5 Best Witch TV Series That Will Put You Under Their Spell, Ranked by IMDb

In pop culture, witches have long ceased to be solely evil crones. Today, they are portrayed as complex characters – rebels, healers, outcasts, and keepers of ancient secrets.

In recent decades, TV series about magic and witchcraft have experienced a renaissance – and these are the best examples.

5. 'Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale', 2024-...

IMDb Score: 6.2/10

Sanctuary is a picturesque town where witches have lived alongside ordinary people for a long time. Sarah is a witch whose family settled in Sanctuary nearly three hundred years ago.

Her family was persecuted in the past, but now Sarah can openly discuss her identity without fear of prejudice.

However, when Dan, the captain of the football team, dies at a school party, the dead boy's mother blames Sarah and her family for his death.

4. 'Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches', 2023-...

IMDb Score: 6.2/10

Rowan is a talented pediatric surgeon who dreams of becoming chief of surgery one day. To that end, she maintains a reserved and accommodating demeanor at work – she tolerates the chief surgeon's sexism in the hope that it will help her advance in her career.

However, her patience runs out when her adoptive mother is diagnosed with cancer. Rowan wants to join a company that is developing an experimental drug, but the chief surgeon calls her greedy and selfish.

For just a second, Rowan imagines hurting him, and he immediately loses consciousness.

3. 'Always a Witch', 2019-2020

IMDb Score: 6.3/10

Cartagena, 17th century. The young witch Carmen is sentenced to be burned at the stake by the Spanish Inquisition. However, just before her execution, she transports herself to the modern world.

Finding herself in bustling, unfamiliar 21st-century Colombia, Carmen tries to adapt to phones, the internet, and the new rules of life. However, her past life won't let go – her lover remained in the 17th century, and she longs to return to him.

Furthermore, she did not escape the Inquisition's flames on her own but with the help of the wizard Aldemar. She made a deal with him and is obligated to fulfill her part of the bargain.

2. 'Salem', 2014-2017

IMDb Score: 7.1/10

The story takes place in 17th-century Salem, where cruel church leaders punish residents for any perceived sin.

Young Mary falls in love with soldier John Alden and becomes pregnant by him, but he is sent off to war. Mary is then threatened with severe punishment for committing adultery. To save herself, Mary turns to dark forces and makes a deal with them.

Seven years later, John returns home to find Salem in the grip of a witch hunt. And Mary has become one of the town's most influential women.

1. 'A Discovery of Witches', 2018-2022

IMDb Score: 7.7/10

Diana Bishop is a historian and a descendant of a family of witches. She has spent many years avoiding magic and trying to live a normal life. Her parents were murdered and accused of witchcraft when she was young – since then, she has kept aloof from anything related to magic.

She works as a professor at Yale University and travels to Oxford for research. There, in the local library, she accidentally discovers an ancient manuscript that is being hunted by witches, vampires, and demons.

Among them is an ancient vampire – the charismatic biochemist Matthew Clairmont – who immediately sets his sights on her.