Fairy tale movies and TV shows – page 4

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Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When the King Gareth dies, his potential heirs, twin grandchildren who possess the dragon’s unique strengths, use their inherited powers against each other to vie for the throne. When Drago’s source of power – known as the Heartfire – is ...
Style: fairy tale, atmospheric, captivating, suspense, fantasy adventure ...
Plot: dragon, viking, medieval, heir to the throne, sword and sorcery, sorcery, battles, superpower, family relations, rivalry, brutality, death ...
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The Last Warrior (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: ivan is an ordinary guy who is transferred from modern Moscow to the fantasy world Belogorye. in this parallel universe where characters of russian fairy tales live, magic is an integral part of the daily life, and arguments are settled with the ...
Style: fairy tale, humorous, captivating, stylized, folk tale ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: magical, good versus evil, imaginary, chase, magician, fantasy world, magic, sorceress, spell, magical power, mythology, wizard ...
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The Little Mermaid (2023)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. With mermaids forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel ...
Style: fairy tale, motion capture, semi serious, romantic, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, date night
Plot: mermaid, sea, magic spell, evil witch, merman, human, princess, female protagonist, wish fulfillment, interspecies friendship, interspecies romance, interracial romance ...
Time: 19th century, 1830s
Place: caribbean
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 5.3
 954
Tom Thumb (2001)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Poucet is a kid from a family of numerous children. The parents, too poor to feed them, decide to abandon them in the forest. Their, the brothers try to find their way out making fantastic encounters. This film is based on the French fairy tale ...
Style: fairy tale, serious, stylized, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: youth, forest, poverty, young heroes, heroes, escapades, life is a bitch, danger, favoritism among siblings, siblings relations, little boy, medieval ...
Time: 16th century
Place: europe
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Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Once upon a time there lived a Tsar named Yeremey who went on a year-long journey to take inventory of all he owned. One day he is kidnapped by the underwater Tsar Chudo-Yudo. When a ransom is demanded, the Tsar's family is faced with all kinds ...
Style: fairy tale, folk tale, feel good
Audience: kids
Plot: mythology, daughter, replacement, metamorphosis, czar, puzzle, gluttony, witch, transformation, love, princess, prince ...
Time: medieval times
Place: soviet union, russia
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 6.9
 51K
Ladyhawke (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Italy, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, ...
Style: fairy tale, dark fantasy, touching, atmospheric, period piece ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick, date night, family outing ...
Plot: knight, medieval, magic, chase, sword and sorcery, curse, good versus evil, love, true love, sword fight, transformation, wizard ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 90s, 20th century
Place: europe, france
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The Cave of the Golden Rose 3 (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 190 min.
TV show
Story: The powerful evil wizard Tarabas gets knowledge about a prophecy that a king's child will defeat him. So he sends out his army of dead soldiers to kidnap all royal children. When the soldiers attack Fantaghiro's castle to steal the babies ...
Style: fairy tale
Plot: evil witch, sorcery, witch, heroine, magic, redemption, christmas spirit, wizards and magicians, sword and sorcery, turned to stone, kingdom, salvation ...
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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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 7.3
 501K
Shrek 2 (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Shrek, Fiona and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father. But not everyone is happy. Shrek and the King find it hard to get along, and there's tension in the marriage. The fairy godmother discovers that Shrek has ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, computer animated, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, family friendly, teens ...
Plot: princess, cat, kingdom, creature, transformation, dragon, ogre, donkey, talking animal, prince, true love, satire ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 16th century, medieval times, middle ages
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 17th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save her.
Style: exciting, fairy tale, entertaining, dark fantasy, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: pirate, treasure hunt, ship, sword fight, fantasy world, treasure, captain, pirate ship, pirate captain, swashbuckler, curses spells and rituals, escapades ...
Time: 18th century, year 2003, 2000s, georgian era
Place: caribbean, britain, iran, fictional island, haiti ...
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The Company of Wolves (1984)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into ...
Style: gothic, fairy tale, sexy, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot: werewolf, legends and myths, surrealism, woman in danger, beast, dangerous animal, little red riding hood, grandmother, wolf, dangerous attraction, dream, girl ...
Time: 18th century, year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place: ireland, europe, england
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A Fairy Tale After All (2022)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: A stubborn teenage girl finds herself confronted by whimsical characters when she is transported into a world of fantasy and fairy tales while attending a school marionette show.
Style: fairy tale, captivating, disturbing, entertaining
Audience: family outing
Plot: girl heroine, magical, wizards and magicians, magic, wizard, teenage protagonist, teenager, dream world, fantasy world, witch, princess, evil witch ...
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 6.5
 66K
Hoodwinked! (2005)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Musical, Mystery
Country: USA, Serbia and Montenegro
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The recipes of candies of the goody shops have been stolen by the Goody Bandit, and many animals are out of business. While the police are chasing the criminal, there is a mess at Granny's house evolving Little Red Hiding Hood, The Wolf, The ...
Style: parody, funny, fairy tale, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: little red riding hood, imaginary kingdom, anthropomorphic animal, grandparent and grandchild, animal, chase, grandmother, suspicion, dishonesty, woods, kids and family, satire ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
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Sleeping Beauty (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A beautiful princess born in a faraway kingdom is destined by a terrible curse to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a deep sleep that can only be awakened by true love's first kiss.
Style: fairy tale
Plot: baby, prince, king, queen, dream, fairy, revenge, love, evil, daughter, newborn, brothers grimm
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Hansel & Gretel (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Hansel and Gretel is a 2002 film adaptation of the Brothers Grimm children's story. It stars Jacob Smith and Taylor Momsen as the eponymous characters. It includes the Sandman, played by Howie Mandel and Sinbad as a raven.
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, atmospheric, humorous, whimsical
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: witch, adventurer, forest, good versus evil, young heroes, escapades, danger, siblings relations, troll, evil stepmother, legends and myths, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: year 2002
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King Thrushbeard (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: King Thrushbeard
Style: fairy tale, fable
Plot: queen, prince, bird, folklore, disguise, prisoner, prison, class differences, beggar, knight, pride, jester ...
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 7.4
 660K
Frozen (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, touching, romantic, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: princess, sisters, disney princess, snow, magic, magical, happy ending, power of love, female protagonist, wizards and magicians, love and romance, snowman ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 1800s, 1840s, 19th century
Place: europe, scandinavia
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 6.7
 61K
Pete's Dragon (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, New Zealand, India
Duration: 102 min.
Story: For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than ...
Style: fairy tale, compassionate, emotional, sweet, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night
Plot: dragon, orphan, boy, children, magic, childhood, boy girl friendship, friendship, imagination, small town, fire breathing dragon, family life ...
Time: year 2016, future, 80s
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Red Riding Hood (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Teenage Claire (Morgan Thompson) would rather hang out with her friends at the mall than to stay home with her brother Matt while Grandma babysits. Who wouldn't? Unfortunately, Grandma isn't about to let Claire out of the house. Worse, she ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: little red riding hood, missing person, fish out of water, love and romance, good versus evil, danger, adventurer, woman in danger, family relations, rescue, young heroes, escapades ...
Time: 2000s
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Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 73 min.
Story: As a newly crowned princess, Cinderella quickly learns that life at the Palace - and her royal responsibilities - are more challenging than she had imagined. In three heartwarming tales, Cinderella calls on her animal friends and her Fairy Godmother ...
Style: fairy tale, anthology, talky, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: princess, cinderella, cinderella story, fairy godmother, true love, imaginary kingdom, disney princess, magic, anthropomorphism, justice, stepsister stepsister relationship, disorder ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, europe
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
Style: fairy tale, feel good, stylized, offbeat, colorful ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: childhood, chocolate, children, fantasy world, contests and competitions, imaginary, magic, social differences, child protagonist, factory, imagination, poverty ...
Time: year 2005, 1920s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: bavaria, denver colorado, colorado, japan, new delhi ...
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Return to Never Land (2002)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 72 min.
Story: The classic tale of 'Peter Pan' continues in Disney's sequel 'Return to Never Land'. In 1940 on a world besieged by World War II, Wendy, now grown up, has two children, one of them is her daughter, Jane.
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, sentimental, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: peter pan, pirate, friendship, fairy, imaginary kingdom, heroes, kidnapping, imaginary, young heroes, mischievous children, daring rescue, escapades ...
Time: 1940s, year 2002, year 1940, 20th century, 1950s
Place: london, fictional island, england, united kingdom, europe
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for another magic-filled year. Harry comes face to face with danger yet again, this time in the form of escaped convict, Sirius Black – and turns to sympathetic Professor Lupin for help.
Style: gothic, fairy tale, dark fantasy, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: harry potter, magic, witch, magical, fantasy world, wizard, witchcraft, time travel, werewolf, teenager, friendship, good versus evil ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 90s, 20th century, year 1993 ...
Place: europe, england
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Ivan Tsarevich & the Grey Wolf (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 75 min.
Story: New adventures, dangers, and funny situations are waiting for the heroes of Russian fairy tales.
Style: fairy tale, light, folk tale, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: wolf, good versus evil, heroes, love, marriage, couples, escapades, father daughter relationship, friendship, fiancee, mythology, heroism ...
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Three Heroes and the Shamakhan Queen (2010)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A bogatyr is an epic warrior from ancient Kievan Rus. Most are directed in the traditional bylinas, traditional Russian epic poems, as being endowed with enormous strength and cunning, although often not completely immune to human weaknesses. Here, ...
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, humorous, light, folk tale ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: dragon, magic spell, evil queen, folk hero, talking animal, husband wife relationship, dungeon, prison escape, good versus evil, wedding, talking horse, deception ...
Time: 10th century
Place: russia
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Three Wishes for Cinderella (2021)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Norwegian remake of the 1973 Czech film "Three Wishes for Cinderella" by Václav Vorlícek.
Style: fairy tale, captivating, sincere, disturbing, entertaining
Audience: family outing
Plot: cinderella, imaginary kingdom, cinderella story, christmas, magic, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, snow, female protagonist, evil stepmother, wizard, magician, stepmother ...
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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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The Shape of Water (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 123 min.
Story: An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
Style: touching, fairy tale, romantic, biting, disturbing ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, adult
Plot: sign language, creature, love story, interspecies romance, supernatural, female protagonist, rescue, laboratory, cold war, interspecies sex, scientist, water ...
Time: 2010s, year 1962, year 2017, 60s, future
Place: maryland, america, los angeles, baltimore, usa ...
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One Thousand and One Nights (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Shahrazad travels through desert searching for the man she loves and who she believes she has lost forever. She arrives at a castle, the home of a prince who kills anyone who dares enter. She convinces the prince to grant her one night to tell him a ...
Style: fairy tale, suspenseful, captivating, touching, emotional
Plot: arabian nights, princess, love and romance, lovers apart, king, battles, magic, obsession, betrayal, love, slavery, love triangle ...
Time: ancient times
Place: middle east
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The Cave of the Golden Rose 4 (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 195 min.
TV show
Story: A black cloud travels across country, kills animals and plants and dries up the rivers. When the cloud reaches Fantaghiro's kingdom she meets Prince Parsel who follows the cloud to get his stolen castle back. After her castle vanishes, too, ...
Style: fairy tale
Plot: love, sorcery, christmas spirit, sword and sorcery, wizard, anthropomorphism, magic, witch, black magic, volcano, talking horse, warlock
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