993)

12. Raiders of the Lost Arc (1981)

13. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

14. Big Fish (2003)

15. Last Action Hero (1993)

16. Azumi (2003)

17. The Brothers Lionheart (1977)

18. Shaolin Soccer (2001)

19. The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1976)

20. The Golden Compass (2007)

21. Shrek 2 (2004)

22. The Butterfly Effect – Director's Cut (2004)

23. Alice in Wonderland (1951)

24. DOA: Dead Or Alive (2006)

25. Ella Enchanted (2004)

26. Excalibur (1981)

27. Willow (1988)

28. Dumbo (1941)

29. Legend of the Overfiend (1989)

30. Dragonslayer (1981)

31. The Devil's Backbone (2001)

32. Peter Pan (1953)

33. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937)

34. Princess Mononoke (1997)

35. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

36. Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

37. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

38. Beetle Juice (1988)

39. Edward Scissorhands (1990)

40. Underworld 2: Rise of the Lycans (2009)

41. Underworld (2003)

42.-44. Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-2003)

45. Big Trouble In Little China (1986)

46. Beowulf (2007)

47. Big (1988)

48. Scrooged (1988)

49. Truly Madly Deeply (1990)

50. Queen of the Damned (2002)

These are only movies in color; I intend (one day, when I've watched enough of them) to do a separate list for fantasy movies in black&white…

And of course you know there's also a Sci-Fi Top Fifty coming from me soon, but there are still a couple of genre classics I need to watch before finalizing that list, so it might be another week or so… hold your breaths if you want to!

I rate The Princess Bride a 7 out of 10. The movies on my list above all rate an 8 or higher. I know a lot of people have a lot of love for TPB, but I don't think it's *particularly* funny. To me, it just isn't. It's enjoyable, but in my view it only has a very few really good scenes.

I relatively often see good movies twice at the cinema. Saw both Captain America and X-Men: First Class twice in 2011. A tradition started with the first X-Men movie, seen twice in 2000. Any major sci-fi movie that turns out to be really good (like the latest Star Trek), I'll usually see twice.