Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore films with fairy tale genres and themes.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 195 films.
Fairy-Tale Film, Musical, fantasy film, musical film
Some time after defying the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Elphaba Thropp, now branded as the Wicked Witch of the West by Madame Morrible, continues battling for Animal rights from a forest hideout. Glinda Upland, now the Wizard's spokesperson, i…
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Fairy-Tale Film, Musical, cinematic fairy tale, fantasy film, musical film
In the Land of Oz, Glinda the Good joins the citizens of Munchkinland as they celebrate the death of the Wicked Witch of the West. When asked why wickedness happens, Glinda explains that the Witch was the product of an affair between Gover…
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Adventure, Dance Film, Modern-Day Fantasy, Musical, adventure film, cinematic fairy tale, drama film, family film, fantasy film, musical film
thumb|upright=0.8|Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale and Terry as Toto Dorothy Gale lives on a Kansas farm with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em. Her dog Toto is seized by neighbor Almira Gulch, who has obtained a sheriff's order after being bitten b…
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Adventure, Fairy-Tale Film, High Fantasy, Space Opera, action film, adventure film, coming-of-age film, science fiction film, space opera
thumb|From left to right: Luke, Leia, and Han in a still from Star Wars In a period of galactic civil war, Rebel Alliance spies have stolen blueprints to the Death Star, a colossal space station built by the Galactic Empire that is capable…
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Adventure, Computeranimation, Fairy-Tale Film, Parodie, Romantic Comedy, adventure film, buddy film, cinematic fairy tale, fantasy comedy, fantasy film
Shrek is an asocial ogre who loves the solitude of his swamp and enjoys fending off mobs and intruders. One day, his life is interrupted after he inadvertently saves a talkative Donkey from some soldiers, prompting Donkey to forcibly stay …
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Adventure, Drama, Fairy-Tale Film, Sci-Fi, children's film, drama film, family film, science fiction film
A race of diminutive aliens visits Earth at night to gather plant specimens in a California forest. One of them separates from the group before U.S. government agents arrive.
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Fairy-Tale Film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, musical film, romance film
Snow White is a princess born to a benevolent king and queen, named for a snowstorm on the day of her birth. She grows up happily as her parents share prosperity with their subjects, but the queen dies of an illness and the king remarries.…
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Computeranimation, Fairy-Tale Film, Musical, cinematic fairy tale, comedy drama, comedy film, coming-of-age film, family film, fantasy film, musical film
Princess Elsa of Arendelle has naturally occurring magical powers, allowing her to create ice and snow. After she accidentally injures her younger sister Anna with her magic, their parents bring them to a colony of trolls led by Grand Pabb…
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Adventure, Cartoon, Computeranimation, Fairy-Tale Film, Musical, cinematic fairy tale, comedy film, coming-of-age film, musical film
A drop of sunlight falls from the sky and produces a magic flower with healing properties. For centuries, Gothel used the flower to retain her youth, until it is taken by soldiers from the kingdom of Corona and used to save their very ill,…
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Action, Adventure, Coming Of Age, Fairy-Tale Film, High Fantasy, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film
The Trade Federation blockades the planet Naboo in secret preparation for a full-scale invasion, disrupting order in the Galactic Republic. The Republic's leader, Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum, dispatches Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and hi…
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Animation, Computeranimation, Modern-Day Fantasy, Stop Motion, cinematic fairy tale, dark fantasy, family film, fantasy film, ghost film, horror film, stitchpunk, thriller film
Eleven-year-old Coraline Jones and her parents, Charlie and Mel, move from Pontiac, Michigan, into the Pink Palace Apartments, an old Victorian house in Ashland, Oregon. While searching for an old well, she meets a black cat and the landla…
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Adventure, Destiny, Fairy-Tale Film, Monumental Film, Sci-Fi, Space Opera, action film, adventure film, epic film, fantasy film, science fiction film, space opera
Three years after the destruction of the Death Star, the Imperial fleet, led by Darth Vader, dispatches probe droids across the galaxy in search of the Rebel Alliance. One probe locates the Rebel base on the ice planet Hoth. A wampa captur…
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Christmas film, Fairy-Tale Film, Melodrama, Modern-Day Fantasy, Romance Film, Social Drama, cinematic fairy tale, drama film, fantasy film, romance film
One snowy evening, an elderly woman tells her granddaughter the story of a young man named Edward, who has scissor blades for hands. Many years earlier, Peg Boggs, a door-to-door Avon saleswoman, drives to the decrepit Gothic mansion where…
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Cartoon, Fairy-Tale Film, Romantic Comedy, cinematic fairy tale, comedy drama, musical film, romance film, romantic fantasy
In a faraway land lives a young but cruel and selfish prince in his castle. One night, an old beggar woman arrives at a castle and offers the prince an enchanted rose in exchange for shelter from a storm. When he scornfully declines, she r…
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Adventure, Fantasy, Komödie, action film, cinematic fairy tale, comedy film, fantasy film, pirate film, swashbuckler film
Peter Banning, a workaholic lawyer, has a strained relationship with his wife, Moira, and their children, 9-year-old Jack and 6-year-old Maggie, due to his constant absences and broken promises. During Christmas, the family travels to Lond…
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Adventure, Animation, Fairy-Tale Film, Musical, cinematic fairy tale, fantasy comedy, musical film
Jafar, a sorcerer and the royal vizier of the fictional Middle Eastern city of Agrabah, seeks a magic lamp hidden within the Cave of Wonders that only "the diamond in the rough" can retrieve. Meanwhile, Princess Jasmine is unsatisfied with…
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Adventure, Fantasy, cinematic fairy tale, fantasy film
In 1871 London, 19-year-old Alice Kingsleigh, having mourned the recent loss of her father, is troubled by strange recurring dreams and the stifling expectations of the society in which she lives. After receiving an unwanted marriage propo…
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Animation, Coming Of Age, Komödie, children's film, cinematic fairy tale, fantasy film, melodrama, musical film, romance film
Under the Atlantic Ocean, in the kingdom of Atlantica, the young mermaid Ariel is fascinated by the human world and collects human artifacts in her grotto. With her best friend Flounder, they both visit Scuttle, a dimwitted seagull who giv…
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Fairy-Tale Film, action film, adventure film, cinematic fairy tale, dark fantasy, drama film, family film, fantasy film, romance film, romantic drama, teen film
Maleficent is a powerful fairy living in the Moors, a magical forest realm. As a child, she meets a human boy named Stefan, and they fall in love with each other. However, as they get older, they grow apart, with Stefan's love overshadowed…
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Computeranimation, Fairy-Tale Film, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film, cinematic fairy tale, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, musical film, thriller film
Many years after his adventures with Shrek, Puss in Boots is accidentally crushed by a church bell after subduing a giant during a party in the town of Del Mar. As he recovers, the town doctor advises him to retire because he has already l…
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Animation, Cartoon, Fairy-Tale Film, Romantic Comedy, buddy film, comedy drama, fantasy film, musical film, romantic comedy film
In 1926, New Orleans, a young woman named Tiana dreams of opening a restaurant. She works two waitress jobs to earn money, leaving no time for a social life. The arrogant Prince Naveen of Maldonia arrives in town, and intends to marry Tian…
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Adventure, Computeranimation, Fairy-Tale Film, Komödie, Musical, adventure film, drama film, family film, fantasy film, musical film
King Agnarr of Arendelle tells his daughters Elsa and Anna that their grandfather, King Runeard, forged a treaty with the neighboring tribe of Northuldra by building a dam in their homeland, the Enchanted Forest. A fight occurred, resultin…
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Musical, Pseudohistorical Fantasy, cinematic fairy tale, drama film, family film, fantasy film, melodrama, musical film, romance film, romantic drama
A selfish and unkind prince hosting a ball is visited in his castle by an enchantress disguised as an old beggar woman, who offers him an enchanted rose in exchange for shelter from a storm. When he rebuffs her, she reveals her true form a…
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Adventure, Fantasy, adventure film, cinematic fairy tale, dark fantasy, epic film, fantasy film, sword and sorcery film
In order to cast the world into eternal night, the Lord of Darkness sends the goblin Blix to kill the unicorns in the forest near his castle and bring him their horns. Told by Darkness that the best bait is Innocence, Blix and her colleagu…
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