Movies: Based on myths legends or folklore

  • 2014
    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2014)

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    8.12014HD

    In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose life and marriage was uprooted by a corrupt justice system. Todd confides in Nellie Lovett, the owner of a local meat pie shop, and the two become par...

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  • 1977
    Не любо - не слушай

    Не любо - не слушай (1977)

    Не любо - не слушай

    9.51977HD

    A series of cartoons based on the stories of northern fairy tales by the writer Stepan Pisakhov. Tall tales and funny fantasies about people living near the White Sea....

    Не любо - не слушай
  • 2002
    From Darkness

    From Darkness (2002)

    From Darkness

    6.82002HD

    A lonely fisherman drifts into haunted waters in search of food and finds much more than he bargained for. Based on an Inuit folktale....

    From Darkness
  • 2023
    The Oath

    The Oath (2023)

    The Oath

    3.42023HD

    400 A.D., in a forgotten time of Ancient America, a lone Hebraic fugitive must preserve the history of his fallen nation while being hunted by a ruthless tyrant – but rescuing the King's abused mistress could awaken a warrior's past....

    The Oath
  • 1959
    The Day the Earth Froze

    The Day the Earth Froze (1959)

    The Day the Earth Froze

    4.41959HD

    Based on Finnish mythology; Lemminkäinen woos the fair Annikki and battles the evil witch Louhi. Louhi kidnaps Annikki to compel her brother to build for her a Sampo, a magical device that creates salt, grain, and gold. When Lemminkäinen fails to rec...

    The Day the Earth Froze
  • 1953
    Brothers Liu

    Brothers Liu (1953)

    Brothers Liu

    6.71953HD

    Based on the Chinese folk tale. Long ago, three brothers Liu lived in China. They were so similar that even their own mother discerned them on colored ribbons. The first brother could command fire, the second could drink the sea and return it back, a...

    Brothers Liu
  • 1974
    Tops and Roots

    Tops and Roots (1974)

    Tops and Roots

    81974HD

    A working man went to the forest garden to plant a turnip, where he met a very lazy and, as it later turned out, foolish bear. The man managed to outwit the beast twice without giving him a single gram of the crop....

    Tops and Roots
  • 1969
    Suryaputra Mahavir Karna

    Suryaputra Mahavir Karna (1969)

    Suryaputra Mahavir Karna

    01969HD

    The film is based on the Indian epic Mahabharata with the story centered upon Karna....

    Suryaputra Mahavir Karna
  • 1969
    The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana

    The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana (1969)

    The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana

    01969HD

    A group of children kidnap the legendary Christmas Witch, and put her on trial as a means of banishing her annual judgments....

    The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana
  • 2021
    The Story of Southern Islet

    The Story of Southern Islet (2021)

    The Story of Southern Islet

    6.42021HD

    Cheong, a Chinese man, falls sick after a row with his neighbour. His wife Yan is desperately looking for a remedy to cure her husband. Throughout the journey, Yan endures strange encounters and unearthly experiences. Finally, Yan is convinced that s...

    The Story of Southern Islet
  • 1969
    Smothered

    Smothered (1969)

    Smothered

    01969HD

    After surviving an accident, Alif, a micro-painting artist, is told by his doctor that his memory hasn’t fully recovered. When a woman claiming to be his mother comes to visit, Alif begins to sense something is wrong—he doesn’t recognize her face, an...

    Smothered
  • 1979
    The Fire-Fairy

    The Fire-Fairy (1979)

    The Fire-Fairy

    01979HD

    In the forest two gold digger saw a fire nymph, foreshadowing is rich in gold deposits, and had a fight. This greatly angered the nymph. This story told grandfather to his grandson. Suddenly the very same girl appeared in front of them from the flame...

    The Fire-Fairy
  • 2021
    Nahuel and the Magic Book

    Nahuel and the Magic Book (2021)

    Nahuel and the Magic Book

    7.82021HD

    Nahuel lives with his father in a fishing town, yet he has a deep fear of the sea. One day, he finds a magical book that seems to be the solution to this problem, but a dark sorcerer is after it and captures Nahuel's father. This is where his journey...

    Nahuel and the Magic Book
  • 1936
    The Golem

    The Golem (1936)

    The Golem

    4.81936HD

    The Golem, a giant creature created out of clay by a rabbi, comes to life in a time of trouble to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution....

    The Golem
  • 1995
    The Song Spinner

    The Song Spinner (1995)

    The Song Spinner

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    In an isolated, snow-covered country known as the Water Land, the town of Shandrilan remains the quietest place in the world because its "Hush Law" prohibits noise of any kind, including music. Enter the exiled gypsy Zantalalia (Patti LuPone), who re...

    The Song Spinner
  • 1988
    Goblin

    Goblin (1988)

    Goblin

    01988HD

    A childless woman adopts an abandoned infant but when disturbing events begin occurring around her, she gets a feeling that the baby is a demon in disguise....

    Goblin
  • 1969
    Aladdin: Live from the West End

    Aladdin: Live from the West End (1969)

    Aladdin: Live from the West End

    01969HD

    A live film recording of Disney's hit Broadway musical based on their classic 1992 animated film. Filmed at the Prince Edward Theatre in London's West End....

    Aladdin: Live from the West End
  • 2012
    Grimm Fairy Tales Animated

    Grimm Fairy Tales Animated (2012)

    Grimm Fairy Tales Animated

    02012HD

    Animated adaptation of the Zenescope Comics horror/fantasy series....

    Grimm Fairy Tales Animated
  • 2014
    National Theatre Live: Medea

    National Theatre Live: Medea (2014)

    National Theatre Live: Medea

    7.42014HD

    Medea is a wife and a mother. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she’s left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his family for a new life, Medea faces banishment and separation from her children. Cornered, she begs for one day...

    National Theatre Live: Medea
  • 1982
    Popolvar, Biggest in the World

    Popolvar, Biggest in the World (1982)

    Popolvar, Biggest in the World

    7.61982HD

    A fairy-tale about knight honour, punished evil and tender love. Three royal brothers are put to the test in the fight with the king of the underworld in order to save captured princess, Láskykvet....

    Popolvar, Biggest in the World