What, no love for The Princess Bride?
Lan-"inconceivable"-efan
Lan-"inconceivable"-efan
My choices are based on the formula of a hero or group of heroes embarking on a quest of some sort. The Goonies is probably the best D&D movie on my list using that criteria - the fantasy element is strictly secondary to a movie being a D&D movie.
That "criteria" is the plot of every story ever told...some might say the source of storytelling and creation of myth as a whole. Star Wars, Rocky, Good Will Hunting, and every action movie ever made all fall into that "criteria." I appreciate the "wider perspective", I guess you are going for. But that is so broad as to be meaningless.
I think you need to narrow your parameters a bit. Saying fantasy [as a genre] is/could be "secondary" to a D&D movie I find...baffling.
Great movies, but I wouldn't count any of them as "D&D movies".
Isn't it sad that no one is willing to admit there's been 3 actual D&D movies and an animated Dragonlance POS?
And don't forget that thing titled Eragon ([sarcasm]what genius[/sarcasm]), with it's no doubt upcoming sequels, Fragon and Gragon.