Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The coolest cinematic dragons constitute the best parts of the fantasy movies that they are in. The best dragon movies of all time include stories where dragons are the trusted companions of the human protagonists, where they are an indomitable threat waiting at the end of the adventure, or where they serve a more comedic purpose.
9 Falkor The NeverEnding Story Close The Neverending Story PG Fantasy Family Adventure Drama Where to Watch *Availability in USBased on the German novel of the same name, The NeverEnding Story centers on Bastian Bux, a young boy who finds a book about a fantasy world called Fantasia, and becomes inexplicably connected to the book's plot as he begins to read it. Barret Oliver stars as Bastian, with Noah Hathaway, Tami Stronach, and Alan Oppenheimer as part of the main cast.
After being referenced in the movie, the Great Protector makes an epic entrance when Shang-Chi discovers her in the lake of Ta Lo. She then allows Shang-Chi to ride her into battle against the Dweller-in-Darkness. The Great Protector is a huge improvement over most of the CGI-driven finales of the MCU's worst Phase 4 movies.
6 The Jabberwocky Alice In Wonderland The Jabberwocky might not strictly be a dragon, but it has most of the defining features of one as it is depicted in Disney's live-action Alice in Wonderland. One of Disney's best live-action remakes, the movie develops the Jabberwocky from the nonsensical concept of "the Jabberwock" in Lewis Carroll's poem into an effective final threat for Alice to face.
Director Peter Jackson Release Date December 13, 2013 Cast Martin Freeman , Ian McKellen , Richard Armitage , Benedict Cumberbatch , Evangeline Lilly , Lee Pace , Luke Evans , Ken Stott , James Nesbitt , Orlando Bloom The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey's ending is a chilling tease of Smaug, the dragon that the heroes will face in the next movie. What follows is a game of cat-and-mouse almost as famous as Bilbo's confrontation with Gollum.