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, stylized, visually appealing and weird films and TV shows about / with monster, storytelling, fantasy world, supernatural, transformation, dialogue, death, destiny, magic and blood plots mostly in Fantasy, Drama and Horror genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
dark fantasy
TOP 10 movies tagged as dark fantasy: Solomon Kane (2009), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Constantine (2005), Tale of Tales (2015), The Last Witch Hunter (2015), The Head Hunter (2018), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Season of the Witch (2011), Dracula Untold (2014), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012).
Best films
List of dark fantasy movies
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, atmospheric, gothic horror, dark ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sword and sorcery, good versus evil, redemption, supernatural, medieval, chase, violence, black magic, witch, deal with the devil, devil, betrayal ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century
Place:
england, europe, north africa
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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, atmospheric, dark fantasy, surreal, gothic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
monster, mythology, fantasy world, maze, legends and myths, cruelty, creature, good versus evil, macabre, alternate reality, young heroes, fairy ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
spain, canada, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
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, entertaining, fairy tale, exciting, gothic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
time travel, magic, fantasy world, time loop, monster, children, youth, orphan, beautiful scenery, supernatural power, wizards, boarding school ...
Time:
year 1943, victorian era, 1940s, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place:
england, wales, europe, florida
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354K
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany
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, stylized, dark, mind bending ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, demon, angel, good versus evil, devil, suspense, occult, hell, tough guy, mysticism, suicide, supernatural ability ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, mexico
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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, stylized, dark fantasy, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Plot:
medieval, witch, beautiful scenery, magic, castle, ogre, fantasy world, monster, fight scenes, king, violence, imagination ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
italy, southern italy
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, China, Canada
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:
dark fantasy, gothic, exciting, dark, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, pre-teens, teens, adult
Plot:
witch, magic, supernatural, fantasy world, immortality, black magic, lone hero, wizards and magicians, good versus evil, dark hero, fight scenes, apocalypse ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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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, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
monster, warrior, murder, revenge, brutality, violence, medieval, death of daughter, hunting, life is a bitch, hopes, unfulfillment ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
europe
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367K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany, UK
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, dark fantasy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, witch, murder, investigation, small town, legends and myths, goth, uncover truth, mysterious character, horseman, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 19th century, 1790s, victorian era ...
Place:
new york, new york state
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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, gothic horror, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
witch, supernatural, knight, sword and sorcery, legends and myths, monk, good versus evil, witchcraft, inquisition, possessed girl, demon, suspense ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an army of 1,000 boys, including Vlad's son, he vows to find a way to protect his family. Vlad turns to dark forces in order to get the power to ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, dracula, medieval, legends and myths, immortality, monster, mythology, vampirism, immortal, fight scenes, regeneration ...
Time:
15th century, 19th century
Place:
transylvania, romania, london, ottoman empire
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive. Almost a decade later, a grown Snow White is still in the clutches of the Queen. In order to obtain ...
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, exciting, epic, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing
Plot:
magic, witch, good versus evil, snow white, fantasy world, evil queen, princess, sorceress, queen, immortality, imaginary kingdom, heroine ...
Time:
middle ages
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121K
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, exciting, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, post apocalypse, supernatural, distopia, good versus evil, apocalypse, future dystopia, monster, priest, vampire hunter, clergy, human versus monster ...
Time:
future
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272K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic
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, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, werewolf, supernatural, dracula, steampunk, transformation, frankenstein, monster, good versus evil, dark hero, heroic mission, immortality ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 15th century, 1880s
Place:
transylvania, egypt, europe, rome italy, romania ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic, UK
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, entertaining, dark ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
supernatural, medieval, magic, fantasy world, wizards, curses spells and rituals, witch, brothers, evil queen, creativity, fairy, legends and myths ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, regency period, 1790s, 1810s
Place:
europe, hamburg germany, frankfurt germany, germany
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275K
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, dark fantasy, scary, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, werewolf, monster, supernatural romance, goth, female vampire, immortality, supernatural ability, vampire bite, transformation, escapades ...
Time:
2000s, 15th century, 21st century
Place:
budapest
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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, captivating, atmospheric, sad, sweet ...
Plot:
mythical creature, steampunk, fantasy world, fairy, interspecies romance, family secret, politician, monster, police detective, social injustice, hate, female friendship ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.
Style:
dark fantasy, scary, atmospheric, thought provoking, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
monster, troll, forest, hunting, legends and myths, giant monster, found footage, wilderness, cryptozoology, supernatural, giant, witch ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
norway, europe
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152K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
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, twist ending ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, incest, macabre, suspense, murder, psychopath, female protagonist, brother sister incest, betrayal, estate ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, edwardian era, 1890s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, usa
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281K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Set in a 19th-century european village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride Victoria waits bereft in the land of the ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, gothic horror, melancholic, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, date night, family outing, preschoolers, horror for children
Plot:
afterlife, corpse, supernatural, goth, marriage, death, wedding, disagreement, fear, loneliness, fall in love, escape attempt ...
Time:
19th century, edwardian era, victorian era
Place:
europe
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Ireland
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, captivating, scary ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
witch, forest, suspense, witchcraft, cannibal, good versus evil, supernatural power, black magic, child, supernatural, brutality, villainess ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
Style:
gothic, surreal, fairy tale, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, chick flick, family outing
Plot:
loneliness, goth, love, surrealism, freak, social misfits, christmas, love and romance, inventor, fall in love, love story, castle ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s, 50s
Place:
usa, florida
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67K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Spain, Canada, South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering.
Style:
dark fantasy, absurd, melancholic, surprise ending, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
creature, giant monster, small town, kaiju, moral dilemma, monster, bullying, woman fights a man, childhood, alcoholic, giant robots, alternate reality ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
seoul, new york
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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, anime, atmospheric, bloody, tense ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
vampire, demon, dracula, vampire hunter, monster, magic, medieval, hunter, fight, supernatural, violence, witchcraft ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
romania
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Canada, China
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an ...
Style:
exciting, dark fantasy, epic, scenic, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
magic, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, supernatural, witch, wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals, chosen one, monster, supernatural ability, demon, young heroes ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
england
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383K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the 1959 classic 'Sleeping Beauty'. A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading ...
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, exciting, captivating, visually appealing ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
witch, fantasy world, disney, princess, fairy, wizards and magicians, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, magical creature, transformation, magical, villain ...
Time:
14th century, middle ages
Place:
france, scotland, europe
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22K
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, enigmatic, serious ...
Plot:
another dimension, parallel universe, good versus evil, imagination, supernatural, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, time paradox, surrealism, existentialism, fantasy world, alternate reality ...
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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 horror, gothic, dark fantasy, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, witch, deadly creature, psychotherapy, vampire, werewolf, fear, mysterious character, victorian england, supernatural ability, frankenstein's monster, sex scene ...
Time:
victorian era, 1890s, 19th century
Place:
england, london
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238K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, ...
Style:
gothic, surreal, dark fantasy, dark, scary ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, family outing, preschoolers ...
Plot:
monster, children, parallel world, alternate reality, stop motion, secret place, weirdo, fantasy world, clue, loneliness, heroine, family relations ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa, michigan, texas
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45K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two mysterious women seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort. Clara meets lonely Noel, who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Schoolgirl Eleanor befriends Frank and tells him their lethal secret. They were born 200 years ago ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, atmospheric, dark, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, prostitution, supernatural, fall in love, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, supernatural romance, deadly creature, dangerous attraction, immortality, female vampire, monster ...
Time:
18th century, 21st century
Place:
england, ireland, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A boy imagines a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way.
Style:
touching, emotional, dark fantasy, compassionate, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
bullying, monster, childhood, loneliness, terminal illness, life & death, imagination, courage, single mother, nightmare, boy, adaptation ...
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