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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 776
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, psychotronic, cult film
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Do Not Leave (1989)
Plot Summary:
A fairytale about the Princess, the Musician, the Chancellor and a blue rose which forces everyone to tell the truth.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic, sentimental, sincere, touching, bad ending, disturbing
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The Midsummer Wreath (2015)
Plot Summary:
Princess Verunka's marriage is to save the kingdom, impoverished as a result of its ruler's crazy ideas. She's not hard up for suitors: there's a talented poet, twins - one a general, the other a composer - as well as a mysterious marquis wielding the magic of his mother Morana, the Queen of Death. Could Ondra, an ordinary youth, desiring to become a rafts man on wild waters, stand a chance in competing with them? At first the game is about Verunka's hand in marriage, but later on the lives of all the kingdom's inhabitants are at stake. This time the path to a happy end will have many curves and turns. But there's also a small wreath floating on the river surface, and carrying a message of love, plus the king's latest invention - so that the end may be happy after all.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, fairy tale, light, feel good, humorous
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A Night at Karlstein (1974)
Plot Summary:
Na hrad Karlštejn nesmí žádná žena! Přesto se zamilované Daniele Kolářové a neméně zamilované Janě Brejchové podaří přes přísný královský zákaz strávit na hradě jednu noc v přestrojení.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 597
Genere: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, campy
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It Is Hell with the Princess (2009)
Plot Summary:
A fairy-tale comedy about a hard-headed princess (Tereza Voriskova) and obstinate prince (Jirí Mádl) whose royal machinations draw the ire of Lucifer himself. What happens when the royal heirs refuse to marry? Will there be a wedding or a war?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, captivating, satirical, semi serious
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Once Upon a Mattress (1972)
Plot Summary:
The second television adaptation of Once Upon a Mattress was broadcast on December 12, 1972, on CBS. This production, videotaped in color, included original Broadway cast members Burnett, Gilford and White, and also featured Bernadette Peters as Lady Larken, Ken Berry as Prince Dauntless, Ron Husmann as Harry, and Wally Cox as The Jester. It was directed by Ron Field and Dave Powers.[9] Again, several songs were eliminated and characters were combined or altered. Since the parts of the Minstrel and the Wizard were cut from this adaptation, a new prologue was written with Burnett singing "Many Moons Ago" as a bedtime story.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
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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
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The Devil's Bride (2011)
Plot Summary:
Young Stepan saves his beloved princess Stepanka to marry Lucifer due to the promise her parents, the King and the Queen, did to the Evil as reword for the help he provided to the Queen to get pregnant.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, psychotronic, unusual plot structure, captivating, disturbing
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The Girl on the Broomstick (1972)
Plot Summary:
Dívka na koštěti or The Girl on the Broomstick is a 1972 Czechoslovak fantasy-comedy film directed by Václav Vorlíček. It tells a story of a teenage witch, Saxana (played by Petra Černocká), frozen in time as a punishment for 300 years, who finds herself in a modern world. A sequel was released in 2011 - Saxána a Lexikon Kouzel.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, cult classic, psychotronic, slapstick comedy, metafiction, urban fantasy, neo screwball comedy, teen comedy, campy, cult film
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Three Brothers (2014)
Plot Summary:
Three brothers leave their home to see the world. During their journey, young men as by miracle enter into famous fairy tales (Little Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Twelve Months) and face traps, unexpected moments and even love in a story full of humor and songs.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 471
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Czech Republic, Denmark
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, semi serious, psychotronic, metafiction
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Donkey Skin (1970)
Plot Summary:
A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, surreal, mind bending, psychedelic, mysterious, experimental, absurd, art house, technicolor, offbeat
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The Emperor's New Clothes (1987)
Plot Summary:
In Europe several several centuries ago, a group of prisoners about to be executed are freed as part of the celebration of the upcoming marriage of the emperor's daughter, Princess Gilda, to a very rich prince from another country. Sid Caesar composed the song "Clothes Make the Man". Ran 93 minutes on German TV.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 251
Genere: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sweet, mysterious, cute, feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, period piece
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The Magic Book (1996)
Plot Summary:
An evil witch is trying to steal a magic purse possessed by the local ruler. Thanks to Princess Blanka's love, Prince Petr wins out over the witch.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, psychotronic, campy
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Queen of the Lake (1998)
Plot Summary:
Prince Victor looks in vain for a swan which was wounded by one of his servants. Instead he discovers a beautiful girl with golden hair who has an arrow in her shoulder. She is dumb and can't explain her origin. He falls immediately for her. The girl quickly recovers, but disappears mysteriously.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, psychotronic, freeze frame
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Crown Prince (2015)
Plot Summary:
Somewhere in the Forbidden Forest lives a wicked sorcerer Kruciatus (Josef Abrhám). One hundred years ago he tried to destroy a kingdom now ruled by King Alexander (Jaromír Hanzlík), who has two sons - the heir of the throne Prince Jan (Patrik Dergel) and the younger Prince Karel (Krystof Hádek). Karel is not satisfied with his role of the underrated second-placer. With the help of his servant Pakosta (Pavel Kríz), he breaks into the forbidden chamber full of magical properties, remaining there after the evil wizard, and intends to destroy his brother in order to get the throne for himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, crying, psychotronic
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Crazy Kingdom (2016)
Plot Summary:
By some quirk of fate, the two small-time thieves and the spoiled princess find themselves in the Black Forest full of magic beings who believe that everyone has a chance to mend his ways. However, sometimes even the best intentions need to take a pretty long way round to be achieved... Funny fairy tale full of action, excitement, fun, magic but also love.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration:
Plot tags: fairy tale, crying, psychotronic
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The Little Mermaid (1976)
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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
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The Brave Little Tailor (2008)
Plot Summary:
Poor but confident and resourceful tailor David trusts, after killing seven flies in one swat, he's a match for any challenge and sets out to prove himself in the wide world. After luck and cunning help him deal with giant Lothar, he arrives at the castle of petty king Ernst, who is ruled by constant migraine and his ambitious, manipulative court counselor Klaus, who desires to succeed by winning brat princess Paula's hand and claims to be the only savior who can rid the land of three supernatural dangers. David's costume-embroidered motto 'seven at once' however is misread as a warrior's tally, and he eagerly accepts to win the princess, who teases but likes him, and half the country by dealing with the giant brothers, then both other dangers, and having triumphed each time Klaus's last attempt to deal with his commoner rival.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: fairy tale
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Give the Devil His Due (1985)
Plot Summary:
Dorota, a bad woman married the miller, out of sheer greed drives him to death. She then took the mill away from his son Peter and threw him out of the hime. Lucifer, who is known to rule in hell, sends out the devil Janek. He is supposed to fetch Dorota because the measure of her earthly sins is overflowing. But the devil himself can not handle this evil woman and flees to the military. There he meets Peter. By joining forces, they finally succeed in transporting the wicked Dorota to hell. Since then hell is hell. But for Peter, who is suddenly in possession of a magic mantle, begins a nice time, because strangely, the prince shows great interest in him.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, psychotronic, campy
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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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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
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The Prince and the Evening Star (1979)
Plot Summary:
A wonderful fairytale about looking for love, defeating evil and learning some valuable moral lessons on the way. The story begins with the young Prince Velen , who is left in charge of the castle and his three sisters. During the night he has a visitation and before he knows it, all his sisters are married off and gone away, and himself falls in love with beautiful Večernice.Now he is faced with the King's wraths and charged with a quest. The journey, however, hides obstacles and danger; not only treacherous merchants and robbers, but also a evil wizard Mrakomor.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 856
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, psychotronic
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The Third Prince (1983)
Plot Summary:
Brave sons of the king, twin brothers Jaroslav and Jaromír love and help each other. It was they and another brother - Jindrich, who once saw the portrait of Princess of Diamond Mountains, fell in love and went on her quest.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 528
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, psychotronic
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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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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
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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
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The Prince & Me 2: The Royal Wedding (2006)
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With just weeks before their royal wedding, Paige and Edvard find their relationship and the Danish monarchy in jeopardy when an old law is brought to light, stating that an unmarried heir to the throne may marry only a woman of noble blood or else he must relinquish his crown.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, romantic, light, sweet, captivating, teen, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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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
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Princess Lost in Time (2020)
Plot Summary:
Every day princess Elen wakes up to her birthday celebrations knowing that she must kill the evil witch who cursed her or find a true love. In case she didn't make it, the kingdom will be destroyed by dark storm, as it already had happened multiple times. Luckily, the princess is protected by a magical mark which she was given by court alchemist. However, will she be able to persuade her friends, break the strong warding spells and defeat the powerful witch? The mark weakens and is unluckily revealed and destroyed by the witch. Princess has got one last chance to save herself and the kingdom. Her friends are willing to sacrifice everything but why should they be successful right now? Well, maybe destroying the witch is not the only way and the princess will have to sacrifice much more.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, psychotronic, light, feel good, crying
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Princess Goldilocks (1973)
Plot Summary:
A princess was so beautiful and had such golden hair that she was known as Pretty Goldilocks. A neighboring king fell in love with her from her description, but much to the king's disappointment, she rejected his ambassador, saying she had no wish to be married.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 281
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, psychotronic, cult film
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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