Movies: Based on myths legends or folklore

  • 1947
    The Animals and the Brigands

    The Animals and the Brigands (1947)

    The Animals and the Brigands

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    The second cartoon by Jiri Trnka that was a sensation at the festival in Cannes in 1946 when it defeated the world animation elite of the time. It is a musical fairy-tale based on a famous folk story about animals that deterred thieves....

    The Animals and the Brigands
  • 2017
    MacCumhaill

    MacCumhaill (2017)

    MacCumhaill

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    MacCumhaill is a tale of a vigilante who assumes himself to be the reincarnation of the mythical Fionn MacCumhaill. He is obsessed and convinced that modern day Ireland is completely over run by crime and violence and will do anything he can to stop ...

    MacCumhaill
  • 2022
    Baek-il

    Baek-il (2022)

    Baek-il

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    The Korean legend of Ungnyeo, a bear reborn as a woman, becomes a percussive and mesmerizing riff on the themes of transformation and quarantine. Produced as part of the 13th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship....

    Baek-il
  • 1989
    Sedm sestřiček

    Sedm sestřiček (1989)

    Sedm sestřiček

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    Sedm sestřiček
  • 1993
    Tisíc a jedna noc

    Tisíc a jedna noc (1993)

    Tisíc a jedna noc

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    Tisíc a jedna noc
  • 1951
    The Golden Fish

    The Golden Fish (1951)

    The Golden Fish

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    A poor fisherman catches the golden fish that promises him to fulfil three wishes if he sets her free again. He does so and the fish fulfils two of his three wishes. However, she refuses to fulfil the third one, the last one in which the fisherman’s ...

    The Golden Fish
  • 1979
    O čertovi a jednom vojákovi

    O čertovi a jednom vojákovi (1979)

    O čertovi a jednom vojákovi

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    O čertovi a jednom vojákovi
  • 1969
    The Screaming Woods

    The Screaming Woods (1969)

    The Screaming Woods

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    In 2020, three filmmakers visited Britain’s most haunted village - Pluckley, in Kent - to shoot a documentary about its many legendary ghosts, and to conduct their own paranormal investigation. The three soon discover that the stories and legends are...

    The Screaming Woods
  • 2008
    Nikita the Tanner

    Nikita the Tanner (2008)

    Nikita the Tanner

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    Nikita, a simple craftsman, is fighting the Gorynych Serpent....

    Nikita the Tanner
  • 2007
    Writing the Land

    Writing the Land (2007)

    Writing the Land

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    In this short documentary, a Musqueam elder rediscovers his Native language and traditions in the city of Vancouver, in the vicinity of which the Musqueam people have lived for thousands of years. Writing the Land captures the ever-changing nature of...

    Writing the Land
  • 1971
    Prasátka se vlka nebojí

    Prasátka se vlka nebojí (1971)

    Prasátka se vlka nebojí

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    Prasátka se vlka nebojí
  • 1968
    Aksak Kulan

    Aksak Kulan (1968)

    Aksak Kulan

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    This film is based on a Kazakh legend which tells about the story of dombra...

    Aksak Kulan
  • 1926
    Burglars of

    Burglars of "Baghdad" Castle (1926)

    Burglars of "Baghdad" Castle

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    In order to win the hand of a princess, a man must defeat an evil dragon and claim its treasured magic stone. Upon his return, Baghdad has been invaded and he must use the stone to defeat his new enemy....

    Burglars of
  • 2011
    It's The Same Story

    It's The Same Story (2011)

    It's The Same Story

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    Two storytellers put forth their versions of the story of Shravan Kumar. The art for the film uses painted images from a wooden portable shrine called a Kaavad. The film is a collaborative work between traditional Kaavad storytellers and Kaavad artis...

    It's The Same Story
  • 2024
    Loco Ghosts

    Loco Ghosts (2024)

    Loco Ghosts

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    Uncovering the haunted secrets at one of America's largest Train Museums with a Team of Paranormal Investigators, Museum employees and Historians....

    Loco Ghosts
  • 1969
    Crimean Legend

    Crimean Legend (1969)

    Crimean Legend

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    The animation was shot based on the folk tale about Ayu-Dag (Bear Mountain)....

    Crimean Legend
  • 1981
    Aucassin a Nicoletta

    Aucassin a Nicoletta (1981)

    Aucassin a Nicoletta

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    Aucassin a Nicoletta
  • 1980
    The Tinker's Tale

    The Tinker's Tale (1980)

    The Tinker's Tale

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    The Tinker's Tale
  • 2014
    Slender Man

    Slender Man (2014)

    Slender Man

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    There are strange things in the woods... Photographs from the early 1900s were the next confirmed reports, where imagery of Slenderman can be found in classical black and white and sepia imagery. Reports from this time indicate sightings in America,...

    Slender Man
  • 1989
    The Touch

    The Touch (1989)

    The Touch

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    On her way to the Promised Land, a blind girl meets a gangster and they fall in love. Their love makes a miracle: the girl regains her sight. This romantic story ends tragically....

    The Touch