🏷 Discover The Best Fable Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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Unravel the Mystique of Fables in Cinema and Television

Immerse yourself in a world of enchantment and wisdom with the best movies and TV shows inspired by fables. From timeless classics to modern retellings, explore the rich tapestry of storytelling that has captivated audiences for centuries. Discover the magic of fables in the realm of cinema and television.

Cast

Bella Ramsey

Daisy Haggard

Ameerah Falzon-Ojo

Rasmus Hardiker

Hilda (2018) TV Show

8.4 240 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Family

Country: Canada, United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 34

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: Fearless, free-spirited Hilda finds new friends, adventure and magical creatures when she leaves her enchanted forest home and journeys to the city.

Style: lighthearted

Plot: elves, fairy tale, mythical creature, female protagonist, dragon, single mother, supernatural creature, magic realism, ...

Cast

David Giuntoli

Silas Weir Mitchell

Russell Hornsby

Sasha Roiz

Grimm (2011) TV Show

8.3 3.6K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 6

Episodes: 122

Audience: TV-14

Story: After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.

Plot: detective, fairy tale, police, supernatural, creature, police detective, homicide detective, neo-noir, ...

Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger with Donbrothers

Cast

Shun Shioya

Nao Nagasawa

Kohei Yamamoto

Kouhei Higuchi

Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger with Donbrothers (2022)

8.3 4 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 17 min.

Story: Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger with Donbrothers is a Japanese superhero tokusatsu crossover short film released exclusively on TTFC, featuring Donbrothers teaming up with Hurricanegers.

Plot: monster, fairy tale, superhero, giant monster, sequel, ninja, giant robot, spin off, ...

Cast

John Hurt

The Storyteller (1988) TV Show

8.2 240 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Family

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 9

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: The Storyteller, aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.

Plot: fairy tale, anthology, family

Cast

Antonio Banderas

Salma Hayek Pinault

Harvey Guillu00e9n

Wagner Moura

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

8.2 9.0K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one life left. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.

Style: romantic

Plot: fairy tale, sequel, talking dog, spin off, aftercreditsstinger, talking cat, fear of death, 3d animation, ...

Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics (1987) TV Show

8.2 160 votes

Genre: Animation, Family, Science Fiction

Country: Colombia, Japan

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 48

Audience: NR

Story: Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics is a Japanese animated anthology series by Nippon Animation. The episodes are adaptations of a variety of folk and fairy tales, and not limited to Grimm's Fairy Tales.

Plot: dancing, witch, wolf, magic, fairy tale, little red riding hood, honesty, rumpelstiltskin, ...

Cast

Honor Kneafsey

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Eva Whittaker

Sean Bean

Simon McBurney

Wolfwalkers (2020)

8.2 1.4K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family

Country: France, Ireland

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: PG

Story: In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when she saves a wild native girl, their friendship leads her to discover the world of the Wolfwalkers and transform her into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy.

Plot: friendship, wolf, magic, fairy tale, shapeshifting, wolf's lair, feral child, forest, ...

Time: 1600s

Place: ireland

Cast

David Rawle

Brendan Gleeson

Lisa Hannigan

Fionnula Flanagan

Song of the Sea (2014)

8.0 1.6K votes

Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy

Country: Ireland, Luxembourg

Duration: 94 min.

Audience: PG

Story: The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.

Plot: fairy tale, lighthouse, folk music, lighthouse keeper, swimming, dog, seal (animal), irishman, ...

Place: ireland

Cast

Yuria Kozuki

Hiroki Doi

George Tokoro

Tomoko Yamaguchi

Ponyo (2008)

7.8 4.9K votes

Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy

Country: Japan

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: G

Story: When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.

Plot: princess, fish, fairy tale, cliff, mermaid, heart warming, quest, anime, ...

Cast

Lindsay Jones

Kara Eberle

Arryn Zech

Barbara Dunkelman

RWBY (2013) TV Show

7.8 211 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 9

Episodes: 116

Audience: TV-14

Story: The future-fantasy world of Remnant is filled with ravenous monsters, treacherous terrain, and more villains than you can shake a sniper-scythe at. Fortunately, Beacon Academy is training Huntsmen and Huntresses to battle the evils of the world, and Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang are ready for their first day of class.

Plot: monster, magic, fairy tale, school, combat, 3d animation, web series, anime inspired

Time: future

Cast

Mike Myers

Eddie Murphy

Cameron Diaz

John Lithgow

Shrek (2001)

7.8 18.9K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 90 min.

Audience: PG

Story: It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.

Style: satirical, witty, romantic

Plot: princess, based on novel or book, magic, fairy tale, donkey, liberation, lordship, prince, ...

Cast

Ivana Baquero

Sergi Lu00f3pez

Maribel Verdu00fa

Doug Jones

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

7.8 11.6K votes

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War

Country: Mexico, Spain

Duration: 118 min.

Audience: R

Story: In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.

Plot: princess, army, fairy tale, resistance, servant, anti hero, franco regime (francoism), woods, ...

Cast

Ginnifer Goodwin

Jason Bateman

Idris Elba

Jenny Slate

Zootopia (2016)

7.8 18.3K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it means partnering with scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery.

Plot: sheep, allegory, lion, hippopotamus, cartoon, villain, bullying, polar bear, ...

Cast

Johnny Depp

Winona Ryder

Dianne Wiest

Anthony Michael Hall

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

7.7 13.9K votes

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

Plot: underdog, small town, unsociability, inventor, hairdresser, isolation, scissors, burglar, ...

Cast

Cary Elwes

Robin Wright

Mandy Patinkin

Chris Sarandon

The Princess Bride (1987)

7.7 5.2K votes

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: PG

Story: In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.

Style: romantic

Plot: dreams, based on novel or book, narration, wrestling, miracle, sword fight, revenge, boat chase, ...

Cast

Misato Fukuen

Asami Tano

Hisako Kanemoto

Marina Inoue

Glitter Force (2012) TV Show

7.7 32 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 48

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: Candy, a fairy from Märchenland follows the shining light that leads to the five legendary PreCure warriors in order to fight Bad End Kingdom villains who are trying to vanquish the entire world to the “Worst Ending.

Plot: monster, hero, magic, fairy, fairy tale, villain, superhero, superhero team, ...

The 10th Kingdom (2000) TV Show

7.6 270 votes

Genre: Comedy, Family, Mystery

Country: Germany, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 5

Audience: TV-G

Story: Virginia and Tony, a father and daughter living in Manhattan, find themselves in a parallel universe where Snow White, Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood are struggling to maintain order. Their kingdoms have been fragmented by trolls, giants and goblins.

Plot: fairy tale, miniseries

Cast

Mandy Moore

Zachary Levi

Donna Murphy

Ron Perlman

Tangled (2010)

7.6 12.5K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Feisty teenager Rapunzel, who has long and magical hair, wants to go and see sky lanterns on her eighteenth birthday, but she's bound to a tower by her overprotective mother. She strikes a deal with Flynn Rider, a charming wanted thief, and the duo set off on an action-packed escapade.

Plot: princess, magic, hostage, fairy tale, horse, villain, musical, blonde, ...

Cast

Drew Barrymore

Anjelica Huston

Dougray Scott

Patrick Godfrey

EverAfter (1998)

7.5 1.6K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Danielle, a vibrant young woman, was forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother, Rodmilla, is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do the cooking and cleaning, while she tries to marry off the eldest of her two daughters to the prince. But Danielle's life takes a wonderful turn when, under the guise of a visiting royal, she meets the charming Prince Henry.

Plot: child abuse, gypsy, fairy tale, arranged marriage, leonardo da vinci, prince, royal family, death of father, ...

Time: 16th century

Place: france

Cast

Abbi Jacobson

Lucy Montgomery

Nat Faxon

Tress MacNeille

Disenchantment (2018) TV Show

7.4 1.3K votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 50

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Set in a ruined medieval city called Dreamland, Disenchantment follows the grubby adventures of a hard-drinking princess, her feisty elf companion and her personal demon.

Style: absurd

Plot: elves, fairy tale, kingdom, princess, female protagonist, demon, adult animation, fantasy world, ...

Time: medieval

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