Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) on Netflix
PG-1320162h 12mAdventureFamilyFantasy
In 1926, magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York with a suitcase full of magical creatures. A mix-up with a no-maj, Jacob Kowalski, sets several of them loose in the city.
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Plot summary
Newt Scamander, a British magizoologist, comes to New York in 1926 carrying a suitcase in which whole habitats and magical creatures are kept. A niffler slips out when it spots a silver coin, and the chase takes Newt into a bank, where he meets Jacob Kowalski, a factory worker applying for a loan to open a bakery. The two men leave with each other's cases. Tina Goldstein, an auror demoted by the Magical Congress of the United States of America, arrests Newt for performing magic where no-majes could see. Once Jacob opens the wrong case in his apartment, creatures scatter across the city, and Newt and Tina set out to recover them. Percival Graves inspects the wreckage an unseen force leaves behind, and Credence Barebone, the adopted son of the anti-magic crusader Mary Lou Barebone, meets him in secret.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Michael Cera was in talks to play the role before Fogler was cast, but passed on it to voice Robin in The Lego Batman Movie. In a 2025 interview Cera said he turned it down due to a fear of getting "too famous".
- The film was nominated for two Academy Awards and won for Best Costume Design, becoming the first Wizarding World film to win an Academy Award.
