Movies like Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) is a fantasy movie directed by David Yates. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
★ 6.8 · 11,734 votes · Fantasy, Adventure
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 he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore will need to seek help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
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2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
★ 8.5 · 27,577 votes · Adventure, Fantasy, Action
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 revealed as the noble heir to the throne of the Kings of Men. Yet, the sole hope for triumph over evil lies with a brave hobbit, Frodo, who, accompanied by his loyal friend Sam and the hideous, wretched Gollum, ventures deep into the very dark heart of Mordor on his seemingly impossible quest to destroy the Ring of Power.
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3. The School for Good and Evil (2022)
★ 7.0 · 1,432 votes · Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure
Best friends Sophie and Agatha navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains — and find themselves on opposing sides of the battle between good and evil.
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4. Doctor Strange (2016)
★ 7.4 · 24,056 votes · Fantasy, Adventure, Action
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.
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5. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
★ 7.4 · 20,191 votes · Adventure, Fantasy, Action
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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6. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
★ 7.1 · 11,841 votes · Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion.
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7. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
★ 6.4 · 4,717 votes · Fantasy, Action, Mystery
In New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters — half-angel warriors who protect humanity from evil forces. After her mother disappears, Clary joins forces with a group of Shadowhunters and enters Downworld, an alternate realm filled with demons, vampires, and a host of other creatures. Clary and her companions must find and protect an ancient cup that holds the key to her mother's future.
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8. Practical Magic (1998)
★ 6.8 · 2,044 votes · Romance, Fantasy, Comedy
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.
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9. Hocus Pocus (1993)
★ 7.0 · 3,433 votes · Fantasy, Comedy, Family
After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.
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10. Willow (1988)
★ 7.0 · 2,277 votes · Fantasy, Adventure, Action
The evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, he's entrusted with delivering her from evil.
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11. The Portable Door (2023)
★ 6.5 · 302 votes · Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
Paul and Sophie, interns at a mysterious London firm, become steadily aware their employers Humphrey and Dennis are anything but conventional – they are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices.
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