Hidden Gems
Underrated Fantasy Movies
Fantasy films our TML Score rates highly that never found a big audience: critically strong, commercially overlooked. Ranked by our TML Score, a transparent blend of IMDb and Metascore, and filtered to titles with modest box office.
30 Underrated Fantasy Films
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Terry Gilliam·1975·AdventureTML 90★ 8.2$1.2M box officeTerry Jones, Graham Chapman +2
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Tonari no Totoro
Hayao Miyazaki·1988·AnimationTML 88★ 8.2$1.1M box officeHitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka +2
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Kaze no tani no Naushika
Hayao Miyazaki·1984·AnimationTML 87★ 8.1$496K box officeSumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura +2
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Kiki's Delivery Service
Hayao Miyazaki·1989·AnimationTML 85★ 7.8$1.0M box officeKirsten Dunst, Minami Takayama +2
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La double vie de Véronique
Krzysztof Kieslowski·1991·DramaTML 85★ 7.8$2.0M box officeIrène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski +2
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The Double Life of Véronique
Krzysztof Kieslowski·1991·DramaTML 84★ 7.6$2.0M box officeIrène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski +2
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Let the Right One In
Tomas Alfredson·2008·DramaTML 84★ 7.8$2.1M box officeKåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson +2
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Låt den rätte komma in
Tomas Alfredson·2008·CrimeTML 84★ 7.9$2.1M box officeKåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson +2
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Waking Life
Richard Linklater·2001·AnimationTML 84★ 7.8$2.9M box officeEthan Hawke, Trevor Jack Brooks +2
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Der Himmel über Berlin
Wim Wenders·1987·DramaTML 84★ 8$3.3M box officeBruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin +2
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La montaña sagrada
Alejandro Jodorowsky·1973·AdventureTML 82★ 7.9$61K box officeAlejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas +2
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Juliet of the Spirits
Federico Fellini·1965·ComedyTML 82★ 7.4$79K box officeGiulietta Masina, Sandra Milo +2
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Russian Ark
Aleksandr Sokurov·2002·DramaTML 82★ 7.2$3.0M box officeSergey Dreyden, Mariya Kuznetsova +2
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The Holy Mountain
Alejandro Jodorowsky·1973·AdventureTML 81★ 7.7$61K box officeAlejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas +2
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Dreams
Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda·1990·DramaTML 81★ 7.7$2.0M box officeIshirô Honda, Akira Terao +2
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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Apichatpong Weerasethakul·2010·DramaTML 79★ 6.7$184K box officeThanapat Saisaymar, Jenjira Pongpas +2
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Millennium Actress
Satoshi Kon, Kô Matsuo·2001·AnimationTML 79★ 7.8$263K box officeMiyoko Shôji, Shôzô Îzuka +2
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Only Lovers Left Alive
Jim Jarmusch·2013·ComedyTML 79★ 7.2$1.9M box officeTilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston +2
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