Welcome to the Fantasy 100 website where we are devoted to bringing you the very best in fantasy fiction. Here you will find Top 100 lists and short reviews of the all-time greatest fantasy books, films and TV shows. The lists are based on statical surveys of popular polls, award information and critical opinion.

The Book List
A statistical survey of fantasy literary awards, noted critics and popular polls. To qualify a book or series has to be generally regarded as fantasy by credible sources and/or recognised as having historical significance to the development of the genre. CLICK HERE to view a complete listing of the most significant book series. (Updated 13 September 2008)

The Film List
A statistical survey that includes data from noted critics and popular polls. The qualification rules are similar to those used for the books list and for statistical purposes films in a series are treated in tallies as stand-alones. The exception to this rule is Peter Jackson's outstanding Lord of the Rings trilogy. (Updated 16 August 2008)

The Television List
Based on data gathered from a statistical survey and a direct poll of fantasy television experts - including critics, editors and website managers. Shows often classified under other genres but containing significant and notable fantasy content (e.g. The Avengers & The Wild, Wild West) qualify for inclusion on the list.

Adults Only

Glamour Job
by Doug Farrell
2007 (BookSurge)

Wizardly Ruler

Tucker O'Doyle
by Jason Rider
2007 (Bellissima)

Subtitled 'A Fairy-tale for Grown-ups', Glamour Job is a sexy and wildly satirical urban fantasy for adults only.

On the verge of turning 30 Chicago model Laurie Morgan dumps her husband and tries to turn her career around. A gig as the face of Glamourine Cosmetics seemed to have her on the way, but some mysterious photographs lead her to a dark underbelly.

Strip clubs, neo-nazis and drag queens are just part of the wickedness when some family secrets make their way out of the closet. To make matters worse Laurie ends up chief suspect in a murder case. When the goblins enter the fray things get bizarre.

Doug Farrell has penned a sly social commentary on the complexities of personal identity. There are lurid and even unsettling moments, but Farrell's experience as an improv comedian keeps things moving with a smile. Just be sure to keep the kids away.

A fresh start with a supportive publisher was all Jason Rider needed to kickstart his terrific 'Tucker O'Doyle' series.

The Uncommon Adventures of Tucker O'Doyle follows its young hero from his somewhat miserable family life to becoming the first ruler of Zooblatia by the tender age of fourteen. It all starts when a baby Zooble is placed in a wicker basket by its mother in order to escape an invasion by the Darkor.

Tucker finds it floating in a river and ends up acquiring a magical wand and some directions on how to get it home from a very special old man. From there the action takes off and doesn't let up until readers get a good taste of what this kid is all about.

Although some Harry Potter comparisons are apparent, most will find O'Doyle's love of life and sense of justice somewhat reassuring in an age where the line between right and wrong is so often blurred.

Oscar Winner

Pan's Labyrinth [In Spanish]
2006 (119m)
Warner

Fantasy Sleeper

The Science of Sleep
2006 (106m)
Warner

Three Oscars and a host of other awards places Pan's Labyrinth at the top of the foreign fantasy film pile.

Director Guillermo del Toro returns to fascist Spain for this brutally stunning story of how a young girl manages to cope with unbearable cruelty.

When her sickly mother marries one of Franco's sadistic officers a fairy introduces Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) to a faun who tells her she is a princess. To escape her nightmare she is given three treacherous tasks to complete before she can see her father, the king, again.

Del Toro revisits Franco's Spain after 2001's lauded Devil's Backbone and Hellboy (2004) saw him achieve significant international recognition. Lacking Hellboy's brutal humour, this nonetheless brilliant latest effort blurs the line between imagination and reality to mesmerising effect.

French director Michel Gondry reminds us all that old-fashioned special effects can still be fun and compelling.

Offbeat romantic comedies don't come much better than this. Insular Stéphane Miroux is a bit lost when his father dies in Mexico, so he moves to Paris to be closer to his mother. Circumstances lead Stéphane to somewhat awkwardly meet and ultimately fall in love with his neighbour Stéphanie.

The movie features Stéphane's forays into dreamworlds where at times he is host and performer in an imaginary TV show. The viewer often finds the line between imagination and reality significantly blurred.

Some may find this a difficult movie to watch - partly because it is in three languages (Spanish, English and French), but mostly owing to its psychological complexities. For those with a taste for arty surrealism, however, it will be a real treat.

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Bargain Movie Pack

Warriors
Mill Creek Entertainment
2006 (74.4 hours; 13 discs)

Mill Creek does it again with over 70 hours of the best 'so bad they're good' sword & sandal flicks ever made.

For those unfamiliar with these sets, the basic idea is to gather together 50 public domain movies based around a theme, cram them into a monster mega-pack and sell them at a 'can't go wrong' budget price.

The theme here is cheesy 'sword & sandal' flicks, most of them Italian, and pretty well all of them featuring plenty of beefcake and gorgeous women. At this price don't expect high quality digital transfers, although most are OK. The double-sided discs are better suited to post-90s DVD players and PCs.