Movies and TV series about wizards

The 41 best titles about wizards, ranked by the iRank Score — our composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. Every page includes cast, where to watch and similar recommendations.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
iRank91
2003 · Peter Jackson
MovieActionAdventureFantasy
As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is r
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
iRank89
2002 · Peter Jackson
MovieAdventureFantasyAction
Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where
Star Wars
iRank88
1977 · George Lucas
MovieActionAdventureScience Fiction
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the
The Wizard of Oz
iRank87
1939 · Victor Fleming
MovieAdventureFamilyFantasy
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the
Wizards of Waverly Place
iRank86
2007 · Todd J. Greenwald
SeriesComedyKidsSci-Fi & Fantasy
Alex, Justin and Max Russo are not your ordinary kids - they're wizards in training! While their parents run the Waverly Sub Station, the siblings struggle to balance their ordinary lives while learni
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
iRank86
2011 · David Yates
MovieAdventureFantasy
Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects tha
Alchemy of Souls
iRank86
2022 · Jang Jung-do
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaMystery
A powerful sorceress in a blind woman's body encounters a man from a prestigious family, who wants her help to change his destiny.
Fantasia
iRank85
1940 · Wilfred Jackson
MovieAnimationFamilyFantasy
Walt Disney's timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and experience the excitement that is Fantasia over and over aga
Adventure Time
iRank85
2010
SeriesAnimationComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
Unlikely heroes Finn and Jake are buddies who traverse the mystical Land of Ooo. The best of friends, our heroes always find themselves in the middle of escapades. Finn and Jake depend on each other t
Black Clover
iRank85
2017
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
Asta and Yuno are two orphans who want the same thing: to become the Wizard King. Locked in a friendly rivalry, they work hard towards their goal. While Yuno excels at magic, Asta has a problem uncomm
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
iRank83
2004 · Alfonso Cuarón
MovieAdventureFantasy
Harry Potter's life is in danger once more as dangerous wizard Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban Prison and is heading to Hogwarts.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
iRank81
2005 · Mike Newell
MovieAdventureFantasy
When his name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools. Signs of Voldemort's return emerge as Harry's friends hel
Fairy Tail
iRank79
2009
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationComedy
Lucy is a 17-year-old girl, who wants to be a full-fledged mage. One day when visiting Harujion Town, she meets Natsu, a young man who gets sick easily by any type of transportation. But Natsu isn't j
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
iRank78
2009 · David Yates
MovieAdventureFantasy
Dumbledore tries to prepare Harry for the final battle with Voldemort while Death Eaters wreak havoc in both Muggle and Wizard worlds.
Merlin
iRank78
2008
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.
Doctor Strange
iRank78
2016 · Scott Derrickson
MovieActionAdventureFantasy
After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.
Wicked
iRank77
2024 · Jon M. Chu
MovieDramaFantasyRomance
In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as th
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
iRank76
2001 · Chris Columbus
MovieAdventureFantasy
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of
Shazam!
iRank76
2019 · David F. Sandberg
MovieActionComedyFantasy
A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
iRank75
2007 · David Yates
MovieAdventureFantasy
When a new professor's methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches students how to defend against the dark arts.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
iRank75
2002 · Chris Columbus
MovieAdventureFantasy
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The C
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
iRank74
2010 · David Yates
MovieAdventureFantasy
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore d
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
iRank74
2013 · Peter Jackson
MovieActionAdventureFantasy
The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
iRank72
2023 · Jonathan Goldstein
MovieAdventureComedyFantasy
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
iRank72
2016 · David Yates
MovieAdventureFantasy
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the c
The Smurfs
iRank70
1981
SeriesAnimationComedyFamily
Classic Saturday-morning cartoon series featuring magical blue elf-like creatures called Smurfs. The Smurfs, named for their personalities, inhabit a village of mushroom houses in an enchanted forest.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
iRank70
2012 · Peter Jackson
MovieActionAdventureFantasy
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
Excalibur
iRank69
1981 · John Boorman
MovieAdventureFantasy
Arthur fulfills his fate by bringing together the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot and unifying the country. However, this flawed monarch faces greater tests ahead in pursuit of love, the Holy Gr
The Sword in the Stone
iRank68
1963 · Wolfgang Reitherman
MovieAnimationFamilyFantasy
Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to giv
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
iRank67
2014 · Peter Jackson
MovieActionAdventureFantasy
Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an
Nanny McPhee
iRank67
2005 · Kirk Jones
MovieComedyFamilyFantasy
Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to
Wicked: For Good
iRank64
2025 · Jon M. Chu
MovieAdventureFantasyRomance
As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba will need to come together one final time. With their singular friendship now the fulcrum of their futures, they will need to truly s
Conan the Barbarian
iRank63
1982 · John Milius
MovieActionAdventureFantasy
A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood massacre, Conan is released from sla
Oz the Great and Powerful
iRank57
2013 · Sam Raimi
MovieAdventureFamilyFantasy
Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches
Shrek the Third
iRank55
2007 · Chris Miller
MovieAdventureAnimationComedy
The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace and quiet, so when he finds out there is another he
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
iRank55
2022 · David Yates
MovieAdventureFantasy
Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
iRank55
2018 · David Yates
MovieAdventureFantasy
Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
iRank52
2010 · Jon Turteltaub
MovieActionAdventureFantasy
Balthazar Blake is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath. Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler, a seemingly avera
Warcraft
iRank50
2016 · Duncan Jones
MovieActionAdventureFantasy
The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect
Eragon
iRank48
2006 · Stefen Fangmeier
MovieActionAdventureFamily
In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evi
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
iRank26
2007 · Uwe Boll
MovieActionAdventureDrama
A man named Farmer sets out to rescue his kidnapped wife and avenge the death of his son – two acts committed by the Krugs, a race of animal-warriors who are controlled by the evil Gallian.