10 Movies To Watch If You Loved Practical Magic 2

A familiar kind of magic

Practical Magic has always been about more than curses and cauldrons – it’s the sisters, the messy romances, and the small-town atmosphere that stick with viewers. These picks aim to recreate that blend: some lean into witchcraft and the paranormal, while others match the mood through family secrets, second-chance romance, or close, complicated relationships.

We left the original Practical Magic off this list because it’s an obvious starting point. Instead, these ten titles offer different ways to chase the same feeling you get from Practical Magic 2 – whether through supernatural thrills, romantic reckonings, or households where everyone knows each other’s business.

The Witches of Eastwick

Release Date: June 12, 1987 – Runtime: 118 minutes – Director: George Miller. This sexier, darker fantasy stars Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Susan Sarandon as three Rhode Island women whose lives are upended when Jack Nicholson’s mysterious Daryl Van Horne arrives.

The movie trades Practical Magic’s warmth for a more cynical tone, but the core is familiar – women discovering their power while contending with a dangerous, charismatic man. Its blend of supernatural comedy and bite has kept it entertaining decades later.

Hope Floats

Release Date: May 29, 1998 – Runtime: 114 minutes – Director: Forest Whitaker. No spells here, but Sandra Bullock’s Birdee Pruitt has a lot in common with the Owens women: a public humiliation, a return to family, and a slow rebuild of life and love back home.

The setup is brutal – Birdee’s husband exposes his infidelity on TV – and the film follows her gentle recovery with warmth and tenderness. If you came to Practical Magic 2 for the emotional recovery and family roots, Hope Floats is a natural companion.

The Craft

Release Date: May 3, 1996 – Runtime: 101 minutes – Director: Andrew Fleming. For viewers drawn to witchcraft itself, The Craft is essential. Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, and Rachel True form a teenage coven whose growing power has real and dangerous consequences.

The film is darker than the Owens’ story, especially as one member becomes consumed by power, but it shares Practical Magic’s interest in female bonds forged through magic and the fallout when those bonds break.

“These films capture the same mix of sisterhood, romance, and spooky whimsy that draws people back to Practical Magic 2,” said a longtime fan of the genre.

Death Becomes Her

Release Date: July 31, 1992 – Runtime: 104 minutes – Director: Robert Zemeckis. Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn play lifelong rivals whose obsession with youth and beauty escalates into a macabre battle after they discover a potion that grants immortality.

Robert Zemeckis turns the premise into dark comedy and physical slapstick, with Bruce Willis stuck between two increasingly undying women. Underneath the mayhem is a story about romantic betrayal and the lengths people go to for love and vanity.

Ghost

Release Date: July 13, 1990 – Runtime: 127 minutes – Director: Jerry Zucker. Patrick Swayze’s Sam Wheat is murdered and lingers as a ghost, desperate to protect Demi Moore’s Molly with the help of Whoopi Goldberg’s reluctant psychic.

Ghost treats love and loss as intertwined rather than opposed, balancing sincere romance with supernatural stakes. Its emotional core and the theme of connection beyond death make it a moving companion to Practical Magic’s blend of romance and the paranormal.

Eve’s Bayou

Release Date: November 7, 1997 – Director: Kasi Lemmons. Kasi Lemmons’ Southern Gothic drama centers on 10-year-old Eve Batiste, played by Jurnee Smollett, whose privileged Louisiana family harbors secrets that begin to surface after a traumatic incident involving her father.

Supernatural elements are deliberately ambiguous here – visions, folk spirituality, and memory blur together as Eve tries to make sense of the adults around her. The film’s focus on generational stories, family damage, and small-town facades echoes the Owens family dynamic in a darker key.

Beautiful Creatures

Release Date: February 13, 2013 – Runtime: 124 minutes – Director: Richard LaGravenese. This YA-leaning romance pairs Alden Ehrenreich’s Ethan with Alice Englert’s Lena Duchannes, a mysterious outsider from a powerful family of Casters.

The story centers on an inherited supernatural fate and the complications of loving someone with a cursed family history. It skews younger than Practical Magic 2, but the mix of romantic stakes and magical inheritance will feel familiar to many viewers.

The Family Stone

Release Date: December 16, 2005 – Runtime: 104 minutes – Director: Thomas Bezucha. The Stone household may not practice witchcraft, but stepping into this family means getting tangled in everyone’s affairs – something Practical Magic fans will recognize.

Claire Danes plays Meredith, who spends Christmas with her boyfriend Everett’s sprawling, opinionated family. The film shifts from holiday comedy to deeper emotional territory, balancing humor with grief and romantic upheaval around a messy, loving clan.

The Love Witch

Release Date: November 11, 2016 – Runtime: 120 minutes – Director: Anna Biller. Samantha Robinson stars as Elaine, a modern witch who uses spells and potions to engineer love, all staged inside an exquisitely retro production design.

Anna Biller’s film is a stylistic feast and a sharp critique of romantic fantasy and female desire. It’s stranger and more provocative than Practical Magic 2, but its interrogation of love, longing, and the expectations placed on women makes it a smart pairing.

Bewitched

Release Date: June 24, 2005 – Runtime: 102 minutes – Director: Nora Ephron. Nicole Kidman plays Isabel Bigelow, a witch trying to live without magic who ends up cast in a TV remake of Samantha from the classic sitcom, opposite Will Ferrell’s actor Jack Wyatt.

Bewitched is lighter in tone than Practical Magic 2, but Kidman’s playful lead and the central conflict – wanting an ordinary romantic life while possessing extraordinary powers – will resonate with fans who like their witch stories to include romantic comedy.