The 30 Best Epic Fantasy Movies on MagentaTV+ (July 2026)

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The Green Mile (1999)

IMDb 8.6 🍅 78% Letterboxd 4.3 3h 9m

Directed by Frank Darabont

✦ MovieMuse AI takeNot epic fantasy; intimate supernatural drama about grace and mortality set in a prison, not a mythic realm.

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

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How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

IMDb 8.1 🍅 99% 1h 38m

Directed by Dean DeBlois

✦ MovieMuse AI takeInverts fantasy's chosen-one trope; Hiccup wins through empathy and understanding rather than martial prowess, redefining heroism.

As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.

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Shrek (2001)

IMDb 7.9 🍅 88% 1h 30m

Directed by Andrew Adamson

✦ MovieMuse AI takeSubverts every fantasy convention—ogre protagonist, post-modern humor, deconstruction of destiny—while maintaining genuine emotional stakes.

It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.

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Hero (2002)

IMDb 7.9 🍅 94% Letterboxd 4.0 1h 39m

Directed by Zhang Yimou

✦ MovieMuse AI takeBreathtaking martial-arts cinematography transforms philosophical deception into visual spectacle across palatial landscapes.

During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago.

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

IMDb 7.8 🍅 64% 2h 49m

Directed by Peter Jackson

✦ MovieMuse AI takeEstablishes the archetypal reluctant-hero-joins-ragtag-fellowship template that defines modern epic fantasy structure.

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.

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How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

IMDb 7.8 🍅 92% 1h 42m

Directed by Dean DeBlois

✦ MovieMuse AI takeSequel deepens mythology by exploring parenthood and legacy within fantasy's scope, elevating spectacle with intimate character discovery.

Five years after uniting the dragons and Vikings of Berk, Hiccup and Toothless soar beyond their homeland, charting the vast unknown. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds of wild dragons -- and a mysterious dragon rider with a startling connection to Hiccup. And as the ruthless dragon conqueror Drago Bludvist rises to seize control of both dragons and people alike, Hiccup must step into his role as a true leader and, alongside his friends and Toothless, protect Berk from a devastating war.

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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

IMDb 7.8 🍅 95% Letterboxd 4.1 1h 43m

Directed by Joel Crawford

✦ MovieMuse AI takeDecadent production design and darkly whimsical tone elevate a simple revenge tale into operatic fantasy.

Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one life left. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.

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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

IMDb 7.5 🍅 59% 2h 27m

Directed by Tom Tykwer

✦ MovieMuse AI takeNot fantasy; grounded psychological thriller about obsession, despite period setting and fantastical premise.

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 the ultimate perfume.

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House of Flying Daggers (2004)

IMDb 7.5 🍅 87% Letterboxd 3.8 1h 59m

Directed by Zhang Yimou

✦ MovieMuse AI takeLyrical martial choreography and doomed-romance tragedy create operatic grandeur within intimate political intrigue.

In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

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The Secret of Kells (2009)

IMDb 7.5 🍅 90% Letterboxd 3.9 1h 18m

Directed by Tomm Moore

✦ MovieMuse AI takeRotoscope animation imbues Celtic mythology with dreamlike authenticity; Vikings and serpent gods clash majestically.

Adventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to finish Brother Aiden's book, Brendan must overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that will take him beyond the abbey walls and into the enchanted forest where dangerous mythical creatures hide. Will Brendan succeed in his quest?

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Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends (2014)

IMDb 7.5 Letterboxd 3.7 2h 15m

Directed by Keishi Otomo

✦ MovieMuse AI takeNot epic fantasy; contemporary sword-fighting melodrama grounded in historical Japan, despite fantastical origin.

Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

IMDb 7.4 🍅 59% 2h 24m

Directed by Peter Jackson

✦ MovieMuse AI takeFive-army convergence delivers apocalyptic siege spectacle; mountain-kingdom defense anchors fantasy's material stakes.

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 army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.

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Shrek 2 (2004)

IMDb 7.4 🍅 89% 1h 32m

Directed by Conrad Vernon

✦ MovieMuse AI takeSequel's in-laws sequence proves fantasy comedy can escalate stakes while maintaining heartfelt character development within absurdist kingdoms.

Happily ever after never seemed so far far away when a trip to meet the in-laws turns into a hilariously twisted adventure for Shrek and Fiona. With the help of his faithful Donkey, Shrek takes on a potion-brewing Fairy Godmother, the pompous Prince Charming, and the ogre-killer, Puss In Boots.

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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

IMDb 7.4 🍅 90% 1h 44m

Directed by Dean DeBlois

✦ MovieMuse AI takeTrilogy's conclusion balances world-building legacy with intimate character arcs, proving animation can sustain epic mythology across decade.

As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.

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The NeverEnding Story (1984)

IMDb 7.3 🍅 84% Letterboxd 3.6 1h 37m

Directed by Wolfgang Petersen

✦ MovieMuse AI takeMeta-fantasy where reading itself becomes adventure; the Neverending Story's recursive structure embeds protagonist within narrative layers.

While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.

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Zog (2018)

IMDb 7.3 Letterboxd 3.3 0h 27m

Directed by Max Lang

✦ MovieMuse AI takeChildren's fantasy executed with genuine fantastical logic; Dragon School's training montage builds character through worldbuilding consistency.

Zog is a keen young dragon who wants to learn to fly, roar, and breathe fire, so he studies at the Dragon School. He is desperate to impress his teacher and win a golden star, but he is prone to accidents and he has to be helped by a kind young girl who patches up his bumps and bruises.

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The Northman (2022)

IMDb 7.0 🍅 90% 2h 17m

Directed by Robert Eggers

✦ MovieMuse AI takeEggers' Norse aesthetic transforms Shakespearean vengeance into primal, ritualistic fantasy where language and myth drive action.

Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father.

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Time Bandits (1981)

IMDb 6.9 🍅 92% Letterboxd 3.5 1h 56m

Directed by Terry Gilliam

✦ MovieMuse AI takeTime-jumping adventure through history via magical map subverts epic fantasy tropes through comedic, absurdist whimsy.

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

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Mavka: The Forest Song (2023)

IMDb 6.6 🍅 77% Letterboxd 2.7 1h 39m

Directed by Oleg Malamuzh

✦ MovieMuse AI takeNot epic fantasy; indie forest-spirit romance lacks the scale, worldbuilding, or mythic resonance of the genre.

Mavka, a Soul of the Forest, faces an impossible choice between love and her duty as Guardian of the Heart of the Forest when she falls for a human, a talented young musician named Lukas.

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Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023)

IMDb 6.6 Letterboxd 3.3 2h 28m

Directed by Wuershan

✦ MovieMuse AI takeChinese classical mythology adapted with celestial warfare, divine pantheons, and cosmological stakes defining eastern epic.

Based on the most well-known classical fantasy novel of China, Fengshenyanyi, the trilogy is a magnificent eastern high fantasy epic that recreates the prolonged mythical wars between humans, immortals and monsters, which happened more than three thousand years ago.

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Shrek Forever After (2010)

IMDb 6.3 🍅 58% 1h 33m

Directed by Mike Mitchell

✦ MovieMuse AI takeNot epic fantasy; DreamWorks fairy-tale parody trades mythic grandeur for pop-culture irreverence and meta-humor.

A midlife-crisis burdened Shrek, longing for the days when he felt like a real ogre, makes a pact with magic deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin. But when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away—where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met—he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.

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Pinocchio (2019)

IMDb 6.3 🍅 84% Letterboxd 2.9 2h 4m

Directed by Matteo Garrone

✦ MovieMuse AI takeNot fantasy; live-action adaptation subordinates magical elements to character melodrama and moral lessons.

Old woodcarver Geppetto fashions a wooden puppet, Pinocchio, who magically comes to life. Pinocchio longs for adventure and is easily led astray, encountering magical beasts, fantastical spectacles, while making friends and foes along his journey. However, his dream is to become a real boy, which can only come true if he finally changes his ways.

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A Writer's Odyssey (2021)

IMDb 6.2 🍅 93% Letterboxd 3.1 2h 10m

Directed by Lu Yang

✦ MovieMuse AI takeMeta-narrative brilliance: a novelist's creation literally battles his author's worldview, collapsing fiction into reality with philosophical stakes.

Lu Kongwen is the author of a fantasy novel series following a heroic teenager, also named Kongwen, on a quest to end the tyrannical rule of Lord Redmane, under the guidance of a Black Armor. But through a strange twist of fate, the fantasy world of the novel begins to impact life in the real world, leading Guan Ning to accept a mission from Tu Ling to kill the author.

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The Tale of Despereaux (2008)

IMDb 6.1 🍅 56% Letterboxd 2.8 1h 33m

Directed by Robert Stevenhagen

✦ MovieMuse AI takeStorybook voice-over, knightly quests, and kingdom-wide romance establish pastoral fantasy charm over epic scope.

Once upon a time... in the far away kingdom of Dor... lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions, Despereaux sets off on an amazing adventure with his good-hearted rat friend Roscuro, who leads him, at long last, on a very noble quest to rescue an endangered princess and save an entire kingdom from darkness.

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Tad and The Emerald Tablet (2022)

IMDb 6.0 Letterboxd 2.6 1h 29m

Directed by Enrique Gato

✦ MovieMuse AI takeRedemption through consequence—a protagonist's magical accident forces genuine character growth rather than convenient reset, earning its resolution.

Tad accidentally unleashes an ancient spell, endangering the lives of his friends Mummy, Jeff, and Belzoni. With everyone against him and only helped by Sara, he sets off on an adventure to end the Curse of the Mummy.

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Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia (2022)

IMDb 6.0 Letterboxd 2.8 1h 22m

Directed by Matthias Temmermans

✦ MovieMuse AI takeProphecy-driven narrative and magical realm-hopping invoke epic fantasy conventions, though juvenile presentation undermines genre gravitas.

Mia discovers her magic stone is part of an ancient prophecy and embarks on a thrilling journey to the farthest islands of Centopia to face a great evil, and shape her own destiny.

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Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)

IMDb 5.9 🍅 58% Letterboxd 2.4 1h 36m

Directed by Walt Becker

✦ MovieMuse AI takeNot epic fantasy; contemporary magical-pet film about suburban friendship scaled entirely to child-audience sensibilities.

As Emily struggles to fit in at home and at school, she discovers a small red puppy who is destined to become her best friend. When Clifford magically undergoes one heck of a growth spurt, becomes a gigantic dog and attracts the attention of a genetics company, Emily and her Uncle Casey have to fight the forces of greed as they go on the run across New York City. Along the way, Clifford affects the lives of everyone around him and teaches Emily and her uncle the true meaning of acceptance and unconditional love.

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School of Magical Animals 2 (2022)

IMDb 5.9 Letterboxd 2.9 1h 43m

Directed by Sven Unterwaldt Jr.

✦ MovieMuse AI takeSubverts epic fantasy by finding world-saving stakes in community bonds, proving intimacy matters as much as mythic quests.

The students of the School of Magical Animals want to perform a musical for the school's anniversary. Will rehearsals end in chaos or will the class pull together? And what's up with the strange holes on the school grounds?

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The Tiger's Apprentice (2024)

IMDb 5.8 🍅 50% Letterboxd 2.7 1h 24m

Directed by Raman Hui Shing-Ngai

✦ MovieMuse AI takeIntergenerational guardian legacy creates lineage weight absent in typical chosen-one narratives, grounding magic in ancestral responsibility.

After the death of his grandmother, Tom Lee discovers he is part of a long lineage of magical protectors known as the Guardians. With guidance from a mythical tiger named Hu and the other Zodiac animal warriors, Tom trains to take on an evil force that threatens humanity.

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Dragon Rider (2020)

IMDb 5.7 🍅 80% Letterboxd 2.4 1h 40m

Directed by Tomer Eshed

✦ MovieMuse AI takeThe trilogy trope reimagined: dragon-boy-brownie fellowship overcomes prejudice within their unit before facing external threat, prioritizing internal dynamics.

An unlikely trio of heroes – a dragon, a boy and a forest brownie – embark on an epic adventure to find the “Rim of Heaven” - the mythological safe haven for all dragons.

Best Epic Fantasy Movies on MagentaTV+

The Green Mile (1999)

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Shrek (2001)

Hero (2002)

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

House of Flying Daggers (2004)

The Secret of Kells (2009)

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends (2014)

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Shrek 2 (2004)

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

The NeverEnding Story (1984)

Zog (2018)

The Northman (2022)

Time Bandits (1981)

Mavka: The Forest Song (2023)

Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023)

Shrek Forever After (2010)

Pinocchio (2019)

A Writer's Odyssey (2021)

The Tale of Despereaux (2008)

Tad and The Emerald Tablet (2022)

Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia (2022)

Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)

School of Magical Animals 2 (2022)

The Tiger's Apprentice (2024)

Dragon Rider (2020)

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