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1. The Grimm Variations (2024– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Inspired by the classic Brothers Grimm stories, this anthology features six fairy tales with a dark twist, exposing the shadowy side of human desire.
Stars: Anairis Quinones, Jason Charles Miller, Kaiji Tang, Grant George
Votes: 286
2. It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)
TV-MA | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An extraordinary road to emotional healing opens up for an selfish antisocial children's-book writer and a selfless psych-ward caretaker when they cross paths.
Stars: Kim Soo-hyun, Seo Ye-Ji, Oh Jung-se, Park Gyuyoung
Votes: 34,213
3. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
PG | 137 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Kaguya is a beautiful young woman coveted by five nobles. To try to avoid marrying a stranger she doesn't love, she sends her suitors on seemingly impossible tasks. But she will have to face her fate and punishment for her choices.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, James Marsden
Votes: 53,959 | Gross: $1.51M
4. The Secret Garden (2020)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
An orphaned girl discovers a magical garden hidden at her strict uncle's estate.
Director: Marc Munden | Stars: Dixie Egerickx, Richard Hansell, David Verrey, Tommy Gene Surridge
Votes: 10,050
5. Down by Law (1986)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two men are framed and sent to jail, where they meet a murderer who helps them escape and leave the state.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi
Votes: 55,277 | Gross: $1.44M
6. Dil Bechara (2020)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The emotional journey of two hopelessly-in-love youngsters; a young girl, Kizie, who is suffering from cancer; and Manny, a boy Kizie meets at a support group.
Director: Mukesh Chhabra | Stars: Sushant Singh Rajput, Sanjana Sanghi, Sahil Vaid, Saswata Chatterjee
Votes: 134,703
7. The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
G | 135 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy
The story of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, and three of their stories.
Directors: Henry Levin, George Pal | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Karlheinz Böhm, Walter Slezak
Votes: 2,158 | Gross: $14.17M
8. Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Abbott and Costello's version of the famous fairy tale, about a young boy who trades the family cow for magic beans.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy Baer, Dorothy Ford
Votes: 3,435
9. The Secret of Pin-Up Island (2024)
107 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A point-and-click psychological fairytale about "the little girl in a big world" who, despite being surrounded by many peculiar individuals, tries to escape her loneliness.
Director: Alecs Nastoiu | Stars: Rina Gri, Ivy Chumley, Lora Djurovic, Beatrice Rubica
Votes: 9
10. The Legend of Nezha (2003–2023)
22 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Nezha, the heroic child of legend, embarks on an adventure to fight against the evil emperor and the forces of darkness who seek to take a frightening hold on humanity.
Stars: Bruce Crossey, Chelsey Mark, Hong Chen, Adam Berry
Votes: 163
11. Jumbo (2024)
Animation, Drama, Family | Post-production
Directors: Ryan Adriandhy, Chrisnawan Martantion | Star: Ariel Noah
12. Manga sekai mukashi banashi (1976–1979)
30 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Animated adaptations of fairy and folk tales from around the world.
Votes: 63
13. The Golden Antelope (1954)
31 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A poor Indian boy saves a magic antelope that can produce gold with its hooves. After a greedy Raja learns about it, he orders to bring him the antelope - or die.
Director: Lev Atamanov | Stars: Valentina Sperantova, Nina Nikitina, Ruben Simonov, Aleksandr Gruzinsky
Votes: 1,514
14. Motherwitch (Dodecameron: the Twelve Days of Christmas)
Fantasy | Filming
Cyprus, 1888: Eleni, an outcast painter, tries to resurrect her dead children but unleashes a horde of creatures upon her village. Only by becoming a good mother to a talented, but abused child can she reverse the curse.
Director: Minos Papas | Stars: Margarita Zachariou, Miltos Yerolemou, Danae Katsameni, Dimitri Andreas
15. The Triplets (1995–2003)
24 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Anna, Teresa and Helena are naughty triplets that always get into a mess. As punishment the Bored Witch sends the girls into a tale in order to learn the lesson.
Stars: Vicente Gil, Noemí Bayarri, Carme Calvell, Anna Maria Camps
Votes: 444
16. Papa Beaver's Story Time (1993–1999)
6 min | Animation, Family
Papa Beaver's Storytime is an animated television series tells of a single father beaver of three little beaver children of his own, two sons and one daughter, who would tell them different... See full summary »
Stars: Maggie Castle, Raymond Baillet, Magali Barney, Sauvane Delanoë
Votes: 160
17. Princezna na hrásku (2024)
80 min | Family | Announced
Amidst French Revolution chaos, Princess Agnes seeks refuge in Bohemian castle. Doubt surrounds her royal identity until a pea beneath her mattress unveils the truth.
Director: Tina Adams | Stars: Pavel Kríz, Dagmar Havlová, Zuska Velichová, Lucie Vondrácková
18. Rapunzels Fluch 2 (2023)
80 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: David Brückner | Stars: Silviana Ursu, Daniel Littau, Tabea Georgiamo, Sabine Heinen
Votes: 39
20. The Scarlet Flower (1952)
42 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Nastenka asks her good father to bring her a scarlet flower from his journey One thing she doesn't know: the flower belongs to a horrible beast.
Director: Lev Atamanov | Stars: Mariya Babanova, Nikolay Bogolyubov, Olga Chepurova, Vladimir Gribkov
Votes: 1,249
21. Spiderlily (2023)
19 min | Short, Fantasy
Fearing that she's the last of her kind, Cora sets out to find her long lost sister in a dark kingdom that the world has forgotten.
Director: Amber Gray | Stars: Anastasiia Bannikova, Jasper Burger, Kerr Cochrane, Stephen Corrall
22. Askeladden og de gode hjelperne (1961)
15 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A young man named Ashlad is getting out on a journey in which he attempts to win both the king's daughter and half the kingdom. But it shall be more difficult than he had imagined.
Director: Ivo Caprino | Stars: Harald Heide Steen, Anniken Kolstad, Even Rognlien
Votes: 1,118
23. Long Ago and Far Away (1989–1993)
Animation, Drama, Family
Hosted by James Earl Jones, this anthology series features fairy tales and short stories. Throughout the series, many guest narrators take turns telling a traditional fairy tale in their own words.
Stars: James Earl Jones, Mia Farrow, Tim Curry, Lionel Jeffries
Votes: 102
24. The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish (1950)
32 min | Animation, Short, Family
The tale about an old, henpecked man whose new friend fulfills all desires of his wife.
Director: Mikhail Tsekhanovskiy | Stars: Mariya Babanova, Zhanna Balashova, Yulyen Balmusov, Boris Chirkov
Votes: 432
25. Ngay Xua Ngay Xua (2000– )
160 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Once Upon a Time is the Vietnamese children's musical theatre was performed by the IDECAF Theatre in collaboration with Ben Thanh Theatre, which began production in 2000 and was partnered ... See full summary »
Stars: Thanh Loc, Hoang Trinh, Vu Dình Toàn, Bach Long
Votes: 40
26. The Ashlad and the Hungry Troll (1967)
12 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
An exuberant story about Askeladden, the hero of Norwegian traditional fairy tales, outwitting the good-natured troll.
Director: Ivo Caprino | Stars: Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Claes Gill, Henki Kolstad, Else Heiberg
Votes: 1,002
27. Fairytales Are for Losers
Approved | 15 min | Short, Comedy | Post-production
Two Besties from Drama School in London, One Brit, One Yank, put together a provocative plan to rewrote their own fairytale-
Director: Nick Page | Stars: Chris Caldovino, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Darren Richardson, Shelley K. Booker
28. Reve-enka (1962)
15 min | Short, Animation, Family
Based on a Norwegian folk tale, with the addition of a second tale and a scene from a third. - The basic story: Mr. Fox is dead. His widow, Reve-enka (literally "the fox widow"), sits alone... See full summary »
Director: Ivo Caprino | Stars: Harald Heide Steen, Siri Rom, Trine Pedersen
Votes: 940
29. La principessa sul pisello (1976)
96 min | Comedy
Director: Piero Regnoli | Stars: Susanna Martinková, Christa Linder, Gino Milli, Amparo Pilar
Votes: 21
30. Le avventure di Pinocchio (1947)
100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The most faithful adaptation of Carlo Collodi's renowned fairy tale. After the spirit of Pinocchio miraculously comes to life under Geppetto's hand plane, the puppet frees himself from the ... See full summary »
Director: Gianetto Guardone | Stars: Alessandro Tommei, Mariella Lotti, Vittorio Gassman, Erminio Spalla
Votes: 64
31. The End (I) (2022)
2 min | Animation, Short
After watching her gallant knight die before their wedding day and ending their film in tragedy, it's up to the determined Princess Hilderose to take matters into her own hands and get back her happily ever after.
Director: Alexandria Siah | Stars: Will Akana, Samantha Cooper
32. Sjuende far i huset (1966)
12 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A Norwegian fairy-tale about a young man trying to find shelter for the night.
Director: Ivo Caprino | Stars: Harald Heide Steen, Rolf Just Nilsen
Votes: 1,099
33. Midnight at Tiffany's
Drama | Announced
The most interesting fantasies occur at Tiffany's after midnight, especially one romantic fantasy that occurs at 12:27 am.
Directors: Christopher Bela, Paige Suzanne
34. Gretel (2023)
3 min | Short, Horror
Gretel faces unthinkable dangers on her journey through the woods.
Director: Jillian Cantwell | Stars: Jo Osmond, Antone Martinez
35. Leila's Violin (2022)
15 min | Short, Fantasy
After the loss of her mother, a thirteen year old California girl Leila travels to her mother's birthplace - an ancient settlement of Mountain Jews in the Fire Mountains of Azerbaijan, ... See full summary »
Director: Ella Leya | Stars: Nigar Hasan-Zadeh, Sabina Rakcheyeva, Sofia Rosinsky
Votes: 6
36. The Lady of the House of Love
8 min | Short, Fantasy, Romance | Announced
A Vampire wearing her mother's antique wedding gown, looked after by an old keeper. One day she picked up a set of Tarot Cards involving love, a young man with the special quality of virginity has been invited to her castle.
Directors: Selena Jin, Selena Jin, Selena Xin Jin | Stars: Ealia Meletsy, Robbie Boyle, Sharon Wymark
37. Winnie the Pooh vs Chikatilo (2022)
14 min | Short, Action, Comedy
Piglet became a Satanist and called on the spirit of Chikatilo, who moved into the baby. Only Winnie the Pooh can stop the returned maniac.
Director: Sergey A. | Stars: Sergey A., Silvia de Satkliff, Daniil Yenyutin
Votes: 21
38. Det var en gang (1994)
62 min | Adventure, Animation, Family
After three classic Norwegian fairy tales, gathered by the fairy tales masters Asbjørnsen and Moe.
Director: Ketil Jakobsen | Stars: Henki Kolstad, Morten Faldaas, Brit Elisabeth Haagensli, Sossen Krohg
Votes: 30
39. Aurora's Dream (2023)
62 min | Documentary
Aurora's Dream explores the collective unconscious during a period of contemporary crisis.
Director: Dragana Jovanovic | Stars: Maja Björk, Jung Woo Kim Chong, Toni Cilic, Jessica Comis
40. Przebudzenie (III) (2010)
74 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Director: Wojciech Majewski | Stars: Maciej Stuhr, Joanna Kudelska, Jerzy Zydkiewicz, Kinga Preis
41. Skyggen (1975)
34 min | Animation, Short
The tale of the learned man who believes in the true, the good and the beautiful - but can not cope with the confrontation with his own shadow. Animated TV adaptation of H.C. Andersen's short story.
Directors: Jørgen Vestergaard, Carlo M. Pedersen | Stars: Jørgen Buckhøj, Birthe Neumann, Henning Palner, Peter Steen
42. Koschei the Deathless (2020)
13 min | Short, Comedy
When Richard Marlow buys a taxidermy hare from an old antiques shop, he inadvertently draws the attentions of a sinister Russian warlock - on the very weekend his girlfriend's mother is coming to stay.
Director: Sidney Berthier | Stars: Kate-Lois Elliott, Maggie Turner, Andrew Mullan, Michael Fenner
43. iPartment Spinoff (2015–2016)
TV-PG | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
What. Lv Xioabu and Hu Yifei are a couple in a fairytale? What. How could be be the great hero in the Three Kingdoms? What. The most shocking iPartment season is about to air.
Stars: He Chen, Xinyi Huang, Jiahang Li, Jinming Li
Votes: 7
44. Jak se tocí pohádka (2020)
Documentary
Take a look behind the scenes of the filming of the new Czech fairy tale Princezna zakletá v case.
Stars: Elizabeth Drobotová, Petr Kubik, Viktor Kristof, Pavel Kopp
45. What Fairytale?
16+ | Drama | Post-production
After struggling to keep her marriage afloat, Genei meets a man that now has her struggling between her vows and her heart, which one will she choose.
Director: Nakesha Writes | Stars: Nakesha Writes, Bakari L. Brown, Jon Blaq, Keshea Montgomery
46. Kraina plachu (2019)
13 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Jan Lysy | Stars: Eva-Safija Charukhina, Kiryl Saliejeu, Jan Lysy, Mikita Patapiejka
47. Book of the Old Ways (2022)
15 min | Short, Family, Fantasy
A lost spirit goes on an adventure with two children in order to reclaim the love and warmth of life before his death.
Director: Jeannie Psomoulis | Stars: Max Neal, Tilly Legge, Ellie Stewart, Thomas Cox
48. Vivat Musketeers! (2017)
5 min | Animation, Short, Action
Where the romantic love is, there are the musketeers; and where the musketeers are, there is the romantic love.
Director: Anton Dyakov
Votes: 21
50. 72hrs the Hague: Viral (2020)
45 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Fourth contest edition in which 9 short movies are written, shot and edited within 72 hours. Primary goal, besides promoting the city of The Hague, was to use 'viral' as the main topic.
Directors: Linde Brinkhorst, Farid Djibet, Maarten Molenaar, Arjen Rooseboom, Frank Schel, Tom van den Dool, Scott Morgan van der Werf, Tattoo van Waveren, Lee Willoughby | Stars: Frank Schel, Ceciel van Slobbe, Harry de Groot, Tom Mulder