Folk Tale Movies

An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide...

Maula Jatt, a fierce prizefighter with a tortured past seeks vengeance against his arch nemesis Noori Natt, the most feared warrior in the land of...

When a young shepherdess is kidnapped by a mysterious beast on the eve of her wedding, it is Red, a fierce mercenary, who is hired to find her and...

Ichabod Crane, a Yankee wanderer, arrives in Sleepy Hollow and becomes the new schoolmaster. He meets Katrina Van Tassel, and blissfully fantasizes...

The story follows the life of Katyusha and is based upon the legend of Baba Yaga, a ferocious old lady with magical powers.

In the oceanside village of Iyi, the revered Mama Efe acts as an intermediary between the people and the all-powerful water deity Mami Wata. But when...

Since August 2024, in Martinique, a popular protest movement against the high cost of living has been reemerging under the leadership of the RPPRAC...

The Tsar is having his daughter Zabava marry a charmingly handsome and a handsomely charming Paul, a rich heir and a foreign fancy pants. However,...

During a severe storm in southern Chile, two tourists are helped by an elderly man who offers them shelter from the rain in his home; left with no...

A poetic cinematic legend based on an ancient Kyrgyz folk tale. The film tells the tragic story of the all-conquering love between the beautiful Ak...

The country is occupied by the Japanese imperialists. Koppun is selling flowers at the market to get some money to buy medicine for her sick mother....

A beautiful adaptation of a traditional Russian folk tale, about a young woman who must rescue a mysterious prince from an evil queen. The making of...

Russian folk tale about a father whose three sons go out to finds themselves brides. Two of the boys come home with perfectly normal girls, but the...

A woman looks for her fiance on her wedding day. Based upon folklore and literature surrounding James Harris, the Daemon Lover, including...

Korean Ghost Story was a popular TV series telling tales of the eerie and the uncanny. This episode took its inspiration from a legend that...

About an artful Fox who gets caught in snare while stealing grapes, and uses her wits to escape. Based on a Ukrainian folk tale.

A boy prepares for a final showdown with his bullies. A spirit from Macedonian folktales interferes.

An aging man, numbed by loss and marking time until the end, encounters a mermaid who re-awakens a his old sense of adventure.

Based on Belarussian folk tale. The poor old couple finds the crane who gives them a magic craft to produce the food. But the landlord and the pope...

A beautiful maiden, Marya Morevna, gives her prospective husband, the mighty warrior Nikita Kozhemyaka, three riddles to solve before she'll marry...