Movies and TvShows featuring "bluebeard" theme.

In Gaslight (1944), a woman becomes increasingly suspicious of her husband's behavior as he tries to drive her to the brink of insanity. With the help of a detective, she uncovers a disturbing web of lies and deception.

In the midst of the Great Depression, a preacher turned serial killer becomes obsessed with finding stolen money hidden by two young children. As he infiltrates their lives, the children must find a way to escape his clutches and survive his twisted religious fervor.

Young Charlie suspects her charming Uncle Charlie, who has come to visit her family, may be a killer. As she delves deeper into the truth, she finds herself in a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

In Suspicion (1941), a woman named Lina McLaidlaw marries the charming Johnnie Aysgarth after a whirlwind romance. However, she soon starts to suspect that her new husband is not the man she thought he was. As she uncovers clues that he may be involved in embezzlement and murder, Lina's paranoia grows, and she becomes increasingly fearful for her own safety. The film explores themes of trust, deception, and the lengths one will go to protect their loved ones.

A young woman named Rebecca marries a wealthy widower and moves into his grand estate. However, she soon discovers that her husband's first wife, Rebecca, still haunts the house and the lives of its occupants. As Rebecca tries to navigate her way through the secrets and manipulations of the past, she becomes entangled in a web of deceit, jealousy, and betrayal.

Margie is a reporter on a tabloid newspaper. Her assignment is to find out whether there is any truth to the rumor that college football star Babe Booth is secretly married. To get her story, she goes to the stadium where Booth is playing and gets involved in the game, with unexpected results.

In this MGM Colortone Musical short, a department store custodian who overindulges in drink sees the mannequins in the store's display windows come to life.

In Souls for Sale, a silent film actress flees from her oppressive husband and finds herself in Hollywood. There, she navigates the challenges of the film industry, including a romantic triangle and the pursuit of stardom.

An American soldier (Keaton) during World War II escapes from an airplane crash over the Pacific Ocean. He arrives on a beach believing he has landed in Japan, but he is actually in Mexico. He wanders into a fishing village and is arrested under the mistaken belief that he is a wanted serial killer. Keaton and another prisoner are put in the custody of an scientist who is planning to launch a manned rocket into outer space. The two prisoners, along with the scientist’s assistant, are blasted into space but their craft lands in an isolated portion of Mexico instead. They mistake a beekeeper wearing protective headgear as an alien, while the beekeeper believes the trio (who are wearing wizard robes) are escaped lunatics. The prisoners and the scientist’s assistant are apprehended by the local police, and the matter is quickly settled. The film is notable both as Keaton’s only Mexican production and as the last time Keaton had star billing in a feature film.

The teacher Senta falls in love with the award-winning chef Stefan, who rents out his romantic winegrower's house in southern Styria to her during the summer holidays. She soon notices that a quirky gendarmerie inspector is keeping the property under surveillance. Senta finds out too late that the policeman thinks Stefan is a multiple woman murderer and that she is trapped like bait.

A surreal fairy tale for adult viewers, mixing animated and live performances. Wasn't finished due to budget problems.

A woman searching for her missing sister arrives at a small coastal village, where her sister was last seen. Unknown to her, her arrival has been noted by a crazed scientist, who has designs on her.

Perrault's fairy tale presented in claymation with choral voices. Bluebeard goes courting, all six of his wives having died. He arrives at the house of a widow with two daughters. He's greatly feared, but he overcomes objections with a generous dowry. One sister (Anne) refuses him; the other accepts. At his castle, the damsel delights in precious minutes away from Bluebeard in the rose garden. The Saracens declare war; Bluebeard goes off to fight them, leaving the keys to the castle in the damsel's hands. He warns her not to enter the forbidden room. As war rages, she discovers riches in the castle and then enters the forbidden room. Will Bluebeard discover her act? Can she escape death?

Red Ryder tries to warn a duchess that her newfound beau has a history of murdering his wives.

Just before wowing international critics and moviegoers with his adventure romp Fanfan la Tulipe, director Christian-Jaque dashed off the lampoonish Barbe-Bleue. Ostensibly the story of the famed wife-killing potentate Bluebeard (Pierre Brasseur), this lighthearted costumer begins as the title character is poised to march down the matrimonial aisle for the eighth time. Barbe-Bleue's newest spouse Aline (Cécile Aubry) is kept in line by her husband's claims of murdering her predecessors. But when Aline opens the famous locked door to the equally famous hidden room, both she and the audience are in for quite a surprise. The frivolous nature of Barbe-Bleue is underlined by its pleasing utilization of the French Gezacolor process.

While her husband is away, Bluebeard's seventh wife sets out to discover all the secrets hidden in the castle using the keys he has given her. But she fails to see that by doing so she will be instrumental in creating a series of tragic events.

The Dungeon is a 1922 race film directed, written, produced and distributed by Oscar Micheaux, considered the African-American Cecil B. DeMille due to his prolific output of films during the silent era, one of his greatest works being Body and Soul (1924). The Dungeon was his first horror effort, an early blaxploitation take on the Bluebeard legend. No print of the film is known to exist and it is presumed to be a lost film.