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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 195 films · Page 3.
Christmas film, Fairy-Tale Film, Komödie, children's film, comedy film, drama film, fantasy film, musical film
Charles Dickens (Gonzo) and his friend Rizzo serve as narrators of the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a greedy, penny-pinching and lonely moneylender of 19th-century London, who does not share the merriment of Christmas. On Christmas Eve, he r…
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Adventure, Fantasy, Komödie, fantasy film, musical film
A Baker and his wife wish for a child but suffer under a curse laid upon their family by a Witch. The Witch had found the baker's father robbing her garden when his wife was pregnant, and demanded their baby in return. Because the Baker's …
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Cartoon, Fairy-Tale Film, cinematic fairy tale, family film, fantasy film, melodrama, musical film, musical play, romance film
In 19th century France, Cinderella is the daughter of a widowed aristocrat living in the small but prosperous French kingdom. When she is a child, her father remarries Lady Tremaine, a cold-hearted widow with two daughters of her own, Driz…
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Destiny, Fairy-Tale Film, Justice Drama, Komödie, Modern-Day Fantasy, Psychodrama, Social Drama, comedy film, drama film, fantasy film
Jack Lucas, a narcissistic, misanthropic radio shock jock, dismisses a disturbed regular caller, Edwin, over his infatuation with a woman he met at a Manhattan restaurant. Jack brashly describes her social circle as a vain enemy to people …
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Fantasy, adventure film, children's film, cinematic fairy tale, drama film, fantasy film, live-action/animated film, musical film
In a small Italian village in 19th century, a vagrant cricket named Jiminy Cricket enters the home of a widowed elderly woodcarver named Geppetto, who lives with his pet kitten Figaro and goldfish Cleo. Geppetto has completed work on a pup…
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Fairy-Tale Film, Romantic Comedy, fantasy film, musical film, romantic comedy, teen film
In the kingdom of Frell, the misguided and obnoxious fairy godmother Lucinda Perriweather bestows the "gift" of obedience on newborn Ella of Frell, causing her to instantly and literally obey any command she is given. On her deathbed, Ella…
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Action, Fairy-Tale Film, action film, cinematic fairy tale, drama film, fantasy film
While admiring a bright red rose blooming during a white winter, Queen Eleanor of Tabor pricks her finger on its thorns. Three drops of blood fall onto the snow, and she wishes for a daughter with skin as white as snow, lips as red as bloo…
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Christmas film, Stop Motion, fairy tale, musical film, musical play
Donner, Santa Claus’ lead reindeer and his wife are surprised to find out their new fawn, Rudolph, has a glowing red nose. Donner attempts to first cover Rudolph's nose with mud and later uses a prosthetic nose so Rudolph will fit in with …
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Adventure, Fantasy, adventure film, children's film, cinematic fairy tale, fantasy film, pirate film
Newborn Peter is left on the steps of a London orphanage with a mysterious pan flute pendant by his mother Mary. Years later during World War II, upon learning that the abusive Mother Barnabas is hoarding food and riches for herself, Peter…
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Drama, Fantasy, Historie, cinematic fairy tale, horror film, romance film, speculative fiction film
thumb|upright=1.25|left|The Alcantara river in Sicily, the location for the scenes with the aquatic dragon The Enchanted Doe In the Kingdom of Longtrellis, the King and Queen cannot conceive a child. A necromancer suggests that if the Quee…
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Cartoon, Fairy-Tale Film, Justice Drama, children's film, fantasy film
A female unicorn learns from two hunters and a butterfly that she is the last of her kind after a malevolent entity called the Red Bull herded nearly all of the unicorns to the ends of the earth. The Unicorn then sets off on a journey to f…
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Action, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, cinematic fairy tale, dark fantasy, drama film, fantasy film
After Queen Ravenna's Magic Mirror reveals that her sister, Princess Freya, is pregnant by her lover Andrew, tragedy strikes when Andrew kills their newborn daughter. In grief and rage, Freya's latent cryokinetic powers emerge, and she kil…
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Biographical picture, Fairy-Tale Film, Historie, adventure film, comedy film, crossover fiction, fantasy film, horror film, werewolf film
In 1811, Will and Jake Grimm are traveling con artists who use Jake's extensive knowledge of folklore to fool people into believing they exorcise the supernatural, along with their sidekicks Hidlick and Bunst, in French-occupied Germany. I…
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Animation, Anti-War Film, Cartoon, Fairy-Tale Film, High Fantasy, Political Satire, Sword And Sorcery, adventure film, fantasy film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, technofantasy
Earth has been devastated by a nuclear war. It takes 2 million years for the radioactive clouds to allow sunlight in. The humans who survived the apocalypse have been transformed into mutants, while humanity's true ancestors – trolls, fair…
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Fairy-Tale Film, Romantic Comedy, cinematic fairy tale, fantasy film, pirate film, romantic comedy film, swashbuckler film, sword and sorcery film
thumb|Inigo Montoya's sword (left) crossed with the sword used by Count Rugen (right) in the duel at the castle; beside it, Count Rugen's six-fingered glove. At bottom is the prop sword used in Highlander: The Series. In the frame story, a…
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Musical, Romantic Comedy, cinematic fairy tale, speculative fiction film
Cinderella is an ambitious young woman who dreams of establishing her shop, Dresses by Ella. After she catches the eye of Prince Robert in passing, he disguises himself as a commoner and sets out in hopes of meeting her. Robert finds Ella …
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Action, Coming Of Age, Conspiracy Thriller, action film, girls with guns, survival film, thriller film
Hanna Heller is a fifteen-year-old girl who lives with her father, Erik, in rural northern Finland. Since the age of two, Hanna has been trained by him, an ex-CIA operative from Germany, to be a skilled assassin. He teaches her hand-to-han…
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Fairy-Tale Film, Romance Film, drama film, fantasy film
In a Berlin divided by the Berlin Wall, two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, watch the city, unseen and unheard by its human inhabitants. They observe and listen to the thoughts of Berliners, including a pregnant woman in an ambulance on the wa…
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Adventure, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, cinematic fairy tale, family film, fantasy film, romance film, thriller film
In Edwardian London, Wendy Darling spends her last night at home with her parents and her two younger brothers, John and Michael, before leaving for boarding school the next day. She is unhappy with her departure and feels she does not wan…
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Animation, Komödie, comedy drama, drama film, family film, fantasy film, musical film, romantic comedy film
King William and his friend Queen Uberta each have a child; Uberta has a son named Derek and William has a daughter named Odette. The two want their children to marry when they grow up so they can unite their two kingdoms forever. However,…
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Fairy-Tale Film, Romance Film, Romantic Drama, drama film, fantasy film, romantic comedy
The Brothers Grimm meet the Grande Dame who expresses her disappointment in their version of Cinderella. She produces her ancestor's portrait and glass slipper as the main reason why she invited them before recounting the true story that p…
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Drama, Fairy-Tale Film, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, cinematic fairy tale, fantasy film, monster film
In the medieval Kingdom of Cloister, monks craft magic beans that grow into a large beanstalk. They reach the realm of Gantua, home to a race of giants. The giants attack the Earth below, but through the use of a magical crown created from…
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Fairy-Tale Film, Melodrama, Romance Film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, romance film, sword and sorcery film
In medieval Italy, Gaston, a thief known as "The Mouse", escapes from the Bishop of Aquila's dungeons through the sewers right before his execution; angering the bishop who fears Phillipe's escape will inspire rebellion. He is soon apprehe…
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Fantasy, Horror, cinematic fairy tale, fantasy film, horror film, thriller film
The prologue opens with a story about "a beautiful child with a pretty pink hat", a mortally wounded baby girl. Her father takes her to the woods to be cured by a witch, who performs healing spells, bestowing supernatural abilities on the …
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