High fantasy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:High_fantasy_films), or epic fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy defined by the epic nature of its setting or by the epic stature of its characters, themes, or plot.

Movies that have at least 50,000 votes and an IMDb rating of at least 7.0 are considered.

Which of these is your favorite high fantasy movie?

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Jay Baruchel and Randy Thom in How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Peter Falk and Fred Savage in The Princess Bride (1987)

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, and Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Eddie Redmayne, and Katherine Waterston in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, John Ratzenberger, Tracey Ullman, Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna, Wilmer Valderrama, Catherine Apple, Sharon Calahan, Grey DeLisle, Chris Pratt, Kori Rae, Mel Rodriguez, Dan Scanlon, Octavia Spencer, Keith Bunin, Kyle Bornheimer, Noah Klocek, Lena Waithe, Adam Habib, Jason Headley, Tom Holland, Ali Wong, and George Psarras in Onward (2020)

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Christopher Lee, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Miranda Otto, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, and Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Ralph Fiennes, Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter, John Hurt, Alan Rickman, David Thewlis, Emma Thompson, Jim Broadbent, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Ian Hart, Ciarán Hinds, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, Michael Gambon, Jason Isaacs, Alexandre Desplat, Michael Henbury Ballan, David Barron, Alan Bennett, Sarah Bennett, Sean Biggerstaff, David Bradley, David Bulbeck, Peter Burroughs, Stuart Craig, Mark Day, Mike Edmonds, Alfred Enoch, Tom Felton, Rusty Goffe, Rupert Grint, George Harris, Guy Henry, Andrew Herd, Josh Herdman, David Heyman, Ralph Ineson, Gemma Jones, Tony Kirwood, Steve Kloves, Dave Legeno, Matthew Lewis, Kelly Macdonald, Miriam Margolyes, Helen McCrory, Nick Moran, Devon Murray, Luke Newberry, Ian Peck, Leslie Phillips, Katie Purvis, Daniel Radcliffe, Chris Rankin, Adrian Rawlins, J.K. Rowling, Keijo Salmela, Granville Saxton, Mark Sealey, Eduardo Serra, Judith Sharp, Geraldine Somerville, Richard Trinder, Julie Walters, Emma Watson, Brian Wheeler, Mark Williams, Bonnie Wright, David Yates, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Clémence Poésy, David Ledger, Gabriella Pond, Samantha Davis, Jessica Niles, Persephone Muse, Roseanna Brown, Graham Duff, Joshua Jo, Emil Hostina, Jonothon Masai, Natalia Tena, Georgina Leonidas, Ashley Beaver, Ashley McGuire, Jon Campling, Eva Loy, Nikki Bond, Lily Tello, Phil Holden, Chloé Bruce, David Decio, Katie Leung, Jeff Lipman, Nina Aimer Fox, Jon Key, William Melling, Afshan Azad, Domhnall Gleeson, Spencer Wilding, Natalie Hallam, Binde Johal, Andy Callaghan, Evanna Lynch, Matt Da Silva, Michael Thompson, Charlie Hobbs, Freddie Stroma, Lisa Osmond, Tony Montalbano, Jessie Cave, Benn Northover, Pauline Stone, Peter G. Reed, John Warman, Amber Evans, Ruby Evans, Johann Benét, Grace Meurisse Francis, Louis Cordice, Anna Shaffer, Isabella Laughland, Sean Francis George, Scarlett Hefner, Ninette Finch, Suzanne Toase, Mason Kayne, Tony Adkins, Aimee Holden, Curtis Rowland Small, Paul Bateman, Greg Doherty, Aaron Virdee, George Appleby, Ryan Turner, Ellie Darcey-Alden, Thomas Alan Williamson, Christian Black, Timothy Shieff, Maxwell Laird, Louisa Warren, Adam Brashaw, Kamilla Woodburn, Glen Stanway, Karen Anderson, Sarah-Jane De Crespigny, Arti Shah, Bertie Gilbert, Hebe Beardsall, Jamie McLeod-Ross, Nathan Barris, Mark Dusty Miller, Tim Mcgill Grieveson, Samuel Supple, Gino Picciano, Ifeoma Oboko, Chloe Franks, Sarah Lowe, Elisabeth Roberts, Kelvin Wise, Rohan Gotobed, Chris Knight, Will Dunn, Arthur Bowen, Anthony Allgood, Bob Yves Van Hellenberg Hubar, Joe Kallis, Matthew Hodgkin, Benedict Clarke, Grace Bruce, Hattie Gotobed, Lauren Barrand, Steve Poulsen, Robin Harvey, Jennifer Clegg, Jade Stanger, Victor Akintunde, Gemma Kayla, Helena Barlow, Sian Grace Phillips, Daphne de Beistegui, Toby Papworth, Ariella Paradise, Garry Sayer, Jade Gordon, Jordan Coulson, Nasir Mohamed, Amy Wiles, Israr Azam, Michael Aston, Josh Bennett, Laura Whitfield, Craig Garner, Ryan Webb, Christina Low, Charlie Ryall, Nick Hopper, Alfred Camp, Alain Stash, Steven Hopwood, Lucy Chappell, Chris Chan, Leila Kotori, Sha'ori Morris, Jamie John, Daniella Farley, George Christodoulou, Jada Brevett, Debra Leigh-Taylor, Nick Turner, Collet Collins, Hrvoje Klecz, Ben Champniss, Louisa Bettine, Steve Redford, Isla Jane Selley, Adam Alderman, Rachel Lin, Annabelle Davis, Marta Royles, Zoltan Adorjan, Melissa Gotobed, Dean Conder, Tobi Stubbs, Harper Heyman, Paul Bailey, Natalie Harrison, Phil Wright, Christoph Cordell, Albert Tang, Sandeep Mohan, Sammy Measom, Courtney Fearon, Gideon Tekeste, Rich Goble, and Abram Welsh in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, and Frank Morgan in The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Kenny Baker, Michael Giacchino, Peter Mayhew, Nigel Godrich, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Lupita Nyong'o, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, John Boyega, and Daisy Ridley in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Martin Freeman, Lee Pace, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, and Luke Evans in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Clémence Poésy, Robert Pattinson, and Stanislav Yanevski in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, James Earl Jones, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, Hayden Christensen, and Gene Bryant in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Claire Danes, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dexter Fletcher, Rab Affleck, Adam Fogerty, Ricky Gervais, Mark Strong, Charlie Cox, Carlos Peres, Spencer Wilding, Terry Murphy, and Jordan Long in Stardust (2007)

Michael Gambon, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Harris, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Rupert Grint, Matthew Lewis, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Bonnie Wright, and Evanna Lynch in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Jay Baruchel in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

Noah Hathaway, Sydney Bromley, Tilo Prückner, and Deep Roy in The NeverEnding Story (1984)

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Rupert Grint, Toby Jones, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Billy Barty, Warwick Davis, Kevin Pollak, Kate Greenfield, Ruth Greenfield, Jean Marsh, Rick Overton, and Pat Roach in Willow (1988)

Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Dave Goelz, Miki Iveria, Hus Levant, Patrick Monckton, Brian Meehl, Kathryn Mullen, and Susan Westerby in The Dark Crystal (1982)

Best High Fantasy Movie

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

The Princess Bride (1987)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Stardust (2007)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Onward (2020)

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

The NeverEnding Story (1984)

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Willow (1988)

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

The Dark Crystal (1982)

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