8 Underrated Fantasy Movies You Need to Watch This Week

Big movie.guru scores, way fewer IMDb votes than the giant fantasy franchises. Skip the dragons you've already seen and spend this week on these.

Number one is the most famous movie here, and it's still underrated.

1. 8
   Beetlejuice (1988)7.7

   Tim Burton's weirdest hit is also his tightest.

   92 minutes, a reported $15 million budget and $74.7 million at the domestic box office. Michael Keaton is barely in it and still steals the whole afterlife.
2. 7
   Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)7.8

   Edgar Wright cut a breakup like a video game. It rules.

   $51.8 million worldwide on a reported $60 to $85 million budget, so theaters missed it. Chris Evans as a skateboarding movie star and Kieran Culkin as the roommate are gifts.
3. 6
   Edward Scissorhands (1990)8.3

   The saddest suburban fairy tale ever made, and it's gorgeous.

   An 8.2 on movie.guru in 105 minutes. Dianne Wiest is the sweetest mom in movies, the neighbors are the real monsters, and the ice sculpture scene still looks like snowfall.
4. 5
   The Shape of Water (2017)8.7

   A romance with a fish man, and it absolutely works.

   An A+ CinemaScore, and critics rank it above 93% of notable movies. Sally Hawkins says everything without a word, and Guillermo del Toro makes a Cold War lab glow green.
5. 4
   Ghostbusters (1984)8.8

   The best movie ever made about starting a small business.

   $296.6 million worldwide on a reported $25 to $30 million budget, and 95% on Rotten Tomatoes. Bill Murray improvises like he wandered in from a different, funnier movie.
6. 3
   Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)9.4

   The Bridge of Death quiz is harder than any final exam.

   91 minutes, $2.6 million at the domestic box office, and critics rank it above 93% of notable movies. Shrubberies, a castle full of French insults, and knights with a very specific word.
7. 2
   Being John Malkovich (1999)9.2

   A half-height office floor is the funniest set in movies.

   A 9.4 on movie.guru and a 90 on Metacritic, from a reported $13 million budget. Everyone hunches through work, and John Malkovich gamely lets the movie mess with his head.
8. 1
   The Wizard of Oz (1939)9.5

   The Wizard of Oz is underrated. Yes, I mean that.

   The top movie.guru score here at 9.7, yet only 473,900 IMDb votes, fewer than Zack Snyder's Justice League. Judy Garland deserves better than that.

$56.64 says you watch Ghostbusters this week and start answering the phone like a small business.

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