Based on folk tale movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant based on folk tale movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out fairy tale, serious, stylized, atmospheric, dark fantasy and epic films and TV shows about / with danger, supernatural, magic, medieval, legends and myths, good versus evil, myth, imaginary, escapades and witch plots mostly in Fantasy, Drama and Adventure genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as based on folk tale: Territory (2020), Viy (1967), Red Riding Hood (2011), White Snake (2019), Song of the Sea (2014), Beauty and the Beast (2014), Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998), Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011), Beowulf (2007), The Pagan Queen (2009).

List of based on folk tale movies

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 6.9
 603
Territory (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: 19-year-old Egor Chudinov lost his parents: they went on an ethnographic expedition to the Perm region and did not return. Together with his uncle Nikolay, Egor goes in search. Philology students Nadya and Tanya join the heroes on their journey. All ...
Style: enigmatic, suspense, captivating, tense
Plot: legends and myths, magical creature, magic, riddles and clues, wizards and magicians, legend, magical power, search and rescue, supernatural, secret, disappearance, folk horror ...
Place: russia
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 7.2
 9K
Viy (1967)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of a witch in the church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him.
Style: suspenseful, scary, dark fantasy, serious, stylized ...
Plot: witch, folk horror, witchcraft, church, supernatural, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, danger, escapades, evil dead, good versus evil, medieval ...
Time: medieval times, year 1967, middle ages
Place: ukraine, soviet union, kiev ukraine, russia
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 5.4
 115K
Red Riding Hood (2011)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man – who is wealthy. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter plan to run away together when they learn that Valerie's older ...
Style: fairy tale, gothic, dark fantasy, gothic horror, surprise ending ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: werewolf, supernatural, dangerous attraction, legends and myths, danger, animal attack, curse, village life, hunt down, goth, fall in love, love and romance ...
Time: middle ages, year 2011, year 2000, 2010s, medieval times
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 7.0
 5K
White Snake (2019)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: One day a young woman named Blanca is saved by Xuan, a snake catcher from a nearby village. She has lost her memory, and together they go on a journey to discover her real identity, developing deeper feelings for one another along the way. But as ...
Style: light, captivating, exciting, anime, fairy tale ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: ancient, dragon, love, mythical creature, snake, legend, good versus evil, magical, magic, supernatural ability, young girl, demon ...
Place: china
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Song of the Sea (2014)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as ...
Style: touching, emotional, stylized, fairy tale, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot: folklore, young heroes, children, supernatural, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, ocean, getting home, celtic, legends and myths, lighthouse, seal the animal ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 80s, 20th century
Place: ireland, europe
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Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, History
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: King Arthur returns home after fighting the Roman Empire. His illegitimate son has corrupted the throne of Camelot and King Arthur must reunite with the wizard Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table to fight to get back his crown.
Style: exciting, humorous, captivating, epic, stylized ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: king arthur, camelot, knight, wizards and magicians, legends and myths, female prisoner, arthurian legend, medieval, state affairs, castle, excalibur, friendship ...
Time: middle ages, 5th century
Place: england, europe
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Beauty and the Beast (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Beauty and the Beast is the adaptation of a story by Madame de Villeneuve. Published anonymously in 1740 as La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins, it paints a portrait of Belle, a joyful and touching young girl who falls in love with the Beast, ...
Style: fairy tale, colorful, light, exciting, costume drama ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, family friendly
Plot: magic, beauty and the beast, true love, man beast, beast, castle, transformation, imaginary kingdom, curse, beautiful scenery, curses spells and rituals, beauty ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century
Place: europe, france
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Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A unique 16th century woman, Danielle possesses a love of books, and can easily quote from Sir Thomas More’s Utopia. An intriguing mix of tomboyish athleticism and physical beauty, she has more than enough charm to capture the heart of a prince ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, period piece, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, kids, teens, date night ...
Plot: cinderella story, love and romance, female protagonist, cinderella, prince, royalty, love, class differences, arranged marriage, legends and myths, step siblings, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 16th century, 90s, 50s, year 1998, ancient times
Place: france, europe
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Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Red Riding Hood is training in the group of Sister Hoods, when she and the Wolf are called to examine the sudden mysterious disappearance of Hansel and Gretel.
Style: feel good, humorous, parody, not serious, computer animated ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: little red riding hood, investigation, partners against crime, young heroes, heroic mission, danger, imaginary kingdom, who done it, partner, youth, goat, heroes ...
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 6.3
 174K
Beowulf (2007)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: 6th-century Scandinavian warrior, Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the manlike ogre Grendel, a descendant of Cain.
Style: computer animated, epic, fairy tale, adult animation, dark fantasy ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, mythology, dragon, viking, heroic mission, legends and myths, sword fight, magic, good versus evil, beast, ancient, supernatural ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, year 2007, 2000s, 6th century
Place: denmark, germany, europe
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The Pagan Queen (2009)
Genre: Fantasy, History, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A controversial film about the end of the old pagan world in central Europe, THE PAGAN QUEEN is based on the Czech legend of Libuse, the Slavic queen of 8th century Bohemia. Gifted with supernatural powers, a visionary and a seer, this extraordinary ...
Style: atmospheric, captivating, psychological, sentimental, costume drama ...
Plot: rivalry, supernatural, rebellion, love affair, medieval, barbarian, rebelliousness, destiny, pagan, queen, slavic mythology, political intrigue ...
Time: middle ages, 8th century
Place: prague, europe
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 6.2
 84K
Krampus (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A horror comedy based on the ancient legend about a pagan creature who punishes children on Christmas.
Style: christmas horror, scary, dark fantasy, disturbing, stylized ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, christmas, monster, demon, beast, holiday, creature, legends and myths, folklore, danger, krampus, dark humor ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, florida, canada, normandy, hawaii ...
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Krampus: The Devil Returns (2016)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Five years after the murder of his wife and disappearance of his daughter, former police officer Jeremy Duffin is brought back to help in the hunt for a yuletide monster that punishes children that have been "naughty." As the monster ...
Style: suspense, dark, slasher, christmas horror, dark fantasy
Plot: beast, christmas, krampus, winter, fear, legends and myths, demon, destruction, supernatural power, fight, christmas season, christmas eve ...
Time: 2010s
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Gretel & Hansel (2020)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Ireland
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.
Style: dark, fairy tale, dark fantasy, suspense, captivating ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: witch, witchcraft, folk horror, danger, good versus evil, forest, black magic, supernatural power, blood, child, supernatural, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 2020s
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The Mists of Avalon (2001)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Germany, USA
Duration: 183 min.
TV show
Story: A unique re-working of the Arthurian epic, based on the novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon tells the familiar tale but with an important twist: The story is told through the eyes of the women who wielded power behind King ...
Style: epic, exciting, fairy tale, atmospheric, arthurian ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: medieval, arthurian legend, magic, imaginary, legends and myths, pagan, sword fight, religion, knight, state affairs, siblings relations, family relations ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times
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Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1993)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Thrill-seeking teenagers resurrect a demon from his grave and a bloody rampage for revenge begins.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, scary, serious, dark ...
Plot: supernatural being, supernatural, monster, curse, demon, reincarnation, gory, exploitation, mayor, judge, revenge, rivalry ...
Time: 90s, year 1988
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 5.5
 6K
Thale (2012)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Norwegian folklore turns out to be real when Leo and Elvis encounter a girl called Thale in a basement. A regular cleaning job turns into a struggle for survival, while they're trying to figure out what or who Thale is. Could Thale be a ...
Style: scary, rough, suspenseful, fairy tale, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: supernatural, creature, deadly creature, folklore, survival, folk horror, wrong place wrong time, danger, confined, gory, isolation, best friend ...
Time: 21st century
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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their ...
Style: fairy tale, dark fantasy, exciting, suspenseful, splatter ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: witch, supernatural, good versus evil, witch hunt, bounty hunter, magic, medieval, steampunk, hansel and gretel, blood, chase, danger ...
Time: year 2013, year 2000, 2010s
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Krampus Origins (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The first World War rages on when a group of American soldiers find a mysterious artifact that can summon the ancient evil of the Krampus. After the men are killed in action, the artifact is sent to the commanding officer's widow who is a ...
Style: christmas horror, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, dark fantasy
Plot: christmas, krampus, deadly creature, danger, world war one, creature, demon, monster, destruction, widow, kidnapping, mythology ...
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Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
Style: epic, biblical, stylized, serious, harsh ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: ancient egypt, god, religion, old testament, christian, bible, moses, christianity, ancient history, belief in god, slavery, judaism ...
Time: year 2014, middle ages, biblical epic, 2010s, 14th century ...
Place: egypt, holy land, middle east, xian
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 7.0
 16K
The Odyssey (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: UK, Italy, Germany, Turkey, USA
Duration: 176 min.
TV show
Story: This lavish small-screen adaptation of Homer's ancient epic--replete with exotic Maltese and Turkish locations, state-of-the-art special effects, and many bronzed muscles gleaming with sweat--chronicles the voyage home of a Trojan hero, ...
Style: epic, breathtaking, scenic, exciting, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: mythology, greek mythology, ancient history, battles, cyclops, ancient, antiquity, betrayal, medieval, sorcery, heroic mission, fight scenes ...
Time: 20th century
Place: ancient greece, greece, hellas, mediterranean sea
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 6.5
 6K
Faust (2011)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Faust is a 2011 Russian film directed by Alexander Sokurov. Set in the 19th century, it is a free interpretation of the Faust legend and its literary adaptations by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Thomas Mann. The dialogue is in German. The film won ...
Style: contemplative, disturbing, bleak, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot: temptation, life is a bitch, tragic hero, unfulfillment, ambition, blind ambition, downfall, body horror, obsessive quest, faust, scientific research, anatomy ...
Time: year 2011, victorian era, 19th century, 18th century
Place: germany, europe, russia
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The Brothers Grimm (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse ...
Style: fairy tale, dark fantasy, gothic, period piece, surreal ...
Audience: family outing, date night, adult
Plot: supernatural, medieval, magic, witch, curses spells and rituals, fantasy world, wizard, brothers, danger, legends and myths, snow white, creativity ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, year 2005, 2000s, 1810s ...
Place: europe, frankfurt germany, hamburg germany, germany
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 7.1
 22K
Merlin (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 182 min.
TV show
Story: The legendary wizard tells his story of his war against Queen Mab of the Sidhe and his creation of Camelot.
Style: fairy tale, epic, exciting, atmospheric, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: king arthur, magic, wizards and magicians, witch, knight, good versus evil, sorcerer, wizard, dragon, medieval, mythology, supernatural ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 5th century, 6th century
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 6.4
 14K
The Dilemma (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Kishanlal marries the beautiful Lachchi, but the day after the wedding, he leaves on business for five years. When Kishanlal reappears only a few days later, Lachchi is delighted, but this new Kishanlal is in fact a spirit who has taken the form of ...
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, captivating, powerful, folk tale
Plot: magic, impossible love, fall in love, hidden identity, couples, supernatural, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, pregnancy, camel, hindu, magic realism ...
Place: india, asia
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 7.3
 67K
Excalibur (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately his death.
Style: fairy tale, epic, serious, exciting, stylized ...
Audience: kids
Plot: knight, king arthur, sword fight, arthurian legend, medieval, mythology, good versus evil, excalibur, legends and myths, wizard, legend, sword and sorcery ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 5th century, year 1981, 6th century
Place: england, europe, britain
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The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her - but ultimately she must confront her fate, the ...
Style: touching, anime, atmospheric, stylized, melancholic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, princess, friendship, children, parents and children, dream, self discovery, female protagonist, japanese woman, family relations, surrealism, melancholy ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, year 2013
Place: japan, east asia, asia
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 6.7
 441
Baba Yaga (1973)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 74 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: fairy tale, folk tale, stylized, semi serious, absurd
Audience: family outing, preschool
Plot: witchcraft, wizards and magicians, witch, ancient, ancient world, slavic mythology, superhero, mythology, heroes, family relations, imaginary, escapades ...
Place: russia
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 6.0
 78K
First Knight (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancelot, and Guinevere is torn between her loyalty to her husband and her growing love for his rival. ...
Style: romantic, epic, fairy tale, sentimental, exciting ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: knight, king arthur, medieval, love triangle, sword fight, betrayal, arthurian legend, ancient, camelot, beauty, love story, swashbuckler ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 1900s, 90s
Place: england, britain, europe
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Once Upon a Time (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: There is a town in Maine where every story book character you've ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth and only one can break the spell. Emma Swan is a 28-year-old bail bonds collector ...
Style: fairy tale, offbeat, stylized, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night, teen fantasy, adult
Plot: magic, fantasy world, magical, power of love, true love, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, hopes, prince, fairy, curses spells and rituals, princess ...
Time: 2010s, medieval times, 21st century
Place: maine, idaho, fictional island, seattle, new england ...
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