Based on fairy tale movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant based on fairy tale movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out fairy tale, humorous, feel good, captivating, romantic and light films and TV shows about / with fairy, magic, princess, family, transformation, good versus evil, magical, witch, teenager and medieval plots mostly in Fantasy, Family and Adventure genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as based on fairy tale: Once Upon a Time (2011), Maleficent (2014), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Into the Woods (2014), Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), Tangled (2010), Beauty and the Beast (2017), Prince Charming (2001), The Little Mermaid (2023), Aladdin (2019).
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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, modern fairy tale ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen fantasy, boys' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
magic, fantasy world, power of love, magical, true love, good versus evil, fairy, imaginary kingdom, prince, hopes, friends, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
medieval times, 2010s, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
maine, fictional island, idaho, seattle, new england ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young girl is transported into a magical world of gingerbread soldiers and an army of mice.
Style:
fairy tale, costume drama, light, mystical, christmas classics ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teen fantasy, adult
Plot:
christmas, princess, magical object, fairy, female protagonist, good versus evil, christmas eve, nutcracker, hopes, snow, imaginary kingdom, female villain ...
Time:
victorian era
Place:
ussr, london
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422K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the 1959 classic 'Sleeping Beauty'. A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading ...
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, romantic, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, family outing, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
witch, fantasy world, princess, magical, fairy, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, kingdom, imaginary kingdom, true love, villainess, magic ...
Time:
14th century, year 2014, 2010s, middle ages, medieval times
Place:
france, scotland, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive. Almost a decade later, a grown Snow White is still in the clutches of the Queen. In order to obtain ...
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, epic, exciting, modern fairy tale ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, date night ...
Plot:
witch, magic, good versus evil, fantasy world, snow white, heroine, evil queen, princess, sorceress, destiny, queen, immortality ...
Time:
middle ages, year 2012, 2010s, medieval times, 16th century
Place:
england, germany
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada, Italy, UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.
Style:
fairy tale, gothic, stylized, melancholic, talky ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
witch, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, woods, good versus evil, singing, broadway, wizards and magicians, cinderella, medieval, imaginary, fantasy world ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
new jersey
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once ...
Style:
fairy tale, epic fantasy, exciting, fantasy adventure, enigmatic ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
giant, magic, imaginary kingdom, heroic mission, save the princess, youth, mythology, good versus evil, throne, princess, sword and sorcery, heroes ...
Time:
middle ages, year 2013, 2010s, 18th century
Place:
seattle, london, england, tower bridge london
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540K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When the kingdom's most wanted-and most charming-bandit Flynn Rider hides out in a mysterious tower, he's taken hostage by Rapunzel, a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Flynn's curious captor, ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, romantic, 3d animation, uplifting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
princess, disney princess, fall in love, couples, love and romance, love, horse, strong female character, power of love, female protagonist, unlikely couple, queen ...
Time:
year 2010, 19th century, 17th century, 2010s, 1810s
Place:
fictional island, europe, germany
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, sweet, touching, period piece ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, date night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
beauty and the beast, happy ending, magic, love story, beast, opposites attract, true love, fantasy world, prince, heroine, spell, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
18th century, 2010s, year 2017
Place:
france, europe, paris france
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After an extramarital indiscretion, a fairy-tale prince and his sidekick are turned into frogs for all eternity or until the prince can convince a maiden to kiss and then marry him.
Style:
feel good, fairy tale, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
destiny, frog, cinderella story, imaginary, love and romance, curses spells and rituals, royal family, disorder, fish out of water, wish come true, opposites attract, wooing ...
Place:
new york, usa
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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, feel good, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, teen fantasy
Plot:
magic spell, mermaid, interspecies romance, human, sea, interspecies friendship, marine life, mysterious girl, little mermaid, spell, advisor, shipwreck ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s
Place:
caribbean
Is relevant?
312K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Singapore, Canada, Czech Republic, Serbia, China
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A live-action retelling of the 1992 Disney film of the same name.
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, entertaining, visually stunning, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
aladdin, arabian nights, wish fulfillment, genie, princess, magic, disney princess, giant bird, palace, sultan, happy ending, shapeshifting ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, 18th century
Place:
baghdad iraq, arabia, saudi arabia, middle east, iraq
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway, Czech Republic, Ireland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Espen “Ash Lad”, a poor farmer’s son, embarks on a dangerous quest with his brothers to save the princess from a vile troll known as the Mountain King – in order to collect a reward and save his family’s farm from ruin.
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, feel good, light
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
troll, brother brother relationship, supernatural, friendship, folklore, good versus evil, family relations, supernatural ability, obsessive quest, chase, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, prison ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A modern reimagining of the traditional tale of the orphaned girl with an evil stepmother.
Style:
fairy tale, rom com, costume drama, captivating, inspirational ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, teens
Plot:
cinderella, cinderella story, evil stepmother, magic, kingdom, true love, love and romance, princess, love, prince, fairy, happy ending ...
Time:
future, 19th century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
204K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Denmark, Canada, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, sweet, feel good, teen ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
cinderella, princess, happy ending, cinderella story, love, magic, prince, kindness, love and romance, imaginary kingdom, fall in love, rags to riches ...
Time:
19th century, 17th century, year 2015, victorian era, 18th century
Place:
europe, france
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82K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A curse transforms a handsome and arrogant young man into everything he detests in this contemporary retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Wealthy Kyle Kingson has everything a teenager could want in life, but he still gets off on humiliating the ...
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, modern fairy tale, touching, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen fantasy, date night ...
Plot:
high school, love, teenage love, love story, love and romance, unlikely couple, true love, teen romance, fall in love, curses spells and rituals, beauty and the beast, witch ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Romance
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, christmas, cinderella story, magic, female protagonist, evil stepmother, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, stepmother, wizard, magician, snow ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be quite the curse once ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, humorous, teen, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
fall in love, fairy, magic, fairy godmother, love and romance, cinderella story, cinderella, imaginary kingdom, true love, ogre, wizards and magicians, elf ...
Time:
year 2004, middle ages, 2000s
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Canada, USA
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:
teens, kids
Plot:
witch, witchcraft, folk horror, old dark house, forest, danger, woods, good versus evil, black magic, medieval, supernatural power, blood ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A twist on the morality tale of forbidden love between the beautiful Belle and the feared Beast. As the villagers are being brutally murdered and the Beast is hunted down as the one responsible for the mayhem, Belle and Beast team up to defeat the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, sex comedy, fairy tale
Plot:
unlikely couple, beauty and the beast, good versus evil, fall in love, danger, imaginary, wizards and magicians, save the kingdom, beauty, forest, love and romance, village life ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A fictional account of a teen-aged Hans Christian Anderson. In this film, young Hans runs away from home and each time he falls asleep he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about including The Little Mermaid, ...
Style:
fairy tale, anthology, mythical, mystical, independent film ...
Plot:
mermaid, stop motion, puppet, animal, myth, little mermaid, hans christian andersen, mythology, writers, creature, quest, mission ...
Time:
year 1966, 19th century, 1800s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, War
Country: USA, China, Iceland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land, two renegades—Eric the Huntsman, who aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna in Snowwhite and the Huntsman, and his forbidden lover, Sara—set out to stop them.
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, absurd, intense, saga ...
Audience:
pre-teens, teens, kids, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
magic, snow white, evil queen, love, female warrior, sorceress, strong female lead, medieval, good versus evil, sex, runaway, supernatural ...
Time:
year 2016, medieval times, 2010s, 16th century
Place:
egypt
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy, UK, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Artemis Fowl the second, a young Irish criminal mastermind, kidnaps the fairy LEPrecon officer Holly Short for ransom to fund rescuing his father. Once a transaction is made, they go onto a hunt for the evil pixie Opal Koboi and rush to save Artemis ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, humorous, colorful, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick
Plot:
magical creature, fantasy life, fairy, magic, genius, dream world, humour, elf, fantasy world, mythical creature, child, mythology ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
ireland
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Snow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's representatives, granting him three wishes.
Style:
fairy tale, touching, feel good, semi serious, epic ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
snow white, good versus evil, medieval, princess, magic, danger, heroic mission, parents and children, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, imaginary, heroes ...
Time:
medieval times
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
Although mistreated by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella is able to attend the royal ball through the help of a fairy godmother.
Style:
fairy tale, sweet, feel good, romantic, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
cinderella story, fairy, cinderella, magic, transformation, fall in love, kindness, evil stepmother, happy ending, prince, supernatural, imaginary kingdom ...
Is relevant?
10K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Russia, China, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The Russian Czar Peter the Great commissions Jonathan Green, an English traveller, to map the Far East territories of the Russian Empire. Green sets off on yet another long journey, full of unbelievable adventures, which eventually leads him to ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, tense, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
dragon, medieval, battles, martial arts, journey, supernatural, escapades, intrigue, conspiracy, magician, wizards and magicians, travel ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
russia, china, moscow russia, london, tower bridge london
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Italy, Canada, Japan, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Alice, an unpretentious and individual 19-year-old, is betrothed to a dunce of an English nobleman. At her engagement party, she escapes the crowd to consider whether to go through with the marriage and falls down a hole in the garden after spotting ...
Style:
fairy tale, atmospheric, visually appealing, surreal, gothic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, teens, date night ...
Plot:
fantasy world, magic, escape from reality, imaginary kingdom, magical, transformation, alice in wonderland, teenage girl, imaginary, cat, animal, dream ...
Time:
19th century, year 2010, 1870s, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place:
england, cornwall, london, china
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.
Style:
fairy tale, surreal, psychedelic, mind bending, experimental ...
Audience:
family outing, date night
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, wedding, princess, cinderella story, surrealism, glamour, fall in love, love and romance, father daughter relationship, leaving home, donkey, music and dance ...
Time:
year 1970, medieval times
Place:
france
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Italy
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
A girl finds a magic key and falls into Fairytale Land, and attends Regal Academy, a school for the children of fairytales.
Style:
fairy tale, captivating, exciting, humorous
Audience:
kids
Plot:
princess, good versus evil, fantasy world, academy, anthropomorphism, cinderella, supernatural power, friendship, surrealism, witch, teenage girl, creature ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sam Montgomery is a tomboyish, unpopular girl at school. She has been text messaging a somebody named Nomad for a few months and he asks her to meet him at the Halloween dance at 11:00 in the middle of the dance floor. The only problem is, she must ...
Style:
romantic, fairy tale, feel good, sweet, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
high school, cinderella, teenager, cinderella story, teenage love, happy ending, fall in love, teenage girl, youth, teen romance, teenage life, love and romance ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In this modern telling of the classic tale, aspiring singer Katie Gibbs falls for the new boy at her performing arts high school. But Katie's wicked stepmother and stepsister are scheming to crush her dream before she can sing her way into his ...
Style:
romantic, modern fairy tale, sexy, teen, rom com ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, date night ...
Plot:
cinderella, cinderella story, high school, youth, teenage love, teenager, follow your dream, teenage life, musician's life, love and romance, teen romance, orphan ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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