THEME EXPLORATION

fairy tale adaptation

27 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1
2003 · Jack Kinney
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
Shrek 2
Shrek 2
2004 · and Conrad Vernon & Andrew Adamson & Kelly Asbury
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
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Kon Ichikawa
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
Three's Company
Three's Company
1953 · Terence Fisher
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
Robinson Crusoe Island
Robinson Crusoe Island
1999 · Patricio Guzmán
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Peggy Holmes

Magical adaptations that blend dance, music, and emotional character journeys for family audiences.

 Wilfred Jackson USA

Master of animated slapstick and musical comedy who brought whimsy to Disney's earliest theatrical shorts.

 Guillermo del Toro Mexico

Consistently reimagines fairy tales with dark gothic sensibilities, blending fantasy with profound emotional depth in films like Pan's Labyrinth and The Shape of Water.