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Hunger Games and the best fantasy films of the century

Jochen Kürten / kbmNovember 18, 2015

Hunger Games is back in cinemas this week with "Mockingjay - Part 2." The fantasy adventure series follows in the footsteps of a century of imaginative film backdrops. Here are our favorites.

Screen still from "Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 2", Copyright: picture-alliance/dpa/Studiocanal/M. Close
Image: picture-alliance/dpa/Studiocanal/M. Close

"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2" which opens in Europe, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East on Wednesday (18.11.2015) and the US on Friday. It's one of the cleverest film sagas to hit cinemas in recent years and this most recent edition unites several class film genres. But it's not the first fantasy adventure picture to enthuse audiences around the world. In this gallery, DW looks back at the trailblazers in cinematic fantasy.

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