Practical Magic
“For two sisters from a family of witches, falling in love is the trickiest spell of all.”
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.
How Practical Magic compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of Practical Magic, not taken from this film’s own record.
- #1 of 2
- Rank in the series by rating
- The first film
- Where it sits in the series
- 93%
- Share of the series audience
Practical Magic (1998) is the highest-rated of the 2 rated films in the Practical Magic series, at 6.8/10 on TMDB against a series average of 6.6/10.
It is the film that started the series, 28 years before the most recent entry, Practical Magic 2 (2026).
Its 2,042 TMDB ratings are 93% of the 2,188 cast across the series, more than any other film in it.
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Practical Magic, comparing all 2 released films in the series. Last recalculated October 2026.
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