Movies and TvShows featuring "fairytale" theme.
A young woman's marriage to a charming prince turns into a fierce fight for survival when she's offered up as a sacrifice to a fire-breathing dragon.
A psychiatric ward caregiver crosses paths with an eccentric children's book writer, leading to a journey of love, healing, and self-discovery.
Candy, a fairy from Märchenland follows the shining light that leads to the five legendary PreCure warriors in order to fight Bad End Kingdom villains who are trying to vanquish the entire world to the “Worst Ending.
Go! Princess PreCure is set in a boarding junior high school, named Noble Academy. The protagonist Haruka Haruno is a 13-year-old first-year student. Her big dream is to be a princess someday because she admired a princess in the picture book she has kept since her childhood. One day, she transforms into Cure Flora with the "Dress Up Key" which Prince Kanata of Hope Kingdom gave her as a good luck charm when she was little. Then she also finds other Pretty Cure girls in her school, 14-year-old Minami Kaidou as Cure Mermaid and 13-year-old Kirara Amanogawa as Cure Twinkle. As the Princess Pretty Cure team, with two fairies Pafu and Aroma, they fight against the dark witch Dyspear, who hates all the dreams in the world and wants to turn them to despair.
Inspired by the classic Brothers Grimm stories, this anthology features six fairy tales with a dark twist, exposing the shadowy side of human desire.
Cinderella is a musical adaptation of the classic fairy tale. It tells the story of a young girl who is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, but with the help of a fairy godmother, she attends the royal ball and captures the heart of the prince. However, she must leave before midnight, as her magical transformation will only last until then.
The series exhibited several stories based on folklore and mythology , with characters such as Cuca, Saci Pererê and Iara from Brazilian folklore and then later with several characters from fairytales, fables, literature and greek mythology. The residents of Sítio, Emília, Narizinho, Pedrinho, Dona Benta and Tia Nastacia live several adventures with a lot of the mystery and dangers that haunt the remote town of Arraial do Tucanos.
Each episode of this series tells the story of a famous fairy tale from all around the world. Some of them are adapted from famous books such as "The Iliad".
A stage musical adaptation of the beloved film, Shrek the Musical brings the story of an ogre named Shrek who embarks on a quest to rescue a princess from a tower, with the help of his loyal companion, Donkey.
Down by Law is a quirky comedy set in Louisiana, where three strangers find themselves thrown together in a prison cell. They team up to plan an escape and navigate the Louisiana bayou to freedom.
Anna, Teresa and Helena are naughty triplets that always get into a mess. As punishment the Bored Witch sends the girls into a fairy tale in order to learn the lesson.
The story follows the growth of little hero Nezha.
A mouse-deer, Sang Kancil, small in figure but cunning and wise. With his intelligence, Sang Kancil often escapes dangers and sometimes helps other animals that are in trouble with bigger and more fierce animals.
Based on the bestselling novel 'The Fault in Our Stars' by author John Green, 'Dil Bechara' is the story of Kizie and Manny, two ordinary people with an extraordinary love story. Both have a tragic twist to their lives that is the start of exploring a funny, thrilling and tragic business of being alive and in love. Kizie and Manny embark on an, on/off, up/down, bittersweet, profound journey into the heart of that crazy little thing called 'life'.
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm is a fantastical adventure that takes the audience into the enchanting realm of fairy tales. The film follows the lives of the famous Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm, as they travel through a series of magical stories, encountering memorable characters like Cinderella, Tom Thumb, and Rumpelstiltskin. Along the way, they face challenges, discover their own inner strengths, and learn valuable life lessons. Filled with adventure, romance, and a touch of whimsy, this film brings the beloved fairy tales to life in a captivating and entertaining way.
Long Ago and Far Away is a TV series that aired on PBS Television from 1989 to 1993. It was created by WGBH, a public television broadcast service located in Boston, Massachusetts. WGBH is a member of PBS, which allowed for this TV series to be viewed on various other PBS stations. Each episode began with host James Earl Jones sitting in a chair in a room with a table, lamp and window. The walls were blue with white dots in order to make it appear as if these living room items were sitting out in space. James Earl Jones talks during the short opening section, then acts as narrator for the balance of an episode. This series, aimed at children aged six to nine years old, presents stories based on traditional fairy tales. A number of presentation methods were used to tell these stories, with stop motion animation, live-action or cel animation being used depending on the episode. Long Ago and Far Away also featured a number of guest narrators including: Tammy Grimes, Kim Loughran, David Suchet, and Mia Farrow.
Collection of tales based on the Père Castor series of French children's stories. Papa Beaver's Storytime is an animated television series which tells of Papa Beaver, a caretaker, a father figure, but most importantly, a storyteller. The show starts out with some type of disagreement between the children, who then turn to Papa Beaver for a solution. He begins telling them some stories which are somehow related to the situation the children are in, the stories are either a fable or a fairytale ultimately telling the morality of the story to teach them a lesson about their actions they have done before the story began.
A group of friends on a rural getaway must fight for their lives against vengeful masked versions of the fairy tale characters.
Aaron, a young, successful Chinese businessman, drifts on to a rural island after a scuba accident. Mistaken for an illegal immigrant, he is forced to take refuge in a small, family-run grocery store. Enjoying the riches to rags transition, he tells nobody his true identity, and falls in love with the grocery store owner's daughter, Yvonne. But while Aaron enjoys his life of anonymity, Yvonne covets the chance to escape her poverty. Meanwhile, in Aaron's absense, a plot has been hatched to take over his company. Are Aaron's and Yvonne's lives too different to find happiness together?