Fantasy movies often take time to grow on viewers because they don't all have interesting or engaging opening scenes and gradually build up the stakes as characters and lore are introduced and developed with time. Some of the best fantasy movies of each year between 2015 and 2024 take their time to become interesting and immerse viewers in their worlds.

However, some great underrated fantasy movies strike you as engaging and deserving of more praise almost from the get-go if their premises are unique enough. Not every good story will make a major impression early on, though, and many films reward you for waiting with major plot twists or lore drops that expand the world and make it more inviting.

Some fantasy movies that were way ahead of their time and have undergone recent re

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