Best movies like Sleeping Beauty
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Plot Summary:
A beautiful princess born in a faraway kingdom is destined by a terrible curse to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a deep sleep that can only be awakened by true love's first kiss.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
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Nemo (1984)
Plot Summary:
Based on Windsor McCay's comic strip, a little boy embarks on a dream-like adventure. Also known as Dream One.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, independent film
Similar in 88%
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (1977)
Plot Summary:
The Brothers Grimm collected German folk and fairy tales in Germany during the early 19th century; eight of their best known stories are presented in this anthology.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anthology, fairy tale
Similar in 81%
Mother Holly (1961)
Plot Summary:
Based on the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
Similar in 84%
Cinderella (1989)
Plot Summary:
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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 76%
The Frog Prince (1991)
Plot Summary:
German/Czechoslovakian depiction of the famous fairy tale 'The Frog Prince', by the Brothers Grimm. When a young princess, instead of being fully dedicated to her love, persists in running around like a tomboy and roaming the forests with her gang, and a young prince refuses to give up all his vices and mischief, an aquaphobic fairy takes their fate into her hands. The princess then falls in love with the prince, who declares eternal fidelity to her. When he however breaks this promise, the fairy turns him into a frog. With which the loyalty of the princess is being tested as well.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, fable
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Vom Fischer und seiner Frau (2013)
Plot Summary:
German North Sea beach fisherman Hein always was happy with his wife Islebils, despite their modest life and poor dwelling. When he spares a rod-caught speaking flounder's life, the grateful enchanted prince promises to grant his wish. Hearing this, Ilsebill urges him to ask for a decent house, which is granted instantly. While Hein generously shares their newfound wealth with neighbor Klaas's penniless family, his wife keeps getting jealous of people in higher stations, urging him against growing reluctance to ask the flounder to be be promoted country squire, king, eventually pope. But as Hein feared, she only transforms into a haughty, unhappy butch abusing even her 'mere husband', and each transformation takes a hefty toll on the marine environment, which ends up inhospitable, causing coast-dwellers to flee.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
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The Prince Beyond the Seven Seas (1982)
Plot Summary:
The merchant's daughter Constanze, begs her father to ask a lion for a favor. Her father approaches the lion who agrees to his request with one condition: that he send the first person he meets upon his return home to the lion's den. It is Constanze. Against her father's will she goes to the lion and discovers that he is an enchanged prince and that only a woman's love can release him from the spell.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: East Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
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The Brave Little Tailor (1991)
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Italy, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
Similar in 84%
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
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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 78%
Hercules the Invincible (1964)
Plot Summary:
Hercules battles to save the population from a giant dragon.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 441
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, biblical
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Allerleirauh (2012)
Plot Summary:
Maddened by grief over his late queen, king Tobald decides to wed their only daughter Lotte, the only female resembling her. Having failed to put him off by exorbitant demands, she puts on the unique cloak made of all fur types in the realm and flees over the border, carrying only her mother's three-party golden seduction kit and the king's miniaturized gifts while posing as a poor girl. Hunting, king Jacob finds her and orders her into court chef Mathis's scullery. He appreciates her zeal and culinary talents, helping him put the best dishes ever before the king, who is determined to find out about the gastronomic phenomenon, yet she makes that difficult.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, costume drama
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Sleeping Beauty (2009)
Plot Summary:
Raised on a farm, energetic fearless Fynn is eager to be join uncle August in the royal castle as apprentice in the stables. He's quickly humiliated having inadvertently dared prince Eric to sword sparring, but gets discrete lessons from his surprisingly able kin. Like many high aristocrats around, Eric boldly sets out to win a princess's hand and royal crown in a century-long enchanted castle, but is fatally defeated by its impenetrable envelop of thorny vines. Having learned more from August about the curse, Fynn also has a go, but differently and with better results.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
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Rapunzel (2009)
Plot Summary:
A poor farmer and his wife are expecting a child at last. But after eating rampion , which she got from a sorceress, the mother developed an addiction to the rampion, which can only get from the garden of the sorceress of the father. He steals in his distress the rampion, as the sorceress does not seem to be there. But they caught him and leaves him only to take the corn salad, as he promises her his child. After the birth of his daughter, the sorceress brings the child and calls it Rapunzel.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 389
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sincere, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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The Cave of the Golden Rose 3 (1993)
Plot Summary:
The powerful evil wizard Tarabas gets knowledge about a prophecy that a king's child will defeat him. So he sends out his army of dead soldiers to kidnap all royal children. When the soldiers attack Fantaghiro's castle to steal the babies of her sisters, the battle seems to be lost until she discovers the secret to defeat the solders but by doing that she loses Romualdo. Now Fantaghiro must find the evil wizard Tarabas and convince him to break the spell and bring back Romualdo.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 190 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
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The Cave of the Golden Rose 4 (1994)
Plot Summary:
A black cloud travels across country, kills animals and plants and dries up the rivers. When the cloud reaches Fantaghiro's kingdom she meets Prince Parsel who follows the cloud to get his stolen castle back. After her castle vanishes, too, Fantaghiro joins Parsel on his journey to find her home, her people, her family and her love.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 967
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 195 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
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The Monkey King: The Legend Begins (2022)
Plot Summary:
The Monkey King: The Legend Begins is the re-imagined version by Hollywood of the film The Monkey King: Havoc in Heavens Palace, the origin and birthplace of The Monkey King Story.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: China, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Ember Days (2013)
Plot Summary:
The fallen angel Azazel(Raw Leiba) has come to Earth at the behest of the Winter Faerie Queen(Debbie Rochon), and formed an alliance with the Greek god Hermes(Christopher Jason Bolton). Together they seek to resurrect Azazel's demigod children, the Nephilim, whose existence would destroy the world. A second fallen angel, Shemihazya(Sean-Michael Argo), has been summoned by the Summer Faerie Queen(Fiona Horne) to oppose the raising of the Nephilim. He aligns himself with the Greek goddess Hecate(Bekah Kelso), forcing her to help him in his quest by possessing the body of her lover. The Gods and Angels battle across modern city streets and the pristine forests of the spirit world, their struggle set against the backdrop of a civil war between the Queens of Faerie, as the forces of Winter seek to dominate the people of Summer.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, independent film, urban fantasy
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The Cave of the Golden Rose (1991)
Plot Summary:
In the middle of a war between two kingdoms queen died tragically while giving birth to her third daughter. The king wanted a male heir to his throne and torn by the death of his wife, decides to sacrifice the girl and leads to the Cave of the Golden Rose to give her to the monster. The child is saved by the White Witch who promises her a wonderful future. With a rebellious temperament, the princess, named by his father Fantaghiro behaves like a tomboy. But one day she must confront the enemy, the king Romualdo, which is in love with her.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 200 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, teen, beautiful
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After the Rain, on Thursday (1986)
Plot Summary:
A palace steward conspires with bandits to kidnap an infant czar's son and an orphan adopted by the czar, replacing the prince with the steward's son. Two decades later the true prince and his foster brother are slaves in a quarry, the changeling grew up as a prince, and his mother has been elevated to the highest position in the state for "saving" the prince, but losing her own child. Then the brothers escape, the changeling prince departs to fight an immortal wizard and vanishes, and the brothers have to deal with the wizard. Which includes stealing a bird-woman from a Mid-Eastern khan and figuring where the wizard's death is.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, light, humorous, captivating
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Upon The Magic Roads (2021)
Plot Summary:
Romantic John the Fool and his friend Foal set out on a series of unpredictable adventures in different magical worlds. The two buddies will have to outsmart an evil tyrant king, catch the firebird, and find John’s true love.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, folk tale
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The Last Warrior: A Messenger of Darkness (2021)
Plot Summary:
Now that Ivan is about to turn 21, he is now grown up and finally old enough to marry the beautiful Vasilisa. But when Vasilisa is kidnapped and trapped in modern Moscow, Ivan and his friends must travel to the present day to rescue her.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 668
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, modern fairy tale, exciting, captivating, emotional, heroic, breathtaking
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Grimm's Snow White (2012)
Plot Summary:
When the King is killed by ferocious reptile beasts, his Queen takes control of the kingdom. She tries to kill her beautiful stepdaughter SNOW, but she escapes into the enchanted forest.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, semi serious, mockbuster, romantic, captivating, serious, independent film
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The Snow Queen (1986)
Plot Summary:
A Finnish live action adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, The Snow Queen. The tale centers on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by a little boy and girl, Kai and Kerttu.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Finland
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, uplifting, sweet, surreal, cute, whimsical
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Through Fire, Water and... Brass Pipes (1968)
Plot Summary:
Fairytale about heroic Vasya and beautiful Alenushka.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 840
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, atmospheric, touching, semi serious, feel good, humorous, folk tale
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The Salt Prince (1983)
Plot Summary:
A fairy-tale about the power of love. The old king Pravoslav feels it is time to entrust the rule over his kingdom to one of his three daughters - the one that loves him the most. The youngest, Maruška, fails her father's expectations about proving how deep her love him is. He misunderstands her and she is made to leave the castle. She faces many dangers on the way to her loved one, the Salt Prince.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 452
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
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How to Wake a Princess (1978)
Plot Summary:
The king Dalimil and the queen Eliska waited to see a longed-for offspring - a daughter Ruzenka. But Eliska's envious and bad sister Melánie curses her. When Ruzenka becomes 17 years old she will prick her finger and she will fall asleep for ages together with the entire kingdom.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, psychotronic
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Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1967)
Plot Summary:
A young boy finds a magic lantern that contains a genie, and when he frees the genie he's granted three wishes. He uses the wishes to help the princess of Baghdad and her father fight off an evil sorcerer who's trying to take over the kingdom.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 657
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, funny, light, romantic, feel good, entertaining
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Journey to the Christmas Star (2012)
Plot Summary:
13 year old kind-hearted Sonja arrives at a tiny village together with a company of bandits. But there is a curse on the village. A long time ago, the King’s only daughter Goldhair disappeared while searching for the Christmas Star. The Queen died of a broken heart, leaving the shattered King all on his own. From that day on, the King cursed the Christmas Star, thereby causing darkness and grief to descend upon the land. However, an old sage has revealed that Goldhair is still alive, and will return only if the King finds the way back to the Christmas Star. Ever since, the King has been searching for the Christmas Star every Christmas, but all in vain.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, captivating, mysterious, serious, atmospheric, inspirational, exciting
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Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001)
Plot Summary:
Snow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's representatives, granting him three wishes.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, touching, feel good, semi serious, epic, mysterious, costume drama, humorous, period drama, corny