Best TV shows — fantasy on Apple TV+ : our Top 20

2004 · Damon Lindelof, J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber · 6 seasons

After their plane goes down, a disparate group of survivors are left with nothing and must forge fragile alliances to endure—only to discover the island itself conceals dark, dangerous secrets.

With Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Josh Holloway, Naveen Andrews, Jorge Garcia, Daniel Dae Kim and Yunjin Kim

2005 · Eric Kripke · 15 seasons

As children, Sam and Dean Winchester watched a mysterious demonic force take their mother, and their father forged them into fighters, teaching them about the hidden evils that lurk in shadowy places and along America's lonely byways—and how to destroy them. Now adults, the brothers crisscross the country in their iconic 1967 Chevy Impala, hunting down and confronting every supernatural threat they encounter.

With Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins, Mark Sheppard, Jim Beaver, Ruth Connell and Samantha Smith

2004 · Damon Lindelof, J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber · 6 seasons

Left with nothing after a devastating plane crash, a disparate group of survivors must band together to endure the elements and each other. But the island conceals dark, dangerous secrets that threaten to unravel whatever chance they have to live.

With Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Josh Holloway, Naveen Andrews, Jorge Garcia, Daniel Dae Kim and Yunjin Kim

2021 · Michael Waldron · 2 seasons

Endgame, an alternate Loki is apprehended and hauled before the enigmatic Time Variance Authority — a sprawling, bureaucratic agency that exists beyond time and polices the proper flow of history. Faced with a stark ultimatum, he can be erased for creating a temporal anomaly or agree to help the TVA repair the timeline and confront a far greater threat.

With Tom Hiddleston, Owen Wilson, Sophia Di Martino, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Wunmi Mosaku, Tara Strong and Lauren Revard

2016 · Michael Schur · 4 seasons

Eleanor Shellstrop unexpectedly wakes up in the afterlife and quickly faces the truth that her past choices weren't exactly admirable. With the guidance of a perceptive mentor in this new realm, she resolves to abandon old habits and grow into a better—if not flawless—version of herself.

With Kristen Bell, Ted Danson, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, Manny Jacinto, D'Arcy Carden and Marc Evan Jackson

2014 · Ronald D. Moore · 8 seasons

Claire Randall, a married combat nurse returning from 1945, is inexplicably hurled into 1743 and stranded in a dangerous, unfamiliar world. Forced by circumstance into marriage with Jamie, a gallant and passionate young Scottish warrior, she finds herself caught in an unexpected, consuming love that pulls her between two very different men and two lives that cannot easily be reconciled.

With Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Richard Rankin, Sophie Skelton, Duncan Lacroix, César Domboy and John Bell

2008 · Alan Ball · 7 seasons

A breakthrough by a Japanese scientist — the creation of synthetic blood — propels vampires from myth into everyday life, allowing them to live openly as citizens. Humans are no longer on the menu, yet suspicion and anxiety persist as religious leaders, politicians and vampire hardliners pick sides. In the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, however, the community remains deeply divided.

With Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgård, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Nelsan Ellis and Chris Bauer

2019 · Dennis Heaton, Shelley Eriksen · 2 seasons

A college student bent on avenging his mother's murder infiltrates a covert order, only to be plunged into a brutal clash between feral werewolves and practitioners of forbidden sorcery; as secrets unravel and alliances shift, his quest for revenge forces him to confront what he’s willing to sacrifice to stop the rising darkness.

With Jake Manley, Sarah Grey, Devery Jacobs, Thomas Elms, Katharine Isabelle, Louriza Tronco and Adam DiMarco

2014 · John Logan · 3 seasons

In the gaslit, fogbound streets of Victorian London, notorious figures from Gothic fiction—a driven scientist obsessed with creating life, a man whose portrait conceals his corruption, and the shadowy beings tied to Dracula—creep from the margins into the city’s darkest corners. Penny Dreadful reimagines these origin myths as a chilling psychological thriller, interweaving their haunted pasts into a mature, character-driven drama that unleashes new horrors.

With Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Harry Treadaway, Reeve Carney, Rory Kinnear and Billie Piper

2020 · Jonathan Entwistle, Christy Hall · 1 season

Syd, a moody teenager, juggles high school embarrassment, tense family ties and an unreciprocated crush on her best friend while desperately trying to control newly awakened superpowers.

With Sophia Lillis, Wyatt Oleff, Sofia Bryant, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Joe Fishel, Richard Ellis and Aidan Wojtak-Hissong

2011 · Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz · 7 seasons

In a quiet Maine town, beloved figures from fairy tales and children's books linger trapped between two realities, ensnared by an ancient, relentless curse. Only one person sees the truth of their predicament—and only that person holds the means to break the spell.

With Lana Parrilla, Robert Carlyle, Jared Gilmore, Jennifer Morrison, Josh Dallas, Ginnifer Goodwin and Colin O'Donoghue

2019 · Travis Beacham, René Echevarria · 2 seasons

In a shadow-haunted metropolis where humans, fae and other strange beings coexist uneasily, a hard-bitten detective is pulled into a wave of savage murders targeting the fairy community. As clues inexplicably point to him, he is cast as the chief suspect and forced to go rogue, plunging into the city’s occult undercurrents, rival factions and buried secrets to unmask the true killer and restore his name before the real murderer strikes again.

With Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, David Gyasi, Karla Crome, Tamzin Merchant, Simon McBurney and Arty Froushan

2022 · Anna Symon · 1 season

Cora Seaborne, newly widowed, leaves London for the marshlands of Essex to pursue reports of a legendary serpent. Her scientific curiosity forges an unexpected partnership with the local vicar—his faith clashing and converging with her skepticism—until a devastating event prompts the community to turn on her, convinced she has drawn the creature to them.

With Claire Danes, Tom Hiddleston, Frank Dillane, Clémence Poésy, Hayley Squires, Gerard Kearns and Michael Jibson

2015 · Sam Raimi · 3 seasons

Bruce Campbell returns as Ash Williams, a weathered womanizer and seasoned monster-slayer who has spent decades avoiding responsibility and the nightmares tied to the Book of the Dead. When a surge of Deadite infections threatens to annihilate humanity, he’s pulled back into a battle that forces him to answer for past failures and to face the literal demonic forces he long escaped. The result is a brutal, darkly comic struggle in which survival demands he finally grow up — and sharpen his chainsaw.

With Bruce Campbell, Lucy Lawless, Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo, Lee Majors, Jill Marie Jones and Michelle Hurd

2020 · Simon Barry · 2 seasons

An orphaned teenager comes to in the cold of a city morgue and discovers she’s been imbued with supernatural abilities — and an unexpected role: the Halo‑Bearer, the living symbol of a clandestine sisterhood of nun‑warriors who hunt demons. Pulled from anonymity into a brutal training ground of ritual and combat, she must learn to wield her new powers, navigate the dangerous politics of the order, and face the dark forces tied to her past.

With Alba Baptista, Tristán Ulloa, Kristina Tonteri-Young, Lorena Andrea, Sylvia De Fanti, Thekla Reuten and Olivia Delcán

2014 · Matthew Miller · 1 season

Henry Morgan is New York’s renowned medical examiner, but he hides an extraordinary secret: he has been alive for more than two centuries. He studies the dead not only to solve crimes, but to gather clues that might explain his own unending life. His uncanny attention to detail and forensic instinct catch the eye of his new partner, Detective Jo Martinez. With each episode, a fresh case and the growing bond between them peel back the layers of Henry’s long, often dangerous past. Only his closest friend and confidant, Abe, knows the truth he guards.

With Ioan Gruffudd, Judd Hirsch, Alana de la Garza, Lorraine Toussaint, Donnie Keshawarz, Joel David Moore and Mackenzie Mauzy

2017 · Bryan Fuller, Michael Green · 3 seasons

A recently freed ex-con falls in with a charismatic con artist who, unbeknownst to him, is actually an ancient god assembling an army to challenge the rising tide of new deities. Adapted from Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel.

With Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, Emily Browning, Bruce Langley, Yetide Badaki, Pablo Schreiber and Demore Barnes

2022 · Jeremy Slater · 1 season

A reserved gift-shop clerk starts suffering from sudden blackouts and intrusive recollections of a violent past. He learns that two distinct personalities—a timid civilian and a battle-scarred mercenary—inhabit the same body, a manifestation of dissociative identity disorder. As enemies close in and a deadly web linked to the gods of ancient Egypt unfolds, they must reconcile their opposing natures to solve the mystery and stay alive.

With Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, May Calamawy, Ann Akinjirin, David Ganly, Karim El Hakim and F. Murray Abraham

2022 · 1 season

A Philippine midday musical party show that began as a nationwide hunt for the most captivating performers and has since blossomed into a breakout variety program driven by improvisation, lively banter, and an anything-can-happen energy, showcasing artists from all backgrounds in a festive, crowd-powered noon-hour celebration.

With Park Hae-jin, Jin Ki-joo, Go Gyu-pil, Jeong Jun-ho, Kim Hee-jae, Jeong Seok-yong and Jang Ha-eun

2022 · Holden Miller · 1 season

Irene and Franklin York, a retired couple with an ordinary facade, hide an extraordinary secret: a buried Chamber that opens onto a strange, barren planet. Their peaceful routine is shattered by the arrival of a cryptic young man, and the device they believed they knew proves to harbor powers and mysteries far beyond their wildest expectations.

With Sissy Spacek, J.K. Simmons, Cass Buggé, Adam Bartley, Chai Hansen, Julieta Zylberberg and Rocío Hernández