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Plot Summary:
Cinderella (named Zezolla) and her family live mid 20th century, where fashion is practically everything. As her father is won over by a selfish woman named Claudette, Cinderella must keep her new step-mother from murdering the only family she has left. Add in an anti-social mermaid literally living in a cave, a bored prince with an ear for rock n' roll, and the glamour of the 1950's and one'll find that this story can't grow old.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, modern fairy tale
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Cinderella (2011)
Plot Summary:
Once upon a time in post-war Rome: 13-year old Aurora, a gifted pianist, is the daughter of Valerio, a brilliant conductor. After Aurora's mother died, Valerio hired Irene, a single mother of two girls, to run the household. To Aurora's regret he decides to marry Irene. One day, Aurora happens to meet the boys next door, Freddy and Sebastian, the sons of a wealthy Italo-Austrian family. Freddy is an easy-going chap, though sometimes a little bit arrogant. His brother Sebastian is kind and shy, with a great ability to listen to and understand people, which makes him win Aurora's heart.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 617
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic
Similar in 75%
Cinderella (1970)
Plot Summary:
Cinderella is helped to the ball by her fairy godmother.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
Similar in 88%
Cinderella '80 (1984)
Plot Summary:
In this contemporary retelling of the Cinderella story, a feisty 18-year-old Italian-American New Yorker named Cindy is sent off to Rome with her irascible stepmother and vain stepsisters. On the way, she meets, and falls in love with, globetrotting bagpacker Mizio, who eventually turns out to be of Italian nobility. There's a fairy stand-in in the form of a spaced-out astrologer, a dance, and she even loses a shoe at one point. Care to venture a guess how it all turns out?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 173 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic
Similar in 82%
Cinderella: After Ever After (2019)
Plot Summary:
Cinderella weds her Prince Charming, only to find married life isn't all it's cracked up to be.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags:
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Cinderella (1989)
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Fantasy
Country: West Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
Similar in 83%
The White Snake (2015)
Plot Summary:
Endres wants to be more than just a farmer's son. He wants to be able to read and write, wear clothes without holes and sleep in a proper bed. He goes to the court of the King, who is said to be the cleverest man in the land. Endres becomes his personal servant and every day after dinner brings him a mysterious golden bowl. No-one knows what the bowl contains, not even Princess Leonora. When the queen's ring goes missing, suspicion falls on Endres.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, captivating, colorful, colourful
Similar in 81%
King Thrushbeard (1984)
Plot Summary:
King Thrushbeard.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, fable
Similar in 87%
Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair (1970)
Plot Summary:
Once upon a time there lived a Tsar named Yeremey who went on a year-long journey to take inventory of all he owned. One day he is kidnapped by the underwater Tsar Chudo-Yudo. When a ransom is demanded, the Tsar's family is faced with all kinds of intrigue and treachery.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, folk tale, feel good
Similar in 81%
Stroke of Midnight (1990)
Plot Summary:
A modern Cinderella in Paris: While the plain Kelly Carter jobs as a gadrobiere for the famous fashion designer Francesco, she dreams of designing shoes for him. However she can't win his attention... until she meets a good fairy on the street, who enchants a pair of Kelly's shoes, so that she turns into supermodel Prudence whenever she wears them. She attends one of Francesco's balls and immediately wins his heart. Now, how can she make him love her real self?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, modern fairy tale, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
Similar in 84%
Not Cinderella's Type (2018)
Plot Summary:
Indy Zimmerman's life is far from perfect. With a step mom who seems to make it her goal in life to make indy's life horrible, step sister's who want nothing to do with her, and a boy who ruined her life suddenly wanting to be a part of it, life is already more than difficult. throw high school, relationships and tragity in the mix and things couldn't be worse. When the most popular boy at school, Bryant Bailey, kills her cat, Indy wants nothing to to with him, but he seems set on being a part of her life, and after all attempts of getting rid of him fail, she decides to give him a chance. He might not be her type but Indy quickly learns first impressions can be wrong.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: romantic, sincere, realistic, compassionate, fairy tale, romantic drama
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A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding (2018)
Plot Summary:
A year after Amber helped Richard secure the crown. The two are set to tie the knot in a royal Christmas wedding — but their plans are jeopardized when Amber finds herself second-guessing whether or not she's cut out to be queen, and Richard is faced with a political crisis that threatens to tarnish not only the holiday season but the future of the kingdom.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sweet, romantic, sincere, touching, captivating, light, disturbing, saga
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Three Wishes for Cinderella (2021)
Plot Summary:
Norwegian remake of the 1973 Czech film "Three Wishes for Cinderella" by Václav Vorlícek.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, captivating, entertaining, sincere, disturbing
Similar in 84%
Hey Cinderella! (1969)
Plot Summary:
Hey Cinderella! is a one-hour Jim Henson special which tells a cracked version of the classic fairy tale. Cinderella lives with her wicked stepmother (as everyone who ever read the fairy tale knows), but what part of the story is never told is how Cinderella's fairy godmother had help from monsters, a prince pretending to be a gardener, and none other than Kermit the Frog.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
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The Little Mermaid (1976)
Plot Summary:
The little mermaid rescues a prince from drowning and falls in love with him. To be with him, she makes a deal with the evil sorceress: her beautiful voice against a life on land. It seems to work at first, the prince is enchanted with her lovely appearance. But the memory of a foreign princess still haunts him: The one who found him on the beach where the mermaid had left him, and whom he (of course) believes to be his saviour. To resolve this mistake is too much for the mute little mermaid, and not even her father, king of all seas, can help her in the impending catastrophe.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 844
Genere: Family, Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, dark, psychotronic, beautiful
Similar in 76%
Beauty and the Beast (1976)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful girl agrees to marry a hideous, deformed beast and live in his castle in order to save her father's life.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, psychotronic
Similar in 82%
A Cinderella Story: Starstruck (2021)
Plot Summary:
Finley Tremaine, a small-town farm girl, longs to spread her wings and soar as an aspiring performer. When a Hollywood film crew arrives in her sleepy town, she is determined to land a role in the production and capture the attention of handsome lead actor Jackson Stone. Unfortunately, a botched audition forces her to change course. Now, disguised as cowboy “Huck,” Finley finally gets her big break. But can she keep the charade a secret from everyone, including her evil stepmother and devious step-siblings?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, touching, colorful, sweet, fairy tale, funny, teen, colourful
Similar in 85%
Cinderella (1965)
Plot Summary:
TV-version of the classic fairy tale, set to a Rodgers and Hammerstein score.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious
Similar in 79%
The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976)
Plot Summary:
In the tiny kingdom of Euphrania, the King and his court are most anxious to get Prince Edward wed. But Edward wants to marry for love. Meanwhile, young Cinderella finds life drastically altered with her father's death as she's forced to be a servant in her own house. But a cheery fairy godmother helps her with her impossible tasks, and even gets her to take an evening out at the King's bride-fin.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, period piece, costume drama, sentimental, touching, feel good, stylized, semi serious, independent film, light
Similar in 81%
Every Day (2018)
Plot Summary:
16-year old Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and “A” work each day to find each other, not knowing what the next day will bring.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: romantic, sentimental, captivating, sweet, touching, teen, light, spiritual, tragic ending, independent film
Similar in 89%
A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits (2016)
Plot Summary:
A contemporary musical version of the classic Cinderella story in which the servant step daughter hope to compete in a musical competition for a famous pop star.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, modern fairy tale, funny, light, entertaining, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, talky
Similar in 88%
Lovespell (1981)
Plot Summary:
Romantic tragedy, the story of Tristan and Isolde.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: arthurian, sentimental, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, fairy tale, independent film
Similar in 89%
A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish (2019)
Plot Summary:
Kat is an aspiring singer-songwriter who dreams of making it big. However, her dreams are stalled by her reality: a conniving and cruel stepfamily and a demoralizing job working as a singing elf at billionaire Terrence Wintergarden’s Santa Land.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic, sweet, sincere, captivating, entertaining, teen, christmas comedy, inspirational, sentimental
Similar in 83%
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Plot Summary:
The film stars Libuse Safrankova as the title character, a young woman who is put upon by her stepmother and stepsisters. The film employs a twist, though, when a handsome prince comes knocking. Cinderella does not simply fall into the prince's arms. In this version, he must actively pursue the young woman who is a skilled sharpshooter prone to wearing hunting outfits. Cinderella also has three wishes at her disposal, gained from three magic nuts.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Family, Adventure, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia, East Germany
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sweet, romantic, light, costume drama, humorous, semi serious, offbeat, psychotronic, freeze frame
Similar in 87%
Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
Plot Summary:
A unique 16th century woman, Danielle possesses a love of books, and can easily quote from Sir Thomas More’s Utopia. An intriguing mix of tomboyish athleticism and physical beauty, she has more than enough charm to capture the heart of a prince ... after beaning him with an apple.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, period piece, sentimental, romantic, light, cute, sexy, costume drama, romantic comedy
Similar in 90%
Cinderella (1997)
Plot Summary:
Updated version of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical of the classic fairy-tale, with an all-star, multi-racial cast.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, stylized, teen, spooky, sentimental, feel good, semi serious, romantic, humorous, light
Similar in 78%
Snow White (1987)
Plot Summary:
A prince, seeking the greatest treasure, stumbles upon seven little men guarding a coffin. They tell him the story of Snow White, a beautiful princess who was forced to run away from home after her jealous stepmother tried to have her killed. When she realizes that the girl is still alive and living with the dwarfs, she sets out to destroy her only rival once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 922
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, mysterious, period piece, independent film, exciting, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious
Similar in 79%
Ella Enchanted (2004)
Plot Summary:
Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be quite the curse once Ella finds herself in the hands of several unscrupulous characters whom she quite literally cannot disobey. Determined to gain control of her life and decisions, Ella sets off on a journey to find her fairy godmother who she hopes will lift the curse. The path, however, isn't easy -- Ella must outwit a slew of unpleasant obstacles including ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, elves and Prince Charmont's evil uncle, who wants to take over the crown and rule the kingdom.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, teen, entertaining, romantic, cute, romantic comedy, light, funny
Similar in 76%
Cinderella (2021)
Plot Summary:
A modern reimagining of the traditional tale of the orphaned girl with an evil stepmother.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, inspirational, captivating, psychological, sincere, touching, feel good, costume drama, anamorphic, visual
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Cinderella (2015)
Plot Summary:
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 188000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Denmark, Canada, Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic, sweet, feel good, cute, teen, colorful, semi serious, costume drama, visual
Similar in 75%
Beastly (2011)
Plot Summary:
A curse transforms a handsome and arrogant young man into everything he detests in this contemporary retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Wealthy Kyle Kingson has everything a teenager could want in life, but he still gets off on humiliating the weaker and less attractive. When Kyle invites his misfit classmate Kendra to an environmental rally at their school, she questions his motivations but reluctantly accepts. Later, Kyle blows Kendra off, prompting the spurned goth girl to cast a dark spell on the swaggering egotist.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic, touching, sweet, modern fairy tale, teen, captivating, feel good, sentimental, offbeat