English-language musical fantasy films

1937 American animated film

1989 animated film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements

2013 animated film directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee

Dumbo is a 1941 American animated musical comedy-drama fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is based upon the storyline written by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, and illustrated by Helen Durney for the prototype of a novelty toy ("Roll-a-Book").

1992 animated film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements

1950 American animated musical fantasy film

1991 animated film directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise

1940 American animated film

Encanto is a 2021 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It was directed by Jared Bush, and Byron Howard and written by Charise Castro Smith and Bush, with original songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a score composed by Germaine Franco. The film stars the voices of Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, , Jessica Darrow, Angie Cepeda, Carolina Gaitán, Diane Guerrero, and Wilmer Valderrama. Encanto follows a multigenerational Colombian family, the Madrigals, led by a matriarch whose children and grandchildren—except for Mi

2016 animated film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements

1959 American animated film

1940 American animated film

2009 animated film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements

1997 animated film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements

2003 animated film directed by Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker

1951 American animated musical fantasy film

2019 animated film directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee

1999 animated film directed by Kevin Lima and Chris Buck

1963 animated film directed by Wolfgang Reitherman

1944 live-action/animated film by Walt Disney

The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, it was primarily directed by Victor Fleming, who left production to take over the troubled Gone with the Wind. The screenplay is credited to Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf, but includes contributions from other writers. The film stars Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke, and Margaret Hamilton. The music was composed by Harold Arlen and adapted by Herbert Stothart, with lyrics by Edgar "Yip" Harburg.

2005 film directed by Tim Burton

1964 film directed by Robert Stevenson

The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 American stop-motion musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and written by Caroline Thompson. It tells the tale of Jack Skellington, King of Halloween Town, who stumbles upon Christmas Town and becomes obsessed with celebrating the holiday himself. Danny Elfman wrote the songs and score and provided the singing voice of Jack. The principal voice cast includes Chris Sarandon, Ken Page, Catherine O'Hara, Glenn Shadix, William Hickey, Paul Reubens and Ed Ivory.

1947 American animated musical fantasy package film

1977 animated film directed by Wolfgang Reitherman and John Lounsbery

2019 film directed by Guy Ritchie

1997 animated film directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman

2019 film directed by Jon Favreau

1946 American animated film

2017 film directed by Bill Condon

2012 animated film directed by Chris Renaud

1999 American animated film

2018 film directed by Rob Marshall

2007 American live-action/animated musical film

2014 film directed by Rob Marshall

2024 animated film directed by Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller and David Derrick Jr.

Wicked is a 2024 American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. It adapts the first act of the 2003 stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which was loosely based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, a re-imagining of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande star as Elphaba Thropp and Glinda Upland, respectively; while Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum appear in supporting roles. Set in the Land of Oz before the events of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film explores the early relationship between Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West, and her schoolmate Galinda, who becomes Glinda the Good.

2025 film directed by Marc Webb

2023 film directed by Rob Marshall

2016 film directed by Mike Mitchell

1971 film directed by Mel Stuart

2023 film directed by Paul King

1971 film directed by Robert Stevenson

1996 animated film

1925 film by Lon Chaney, Edward Sedgwick, Rupert Julian

2000 animated film directed by Jim Kammerud

1994 American animated musical fantasy film directed by Richard Rich

1998 animated film by Frederik Du Chau

2022 film directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson

2020 animated film directed by Walter Dohrn

1987 American animated film

1979 film directed by Bob Fosse

1989 animated film directed by Don Bluth

2017 animated feature film by Jayson Thiessen

1997 film by Mark Dindal

Wicked: For Good is a 2025 American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. The sequel to Wicked (2024), it adapts the second act of the 2003 stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which was loosely based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, a re-imagining of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation. Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum reprise their roles from the first film. Set in the Land of Oz before and during the events of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film follows Elphaba and Glinda in their new identities as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

2006 animated film by Ben Gluck

1986 film directed by Jim Henson

2008 animated film directed by Peggy Holmes