Elsa Bauerdick
Batavia IL
Fairy Tale Adaptations
Three Wishes for Cinderella
(Tři oříšky pro Popelku)
A classic fairy tale with a twist
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- Czechoslovakia, East Germany • 1973
- Director Václav Vorlíček
- Cast Libuše Šafránková, Pavel Trávníček, Carola Braunbock, Rolf Hoppe, Karin Lesch, Dana Hlaváčová
- Genre Fantasy, Drama, Family, Adventure, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV
Beauty and the Beast
(La belle et la bête)
Before the Disney classic, there was "La Belle et la Bête."
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- France • 1946
- Director Jean Cocteau
- Cast Jean Marais, Josette Day, Marcel André, Mila Parély, Nane Germon, Michel Auclair
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Beauty and the Beast
Leon Dalville is a prince who had it all, but this story is about what happened after he lost it.
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- Italy, Spain • 2014
- Creator
- Cast Massimo Wertmüller, Andy Luotto
- Genre Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Freevee
Bluebeard
(Barbe Bleue)
In 1697, a young girl marries a man whose previous wives have all mysteriously disappeared within a year of the wedding.
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- France • 2009
- Director Catherine Breillat
- Cast Dominique Thomas, Lola Créton, Daphné Baiwir, Marilou Lopes-Benites, Lola Giovannetti, Farida Khelfa
- Genre Fantasy, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV
Blancanieves
Based on Snow White, this adaptation centers on a female bullfighter.
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- Spain, Belgium, France • 2012
- Director Pablo Berger
- Cast Maribel Verdú, Macarena García, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ángela Molina, Inma Cuesta, Sofía Oria
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Ponyo
(崖の上のポニョ)
A fish makes herself human to return to a boy on land, but she must fix the disastrous consequences of her magic.
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- Japan • 2008
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, George Tokoro, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Yuki Amami, Kazushige Nagashima
- Genre Animation, Family
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Snow Queen
(Снежная королева)
A young boy is kidnapped by the evil snow queen who turns his heart into a shard of ice.
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- Soviet Union • 1967
- Director Gennadi Kazansky
- Cast Elena Proklova, Vyacheslav Tsyupa, Evgeniya Melnikova, Natalya Klimova, Nikolai Boyarsky, Evgeni Leonov
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Seven Ravens
(Sedem zhavranelých bratov)
A girl set out to cure her brothers who were been cursed by her mother years ago.
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- Czech Republic, Slovakia • 2015
- Director Alice Nellis
- Cast Martha Issová, Sabina Remundová, Lukáš Příkazký, Václav Neužil, Zuzana Bydžovská, Erika Stárková
- Genre Family, Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
(かぐや姫の物語)
A princess's crime and punishment
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- Japan • 2013
- Director Isao Takahata
- Cast Aki Asakura, Kengo Kora, Nobuko Miyamoto, Atsuko Takahata
- Genre Animation, Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Red Shoes
Not all fairy tales are for children.
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- United Kingdom • 1948
- Director Michael Powell
- Cast Moira Shearer, Adolf Wohlbrück, Marius Goring, Léonide Massine, Robert Helpmann, Albert Bassermann
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Shout! Factory TV, Plex,
Alice
(Něco z Alenky)
A memorably bizarre screen version of Lewis Carroll’s novel ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’.
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- Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, United Kingdom • 1988
- Director Jan Švankmajer
- Cast Kristýna Kohoutová
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, OVID, Kanopy
Hansel & Gretel
(헨젤과 그레텔)
Once upon a time in a dark, dark forest...
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- Korea • 2007
- Director Yim Pil-sung
- Cast Chun Jung-myung, Eun Won-jae, Shim Eun-kyung, Jin Ji-hee, Park Hee-soon, Jang Young-nam
- Genre Fantasy, Drama, Horror
- Available on Fandor, Screambox, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Crunchyroll, FlixFling, AsianCrush, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Cineverse
Recommendations
Good Bye, Lenin!
The German Democratic Republic lives on -- in 79 square meters!
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- Germany • 2003
- Director Wolfgang Becker
- Cast Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon, Florian Lukas, Alexander Beyer
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
A wacky take on the adventures of the legendary King Arthur.
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- United Kingdom • 1975
- Director Terry Jones
- Cast Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
The King's Speech
Find your voice.
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- United Kingdom, United States, Australia • 2010
- Director Tom Hooper
- Cast Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
The Way He Looks
(Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho)
Not every love happens at first sight.
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- Brazil • 2014
- Director Daniel Ribeiro
- Cast Ghilherme Lobo, Fábio Audi, Tess Amorim, Lúcia Romano, Eucir de Souza, Selma Egrei
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
How About Adolf?
(Der Vorname)
A dinner party becomes a living hell when a guest announces that he intends to call his newly born son Adolf.
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- Germany • 2018
- Director Sönke Wortmann
- Cast Iris Berben, Florian David Fitz, Christoph Maria Herbst, Justus von Dohnányi, Caroline Peters
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Chai Flicks, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Notting Hill
Can the most famous film star in the world fall for the man on the street?
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- United Kingdom, United States • 1999
- Director Roger Michell
- Cast Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Gina McKee, Tim McInnerny, Rhys Ifans, Emma Chambers
- Genre Romance, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Peacock Premium, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling, AMC on Demand
Four Weddings and a Funeral
How many weddings does it take to decide not to get married?
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- United Kingdom • 1994
- Director Mike Newell
- Cast Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, James Fleet, Simon Callow, John Hannah, Kristin Scott Thomas
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on MGM Plus, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Love & Friendship
A lady never reveals her tactics.
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- Ireland, France, Netherlands • 2016
- Director Whit Stillman
- Cast Kate Beckinsale, Xavier Samuel, Morfydd Clark, Emma Greenwell, Tom Bennett, James Fleet
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Carol
Some people change your life forever.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2015
- Director Todd Haynes
- Cast Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, Kyle Chandler, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, John Magaro
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Showtime, fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Showtime Roku Premium Channel, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Paramount+ with Showtime, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Amour
Love never ends.
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- Austria, France, Germany • 2012
- Director Michael Haneke
- Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, William Shimell, Ramón Agirre, Rita Blanco
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
They Shall Not Grow Old
Wars aren't fought by countries or armies, they're fought by human beings.
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- United Kingdom, New Zealand • 2018
- Director Peter Jackson
- Cast
- Genre Documentary, History, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Charité at War
(Charité)
Doctors at a Berlin hospital struggle under the political pressure of the Nazi regime.
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- Germany • 2017
- Creator Sönke Wortmann, Anno Saul
- Cast Mala Emde, Ulrich Noethen, Jannik Schümann, Luise Wolfram, Artjom Gilz, Jacob Matschenz
- Genre Drama
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Friendship
Peter's Friends
A group of friends gather for New Years Eve, ten yeas after graduating from Caimbrdge.
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- United Kingdom • 1992
- Director Kenneth Branagh
- Cast Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton, Alphonsia Emmanuel
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Vudu, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Kanopy
Girlhood
(Bande de filles)
A girl with few real prospects joins a gang, reinventing herself and gaining a sense of self confidence in the process.
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- France • 2014
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh, Mariétou Touré, Idrissa Diabaté, Rabah Nait Oufella
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Enchanted April
It's April in Italy, and anything can happen...even love.
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- United Kingdom • 1991
- Director Mike Newell
- Cast Josie Lawrence, Miranda Richardson, Joan Plowright, Polly Walker, Alfred Molina, Michael Kitchen
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Pluto TV
Rocketman
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2019
- Director Dexter Fletcher
- Cast Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard, Gemma Jones, Steven Mackintosh
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Good Omens
The world is on the brink of an apocalypse, but not all of heaven and hell are completely onboard.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2019
- Creator Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
- Cast Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Frances McDormand, Jon Hamm, Adria Arjona, Jack Whitehall
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Divines
Dounia is a drug dealer who lusts for power, until an encounter with Djigui, a young dancer, changes her course.
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- France, Qatar • 2016
- Director Houda Benyamina
- Cast Oulaya Amamra, Déborah Lukumuena, Kévin Mischel, Jisca Kalvanda, Yasin Houicha, Majdouline Idrissi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
My Afternoons with Margueritte
(La tête en friche)
An illiterate and lonely man bonds with an older and well-read woman.
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- France • 2010
- Director Jean Becker
- Cast Gérard Depardieu, Maurane, Gisèle Casadesus, Jean-François Stévenin, Patrick Bouchitey, François-Xavier Demaison
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Ponyo
(崖の上のポニョ)
A fish makes herself human to return to a boy on land, but she must fix the disastrous consequences of her magic.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 2008
- Director Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, George Tokoro, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Yuki Amami, Kazushige Nagashima
- Genre Animation, Family
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Rang De Basanti
(रंग दे बसंती)
A documentary changes the lives of five teenage freedom fighters.
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- India • 2006
- Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
- Cast Aamir Khan, Siddharth, Atul Kulkarni, Kunal Kapoor, Soha Ali Khan, Alice Patten
- Genre Comedy, Drama, History
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Machuca
Two schoolboys observe a political coup in their native Chile.
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- Chile, Spain, United Kingdom • 2004
- Director Andrés Wood
- Cast Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Aline Küppenheim, Ernesto Malbran, Federico Luppi, Manuela Martelli
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor, Kanopy
Kitchen Stories
(Salmer fra kjøkkenet)
Swedish researcher's observe the emergence of the modern housewife in the 1950s and plan to revolutionize the home kitchen.
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- Norway, Sweden • 2003
- Director Bent Hamer
- Cast Joachim Calmeyer, Tomas Norström, Bjørn Floberg, Reine Brynolfsson, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Jan Gunnar Røise
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Where Is the Friend's House?
(خانهی دوست کجاست؟)
After accidentally taking his friend's notebook, an 8-year-old boy sets out to return it.
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- Iran • 1987
- Director Abbas Kiarostami
- Cast Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Kheda Barech Defai, Iran Outari, Ait Ansari, Sadika Taohidi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel