Sci-fi blockbusters like the Star Wars trilogy and Back to the Future may have ruled the ’80s, but it was also a golden age for fantasy movies.

This was a decade when Hollywood wasn’t afraid to make some big swings in the fantasy genre, many of which remain among the best ever made.

The Watch With Us team has revisited the films of this era to compile our picks for the seven best fantasy movies of the 1980s.

If you grew up during the ’80s and had cable, then chances are very good that you’ve already seen these. However, some of our selections aren’t as easy to stream as others.

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7. ‘Excalibur’ (1981)

There have been countless films about the legend of King Arthur and Camelot, but few done as well as Excalibur. Director and cowrit

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