THEME EXPLORATION

classic fairy tale adaptation

26 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
1944 · Chuck Jones
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Kon Ichikawa
Three's Company
Three's Company
1953 · Terence Fisher
Have You Got Any Castles ?
Have You Got Any Castles ?
1938 · Frank Tashlin
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
2008 · Alexander Kluge
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
Barbe bleue
Barbe bleue
2009 · Catherine Breillat
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
1984 · Jiří Svoboda
Me You Them
Me You Them
2000 · Andrucha Waddington
Nowhere in Africa
Nowhere in Africa
2002 · Caroline Link
Gaayapadda Simham
Gaayapadda Simham
2026 · Kasyap Sreenivas
Second Life
Second Life
2026 · An Ching-hung
Toy Story 5
Toy Story 5
2026 · Andrew Stanton
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
1970 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Glumov's Diary
Glumov's Diary
1923 · Sergei Eisenstein
French Dressing
French Dressing
1963 · Ken Russell
Heart, Head and Hand
Heart, Head and Hand
1979 · Peter Weir
It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain
It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain
1963 · Bruce Beresford
Musik i mörker
Musik i mörker
1948 · Ingmar Bergman
Ten Nights of Dreams
Ten Nights of Dreams
2007 · Kon Ichikawa & Takashi Shimizu
Crossing the Line
Crossing the Line
2008 · Peter Jackson
Loveable
Loveable
2024 · Lilja Ingolfsdottir
Actrius
Actrius
1997 · Ventura Pons
An Unfinished Story
An Unfinished Story
1971 · Mrinal Sen
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jean Cocteau France

Pioneered poetic, surrealist retellings of fairy tales like 'Beauty and the Beast' that transformed classical narratives into dreamlike cinema.

 Hayao Miyazaki Japan

Consistently reimagines fairy tale archetypes and folklore in animated form, blending traditional storytelling with innovative visual storytelling.

 Jordan Peele Ireland

Specializes in dark, subversive adaptations of fairy tales such as 'The Company of Wolves' and 'In Dreams' that challenge and deconstruct classic narratives.