Thanks to the most magical movies cinephiles could meet some of the strongest and most spectacularly wicked witches of all time. Fans can cozy up and get lost in the enchanting stories of these unforgettable movie characters. Movie lovers can choose from all kinds of modern and classic movies and get to know the most heroic, hilarious, and terrifying witches who ever existed.
It doesn't matter if fans are looking for action, fantasy, comedy, or feel-good family-friendly movies because they'll easily find a perfectly witchy and magical adventure for their next movie night. These brave and powerful witches have fought against some of the strongest movie villains with supernatural powers and in many cases found ways to use their magical abilities to help their loved ones. However, some of these evil beings used their powers to harm others and increase their own abilities while also terrifying viewers.
8 Ursula - The Little Mermaid
Ursula is easily one of Disney's strongest witches who over the decades became one of the most recognizable and strongest evil movie witches of all time. Thanks to her unique design and devious personality as well as immense powers, Ursula became the single most powerful sea witch ever created.
She's one of the most popular characters in the classic The Little Mermaid animated movie. Just like the movie's story, Ursula's character was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's celebrated fairy tale. She had immense knowledge of all kinds of magical potions and could create powerful spells most famously she could easily turn herself, as well as others, into a human.
7 Grand High Witch - The Witches
Even though The Witches is one of the most beloved children's fantasy movies it still has one of the scariest witches of all time. Thanks to Anjelica Huston's brilliant performance the Grand High Witch became one of the most unforgettable witches ever who caused many nightmares not just for the kids in the movie but in real life too.
The Witches is one of the greatest Halloween movies of all time with plenty of scary and devious witches who all hated children. Since the Grand High Witch was the leader of all the witches around the world she was also the most powerful one who could masterfully use all kinds of witchcraft including making deadly potions, but she had a superhuman sense of smell, as well as pyrokinesis abilities.
6 The Scarlet Witch - Avengers: Age of Ultron
Thanks to Scarlet Witch's powers she quickly became not only one of the most beloved but also one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. During the epic battles in Avengers: Age of Ultron she had plenty of chances to show off her immense magical abilities and give a taste of what's to come.
Due to the Marvel movies' success, Scarlet Witch (aka Wanda Maximoff) quickly became one of the most recognized and iconic movie witches of all time. Scarlet Witch is so powerful that she could easily destroy the whole world and is capable of creating new ones. While Scarlet Witch is not omnipotent she has nearly unlimited power and is capable of easily defeating most of Marvel's mightiest heroes and villains.
5 Wicked Witch of the West - The Wizard of Oz
The Wicked Witch of the West is the iconic green witch from the classic movie, The Wizard of Oz. Thanks to her unforgettable look and Margaret Hamilton's thrilling performance, this spooky children's movie character became one of the most recognized and beloved movie villains of all time.
The Wicked Witch of the West wasn't only the scariest character in the movie but also one of the most powerful ones. She could easily teleport herself, fly, cast spells, and attack her enemies with deadly fireballs. While she was no more powerful than Glinda, she was certainly the fan-favorite one.
4 Wednesday Addams - The Addams Family
Wednesday Addams comes from a long line of witches and is one of the most recognizable movie witches of all time. While Wednesday doesn't show much of her supernatural abilities in The Addams Family movie she still showed great interest in all things related to death including the deadly potions Grandmama likes to make.
She's also very interested in her Great Aunt Calpurnia Addams, who during the 18th century was burned as a witch. While Wednesday hasn't explored her psychic powers or shown off her superhuman strength in the movies, most fans hope this will change in future adaptations, especially if she attends Nevermore and improves her supernatural abilities just like her family members. Until then though, there are still plenty of fun facts about Wednesday to keep fans entertained.
3 Owens Sisters - Practical Magic
The Owens Sisters are two of the most beloved iconic good movie witches of all time. Thanks to Practical Magic's cozy and magical vibe this movie became a cult classic and is one of the most watched witchy movies during Halloween.
Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock perfectly captured Gillian and Sally's spirit and became two of the most well-known modern movie witches. While Sally was the more naturally talented witch, both girls had great powers they inherited from their magical female relatives. Even though Sally and Gillian both tried to escape the responsibilities and curses that came with witchcraft, they both ended up embracing and loving their unique abilities.
2 Sanderson Sisters - Hocus Pocus
The enchanting Hocus Pocus 2 brought back the iconic Sanderson Sisters and had some fun callbacks to the original Hocus Pocus movie too. These evil witches are three of the most devious and dangerous movie witches ever who love praying on children and take their life force to keep themselves young and beautiful.
While Winifred is the smartest and the leader of the Sanderson Sisters all three witches have unique powers and all of them are skilled potion makers and spell casters who are capable of flying. Sarah can also use her beautiful voice to hypnotize children, Mary has a supernatural sense of smell that helps her hunt down hiding children, while Winifred has powerful telekinetic powers and is a skilled necromancer.
1 Hermione Granger - Harry Potter
There is no doubt that Hermione Granger is the single most recognizable and iconic movie witch of all time. Harry Potter's powerful and genius witch was one of the few students who had muggle parents but was still invited to join the prestigious Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
She was also one of Gryffindor's bravest and strongest witches who could remember anything and could cast complex and difficult spells with ease from a young age. However, her greatest power was her love of learning which gave her a great advantage, and, thanks to it, she was able to acquire great knowledge in a short time.