THE TEN BEST FANTASY FILMS OF ALL TIME

Films of Fantasy are wonderful escapes from the daily realities of life. One of my favorite fantasy films in my childhood was Pinocchio, an animation film by Walt Disney. It made a big impression on me as to the things that could happen to a young boy if he did not behave properly or listen to his parents and obey the rules. There is a big role in our lives for this genre of movie to open up and expand our imagination to its outer limits and to help train our minds to meditate and absorb new experiences which generally have a moral lesson to tell.

The Ten Best Movies of the 1970s

The 1970s showed continuing tension in the cold war with the Soviet Union but The Vietnam War was finally coming to a close. Richard Nixon became the first man to ever resign from the presidency in 1974 beginning a period of time when citizens no longer trusted their government. There were gasoline shortages in the United States so massive that people would have to wait in long lines for hours in order to fill their gas tanks and some people ran out of gas while they were waiting. And the King of Rock & Roll died in 1979.

The film industry was still going strong bolstered by the continued rise of independent producers and the wave of the new, young and innovative writer/directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg who were taking over the film industry. The movie moguls of the old Hollywood system were losing control over the industry as their struggling studios were being taken over by huge business conglomerates.

The following list must necessarily leave out many fantastic films that appeared during the decade and the only way to narrow the list for me was to judge the impact that they had on movie goers and society. We may have to change future lists from ten to twenty! Here goes!