Movies and TV shows like The Magicians
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The Magicians (2015)
60K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Brakebills University is a secret institution specializing in magic. There, amidst an unorthodox education of spellcasting, a group of twenty-something friends soon discover that a magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real— and poses grave danger to humanity.
Style:
captivating, exciting, disturbing, fairy tale, suspenseful, suspense, erotic, costume drama, sensual, funny ...
Audience:
teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
magic, fantasy world, supernatural ability, magician, supernatural, supernatural power, wizards and magicians, magic spell, school, lgbt, magical power, studying, college, danger, betrayal, bisexual man, fae, superpower, student, love and romance, gay, bisexual, crush, society, king ...
Place:
new york
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Most similar movies to The Magicians
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, exciting, supernatural thriller and serious films and TV series with plots about supernatural, magic, ancient, supernatural power, superhero, witch and teenager mostly in Drama, Fantasy and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Magicians: The Order (2019), Locke & Key (2020), A Discovery of Witches (2018), Legacies (2018), Shadow and Bone (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Out to avenge his mother's death, a college student pledges a secret order and lands in a war between werewolves and practitioners of dark magic.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
werewolf, magic, witch, danger, friendship, college, black magic, death, university, society, youth, clan ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
90%
107K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 48 min.
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Story:
Three siblings who move into their ancestral estate after their father's gruesome murder discover their new home's magical keys, which must be used in their stand against an evil creature who wants the keys and their powers.
Style:
captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, spooky ...
Audience:
teen fantasy, teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
supernatural, magic, siblings, family bonds, small town, supernatural power, demon, puzzle, old dark house, father, murder, good versus evil ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
nova scotia, massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Diana Bishop, historian and witch, accesses Ashmole 782 and knows she must solve its mysteries. She is offered help by the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, but he's a vampire and witches should never trust vampires.
Style:
romantic, stylized, scenic, captivating, epic fantasy ...
Plot:
witch, vampire, magic, supernatural, danger, vampire human love, love and romance, interspecies romance, impossible love, witchcraft, time travel, magical power ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, chicago, venice, france, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
89%
42K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
In a place where young witches, vampires, and werewolves are nurtured to be their best selves in spite of their worst impulses, Klaus Mikaelson’s daughter, 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson, Alaric Saltzman’s twins, Lizzie and Josie Saltzman, among ...
Style:
mysterious, romantic, suspenseful, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, witch, werewolf, hybrid, supernatural power, teenager, supernatural romance, teenage life, clan, vampire human love, friendship between teens ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A teenage orphan who grows up in the land of Ravka. Her entire life changes after unexpectedly harnessing a power she never knew she had to save her best friend.
Style:
unusual plot structure, disturbing, suspense, mysterious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
power, magic, black magic, supernatural, magical, fantasy world, gay, showdown, rivalry, supernatural power, conspiracy, good versus evil ...
Time:
future, middle ages, 19th century
Similarity:
89%
532K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, gothic horror, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, vampire, monster, paranormal, ghost, demon, brother brother relationship, supernatural ability, creature, angel, supernatural power, peril ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 80s, year 1958, year 1978 ...
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
As her 16th birthday nears, Sabrina must choose between the witch world of her family and the human world of her friends. Based on the Archie comic.
Style:
satanic, dark, atmospheric, stylized, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, pre-teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
witch, witchcraft, high school, half breed, coming of age, teenager, black magic, devil worship, dedication, teenage love, satanism, teenage protagonist ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
79%
617K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Poland, Hungary, USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The witcher Geralt, a mutated monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. Based on Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher Saga.
Style:
dark fantasy, exciting, captivating, atmospheric, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
supernatural, medieval, monster, magic, fantasy world, anti heroine, deadly creature, sorceress, elf, destiny, prophecy, one against many ...
Time:
medieval times
Similarity:
75%
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35K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
Lost Girl focuses on the gorgeous and charismatic Bo, a supernatural being called a succubus who feeds on the energy of humans, sometimes with fatal results. Refusing to embrace her supernatural clan and its rigid hierarchy, Bo is a renegade who ...
Style:
sexy, serious, exciting, captivating, supernatural thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, lgbt, female protagonist, supernatural ability, succubus, private detective, werewolf, danger, evil force, seduction, lesbian, imaginary ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
78%
98K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each ...
Style:
feel good, enigmatic, exciting, humorous, supernatural thriller ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
supernatural, witch, magic, supernatural ability, witchcraft, female protagonist, hereditary gift of witchcraft, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, family relations, demon, spell ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, UK
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Story:
The coming-of-age journey of five fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where they must learn to master their powers while navigating love, rivalries, and the monsters that threaten their very existence.
Style:
captivating, exciting, light, supernatural thriller, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
fairy, magic, magical power, wizards and magicians, good versus evil, magical, danger, imaginary kingdom, imaginary, witch, teenage life, supernatural ability ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Based on Melissa de la Cruz's best-selling novel, "Witches of East End" centers on the adventures of Joanna Beauchamp and her two adult daughters Freya and Ingrid -- both of whom unknowingly are their family's next generation of ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, exciting, serious, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
witch, supernatural, magic, spell, creature, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, family secret, curse, evil force, magical, siblings relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
long island, new york, usa
Similarity:
72%
93K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.
Style:
epic, exciting, arthurian, humorous, fairy tale ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
king arthur, supernatural, arthurian legend, witch, dragon, supernatural ability, legends and myths, camelot, magic, knight, wizards and magicians, friendship ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 6th century
Place:
england, wales, europe
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A young Healer armed with an unpredictable magic guides a runaway Elf in her perilous quest to save the peoples of the Four Lands from an age-old Demon scourge.
Style:
exciting, captivating, sexy, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural ability, fantasy world, elf, demon, imaginary kingdom, danger, imaginary, good versus evil, magic, young heroes, love triangle ...
Time:
future
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Welcome to a place where being normal is really quite strange. In a remote Texas town no one is who they seem. From vampires and witches to psychics and hit men, Midnight is a mysterious safe haven for those who are different. As the town members ...
Style:
romantic, mystical, disturbing, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, vampire, witch, werewolf, angel, psychic power, demon, fallen angel, small town life, hell, psychic, male male relationship ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Like most families that settle inside The Gates, the Monahans are unmoored from a complicated life they abandoned in Chicago. There's something very different about this place, almost... haunting. Named the new police chief of The Gates, Nick ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, costume drama, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, vampire, werewolf, youth, witch, lifestyle, female werewolf, supernatural power, danger, imaginary, vampirism, neighbor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father's death, the threat of the apocalypse and more.
Style:
exciting, tense, offbeat, anime, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
time travel, superhero, heroes, apocalypse, supernatural power, time traveler, danger, alternate history, fight, fantasy world, academy, death ...
Time:
year 1989, future, year 1963, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
When Clary Fray's mother has disappeared, Clary joins a band of Shadowhunters; demon killing hunters, and gets caught up in a plan to save the world.
Style:
captivating, tense, dark fantasy, sexy, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen fantasy, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
supernatural, vampire, demon, magic, supernatural being, female protagonist, werewolf, supernatural power, good versus evil, vampire human love, lgbt, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
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Story:
Maddie, a teen stuck in the afterlife investigating her own disappearance, goes on a crime-solving journey as she adjusts to high school purgatory.
Style:
dramatic, suspenseful, captivating, dark, philosophical ...
Audience:
teen fantasy
Plot:
teenage girl, cheerleader, high school, support group, love, spirit, school teacher, teenager, teenage protagonist, teenage boy, afterlife, apprentice ...
Place:
wisconsin
Similarity:
100%
19K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
Set in the fictional college town of Hilltowne, Charmed follows the lives of three sisters, Macy, Mel and Maggie Vera who, after the tragic death of their mother, discover they are three of the most powerful witches of all time.
Style:
captivating, enigmatic, suspense, gothic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
witch, hereditary gift of witchcraft, magic, supernatural ability, demon, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, friendship, witchcraft, twists and turns, book of magic, investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, michigan
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
There is a town in Maine where every story book character you've ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth and only one can break the spell.
Emma Swan is a 28-year-old bail bonds collector ...
Style:
fairy tale, offbeat, stylized, sentimental, modern fairy tale ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen fantasy, boys' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
magic, fantasy world, power of love, magical, true love, good versus evil, fairy, imaginary kingdom, prince, hopes, friends, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
medieval times, 2010s, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
maine, fictional island, idaho, seattle, new england ...
Similarity:
91%
159K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
A spin-off from The Vampire Diaries and set in New Orleans, The Originals centers on the Mikaelson siblings, otherwise known as the world's original vampires: Klaus, Elijah, and Rebekah. Now Klaus must take down his protégé, Marcel, who is ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, gothic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, werewolf, witch, power struggle, immortality, rivalry, supernatural romance, siblings relations, dangerous attraction, love and romance, vampire human love ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa
Similarity:
56%
139K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, fairy tale, detective, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, werewolf, legends and myths, creature, monster, supernatural ability, police detective, partners against crime, good versus evil, peril, protector, hunt down ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
portland oregon, oregon, usa
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A modern reimagining of the stories that lead to 'The Wizard of Oz'.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, psychotronic, fairy tale ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
witch, magic, vengeance, unlikely couple, rescue, escapades, magic wand, supernatural, castle, sword and sorcery, fantasy world, supernatural power ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
56%
177K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story:
Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically changed when he's bitten by a werewolf, becoming one himself. He must henceforth learn to balance his problematic new identity with his day-to-day ...
Style:
touching, suspenseful, serious, humorous, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, teen drama, adult
Plot:
werewolf, supernatural, supernatural ability, high school, lycanthropy, youth, high school life, high school student, peril, friends, life turned upside down, team ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, mexico, idaho, california, japan ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of librarians set off on adventures in an effort to save mysterious, ancient artifacts. Based on the series of "The Librarian" movies.
Style:
captivating, breathtaking, humorous, exciting, mythical ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
librarian, archaeologist, artifact, magic, library, good versus evil, treasure hunt, friendship, magical, knowledge, historian, heroes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, portland oregon
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Based on Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel about an ex-con who becomes the traveling partner of a conman who turns out to be one of the older gods trying to recruit troops to battle the upstart deities.
Style:
tense, serious, allegory, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
legends and myths, death, supernatural, supernatural ability, road trip, deception, mythology, deity, danger, mysterious character, ex convict, dark secret ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
oklahoma city
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Ian Archer wakes up one morning to find himself at a mysterious academy for teens with special abilities. Unable to find answers to his questions from the school’s faculty and cut off from any kind of outside contact or means of escape, Ian forms ...
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, heroic, stylized
Audience:
teens
Plot:
youth, investigation, supernatural ability, teenage life, boarding school, suspicion, high school hunk, escape attempt, mysterious place, isolation, supernatural power, teenager ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
After her mother dies in a fire, Cassie Blake moves in with her grandmother in the beautiful small town of Chance Harbor, Washington. As Cassie gets to know her high school classmates, including sweet-natured Diana and her boyfriend Adam, brooding ...
Style:
mysterious, captivating, enigmatic, supernatural thriller, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen fantasy, teen drama, adult
Plot:
supernatural, witch, witchcraft, high school, teenage life, supernatural ability, teenage love, female protagonist, youth, teenage girl, curses spells and rituals, small town ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
washington state
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of ordinary people who stumble onto a puzzle hiding just behind the veil of everyday life come to find that the mystery winds far deeper than they ever imagined.
Style:
enigmatic, exciting, captivating, light, surreal ...
Plot:
quest, transgender woman, loneliness, lonely man, chance meeting, fantasy world, mysterious man, stranger, letter, puzzle, magical power, secret ...
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
100%
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