Movies Like

Cast

Lana Parrilla

Colin O'Donoghue

Robert Carlyle

Gabrielle Anwar

Once Upon a Time (2011) TV Show

7.4 2.5K votes

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 7

Episodes: 156

Audience: TV-PG

Story: There is a town in Maine where every story book character you've ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth and only one can break the spell.

Plot: magic, fairy tale, fantasy world, based on fairy tale, storybook, false memory

Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

Cast

Ginnifer Goodwin

Mae Whitman

Rosario Dawson

Lucy Liu

Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014)

7.4 1.2K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 77 min.

Audience: G

Story: An ancient myth of a massive creature sparks the curiosity of Tinker Bell and her good friend Fawn, an animal fairy who’s not afraid to break the rules to help an animal in need. But this creature is not welcome in Pixie Hollow — and the scout fairies are determined to capture the mysterious beast, who they fear will destroy their home. Fawn must convince her fairy friends to risk everything to rescue the NeverBeast.

Plot: fairy tale, fairy, sequel, tinkerbell, 3d animation

Cast

Dove Cameron

Sofia Carson

Cameron Boyce

Booboo Stewart

Descendants 2 (2017)

7.4 1.8K votes

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: G

Story: When the pressure to be royal becomes too much for Mal, she returns to the Isle of the Lost where her archenemy Uma, Ursula's daughter, has taken her spot as self-proclaimed queen.

Plot: magic, fairy tale, villain, musical, sequel, teen movie

Cast

Mike Myers

Eddie Murphy

Cameron Diaz

Julie Andrews

Shrek 2 (2004)

7.3 13.5K votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Happily ever after never seemed so far far away when a trip to meet the in-laws turns into a hilariously twisted adventure for Shrek and Fiona. With the help of ever-faithful Donkey, Shrek takes on the potion-brewing Fairy Godmother, pompous Prince Charming, and infamous ogre-killer Puss In Boots.

Style: philosophical, romantic

Plot: prison, princess, magic, kingdom, fairy tale, liberation, transformation, honeymoon, ...

Cast

Selena Gomez

Drew Seeley

Jane Lynch

Katharine Isabelle

Another Cinderella Story (2008)

7.3 2.1K votes

Genre: Comedy, Family, Music

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: PG

Story: A guy who danced with what could be the girl of his dreams at a costume ball only has one hint at her identity: the Zune she left behind as she rushed home in order to make her curfew. And with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of him, he sets out to find his masked beauty.

Plot: high school, dance, dancer, fairy tale, masked ball, musical, celebrity, orphan, ...

Cast

Angelina Jolie

Elle Fanning

Harris Dickinson

Michelle Pfeiffer

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)

7.3 6.5K votes

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.

Plot: magic, fairy tale, fairy, sequel, based on fairy tale, live action remake, complicated

Cast

Mae Whitman

Lucy Hale

Timothy Dalton

Jeff Bennett

Secret of the Wings (2012)

7.3 1.4K votes

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family

Country: India, United States of America

Duration: 75 min.

Audience: G

Story: Tinkerbell wanders into the forbidden Winter woods and meets Periwinkle. Together they learn the secret of their wings and try to unite the warm fairies and the winter fairies to help Pixie Hollow.

Plot: cold, winter, fairy tale, fairy, sister, sequel, separation, duringcreditsstinger, ...

Cast

Sally Hawkins

Michael Shannon

Richard Jenkins

Octavia Spencer

The Shape of Water (2017)

7.2 12.9K votes

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 123 min.

Audience: R

Story: An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

Plot: government, fairy tale, supernatural, baltimore, usa, laboratory, orphan, scientist, ...

Time: cold war, 1960s

Cast

Noah Hathaway

Barret Oliver

Tami Stronach

Alan Oppenheimer

The NeverEnding Story (1984)

7.2 4.4K votes

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Country: Germany

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: PG

Story: While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.

Plot: based on novel or book, wolf, magic, fairy tale, horse, mythology, child hero, anthropomorphism, ...

Cast

Sofia Carson

Thomas Law

Jennifer Tilly

Jazzara Jaslyn

A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits (2016)

7.2 868 votes

Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: PG

Story: 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.

Plot: dance, dancer, fairy tale, musical, celebrity, orphan, modern fairy tale

Cast

Dove Cameron

Sofia Carson

Cameron Boyce

Booboo Stewart

Descendants (2015)

7.2 2.5K votes

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 112 min.

Audience: G

Story: A present-day idyllic kingdom where the benevolent teenage son of King Adam and Queen Belle offers a chance of redemption for the troublemaking offspring of Disney's classic villains: Cruella De Vil (Carlos), Maleficent (Mal), the Evil Queen (Evie) and Jafar (Jay).

Style: romantic, whimsical

Plot: witch, high school, magic, fairy tale, villain, musical, coming of age, teen movie, ...

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Cast

William Moseley

Anna Popplewell

Skandar Keynes

Georgie Henley

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

7.1 11.6K votes

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 143 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever.

Plot: witch, sibling relationship, saving the world, based on novel or book, self sacrifice, winter, fairy tale, allegory, ...

Time: 1940s

Cast

👤

Petr Kotlu00e1r

👤

Nina u0160uneviu010d

👤

Alla Sokolova

Udo Kier

The Painted Bird (2019)

7.1 188 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller, War

Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic

Duration: 169 min.

Story: After losing his parents, a young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe, seeking refuge during World War II.

Plot: child abuse, based on novel or book, war crimes, fairy tale, jewish ghetto, holocaust (shoah), german-polish border, sexual violence, ...

Time: world war ii, 1940s, 20th century

Place: poland

Cast

Angelina Jolie

Elle Fanning

Imelda Staunton

Sharlto Copley

Maleficent (2014)

7.1 13.8K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: PG

Story: A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. She rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and to Maleficent's true happiness as well.

Plot: friendship, magic, kingdom, fairy tale, fairy, prince, enchantment, betrayal, ...

Cast

Gordon Heath

Maurice Denham

Animal Farm (1954)

7.1 552 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 73 min.

Audience: G

Story: Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.

Plot: farm, corruption, based on novel or book, revolution, governance, uprising, oppression, fable, ...

Cast

Haley Joel Osment

Jude Law

Frances O'Connor

Sam Robards

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

7.1 6.7K votes

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 146 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David.

Plot: android, new york city, prostitute, artificial intelligence (a.i.), new jersey, prophecy, loss of loved one, extraterrestrial technology, ...

Cast

Millie Bobby Brown

Brooke Carter

Nick Robinson

Robin Wright

Damsel (2024)

7.0 2.8K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Country: Spain, United States of America

Duration: 107 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A young woman's marriage to a charming prince turns into a fierce fight for survival when she's offered up as a sacrifice to a fire-breathing dragon.

Plot: princess, fire, escape, chase, kingdom, sword, cave, mountain, ...

Cast

Emma Watson

Dan Stevens

Luke Evans

Kevin Kline

Beauty and the Beast (2017)

7.0 16.1K votes

Genre: Family, Fantasy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 129 min.

Audience: PG

Story: A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.

Plot: magic, fairy tale, transformation, cartoon, castle, musical, remake, curse, ...

Time: 18th century

Place: france

Cast

Mae Whitman

Christina Hendricks

Tom Hiddleston

Lucy Liu

Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy (2014)

7.0 1.1K votes

Genre: Animation, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 78 min.

Audience: G

Story: Zarina, a smart and ambitious dust-keeper fairy who’s captivated by Blue Pixie Dust and its endless possibilities, flees Pixie Hollow and joins forces with the scheming pirates of Skull Rock, who make her captain of their ship. Tinker Bell and her friends must embark on an epic adventure to find Zarina, and together they go sword-to-sword with the band of pirates led by a cabin boy named James, who’ll soon be known as Captain Hook himself.

Plot: fairy tale, fairy, sequel, pirate, curiosity, duringcreditsstinger, woman director, 3d animation

Cast

Cynthia Erivo

Ariana Grande

Michelle Yeoh

Jonathan Bailey

Wicked (2024)

6.9 3.1K votes

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 162 min.

Audience: PG

Story: In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Style: absurd, whimsical

Plot: witch, dancing, based on novel or book, fairy tale, college, wish, musical, female friendship, ...

🏷 Best Fable Movies & TV Shows - Page 2 - Full Archive