Emilia Clarke and the 10 Most Ambitious Fantasy Masterpieces, Ranked
A recent ranking called "The 10 Most Ambitious Fantasy Masterpieces of All Time, Ranked" argues that true ambition in fantasy means committing to new worlds, new rules and new visual language; emilia clarke. The piece matters because it separates scope-driven filmmaking from comfort viewing and explains the specific mechanics that make a handful of films feel like full realities.
How the list defines ambition: scope, rules and emotional scale
The ranking rejects the idea that a movie’s status as a masterpiece rests on being a comfort watch or having an iconic quote. Instead it centers scope: how much a work tries to do, how confidently it builds its reality, and how completely it drags you into that reality. The author says ambition is when a story takes a swing that could have collapsed under its own weight — new worlds, new rules, new visual language, big emotions — and yet still manages to land with clarity. These are films that don’t just have imagination; they commit to it, scene after scene, with craft that makes you stop noticing the effort.
The NeverEnding Story: Bastian (Barret Oliver) and Atreyu (Noah Hathaway)
The NeverEnding Story is held up for its simple but ambitious structure: a real-world kid, Bastian (Barret Oliver), is reading a story that’s collapsing while Atreyu (Noah Hathaway) runs the quest inside it. The ranking highlights a clean quest progression in which each stop functions as a task, a rule, or a hard limit that narrows what’s possible. It reads as a sequence of trials that pushes Atreyu toward the core problem and pushes Bastian toward responsibility. The Nothing is shown through loss of territory, loss of options, and loss of belief, and the film keeps tying that loss to character decisions. Standout set-pieces cited include The Swamps of Sadness and the Oracle sequence; the writer adds that, as a fan, they adore it because it respects the audience by asking viewers to follow rules, take feelings seriously, and accept that the only solution is deeper than winning a fight.
The Dark Crystal: puppets, Jen (Stephen Garlick) and the Skeksis’ design
The Dark Crystal is described as one of the boldest world-building flexes: a feature-length fantasy whose primary actors are puppets, yet the film makes the world feel like it has history, politics, class structure, religion, and ecology. Its quest is straightforward — Jen (Stephen Garlick) must restore the shard — but the ranking emphasizes how the simple goal is surrounded by cultures with rituals, environments with texture, and creatures whose motives aren’t just good versus evil. The piece credits Jim Henson and Frank Oz for refusing to soften the implications of what’s happening: the draining ritual is staged with clarity so you understand what’s being taken and why it matters. The Skeksis are defined by greed, paranoia, vanity, and internal power games, and the film’s central concept of fracture and restoration is visible in every part of the world’s design.
The Princess Bride’s tonal control with Westley, Buttercup and Inigo
The ranking calls The Princess Bride sneakily ambitious because it juggles multiple modes at once — romance, adventure, and parody — without losing control of the story. Westley (Cary Elwes), Buttercup (Robin Wright), and Inigo (Mandy Patinkin) each add to the film’s flow. The sword fight is highlighted as a sequence that teaches you who these people are, the battle-of-wits sequence is built on understandable rules, and the emotional beats are singled out for their impact. The author notes that the creators know exactly when to stop winking and let a moment hit; that level of tonal control is hard, and this movie makes it look e
Privacy excerpt: trust, control and the mechanics of data collection
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It explains what is collected and why: to provide better services, from figuring out basic things like which language a user speaks to more complex matters such as which ads a user might find useful, the people who matter most online, or which videos a user might like. Data collection depends on how services are used and how privacy controls are managed. When a user is not signed in, information is stored with unique identifiers tied to the browser, application, or device, which allows the company to maintain preferences across browsing sessions — for example a preferred language or whether to show more relevant search results or ads. When signed in, information stored with a Google Account is treated as personal information; creating a Google Account involves providing personal information that includes a name and a password, and a user can choose to add a phone number or payment information. Even when not signed in, a user might provide an email address to communicate or receive updates.
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Extra note on the ranking’s presentation and outreach
The ranking’s author invites engagement: "Feel free to connect with him or check out his work. He's everywhere — Upwork, YouTube, Spotify, SoundCloud, Collider, LinkedIn, Instagram. " The sentence functions as an open invitation to follow the author’s broader work across multiple platforms; emilia clarke.
