Roald Dahl's Fantasy Movies
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Roald Dahl's Fantasy Movies

Which of these fantasy flicks -- either based on a Roald Dahl book or written by Dahl himself -- do you think deserves top honors?

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1 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The quintessential Dahl movie, Willy Wonka conveys the author's affinity for dark humor and morbid creepiness. 179 287
2 Fantastic Mr. Fox
Unlike Dahl's other fantasies, the protagonist here brings misfortune upon himself, though he still manages a happy ending. 88 246
3 James and the Giant Peach
Macabre director Henry Selick takes Dahl's strange tale of an orphan living in a peach and adds a level of sweetness to it. 73 231
4 Matilda
Dahl continues to empower children in this relatively normal tale of a girl battling her dim-witted parents and principals with magic. 69 243
5 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Another Fleming book that Dahl adapted, this tale of a magical car better fit Dahl's taste for weirdness, wonder and family. 57 213
6 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Tim Burton's reimagining misses out on Gene Wilder's creepiness, but captures the heart of the story with Charlie's loving family. 52 252
7 The Witches
Dahl's recurring theme of empowering children is on display here when kids turned to mice still thwart a group of evil witches. 39 201
8 You Only Live Twice
Dahl did away with the plot of this 007 novel by Ian Fleming, keeping only the character names and adding a carnivorous spaceship. -8 168