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Theme: Fairytales

In its simplest usage, a fairytale is a story for children. Most modern fairytales originated from the interpretations by The Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and others like Charles Perrault, although all of these draw from earlier folk tales that have origins in oral tradition. It should also be noted that many of these, especially the Grimm Brothers originals, often have darker elements that are usually sanitised by modern child-friendly tellings.

Few fairytales actually feature Fairies. Most fairytales concern adolescents or innocents – children, orphans, princesses, while antagonists are figures like evil stepmothers or wicked witches. The story frequently requires a journey – often through The Woods – and the innocent undergoing peril to find rescue (often from a prince) and arrive at a place where they receive the gift of true love whereupon comes the refrain “… and they lived happily ever after.” The fantastic enters in the form of magic, talking animals and witches.

There have been a great many fairytale adaptations since the early days of cinema. For a time, Disney produced a series of classic animated versions and there have been a great many other works produced both animated and live-action, all drawing from classic and familiar tales. A number of these are musical and/or ballet interpretations.

There is also body of deconstructed fairytales where the elements of familiar stories are put to very different usages. The most common of these is seeing the fairytale updated into modern surroundings often with comical or less-than-innocent results, or of stories where Little Red Riding Hood encounters werewolves or Hansel and Gretel’s witch is a cannibal. Other versions posit the idea that characters from classic fairytales inhabit shared worlds.


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The 10th Kingdom (2000)

26 December 201425 June 2024

Rating: ★★½

Fairytale Parody Mini-Series

Director: David Carson, Herbert Wise
Actors: Kimberly Williams, John Larroquette, Dianne Wiest, Ed O'Neill, …
Category: Fantasy

The 7th Dwarf (2014)

8 February 201818 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Animation/Adventures of the Seven Dwarves

Director: Boris Aljinovic, Harald Siepermann
Category: Fantasy

Avengers Grimm (2015)

24 January 201625 May 2023

Rating: ½

Team-Up Between Fairytale Princesses

Director: Jeremy M. Inman
Actors: Casper Van Dien, Lauren Parkinson, Marah Fairclough, Rileah Vanderbilt, …
Category: Fantasy

Avengers Grimm: Time Wars (2018)

29 April 201912 August 2022

Rating: ★

Team-Up Between Fairytale Princesses

Director: Maximilian Elfeldt
Actors: Lauren Parkinson, Christina Licciardi, Elizabeth Eileen, Marah Fairclough, …
Category: Fantasy

Babes in Toyland (1961)

6 May 199919 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Fairytale Adventures

Director: Jack Donohue
Actors: Annette Funicello, Ray Bolger, Tommy Sands, Ed Wynn, …
Category: Fantasy

Barbie as Rapunzel (2002)

24 May 200927 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Animation/Barbie Enacts Fairytale

Director: Owen Hurley
Actors: Kelly Sheridan, Anjelica Huston, Cree Summer, Ian James Corlett, …
Category: Fantasy

Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper (2004)

17 July 200927 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Animation/Barbie Fairytale

Director: William Lau
Actors: Kelly Sheridan, Martin Short, Allesandro Juliano, Mark Hildreth, …
Category: Fantasy

Barbie in The Nutcracker (2001)

20 December 200923 September 2023

Rating: ★★

Animation/Barbie Enacts Fairytale

Director: Owen Hurley
Actors: Kelly Sheridan, Tim Curry, Christopher Gaze, Peter Kelamis, …
Category: Fantasy

Barbie of Swan Lake (2003)

7 March 200527 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Barbie Enacts Fairytale

Director: Owen Hurley
Actors: Kelly Sheridan, Mark Hildreth, Kelsey Grammer, Venus Terzo, …
Category: Fantasy

Barbie Presents Thumbelina (2009)

12 September 200927 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Barbie Fairytale

Director: Conrad Helten
Actors: Anna Cummer, Kelly Metzger, Kelly Sheridan, Tabitha St. Germain, …
Category: Fantasy

Beanstalk (1994)

29 July 200028 June 2024

Rating: ★★

Modernised Fairy-Tale

Director: Michael Paul Davis
Actors: Margot Kidder, Stuart Pankin, J.D. Daniels, Patrick Renna, …
Category: Fantasy

The Beast (1975)

4 July 20037 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Erotic Fairy-Tale

Director: Walerian Borowczyk
Actors: Lisbeth Hummel, Sirpa Lane, Guy Trejan, Roland Armontel, …
Category: Fantasy

Beastly (2011)

13 March 201125 August 2023

Rating: ★★½

High-School Version of Beauty and the Beast

Director: Daniel Barnz
Actors: Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Hudgens, Mary-Kate Olsen, Neil Patrick Harris, …
Category: Fantasy

Beauty (2004)

5 August 20057 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Modernised Beauty and the Beast

Director: Ben Bolt
Actors: Martin Clunes, Sienna Guillory, Peter Vaughan, Cristian Solimeno, …
Category: Fantasy

Beauty and the Beast (1946)

26 August 200314 May 2024

Rating: ★★★★★

Fairy-Tale

Director: Jean Cocteau
Actors: Jean Marais, Josette Day
Category: Fantasy

Beauty and the Beast (1961)

26 September 20007 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Fairy-Tale

Director: Edward L. Cahn
Actors: Mark Damon, Joyce Taylor, Eduard Franz, Michael Pate, …
Category: Fantasy

Beauty and the Beast (1987)

26 January 20007 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Fairy-Tale

Director: Eugene Marner
Actors: Rebecca De Mornay, John Savage, Yossi Graber
Category: Fantasy

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

7 July 200014 October 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Disney Animation/Fairy-Tale

Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Actors: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Rex Everhart, …
Category: Fantasy

Beauty and the Beast (2009)

16 February 201117 March 2022

Rating: ★

Fairytale Adventure

Director: David Lister
Actors: Estella Warren, Rhett Giles, Victor Parascos, Vanessa Gray, …
Category: Fantasy

Beauty and the Beast (2014)

18 January 20157 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Fairy-Tale

Director: Christophe Gans
Actors: Lea Seydoux, Vincent Cassel, Andre Dussolier, Eduardo Noriega, …
Category: Fantasy

Beauty and the Beast (2017)

27 May 20175 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Fairy-Tale/Disney Live-Action Remake

Director: Bill Condon
Actors: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, …
Category: Fantasy

Belle (2021)

8 April 20228 April 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Anime/Beauty and the Beast in Virtual Reality

Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Category: Science Fiction

The Blue Bird (1940)

27 October 200019 February 2020

Rating: ★

Fairy-Tale

Director: Walter Lang
Actors: Shirley Temple, Gale Sondergaard, Russell Hicks, Spring Byington, …
Category: Fantasy

The Blue Bird (1976)

28 October 201419 February 2020

Rating: 0­

Fairy-Tale

Director: George Cukor
Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Patsy Kensit, Jane Fonda, George Cole, …
Category: Fantasy

Bluebeard (1972)

31 January 201420 June 2024

Rating: ★★

Multiple Wife Murderer

Director: Edward Dmytryk
Actors: Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Joey Heatherton, Nathalie Delon, …
Category: Horror

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

3 July 200712 May 2024

Rating: ★★

Fairy-Tale Authors’ Adventures

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Peter Stormare, Lena Headey, …
Category: Fantasy

Charlotte’s Song (2015)

9 October 201511 September 2024

Rating: ★★

Mermaid Horror Film

Director: Nicholas Humphries
Actors: Iwan Rheon, Katelyn Mager, Brendan Taylor, Barbara Wallace, …
Category: Horror

Chicken Little (2005)

7 January 200615 April 2020

Rating: ★½

Disney Animation/Talking Animals/Alien Invasion

Director: Mark Dindal
Actors: Zach Braff, Joan Cusack, Steve Zahn, Amy Sedaris, …
Category: Fantasy

Cinderella (1950)

1 July 199919 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Disney Animation/Fairy-Tale

Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Actors: Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, William Phipps, June Foray
Category: Fantasy

Cinderella (2015)

14 March 20155 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Fairytale Adaptation

Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Lily James, Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett, Holliday Grainger, …
Category: Fantasy

Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007)

13 February 200920 September 2022

Rating: ★½

Disney Animation Sequel

Director: Frank Nissen
Actors: Jennifer Hale, Tress MacNeille, Rob Paulsen, Corey Burton, …
Category: Fantasy

Cinderella Moon (2010)

16 February 201319 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Chinese Version of Cinderella

Director: Richard Bowen
Category: Fantasy

A Cinderella Story (2004)

4 October 200422 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Modernised Cinderella

Director: Mark Rosman
Actors: Hilary Duff, Chad Michael Murray, Jennifer Coolidge, Dan Byrd, …
Category: Fantasy

Cinderfella (1960)

2 March 20026 July 2022

Rating: ★★

Sex-Reversed Cinderella Comedy

Director: Frank Tashlin
Actors: Jerry Lewis, Ed Wynn, Henry Silva, Robert Hutton
Category: Fantasy

The Company of Wolves (1984)

6 May 200131 July 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Little Red Riding Hood with Werewolves

Director: Neil Jordan
Actors: Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Stephen Rea, …
Category: Fantasy, Horror

Criminal Lovers (1999)

27 October 199924 September 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Modernised Hansel and Gretel

Director: Francois Ozon
Actors: Jeremie Renier, Natacha Regnier, Miki Manojlovic, Salim Kechiouche
Category: Fantasy

The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (2016)

13 March 201827 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Horror Version of Sleeping Beauty

Director: Pearry Teo
Actors: Ethan Peck, India Eisley, Bruce Davison, Zach Ward, …
Category: Horror

Deadtime Stories (1986)

5 August 20202 December 2022

Rating: ★★

Anthology of Horror Versions of Fairytales

Director: Jeffrey Delman
Actors: Scott Valentine, Melissa Leo, Matt Mitler
Category: Horror

Disenchanted (2022)

25 November 202227 November 2022

Rating: ★★

Fairytale Characters in the Real World

Director: Adam Shankman
Actors: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Maya Rudolph, James Marsden, …
Category: Fantasy

Donkey Skin (1970)

5 February 20149 September 2024

Rating: ★★★

Absurdist Fairytale

Director: Jacques Demy
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Delphine Seyrig, Jacques Perrin, Jean Marais, …
Category: Fantasy

Ella Enchanted (2004)

12 December 200430 September 2020

Rating: 0­

Revisionist Cinderella Comedy

Director: Tommy O'Haver
Actors: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes, Aidan McArdle, …
Category: Fantasy

The Emperor’s New Clothes (1987)

22 March 20106 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Fairy-Tale

Director: David Irving
Actors: Sid Caesar, Lysette Anthony, Jason Carter, Clive Revill
Category: Fantasy

Enchanted (2007)

27 December 200720 November 2022

Rating: ★★½

Animated Fairytale Characters Enter the Real World

Director: Kevin Lima
Actors: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, …
Category: Fantasy

EverAfter (1998)

14 July 199927 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Deconstructed Cinderella

Director: Andy Tennant
Actors: Drew Barrymore, Dougray Scott, Anjelica Huston, Megan Dodds, …
Category: Fantasy

Fantasia 2000 (1999)

3 January 20004 January 2022

Rating: ★★

Disney Animation and Music Anthology

Director: Don Hahn, Pixote Hunt, Hendel Butoy, Eric Goldberg, …
Actors: Penn Jillette, James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin, …
Category: Fantasy

The Field Guide to Evil (2018)

6 December 201920 October 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz, Can Evrenol, Agnieszka Smoczynska, …
Category: Horror

Freeway (1996)

30 June 201021 September 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Modernised Little Red Riding Hood/Juvenile Delinquent Drama

Director: Matthew Bright
Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Dan Hedaya, Wolfgang Bodison, …
Category: Fantasy

Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999)

7 August 200024 September 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Modernised Hansel and Gretel/Juvenile Delinquent Drama

Director: Matthew Bright
Actors: Natasha Lyonne, Maria Celedonio, Vincent Gallo, David Alan Grier, …
Category: Fantasy

The Frog Prince (1987)

21 April 199917 December 2020

Rating: ½

Fairy-Tale

Director: Jackson Hunsicker
Actors: Aileen Quinn, Helen Hunt, Clive Revill
Category: Fantasy

Frozen (2013)

30 November 201320 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Disney Animation

Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Actors: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, …
Category: Fantasy

Frozen II (2019)

22 February 202012 August 2022

Rating: ★

Disney Animation

Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Actors: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, …
Category: Fantasy

Fun & Fancy Free (1947)

4 April 199918 April 2022

Rating: ★★

Disney Animation Anthology

Director: Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, William Morgan
Actors: Edgar Bergen, Luana Patten, Dinah Shore, Clarence Nash, …
Category: Fantasy

The Glass Slipper (1955)

25 August 200210 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Cinderella Adaptation

Director: Charles Walters
Actors: Leslie Caron, Estelle Winwood, Keenan Wynn, Elsa Lanchester, …
Category: Fantasy

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1995)

15 December 200513 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Modernised Fairy-Tale

Director: Brent Loefke
Actors: Hanna Hall, Dwier Brown, Bill Cobbs, Leon Russom, …
Category: Fantasy

Gretel & Hansel (2020)

18 April 20202 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Dark Adult Fairytale

Director: Osgood Perkins
Actors: Sophia Lillis, Samuel J. Leakey, Alice Krige, Jessica De Gouw, …
Category: Fantasy, Horror

Grimm’s Fairy Tales for Adults (1970)

13 November 200521 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Erotic Fairytale Adaptations

Director: Pierry Thiele
Actors: Marie Liljedahl, Gaby Fuchs
Category: Fantasy

Grimm’s Snow White (2012)

10 August 20127 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Fairytale Adaptation

Director: Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Actors: Jane March, Eliza Bennett, Jamie Thomas King, Sebastian Wimmer, …
Category: Fantasy

H & G (2013)

2 October 201324 October 2021

Rating: ★★

Modernised Hansel and Gretel

Director: Danishka Esterhazy
Actors: Breazy Diduck-Wilson, Annika Elyse Irving, Tony Porteous, Ashley Rebecca Moore, …
Category: Fantasy

Hansel and Gretel (1987)

24 December 200217 March 2022

Rating: ★

Fairy-Tale

Director: Len Talan
Actors: Cloris Leachman, David Warner, Hugh Pollard, Nicola Stapleton
Category: Fantasy

Hansel & Gretel (2013)

6 November 20195 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Fairytale Horror Adaptation

Director: Anthony C. Ferrante
Actors: Dee Wallace, Stephanie Greco, Brent Lydic
Category: Fantasy, Horror

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)

31 January 201331 December 2022

Rating: 0­

Dark Adult Fairytale Adaptation

Director: Tommy Wirkola
Actors: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare, …
Category: Fantasy

Hansel vs Gretel (2015)

30 December 201910 September 2024

Rating: ★

Modernised Fairytale

Director: Ben Demaree
Actors: Brent Lydic, Jhey Castles
Category: Fantasy

Happily N’Ever After (2006)

7 March 200910 December 2024

Rating: 0­

Animation/Fairytale Deconstruction

Director: Paul Bolger
Actors: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr, Andy Dick, Wallace Shawn, …
Category: Fantasy

Hoodwinked! (2005)

24 July 20068 April 2021

Rating: 0­

Animation/Little Red Riding Hood Deconstructed

Director: Cory Edwards
Actors: Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Patrick Warburton, Jim Belushi, …
Category: Fantasy

Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011)

7 May 201125 August 2021

Rating: ★

Animation/Fairytale Parody

Director: Mike Disa
Actors: Hayden Panettiere, Patrick Warburton, Glenn Close, Joan Cusack, …
Category: Fantasy

Howl (2021)

28 November 202128 November 2021

Rating: ★★

Modernised Little Red Riding Hood

Director: Michele Martin
Actors: Michele Martin, Scott Hamm, Kenny Johnson, Angelica Scarlet Johnson, …
Category: Fantasy

The Hunters (2013)

30 November 201613 December 2024

Rating: ½

Quest for Fairytale Artefacts

Director: Nisha Ganatra
Actors: Robbie Amell, Keenan Tracey, Alexa Vega, Victor Garber, …
Category: Fantasy

The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016)

30 April 20165 May 2023

Rating: ★★

Snow White and the Huntsman Sequel

Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
Actors: Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, Emily Blunt, Charlize Theron, …
Category: Fantasy

If the Shoe Fits (1990)

12 May 200429 October 2021

Rating: ★

Modernised Cinderella

Director: Tom Clegg
Actors: Rob Lowe, Jennifer Grey, Andrea Ferreol
Category: Fantasy

Into the Woods (2014)

25 December 201427 January 2025

Rating: ★

Fairytale Parody Musical

Director: Rob Marshall
Actors: Meryl Streep, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Emily Blunt, …
Category: Fantasy

Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

25 March 202018 November 2021

Rating: ★

Two Idiots Enact Fairytale

Director: Jean Yarbrough
Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy Baer
Category: Fantasy

Jack and the Beanstalk (1997)

19 November 201014 February 2024

Rating: ★★

Animation/Fairytale

Director: Martin Gates
Actors: Ben Savage, Sara Gilbert, Imelda Staunton, Tone-Loc, …
Category: Fantasy

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001)

12 February 200517 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Revisionist Fairytale

Director: Brian Henson
Actors: Matthew Modine, Mia Sara, J.J. Feild, Jon Voight, …
Category: Fantasy

Jack the Giant Killer (2013)

12 September 20137 June 2021

Rating: ★

Fantasy Adventure

Director: Mark Atkins
Actors: Jane March, Ben Cross, Harry Dyer, Jamie Atkins, …
Category: Fantasy

Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

28 February 201317 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Fairytale Adaptation/Epic Fantasy

Director: Bryan Singer
Actors: Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, …
Category: Fantasy

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1998)

3 October 199922 January 2020

Rating: ★★½

Anime/Werewolf Anti-Terrorist Squad

Director: Hiroyuki Okiura
Category: Fantasy

The Juniper Tree (1990)

24 June 202021 May 2022

Rating: ★★

Brothers Grimm Fairytale Adaptation

Director: Nietzchka Keene
Actors: Björk
Category: Fantasy

The King and the Mockingbird (1980)

24 July 200612 July 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Animation/Fairytale

Director: Paul Grimault
Category: Fantasy

Legend (1985)

27 April 200328 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Adult Fairytale

Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, …
Category: Fantasy

The Legend of Jack and Jill (2021)

28 January 202428 January 2024

Rating: ★★

Backwoods Brutality

Director: Jack Peter Mundy
Actors: Beatrice Fletcher, Jay O'Connell, Clint Gordon, Heaven-Leigh Spence, …
Category: Horror

Little Dead Rotting Hood (2016)

13 September 202031 March 2024

Rating: ★★

Little Red Riding Hood Resurrected as a Werewolf Hunter

Director: Jared Cohn
Actors: Eric Balfour, Patrick Muldoon, Bianca A. Santos, Heather Tom, …
Category: Horror

The Little Mermaid (1989)

9 June 19991 April 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Disney Animation/Fairy-Tale

Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Actors: Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Pat Carroll, Kenneth Mars, …
Category: Fantasy

Little Mermaid (2016)

3 July 201713 April 2025

Rating: ★

Modernised Fairy-Tale

Director: Roxie Daisy Blum, Matt Martin
Actors: Rosie Mac, Matt Martin, Erin Marie Garrett, Amber Borzotra, …
Category: Fantasy

Maleficent (2014)

31 May 20145 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Prequel to Disney’s Sleeping Beauty

Director: Robert Stromberg
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Imelda Staunton, …
Category: Fantasy

Maleficent, Mistress of Evil (2019)

11 January 20209 May 2021

Rating: ★★★

Sleeping Beauty Continuation

Director: Joachim Rønning
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Harris Dickinson, …
Category: Fantasy

Melies Cinemagician (2011)

12 June 200221 July 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Compilation of Georges Melies Shorts

Director: Georges Melies
Category: Fantasy

Meridian (1990)

6 November 20039 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Erotic Fairytale

Director: Charles Band
Actors: Sherilyn Fenn, Malcolm Jamieson, Charlie Spradling, Hilary Mason
Category: Fantasy

Mirror Mirror (2012)

23 March 20128 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Snow White Adaptation

Director: Tarsem Singh
Actors: Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, …
Category: Fantasy

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)

22 February 201912 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Fairytale Adaptation

Director: Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston
Actors: Mackenzie Foy, Jayden Fowora Knight, Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, …
Category: Fantasy

Once Upon a Mattress (2005)

19 January 200827 January 2025

Rating: 0­

Musical Fairytale

Director: Kathleen Marshall
Actors: Tracey Ullman, Carol Burnett, Dennis O'Hare, Zooey Deschanel, …
Category: Fantasy

Otesanek (2000)

3 May 200128 January 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Wooden Log-Baby Monster/Gonzo Surrealism

Director: Jan Svankmajer
Actors: Veronika Zilkova, Kristina Adamsova, Jan Hartl, Pavel Novy
Category: Fantasy

The Pied Piper (1972)

3 December 201918 November 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Fairytale Adaptation

Director: Jacques Demy
Actors: Donovan, John Hurt, Roy Kinnear, Michael Hordern, …
Category: Fantasy

The Piper (2015)

7 October 201518 November 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Horror Version of The Pied Piper

Director: Kim Kwang-tae
Actors: Ryoo Seung-Ryong, Sung-min Lee, Woo-hee Chun, Goo Seung-Hyeon, …
Category: Horror

The Piper (2023)

18 November 202418 November 2024

Rating: ★★½

Cursed Music

Director: Erlingur Thoroddsen
Actors: Charlotte Hope, Julian Sands, Aoibhe O’Flanagan, Kate Nichols, …
Category: Horror

Prince Charming (2000)

22 December 200513 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Fairytale Prince in the Modern Day

Director: Allan Arkush
Actors: Sean Maguire, Martin Short, Christina Applegate, Bernadette Peters, …
Category: Fantasy

Princes and Princesses (1999)

3 May 20015 December 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Animated Fairytale Anthology

Director: Michel Ocelot
Category: Fantasy

The Princess and the Frog (2009)

20 December 20095 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Disney Animation/Animal Transformation

Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Actors: Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley, …
Category: Fantasy

The Princess and the Goblin (1992)

14 August 200622 November 2024

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Fairytale

Director: Jozsef Gemes
Actors: Rik Mayall, Joss Ackland, Claire Bloom, Roy Kinnear, …
Category: Fantasy

The Princess Bride (1987)

6 December 20026 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Fairytale Romance/Swashbuckler

Director: Rob Reiner
Actors: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon, …
Category: Fantasy

Puss in Boots (1987)

26 August 20005 March 2025

Rating: ★

Fairy-Tale

Director: Eugene Marner
Actors: Christopher Walken, Jason Connery, Yossi Graber, Amnon Meskin
Category: Fantasy

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  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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Copyright Richard Scheib 1999-2025

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