Dark fantasy movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant dark fantasy movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out dark fantasy, gothic, dark, atmospheric, suspense and stylized films and TV shows about / with supernatural, monster, magic, murder, good versus evil, transformation, storytelling, fantasy world, danger and death plots mostly in Fantasy, Horror and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as dark fantasy: Carnival Row (2019), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Solomon Kane (2009), Constantine (2005), Let the Right One In (2008), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Crimson Peak (2015), The Head Hunter (2018), Tale of Tales (2015), Forbidden Empire (2014).
Best films
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story:
In a mystical and dark city filled with humans, fairies and other creatures, a police detective investigates a series of gruesome murders leveled against the fairy population. During his investigation, the detective becomes the prime suspect and ...
Style:
dark fantasy, sensual, gothic, erotic, costume drama ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
mythical creature, steampunk, interspecies romance, fairy, fantasy world, social injustice, monster, politician, alternate reality, class differences, sorceress, female friendship ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real ...
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, surreal, atmospheric, gothic ...
Audience:
kids, teen fantasy, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
monster, fantasy world, imagination, creature, mythology, macabre, legends and myths, magical, young heroes, imaginary, good versus evil, maze ...
Time:
1940s, 2000s, year 1944, 20th century, year 2006
Place:
spain, south america, europe, canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, suspense, clever, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, psychopath, perfume, macabre, insanity, genius, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, master apprentice relationship, psycho killer, secret formula ...
Time:
18th century, year 2006, 19th century, georgian era
Place:
france, paris france, europe, barcelona, germany ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncing violence, but finds some things are worth burning for as he fights to free a young Puritan woman from the grip of evil.
Style:
dark fantasy, gothic, dark, gothic horror, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sword and sorcery, redemption, good versus evil, chase, supernatural, lone hero, medieval, violence, witch, deal with the devil, vengeance, murder ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century, middle ages, year 2009, medieval times
Place:
england, europe, north africa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, UK, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.
Style:
dark fantasy, fairy tale, gothic, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
time travel, fantasy world, time loop, magic, children, monster, imaginary, youth, superhuman powers, beautiful scenery, supernatural power, orphan ...
Time:
victorian era, year 1943, year 2016, 2010s, 1940s ...
Place:
england, wales, florida, europe
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404K
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of ...
Style:
dark fantasy, gothic, suspense, satanic, dark ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, demon, devil, angel, occult, good versus evil, demonic possession, exorcism, heaven and hell, hell, one man army, god or devil ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, mexico
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Sweden, Norway, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in 1982 in the suburb of Blackeberg, Stockholm, twelve-year-old Oskar is a lonely outsider, bullied at school by his classmates; at home, Oskar dreams of revenge against a trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve-year-old, next-door neighbor ...
Style:
creepy, gothic, cult classic, dark, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, bullying, coming of age, loneliness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, school, friendship, boy, child vampire, fall in love, new neighbor ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, year 2008, year 2000, y2k ...
Place:
persia, united kingdom, europe, stockholm sweden, scandinavia ...
Is relevant?
410K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
New York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. But the locals believe the culprit to be none other than the ghost of the legendary Headless Horseman.
Style:
gothic, dark, scary, atmospheric, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick, teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, witch, ghost, murder, investigation, supernatural horror, magical, witchcraft, small town, horseman, goth, legends and myths ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 19th century, 90s, year 1999 ...
Place:
new york, new york state, britain, america, madagascar
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168K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, atmospheric, gothic horror, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, incest, murder, female protagonist, betrayal, macabre, brother sister incest, old mansion, estate, ghost story ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1900s, year 2015, 1800s ...
Place:
england, america, europe, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
On the outskirts of a kingdom, a quiet but fierce medieval warrior protects the realm from monsters and the occult. His gruesome collection of heads is missing only one - the monster that killed his daughter years ago. Driven by a thirst for ...
Style:
dark fantasy, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, warrior, brutality, murder, monster, violence, danger, viking, death of daughter, hopes, life is a bitch, unfulfillment ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea, these tales are inspired by the fairytales by Giambattista Basile.
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, disturbing, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot:
witch, medieval, beautiful scenery, magic, violence, castle, fantasy world, ogre, brutality, fight scenes, monster, circus ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
italy, southern italy
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Early 18th century. Cartographer Jonathan Green undertakes a scientific voyage from Europe to the East. Having passed through Transylvania and crossed the Carpathian Mountains, he finds himself in a small village lost in impassible woods. Nothing ...
Style:
dark fantasy, mystic, suspenseful, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
witchcraft, remote village, demon, medieval, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, sword and sorcery, religion versus science, church, good versus evil, deadly creature, twists and turns ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
ukraine, europe, transylvania
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.
Style:
dark fantasy, saga, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
superhero, alternate universe, magical power, multiverse, fear, interdimensional travel, villain, giant snake, spell, sorcerer, parallel universe, magic ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The modern world holds many secrets, but by far the most astounding is that witches still live among us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world and putting an end to the human race once and for all. Armies ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, suspenseful, mystical ...
Audience:
girls' night, pre-teens, teens, adult
Plot:
witch, supernatural, magic, fantasy world, immortality, lone hero, witchcraft, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, black magic, imaginary, dark hero ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, pittsburgh, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A vain London playboy offers his soul in exchange for eternal beauty in this adaptation of the chilling tale by author Oscar Wilde. Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray (Ben ...
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, sexy, gothic horror, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
supernatural, eternal youth, aristocracy, painting, deal with the devil, destiny, beefcake, male nudity, fall in love, society, immortality, artist ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, edwardian era, year 2009, turn of the century ...
Place:
england, europe, london, britain, ireland
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse ...
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, gothic, period piece, costume drama ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, adult
Plot:
supernatural, magic, medieval, fantasy world, curses spells and rituals, witch, wizard, snow white, legends and myths, danger, brothers, fairy ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, year 2005, 1810s, 2000s ...
Place:
europe, frankfurt germany, hamburg germany, germany
Is relevant?
129K
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In an alternate world, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, the veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity with other humans inside one of the Church's walled cities. When the Priest's niece is ...
Style:
dark fantasy, scary, suspenseful, exciting, gothic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopia, clergy, danger, good versus evil, religion, distopia, lone hero, superhuman powers ...
Time:
future, year 2011, 2010s, year 2000
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.
Style:
dark fantasy, gothic, dark, stylized, gothic horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
witch, knight, supernatural, sword and sorcery, medieval, legends and myths, witchcraft, good versus evil, inquisition, monk, possessed girl, demon ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century, medieval times, year 2011, year 2000 ...
Place:
seattle, europe
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. Penny Dreadful is a frightening psychological thriller ...
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, dark fantasy, gothic horror, scary ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, witch, fear, vampire, werewolf, psychotherapy, deadly creature, sex scene, victorian england, imaginary, sex, supernatural ability ...
Time:
victorian era, 1890s, 19th century
Place:
england, london
Is relevant?
299K
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Vampires and werewolves have waged a nocturnal war against each other for centuries. But all bets are off when a female vampire warrior named Selene, who's famous for her strength and werewolf-hunting prowess, becomes smitten with a ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, dark, scary, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, werewolf, immortality, supernatural romance, goth, creature, monster, transformation, vampire bite, female vampire, supernatural ability ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 15th century, 21st century
Place:
budapest
Is relevant?
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.
Style:
dark, fairy tale, dark fantasy, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
witch, witchcraft, folk horror, old dark house, forest, danger, woods, good versus evil, black magic, medieval, supernatural power, blood ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
243K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A traumatized, alcoholic Dan Torrance meets Abra, a kid who also has the ability to "shine." He tries to protect her from the True Knot, a cult whose goal is to feed off people like them in order to remain immortal.
Style:
disturbing, dark fantasy, twist ending, psychological, enigmatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghost, stephen king, psychic power, psychic, supernatural, disappearance, haunted house, supernatural power, nightmare, doctor, death, haunted hotel ...
Time:
year 2019, 20th century, year 1980, 80s, 2010s ...
Place:
ohio, new jersey, colorado, iowa, florida ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting.
Style:
surreal, dark fantasy, fairy tale, cerebral, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, teens, date night
Plot:
surrealism, imaginary kingdom, deal with the devil, mysterious character, imagination, steampunk, bet, transformation, devil, imaginary world, sex with teenager, circus ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, year 2010
Place:
britain, london
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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
Is relevant?
305K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, scary, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, werewolf, supernatural, dracula, steampunk, frankenstein, fantasy world, good versus evil, undead, dark hero, transformation, monster ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 2004, 15th century, 1880s ...
Place:
transylvania, europe, budapest, italy, france ...
Is relevant?
23K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Invisible forces exert power over us in our sleep. A mercenary named Ink, on a literal nightmare mission, captures the spirit of 8-year-old Emma in the dream world. To save her, the dream-givers marshal all their resources, focusing on saving the ...
Style:
surreal, dark fantasy, atmospheric, cerebral, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
another dimension, parallel universe, nightmare, good versus evil, time paradox, businessman, imagination, supernatural, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, surrealism, dystopia ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Story:
The young Arthur runs the back passages of Londonium with his crew, not knowing his royal lineage until he grabs Excalibur. Instantly confronted by the sword's influence, Arthur is forced to make up his mind. He joins the rebellion and a ...
Style:
dark fantasy, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
king arthur, arthurian legend, one against many, medieval, sorcerer, chosen one, excalibur, giant snake, camelot, folklore, prophecy, fortress ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 6th century
Place:
england, london, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
A dark medieval fantasy following the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, trying to save Eastern Europe from extinction at the hand of Vlad Dracula Tepe himself. Inspired by the classic video game series.
Style:
dark fantasy, adult animation, atmospheric, bloody, anime ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
vampire, dracula, demon, magic, vampire hunter, medieval, hunter, monster, fight, blood, adaptation, castle ...
Time:
middle ages, 15th century
Place:
romania
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters — half-angel warriors who protect humanity from evil forces. After her mother disappears, Clary joins forces with a group of ...
Style:
exciting, dark fantasy, atmospheric, fairy tale, teen ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen fantasy, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
supernatural, vampire, werewolf, angel, good versus evil, supernatural romance, teenage love, chosen one, uncover truth, youth, supernatural ability, danger ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Is relevant?
183K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.
Style:
exciting, dark fantasy, costume drama, stylized, visually stunning ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mythology, sword fight, greek mythology, greek, legends and myths, ancient, immortality, ancient history, god, medieval, heroes, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 2011, ancient times, 2010s, future
Place:
ancient greece, greece, hellas, europe, athens greece
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