The best R-rated fantasy movies of all time include Excalibur, The Green Knight, and The Shape of Water.
There are plenty of family-friendly fantasy movies out there, and it's easy to see why. It's good to get young minds racing with imaginative stories and fantastical worlds, but in no way is the fantasy genre one exclusively enjoyed by younger people. There are fantasy fans who remain attached to the genre and its immense possibilities as they grow older, and this has led to numerous fantasy movies excelling while targeting older audiences.
The Fall has a similar framing device to The Princess Bride, with it centering on an adult telling a child a fantastical story filled with spectacular adventure and sweeping emotions. Unlike that classic, however, The Fall is a good deal more violent and deals with some relatively intense themes. It's not the most gruesome or heavy R-rated fantasy movie by any means, but it does ultimately earn such a rating.
The lead character in The Green Knight is the nephew of King Arthur, Sir Gawain, following his encounter with the titular creature and the year-long quest it sends him on. It's an eerie and oftentimes disturbing fantasy film, and one that should absolutely be avoided by younger viewers... but more mature audiences who are willing to see something a little weird, different, and occasionally confronting ought to give it a shot.
5 'The Shape of Water' Guillermo del Toro is a director who loves dark and disturbing fantasy as much as he loves gothic horror . The Shape of Water saw him making another fantasy movie aimed at adults, but one with a slightly sweeter edge than some of his darker and more despairing films. He found a huge amount of success after releasing it, particularly at the Academy Awards.
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