EW’s picks include cult classics, recent hits, and more.
HBO; Disney/David Bukach; Netflix
What exactly makes thefantasygenre so, well, magical?
For that matter, why can we never seem to get enough?
Milly Alcock on ‘House of the Dragon’; Walker Scobell on ‘Percy Jacksons and the Olympians’; Millie Bobby Brown on ‘Stranger Things’.Credit:HBO; Disney/David Bukach; Netflix
So sit down, relax, and get ready to fall under their spell.
That’s a whole other beast.
Plus, Palmer and Goode’s oh-so-palpable chemistry conjures up a hypnotic charmthat even Harkness couldn’t resist.
Dick York and Elizabeth Montgomery on ‘Bewitched’.Everett Collection
Anyone who couldnt get enoughLord of the Ringswont want to miss this eight-season ride.
and four seasons currently under its belt.
Once Jane takes the throne, she becomes the prime target of villainous schemers eager to usurp her.
Sarah Michelle Gellar on ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’.
ThoughAmazon Prime Videopulled the plug after one season, more than75,000 fans have signed a petitionto bring it back.
Gothic visuals and bombastic performances are sure to pull horror buffs intoPenny Dreadful’s world.
We feel the same joy every time we watch.
Holly Marie Combs, Shannen Doherty, and Alyssa Milano on ‘Charmed’.Richard Cartwright/The WB Television Network/Everett Collection
After that, the show veers into increasingly outlandish and offbeat storylines who could forget theScooby-Doocrossover?
throughout its327 episodes, becoming the second-longest-running fantasy show of all time.
But wait: Isnt the show just a soap opera?
‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’.Kevin Baker/Netflix
Just like all thingsPeaks-related, the seemingly standard whodunnit premise holds mystical secrets of its own.
The dense mythology may challenge some viewers, but evenGOThad early hurdles in adapting its source material.
With that in mind, we expectTheWheel of Timeonly to get better as it has more room to grow.
Teresa Palmer on ‘A Discovery of Witches’.Simon Ridgway/Bad Wolf Productions/Sundance Now
Sophie Turner and Kit Harrington on ‘Game of Thrones’.Helen Sloan/HBO
(From left to right) Richie Moriarty, Devan Chandler Long, Sheila Carrasco, Rebecca Wisocky, Danielle Pinnock, and Brandon Scott Jones on ‘Ghosts’.Jonathan Wenk/CBS
Olivia Cooke and Fabien Frankel on ‘House of the Dragon’.Theo Whiteman/HBO
(From left to right) Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones, and Darby Stanchfield on ‘Locke & Key’.Amanda Matlovich/Netflix
‘Masters of the Universe: Revelation’.NETFLIX
(From left to right) Emily Bader, Robyn Betteridge, Isabella Brownson, and Anna Chancellor on ‘My Lady Jane’.Amazon
Sam Heughan and Caitríona Balfe on ‘Outlander’.Sony Pictures Television
Eva Green on ‘Penny Dreadful’.Showtime
Leah Sava Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri, and Walker Scobell on ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’.Disney
Winona Ryder (front), Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, and Finn Wolfhard on ‘Stranger Things’.Netflix/Everett Collection
Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki on ‘Supernatural’.Liane Hentscher/The CW/Everett
Kyle MacLachlan on ‘Twin Peaks’.showtime
Kayvan Novak and Harvey Guillén on ‘What We Do in the Shadows’.Russ Martin/FX
Madeleine Madden and Josha Stradowski on ‘The Wheel of Time’.Jan Thijs/Amazon Studios
Lucy Lawless on ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’.Everett Collection
