TV-Shows.TVThe best shows for me! The best fantasy TV shows 2026 – ranked by the community. Fantasy series are at their strongest when their worlds have consistent internal rules – and when the characters in those worlds face real choices with real consequences. This ranking covers epic multi-season series as well as more compact fantasy productions that hold up on content.
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(9/10 stars)Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms o... more about Game of Thrones
(7/10 stars)After their plane, Oceanic Air flight 815, tore apart whilst thousands of miles off course, the survivors find themselves on a mysterious deserted island where they soon find out they are not alone. more about Lost (2004)
(7/10 stars)The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864. more about The Vampire Diaries
(9/10 stars)In a world where superheroes embrace the darker side of their massive celebrity and fame, a group of vigilantes known informally as "The Boys" set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty. more about The Boys
(8/10 stars)Lucifer, the original fallen angel, is bored and unhappy in Hell and decides to retire to Los Angeles and open an upscale nightclub. After a murder takes place outside his club, he meets an intriguing homicide detective named Chloe, and partners up with her to solve cases. more about Lucifer
(8/10 stars)When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl. more about Stranger Things
(8/10 stars)A 200-year-old Dr. Henry Morgan, who works in a mortuary trying to find a key to untying the curse of his immortality. more about Forever
(8/10 stars)After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm. more about Grimm
(7/10 stars)Telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse encounters a strange new supernatural world when she meets the mysterious Bill Compton, a southern Louisiana gentleman and vampire. more about True Blood
(8/10 stars)Though once pledged to remain together through the test of time, the Mikaelson's — the first and original family of vampires — have been torn apart over the thousands of years of their existence. When Klaus Mikaelson, the original vampire-werewolf hybrid, receives a mysterious tip that a plot is bre... more about The Originals
(7/10 stars)Heroes is a cult serial saga about people all over the world discovering that they have superpowers and trying to deal with how this change affects their lives. Not only are they discovering what having superpowers means to them but also the larger picture of where those powers come from and what th... more about Heroes (2006)
(7/10 stars)Scott McCall, a high school student who is bitten by a werewolf, must cope with its effects on him, his friends, and his family. more about Teen Wolf
(9/10 stars)When a Japanese high schooler comes into possession of a mystical notebook, he finds he has the power to kill anybody whose name he enters in it. more about Death Note
(8/10 stars)Emma Swan, a 28-year-old bail bonds collector, has always been a fiercely independent person since being abandoned as a baby. Her son Henry, who she gave up for adoption years ago, finds and tries to convince Emma that she is Snow White's missing daughter. Henry shows Emma that in the fairytale, Pri... more about Once Upon a Time
(9/10 stars)The adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate crew in order to find the greatest treasure ever left by the legendary Pirate, Gold Roger. The famous mystery treasure named "One Piece". more about One Piece
(7/10 stars)Blinded as a young boy, Matt Murdock fights injustice by day as a lawyer and by night as the Super Hero Daredevil in Hell's Kitchen, New York City. more about Daredevil
(8/10 stars)In every generation there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer. Buffy Summers is The Chosen One, the one girl in all the world with the strength and skill to fight the vampires. With the help of her close friends, Wil... more about Buffy: Im Bann der Dämonen
(8/10 stars)This sequel to the 1994 movie Stargate chronicles the further adventures of SGC (Stargate Command). It turned out that the Goa'uld Ra was only one of many alien System Lords who used the Stargates to conquer much of the universe. When Earth uncovers a working cartouche to decipher the coding system ... more about Stargate SG-1
(8/10 stars)On her 18th birthday, Clary Fray discovers that she comes from a long line of Shadowhunters, group of human-angel hybrids who fight to protect their world by hunting down demons. With warlocks, vampires, werewolves, and ominous threats at every turn, the Shadowhunters must lean on each other and the... more about Shadowhunters
(7/10 stars)After saving the life of an international diplomat in Washington D.C., a pair of U.S. Secret Service agents are whisked away to a covert location in South Dakota that houses supernatural objects that the U.S. Government has collected over the centuries. Their new assignment: retrieve some of the mis... more about Warehouse 13
Fantasy TV shows are at their strongest when their worlds have consistent internal rules that are actually followed – and when the characters in those worlds face real decisions with real consequences. Magic, dragons or prophecies are not quality markers; they are tools. What matters is whether the story told with those tools carries you.
The genre covers a broad range: epic high-fantasy multi-season series with large ensembles and political conflict; urban fantasy that places supernatural elements in the present day; dark fantasy that combines magic and horror; low fantasy with minimal supernatural elements and a strong focus on human conflict. What the community consistently rates highly are fantasy series that keep worldbuilding and character development in balance – worlds that fascinate but do not replace the story. Use the status filter to find completed fantasy series where the full story has already been told.
Viewers who follow fantasy TV shows often also explore adventure or sci-fi series for similarly expansive world-building.
The top Fantasy TV Shows are ranked by real community votes. The more ratings a show has, the more stable its position.
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Rankings are based on real user ratings. The more votes a series receives, the more stable its chart position.
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