The Best Modern Fantasy Movies on Streaming

This JustWatch streaming guide gives you everything you need to find all modern fantasy movies on streaming. Discover the most popular and highest-rated movies in this genre as well as a few hidden gems. No matter which streaming platform you use—Netflix, Max, Paramount+, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Disney+, or any other—JustWatch has you covered.

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Discover the top modern fantasies

The modern fantasy genre encompasses a host of movies that imagine large magical worlds full of incredible creatures and important quests. The best movies in this genre include Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King;Pan’s Labyrinth, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, The Northman, Wicked, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The Harry Potter series from The Philosopher’s Stone all the way to The Deathly Hallows Part Two are a mainstay in this genre as well Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them.

Modern fantasy movies you might have missed

With the modern fantasy genre so full of incredible franchises, you might have missed these one-off adventures. The Fall, by filmmaker Tarsem Singh, is a globe-trotting, multicolored cult classic while The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus is directed by Terry Gilliam and is the filmmaker at his most imaginative. Stardust is the modern fantasy movie that put Matthew Vaughn on the map while The Green Knight shows a darker side to the genre with a leading performance from Dev Patel.