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- DirectorPil-sung YimStarsCheon Jeong-myeongEun Won-jaeShim Eun-kyungAfter meeting a mysterious girl on an dark stretch of road, a young salesman is invited to a beautiful house with bizarre secrets and no way to escape.
- DirectorEugene MarnerStarsChristopher WalkenJason ConneryCarmela MarnerDelightful tale of a cat who becomes a sharp gentleman and sets out to restore his master's name and wealth after he gives Puss a pair of magic boots.
- DirectorClyde GeronimiWilfred JacksonHamilton LuskeStarsIlene WoodsJames MacDonaldEleanor AudleyWhen Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq and from her Fairy Godmother.
- DirectorDavid KaplanStarsChristina RicciTimour BourtasenkovEvelyn SolannA black comedy version of the classic tale.
- DirectorAlan TaylorStarsIan HolmIben HjejleTim McInnernyDuring Napoleon's exile on St. Helena, some loyalists hire a look-alike to swap places with the deposed Emperor. While the impostor lives in luxury on the island, the real Napoleon returns to Paris in order to retake the throne.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsBilly BletcherPinto ColvigDorothy ComptonThe Three Little Pigs each build a house of different material. The Big Bad Wolf comes along and blows away the straw and stick homes, but is unable to destroy the house of bricks.
- DirectorNorman FergusonT. HeeWilfred JacksonStarsDickie JonesChristian RubMel BlancA living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.
- DirectorRon ClementsJohn MuskerStarsJodi BensonSamuel E. WrightRene AuberjonoisA mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain in an attempt to become human and win a prince's love.
- DirectorGary J. TunnicliffeStarsColin FordChloë Grace MoretzChristopher LloydJack goes up the beanstalk to rescue a little girl who has been transformed into a harp.
- DirectorPeter MedakStarsLesley Ann WarrenPeter WellerRoy DotriceA king who is extremely overprotective locks his six daughters in their room each night. But for some reason they order shoes from the cobbler practically every day and the king has to pay for them. And when he asks them why, they don't give him a straight answer. So he sends word that whoever figures out why they need so many shoes, he will have the hand of the daughter of his choice. But so far none have succeeded because they make sure no one can find out. But upon learning of this a soldier decides to find out after being given a cloak that makes him invisible.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsValerie BertinelliRobert CarradineJames Earl JonesThis is a retelling of "The Arabian Nights" folk tale about a Middle Eastern boy who obtains a mysterious magic lamp.
- 1982–198752mTV-PG6.4 (155)TV EpisodeDirectorMark CullinghamStarsEllen BarkinHoward HessemanHowie MandelAfter his wife's death, a grieving king becomes serious and closed, prompting everyone in the realm to act the same, just when his young daughter starts to discover what it's like to have fun, laugh, and do everything a girl her age does.
- DirectorCatherine BreillatStarsCarla BesnaïnouJulia ArtamonovKerian MayanA young princess is the subject of a tug-of-war among witches, as each struggles to find the suitable antidote to a death sentence inculcated by an evil sister.
- 1982–198755mTV-PG7.5 (272)TV EpisodeDirectorEric IdleStarsShelley DuvallRobin WilliamsTeri GarrA spoiled, selfish princess' fate becomes entwined with a zany and witty frog with a secret past.
- DirectorWilliam CottrellDavid HandWilfred JacksonStarsAdriana CaselottiHarry StockwellLucille La VerneExiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.
- DirectorUlrich KönigStarsGottfried JohnJulie EngelbrechtKristian Kiehling*King Gustav's crown prince Moritz, an avid hunter refusing to pick a suitable bride, only has an instant crush on an unidentified fresh girl he meets while she stops him from shooting a deer. It's miller Gisbert's headstrong daughter Lisa. Overheard from the castle bragging absurdly is daughter can do anything, even spin gold from straw, the miller must either accept punishment for lies or prove his words. Lis is locked up in a castle tower with straw and a spinning wheel, desperate the task is impossible, hence doomed. At night appears a measly character, who offers to do it for her heirloom necklace. As the king demands more, threatening the miller's while family, Rumpelstilzchen returns, setting as price her last heirloom, mothers' ring. The king demanding even more, his price rises to her firstborn. Prince Moritz discovered she's his wood flame, but is locked up. However the king catches a gold allergy and passes the crown to his son, who marries Lisa and has a son himself a year later. Rumpelstilzchen demands delivery, granting a last chance to keep the baby prince: is she guesses his name within a day.
- DirectorBodo FürneisenStarsSuzanne von BorsodyLuisa WietzorekJaime FerkicA beautiful girl with very long hair, living in a house with a witch, falls in love with a prince.
- StarsClaire CrowtherJoanna MooreLee PerryOn her way home through the forest, Goldilocks comes across the home of three bears with whom she spends a wonderfully fun day. Later while attending a circus, Goldilocks is horrified to see the bears in chains.
- 1982–198752m7.7 (186)TV EpisodeDirectorGraeme CliffordStarsDana HillChristopher LeePeter MacNicolAn intelligent, fearless boy living in a superstitious Transylvanian village goes out into the world to figure out what everyone else is afraid of "the shivers". The king hires him to rid the castle of ghosts and evil spirits.
- DirectorGary TrousdaleKirk WiseStarsPaige O'HaraRobby BensonJesse CortiA prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.
- DirectorDon BluthGary GoldmanStarsJodi BensonGary ImhoffGino ConfortiThis retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen classic fairy tale has the digit-sized heroine evading the clutches of various toads, moles, and beetles before she can proceed with her courtship with her dream lover, Prince Cornelius.
- DirectorMark SwanStarsLiam AikenForrest S. Baker IIISarah BakerIt is loosely based on Hans Christian Anderson's classic fairy tale. Because the evil prince Laird did not inherit the crown of Corazion, he sought his revenge by secretly switching his newborn daughter with that of his brother's, King Heath. The real princess is raised as a peasant, unaware of her royal lineage. Years later, Prince Rollo comes to the kingdom in search of a wife. Unless Sebastian, the court historian, discovers the secret of the pea, dire consequences await the kingdom of Corazion. The plot thickens when Rollo meets and falls in love with a peasant girl. Though she is everything his heart desires, she is not a princess. With time running out, Laird returns with a scheme that could put him on the throne. The characters all come together for an exciting castle top finale, in which the fate of the kingdom will finally be decided.
- DirectorJirí BartaStarsOldrich KaiserJirí LábusMichal PavlícekThe story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin with a twist.
- DirectorPäivi HartzellStarsSatu SilvoOuti VainionkulmaSebastian KaatrasaloIn this adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's longest story, the beautiful Snow Queen has captured two children and now keeps them apart. She has inserted a sliver of her own special ice into the eye of the boy, so that his heart will turn to ice and will be a proper match for hers. The boy's sister, meanwhile, has won free and attempts to find her brother. When she does, the warmth of her love for him melts his frozen heart and defeats the Snow Queen decisively.
- DirectorWill VintonStarsWill GeerTim ConnerBob GriggsRip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where he runs into an odd group of men drinking and playing bowls. He drinks some of their mysterious brew and passes out. When he wakes up under a tree he is astonished to find that 20 years have passed and things are a lot different. This is a charming story about how America changed due to the revolutionary war, only in a different and more subtle way than ever told before.