fairy tale-esque movies
fairy tales or movies with a fairy tale "touch"
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- DirectorAdolfo ArrietaStarsNiels SchneiderAgathe BonitzerMathieu AmalricIn the Kingdom of Letonia, Prince Egon has only one thing in mind: finding Sleeping Beauty and breaking her spell. But his father, the King, does not agree.
- DirectorJuraj HerzStarsZdena StudenkováVlastimil HarapesVáclav VoskaIn this gothic rendition of the classic fairy tale, a merchant's youngest daughter is held prisoner by a mysterious winged beast.
- DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsNinetto DavoliFranco CittiFranco MerliIn ancient Arabia, a beautiful slave girl chooses a youth to be her new master, then she is kidnapped and they must search for each other. Stories are told within stories: love, travel and the whims of destiny.
- DirectorVáclav VorlícekStarsJuraj DurdiakLibuse SafránkováVladimír MensíkThe old King (Vladimír Mensík) is not satisfied with his four children. It is high time for the Princesses to get married and for the Prince to assume the reign. Once the King sets out to the fowling and he entrusts the kingdom to the Prince Velen (Juraj Durdiak). His sisters want him to provide them with the bridegrooms. A beautiful girl Evening Star (Libuse Safránková) appears to Velen and he falls in love with her at once. Evening Star also likes Velen and therefore, for a kiss, she helps him to get married his sisters to her brothers Moonbeam, Sunbeam and Wind. After the King returns home he does not find the daughters because the bridegrooms took them right away. The angry King assigns the Prince to bring them home.
- DirectorCatherine BreillatStarsDominique ThomasLola CrétonDaphné BaiwirAn adaptation of the classic tale of a wealthy aristocrat with a blue beard.
- DirectorJaromil JiresStarsJaroslava SchallerováHelena AnýzováPetr KoprivaSurreal tale in which love, fear, sex, and religion merge into one fantastic world. Based on a classical Czech novel of the same title.
- DirectorMatteo GarroneStarsFederico IelapiRoberto BenigniRocco PapaleoOld woodcarver Geppetto's puppet creation, Pinocchio, magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits.
- DirectorDavid LoweryStarsDev PatelAlicia VikanderJoel EdgertonA fantasy retelling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
- DirectorWalerian BorowczykStarsMichel SimonGeorges WilsonJacques PerrinBlanche is the young, pure, beautiful wife of the Master of the castle, in a secluded land. Every man is in love with her, including the King and his servant Bartolomeo, visiting the Master.
- DirectorDavid LoweryStarsDev PatelAlicia VikanderJoel EdgertonA fantasy retelling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
- DirectorPasquale Festa CampanileStarsBud SpencerFranco AgostiniEnzo CannavaleMedieval soldier of fortune Ettore is travelling through Europe with his partners looking for fight where they can earn some money. When they come across a Spanish castle under siege by the French army, Ettore first bides his time to determine which side is the winning one (and thus more likely to pay his fee). This is as first the French, but the treatment he receives from them is unpleasant enough to make him change his mind and turn to the Spanish side. Somehow, Ettore must rally the weakened Spanish troops to battle their enemy long enough for reinforcements to arrive.
- DirectorOsgood PerkinsStarsSophia LillisSamuel LeakeyAlice KrigeIn a distant land, two siblings, Hansel and Gretel, wander through the woods in search of food and work. When a mysterious lady offers them a way out, they accept without thinking about the consequences.
- DirectorMartin HollýStarsLibuse SafránkováGábor NagyKarol MachataWhen King Pravoslav's favorite daughter tells him that she loves him more than salt, he's furious since he considers salt to be worthless. Her fiance the Salt Prince makes all the salt disappear to teach Pravoslav a lesson.
- DirectorMartin FricStarsFrantisek SmolíkMartin RuzekMarie KyselkováA Czech fairy tale about a princess named Lada who runs away from home in a mouse-fur disguise in order to escape an unwanted, forced marriage.
- DirectorVáclav VorlícekStarsPetra CernockáJan HrusínskýJan KrausSaxana, a witch-in-training, accidentally stumbles upon a spell that transports her to the human world. She meets Peter who introduces her to the human world, leading to a series of adventures as she experiences life outside magical realm.
- DirectorBorivoj ZemanStarsHelena VondráckováVáclav NeckárBohus ZáhorskýA princess in love pretends to be insanely sad to get to marry the man who will make her laugh again. Only, she doesn't know her chosen one is the prince she was ordered to marry anyway...
- DirectorAntonín MoskalykStarsLibuse SafránkováPavel TrávnícekLudek MunzarOnce upon a time there was a prince, Jaroslav, whose two other brothers had fallen in love with a beautiful yet mysterious princess from a painting. His brothers had gone far away to seek her, however they never came back from their journey. And so the third prince went on a journey himself to find his brothers and came to a kingdom near the Diamond Mountain. There he found the beautiful princess and also his enchanted brothers. To break the spell, the prince is to succeed in the accomplishment of three difficult tasks. Will he succeed ?
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsAleksandr KhvylyaNatalya SedykhEduard IzotovA fairy-tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.
- DirectorMiklós JancsóStarsTeresa Ann SavoyLászló GálffiJózsef MadarasA historical drama set in the 1400s, about a young man sent to Italy but is forced back after his father's mysterious death.
- CreatorJim HensonStarsJohn HurtBrian HensonFrederick WarderAn old storyteller tells European folk tales to his sarcastic dog.
- CreatorAnthony MinghellaStarsMichael GambonBrian HensonSteve VarnomA storyteller in a labyrinth tells his dog the stories of Perseus and Medusa, Icarus and Daedalus, Theseus and the Minotaur, and Orpheus and Euridyce.
- DirectorJim HensonFrank OzStarsJim HensonKathryn MullenFrank OzOn another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal, and to restore order to his world.
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsSophia LorenOmar SharifGeorges WilsonIn 17th century Italy, a Spanish prince, who's searching for a bride, falls in-love with a beautiful local peasant girl.
- DirectorDale LaunerStarsTate DonovanSandra BullockMary MaraTwo scientists who are hopeless with the opposite sex experiment with a substance that makes them irresistible to anyone who hears them speak.
- DirectorPaul Urkijo AlijoStarsKandido UrangaUma BracagliaEneko SagardoyA quiet village is thrown into turmoil upon disturbing a reclusive and feared blacksmith rumored to be in league with the devil.