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My Top Ten Fantasy Movies by Will Johnson, freelance biographer, [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com]

By "fantasy" here I include movies related to magic and other types of supernatural events, but not to science fiction which I include under the "Science Fiction" heading.

Of course the number one movie on everybody's list has to be

[[Wizard of Oz]] 1939 MGM fantasy movie starring [[Judy Garland]], [[Frank Morgan]], [[Ray Bolger]], [[Bert Lahr]], [[Jack Haley]], [[Billie Burke]], [[Margaret Hamilton]] and [[Charley Grapewin]] from the book by [[L. Frank Baum]]. [[Clara Blandick]] who plays "Auntie Em" was not credited in the opening credits but is named in the closing credits.

In no particular order the other nine top fantasy movies must include:

*[[Legend]] starring [[Tom Cruise]]

*[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]] starring [[Angela Lansbury]] and including [[Roddy McDowell]]

*[http://movielegends.pbwiki.com/Willie-Wonka-and-The-Chocolate-Factory Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory] starring [http://movielegends.pbwiki.com/Gene%20Wilder Gene Wilder]

*The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), based on the book by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]

*The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), based on the book by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]

*The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), based on the book by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]

*Scrooge starring Alastair Sim

*[http://knol.google.com/k/will-johnson/mary-poppins/4hmquk6fx4gu/82 Mary Poppins] starring [[Julie Andrews]]

*[[Walt Disney]]'s Sleeping Beauty

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