THEME EXPLORATION

fairy tale reimagining

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Shrek 2
Shrek 2
2004 · and Conrad Vernon & Andrew Adamson & Kelly Asbury
Barbe bleue
Barbe bleue
2009 · Catherine Breillat
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938 · David Hand & Wilfred Jackson
Absurda (, short
Absurda (, short
2007 · David Lynch
Cinderella
Cinderella
1950 · Hamilton Luske & Wilfred Jackson
Les Amants criminels
Les Amants criminels
1999 · François Ozon
Le Petit chaperon rouge
Le Petit chaperon rouge
1929 · Jean Renoir
The Pied Piper
The Pied Piper
1971 · Jacques Demy
The Ugly Stepsister
The Ugly Stepsister
2025 · Emilie Blichfeldt
The Tale of Despereaux
The Tale of Despereaux
2008 · Sam Fell
Cinderella's Revenge
Cinderella's Revenge
2024 · Andy Edwards
Hansel & Gretel
Hansel & Gretel
2007 · Yim Pil-sung
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Matteo Garrone

Garrone fuses gritty social realism with baroque visual excess and allegorical fantasy.

 Guillermo del Toro Mexico

Consistently reimagines dark fairy tales through Gothic fantasy, blending horror with wonder in films like 'Pan's Labyrinth' and 'Crimson Peak'.

 Jordan Peele Ireland

Masterfully deconstructs classical fairy tales by injecting psychological complexity and adult perspectives, exemplified in 'The Company of Wolves' and 'In Dreams'.