Best Dark Fantasy Movies & TV Shows

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy

The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.

Run time: 136m Tagline: What happened to Katie? Release: 2026-04-15

Stars: Billie Roy Hayat Kamille Jack Reynor Jonathan Gunning Laia Costa May Calamawy May Elghety Natalie Grace Shylo Molina Veronica Falcón

True Blood

Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders, government officials, and vampire fundamentalists around the world have chosen their sides. But in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out.

Stars: Adina Porter Alexander Skarsgård Anna Paquin Carrie Preston Chris Bauer Nelsan Ellis Rutina Wesley Ryan Kwanten Sam Trammell Stephen Moyer

Constantine: City of Demons

Armed with an arcane knowledge of the dark arts and a wicked wit, John Constantine fights the good fight. With his soul already damned to hell, he’ll do whatever it takes to protect the innocent. With the balance of good and evil on the line, Constantine uses his skills to face the supernatural terrors that threaten our world and send them back where they belong. After that, who knows…maybe there’s hope for him and his soul after all.

Stars: Damian O'Hare Emily O'Brien Jim Meskimen Laura Bailey Matt Ryan Rachel Kimsey Robin Atkin Downes

The Witcher

Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.

Stars: Anna Shaffer Anya Chalotra Danny Woodburn Eamon Farren Freya Allan Joey Batey Liam Hemsworth Mahesh Jadu Mimî M. Khayisa Zhang Meng'er

The Sandman

After years of imprisonment, Morpheus — the King of Dreams — embarks on a journey across worlds to find what was stolen from him and restore his power.

Stars: Boyd Holbrook Patton Oswalt Tom Sturridge Vivienne Acheampong

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train

Tanjiro Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, boards the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Fire Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, to defeat a demon who has been tormenting the people and killing the demon slayers who oppose it!

Run time: 117m Tagline: With your blade, bring an end to the nightmare. Release: 2020-10-16

Stars: Akari Kito Hiro Shimono Katsuyuki Konishi Kenichi Suzumura Natsuki Hanae Saori Hayami Satoshi Hino Takahiro Sakurai Tomokazu Seki Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

MAO

Eight years ago, Nanoka Kiba was saved from the wreckage of a fatal accident at Gogyō Town Shopping Center. Drawn to the abandoned passage of storefronts on her walk home from school in present day, she becomes inexplicably transported to Japan's Taishō period where she meets the mysterious Mao, a fellow traveler whose arrival at a ghost-inhabited village is simultaneous with hers. Together, they investigate the bizarre events that begin to occur around them, and Nanoka soon pieces together her broken memories of the accident and how she and Mao may have something more sinister in common.

Stars: Hiro Shimono Natsumi Kawaida Toshiyuki Toyonaga Yuki Kaji

JUJUTSU KAISEN

Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to exorcise a curse, a life from which he could never turn back.

Sentenced to Be a Hero

In a world where heroism is a punishment, Xylo Forbartz, a condemned goddess killer, battles endless hordes of monstrous abominations as part of Penal Hero Unit 9004. Death is no escape, only a cycle of resurrection and relentless combat. But when Xylo encounters a mysterious new goddess, their unlikely alliance sparks a rebellion that could shatter the chains of eternal punishment.

Stars: Jun Fukushima Mayu Iizuka Shizuka Ishigami Shoya Chiba Shun Horie Shunichi Toki Yohei Azakami Yoji Ueda Yoko Hikasa Yoshitsugu Matsuoka