The 26 Best Epic Fantasy Movies on Peacock (July 2026)

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

IMDb 8.1 🍅 96% 2h 10m

Directed by David Yates

✦ MovieMuse AI takeThe Battle of Hogwarts realizes the epic siege fantasy: massive scale, personal stakes, and mythic sacrifice woven seamlessly together.

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 that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's formidable skills.

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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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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

IMDb 7.9 🍅 91% 2h 21m

Directed by Alfonso Cuarón

✦ MovieMuse AI takeCuarón darkens Hogwarts through visual language alone—shadows deepen, compositions tighten, transforming school into Gothic labyrinth.

Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the term also brings danger: soul-sucking Dementors hover over the school, an ally of the accursed He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named lurks within the castle walls, and fearsome wizard Sirius Black escapes Azkaban. And Harry will confront them all.

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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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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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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)

IMDb 7.7 🍅 80% 2h 32m

Directed by Chris Columbus

✦ MovieMuse AI takeEstablishes the hero's ordinary-world foundation before magic systems transform him into legend—the genre's essential threshold crossing.

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 Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

IMDb 7.7 🍅 88% Letterboxd 3.9 2h 37m

Directed by Mike Newell

✦ MovieMuse AI takeNewell escalates Triwizard spectacle into genuine fantasy peril where competition becomes literal trial by elemental force.

When his name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools—the Triwizard Tournament. But since Harry never submitted his name for the Tournament, who did? Now Harry must confront a deadly dragon, fierce water demons, and an enchanted maze only to find himself in the cruel grasp of He Who Must Not Be Named.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

IMDb 7.7 🍅 76% 2h 26m

Directed by David Yates

✦ MovieMuse AI takeThe Horcrux hunt weaponizes mythology—fragments of villain transform portable objects into narrative anchors across desolate landscape.

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 dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

IMDb 7.6 🍅 83% 2h 33m

Directed by David Yates

✦ MovieMuse AI takeYates darkens Hogwarts through institutional decay: magic itself becomes corrupted, transforming sanctuary into paranoid stronghold.

As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven. Harry suspects perils may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemorts defenses and to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Even as the decisive showdown looms, romance blossoms for Harry, Ron, Hermione and their classmates. Love is in the air, but danger lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

IMDb 7.5 🍅 82% Letterboxd 3.6 2h 41m

Directed by Chris Columbus

✦ MovieMuse AI takeColumbus weaves British gothic into magical infrastructure: Hogwarts' chambers, staircases, and secrets form the fantasy's living spine.

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 Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione's magical abilities and courage.

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

IMDb 7.5 🍅 78% 2h 18m

Directed by David Yates

✦ MovieMuse AI takeVoldemort's return forces Harry into rebellion against institutional denial—epic stakes born from political resistance, not chosen destiny.

Returning for his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Left with no choice, Harry takes matters into his own hands, training a small group of motivated students to defend themselves against the Dark Arts.

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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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Wicked (2024)

IMDb 7.3 🍅 88% Letterboxd 3.8 2h 42m

Directed by Jon M. Chu

✦ MovieMuse AI takeSubverts fantasy hierarchies through Elphaba's transformation, weaponizing social ostracism into revolutionary power.

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 they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

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Labyrinth (1986)

IMDb 7.3 🍅 78% Letterboxd 3.8 1h 41m

Directed by Jim Henson

✦ MovieMuse AI takeLabyrinthine castle demands protagonist navigate impossible odds against a goblin king—spatial complexity mirrors psychological triumph.

Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah, a teenager with an active imagination, summons the Goblins to take her baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, Sarah must follow him into a fantastical world to rescue him from the Goblin King. Guarding his castle is the labyrinth itself, a twisted maze of deception, populated with outrageous characters and unknown dangers.

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Ne Zha (2019)

IMDb 7.3 🍅 88% Letterboxd 3.5 1h 50m

Directed by Jiao Zi

✦ MovieMuse AI takeDemonic-reincarnation prophecy structures tension: society's fear and destiny's burden become inseparable forces within one child.

A young boy is born as the reincarnation of a demonic power, into a society that hates and fears him. Destined by prophecy to bring destruction to the world, Nezha must choose between good and evil to see if he can change his fate.

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The Dark Crystal (1982)

IMDb 7.1 🍅 78% Letterboxd 3.7 1h 33m

Directed by Frank Oz

✦ MovieMuse AI takePractical puppetry creates tactile otherworldliness; the Dark Crystal itself becomes mythic through visual craftsmanship rather than exposition.

On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.

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Highlander (1986)

IMDb 7.0 🍅 69% Letterboxd 3.3 1h 56m

Directed by Russell Mulcahy

✦ MovieMuse AI takeImmortal sword-duel mythology compressed across centuries establishes high-fantasy worldbuilding within urban contemporary setting.

He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.

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Wicked: For Good (2025)

IMDb 6.6 🍅 66% Letterboxd 3.4 2h 17m

Directed by Jon M. Chu

✦ MovieMuse AI takeFemale friendship as narrative fulcrum subverts traditional epic masculinity; emotional stakes rival magical spectacle.

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 see each other, with honesty and empathy, if they are to change themselves, and all of Oz, for good.

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Jiang Ziya (2020)

IMDb 6.6 🍅 83% Letterboxd 3.4 1h 45m

Directed by Cheng Teng

✦ MovieMuse AI takeCelestial battles and demon mythology anchor Chinese cosmology; Jiang Ziya operates within sacred historical-fantastical frameworks.

Atop the ruins of war, top commander Jiang Ziya is given the task to banish the Nine-tailed Fox Demon who threatens all mortals' very existence. When he discovers the Nine-tailed Fox's life linked to the soul of an innocent girl, he is faced with a challenging decision: follow the will of heaven or find his own path to righteousness.

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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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The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle (2019)

IMDb 6.3 Letterboxd 3.0 1h 39m

Directed by Mikkel Brænne Sandemose

✦ MovieMuse AI takeScandinavian folklore translated to screen—trolls, cursed castles, and peasant-hero ascension grounded in Nordic saga traditions.

When the King and Queen are poisoned, brothers Per and Pål get arrested, suspected of being behind it. Younger brother Espen "Ash Lad" and Princess Kristin set out on a quest to find the mythical Soria Moria castle, which is said to be built of pure gold. In Soria Moria, there sits a well containing the Water of Life; the only thing that can cure Kristin's parents. But some wicked Danes are also on the hunt to find the castle. If Espen and Kristin fail, it will spell the end for the brothers, the kingdom - and perhaps the entire world.

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The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King (2017)

IMDb 6.2 Letterboxd 2.9 1h 40m

Directed by Mikkel Brænne Sandemose

✦ MovieMuse AI takeNorwegian mythology visualized through practical creature design and mountain-realm worldbuilding; fairy-tale scope realized without CGI excess.

Espen “Ash Lad”, a poor farmer’s son, embarks on a dangerous quest with his brothers to save the princess from a vile troll known as the Mountain King – in order to collect a reward and save his family’s farm from ruin.

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Genie (2023)

IMDb 5.9 🍅 31% Letterboxd 2.6 1h 33m

Directed by Sam Boyd

✦ MovieMuse AI takeNot epic fantasy—contemporary magical-realism dramedy confined to personal crisis rather than world-threatening stakes.

Flora, a genie trapped for more than 2,000 years inside an antique jewelry box, is accidentally called to service by Bernard, whose life is unraveling around him.

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Iceman (2014)

IMDb 4.8 🍅 17% Letterboxd 2.3 1h 44m

Directed by Law Wing-Cheong

✦ MovieMuse AI takeTime-displacement premise allows meditation on honor across centuries; martial discipline transcends temporal boundaries.

An imperial guard and his three traitorous childhood friends ordered to hunt him down get accidentally buried and kept frozen in time. 400 years later, they are defrosted continuing the battle they left behind.

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Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)

IMDb 4.3 🍅 22% Letterboxd 2.8 1h 26m

Directed by Britt Allcroft

✦ MovieMuse AI takeNot primarily epic fantasy.

Mr. Conductor's supply of magic gold dust, which allows him to travel between Shining Time and Thomas's island, is critically low. Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to get more. Meanwhile, Thomas is fending off attacks by the nasty diesel engines. Getting more gold dust will require help from Mr. C's slacker cousin, his new friend Lily and her morose grandfather, plus the secret engine.

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Sleeping Beauty (2014)

IMDb 2.8 Letterboxd 2.4 1h 29m

Directed by Casper Van Dien

✦ MovieMuse AI takeSleeping curse mythology reimagined; rescue quest interrogates passive princess archetype through active narrative intervention.

When a young Prince and his trusted aid learn of a beautiful Princess's cursed eternal slumber, they embark on a journey to rescue her. They must battle an evil queen and legions of undead monsters before she will be free.

Best Epic Fantasy Movies on Peacock

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

Shrek (2001)

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Shrek 2 (2004)

Wicked (2024)

Labyrinth (1986)

Ne Zha (2019)

The Dark Crystal (1982)

Highlander (1986)

Wicked: For Good (2025)

Jiang Ziya (2020)

Shrek Forever After (2010)

The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle (2019)

The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King (2017)

Genie (2023)

Iceman (2014)

Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)

Sleeping Beauty (2014)

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