Films set in castles

1.

Snow White and the Huntsman

2012 film by Rupert Sanders

Overview: Snow White & the Huntsman is a 2012 American fantasy action-adventure film based on the German fairy tale "Snow White" compiled by the Brothers Grimm. The directorial debut of Rupert Sanders, it was written ...

Release date: 20 December 2012

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Drama

Director: Rupert Sanders

Cast: Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin, Sam Spruell, Ian McShane

Producer: Laurie Boccacio, Gloria S. Borders

Writer: Evan Daugherty, John Lee Hancock

In a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest ...

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Golden Raspberry Award winning films 242T

Casting controversies in film 60T

2012 directorial debut films 231T

2.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1975 American film by Jim Sharman

Overview: The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 independent musical comedy horror film produced by Lou Adler and Michael White, directed by Jim Sharman, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay was ...

Release date: 14 August 1975

Genre: Comedy, Musical, Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Jim Sharman

Cast: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell

Producer: Lou Adler, John Goldstone

Writer: Richard O'Brien, Jim Sharman

A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter.

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Films shot at EMI-Elstree Studios 141T

LGBT-related comedy horror films 28T

Science fiction musical films 21T

3.

The Little Vampire

2000 film

Overview: The Little Vampire is a 2000 comedy horror film loosely based on the children's book series of the same name by German writer Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, about a boy who tries to save a young vampire and ...

Release date: 18 August 2000

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror

Director: Uli Edel

Cast: Jonathan Lipnicki, Richard E. Grant, Jim Carter, Alice Krige, Pamela Gidley, Tommy Hinkley

Producer: Klaus Bauschulte, Alexander Buchman

Writer: Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, Karey Kirkpatrick

A lonely American boy living in Scotland makes a new best friend, a fellow nine year-old who happens to be a vampire.

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German children's comedy films 4T

English-language Scottish films 103T

2000s English-language films 4,269T

4.

The Little Mermaid

1989 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation

Overview: The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation in association with Silver Screen Partners IV and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is ...

Release date: 15 November 1989

Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance

Director: Ron Clements, John Musker

Cast: Rene Auberjonois, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Paddi Edwards, Buddy Hackett

Producer: Howard Ashman, Maureen Donley

Writer: John Musker, Ron Clements

A mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain in an attempt to become human and win a prince's love.

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Animated films about shapeshifting 8T

Animation controversies in film 102T

Walt Disney Pictures animated films 7T

5.

Dracula

1992 film by Francis Ford Coppola

Overview: Bram Stoker's Dracula is a 1992 American gothic horror film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and written by James V. Hart, based on the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. The film stars Gary ...

Release date: 13 November 1992

Genre: Horror, Romance

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Cast: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves, Richard E. Grant, Cary Elwes

Producer: Michael Apted, Francis Ford Coppola

Writer: Bram Stoker, James V. Hart

The centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign ...

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1990s English-language films 3,955T

Best Horror Film Saturn Award winners 45T

Period horror films 39T

6.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

1968 film by Ken Hughes

Overview: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 children's musical adventure film directed by Ken Hughes and produced by Albert R. Broccoli. It stars Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Fröbe, Anna ...

Release date: 16 December 1968

Genre: Family, Comedy, Musical, Fantasy, Adventure

Director: Ken Hughes

Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Fröbe, Anna Quayle, Benny Hill

Producer: Albert R. Broccoli, Stanley Sopel

Writer: Ian Fleming, Roald Dahl

A down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure ...

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1960s English-language films 1,311T

British musical fantasy films 17T

1960s musical fantasy films 6T

7.

Alice in Wonderland

1951 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions

Overview: Alice in Wonderland is a 1951 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is based on Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Ad ...

Release date: 26 July 1951

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical

Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson

Cast: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway, Jerry Colonna, Verna Felton

Producer: Walt Disney

Writer: Lewis Carroll, Winston Hibler

Alice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way.

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Films with screenplays by Winston Hibler 20T

1950s English-language films 3,484T

1950s fantasy adventure films 36T

8.

Beauty and the Beast

2017 film directed by Bill Condon

Overview: Beauty and the Beast is a 2017 American musical romantic fantasy film directed by Bill Condon from a screenplay by Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures with Mandeville ...

Release date: 17 March 2017

Genre: Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Family

Director: Bill Condon

Cast: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Kevin Kline, Hattie Morahan

Producer: Steve Gaub, Don Hahn

Writer: Stephen Chbosky, Evan Spiliotopoulos

A selfish Prince is cursed to become a monster for the rest of his life, unless he learns to fall in love with a beautiful young woman he keeps prisoner ...

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Disney and LGBT 54T

2010s American films 8,164T

Films produced by Todd Lieberman 20T

9.

Maleficent

2014 film directed by Robert Stromberg

Overview: Maleficent is a 2014 American fantasy film starring Angelina Jolie as Maleficent in a live-action retelling of her villainous role in Walt Disney's 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty, itself an adaptation ...

Release date: 28 May 2014

Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance, Thriller, Mystery

Director: Robert Stromberg

Cast: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Lesley Manville, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple

Producer: Sarah Bradshaw, Don Hahn

Writer: Linda Woolverton, Charles Perrault

A vengeful fairy is driven to curse an infant princess, only to discover that the child may be the one person who can restore peace to their troubled land ...

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Live-action films based on Disney's animated films 18T

2010s English-language films 5,221T

Maleficent (franchise) 5T

10.

Your Highness

2011 US stoner comic fantasy film by David Gordon Green

Overview: Your Highness is a 2011 American stoner comic fantasy film directed by David Gordon Green. It stars Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zooey Deschanel, and Justin Theroux. Written by McBride ...

Release date: 8 April 2011

Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller

Director: David Gordon Green

Cast: Danny McBride, James Franco, Rasmus Hardiker, Natalie Portman, Toby Jones, Justin Theroux

Producer: Andrew Z. Davis, Mark Huffam

Writer: Danny McBride, Ben Best

When Prince Fabious's bride is kidnapped, he goes on a quest to rescue her... accompanied by his lazy useless brother Thadeous.

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2010s English-language films 5,218T

2011 comedy films 410T

2010s adventure comedy films 182T

11.

Young Frankenstein

1974 American comedy horror film by Mel Brooks

Overview: Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder. Wilder also starred in the lead role as the title character, a ...

Release date: 15 December 1974

Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi

Director: Mel Brooks

Cast: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr

Producer: Michael Gruskoff

Writer: Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks

An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania ...

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1970s English-language films 1,342T

Best Horror Film Saturn Award winners 45T

1974 comedy films 167T

12.

Where Eagles Dare

1968 film by Brian G. Hutton

Overview: Where Eagles Dare is a 1968 action adventure war thriller spy film directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure. It follows a Special Operations Executive team of ...

Release date: 4 December 1968

Genre: War, Drama, Adventure, Action

Director: Brian G. Hutton

Cast: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Patrick Wymark, Michael Hordern, Donald Houston

Producer: Jerry Gershwin, Denis Holt

Writer: Alistair MacLean

Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding American brigadier general George Carnaby prisoner, but that's not all that's ...

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Films shot at MGM-British Studios 133T

1960s English-language films 3,111T

British World War II films 94T

13.

Van Helsing

2004 film by Stephen Sommers

Overview: Van Helsing is a 2004 action horror film written and directed by Stephen Sommers. It stars Hugh Jackman as monster hunter Van Helsing and Kate Beckinsale as Anna Valerious. Van Helsing is both an homage ...

Release date: 3 May 2004

Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Fantasy, Thriller, Drama, Mystery

Director: Stephen Sommers

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, Shuler Hensley, Elena Anaya

Producer: Bob Ducsay, Sam Mercer

Writer: Stephen Sommers

The famed monster hunter is sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula, who is using Dr. Frankenstein's research and a werewolf for nefarious purposes ...

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American crossover films 41T

American werewolf films 108T

2000s English-language films 4,279T

14.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

2005 feature film directed by Andrew Adamson, adaptation of the 1950 children's fantasy novel

Overview: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a 2005 high fantasy film directed by Andrew Adamson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ann Peacock and the writing team of Christopher Markus ...

Release date: 7 December 2005

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Director: Andrew Adamson

Cast: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy

Producer: Andrew Adamson, Douglas Gresham

Writer: Ann Peacock, Andrew Adamson

Four kids travel through a wardrobe to the land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of a mystical lion.

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2000s English-language films 2,263T

2000s fantasy adventure films 128T

Films with screenplays by Andrew Adamson 6T

15.

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

2008 film directed by Andrew Adamson

Overview: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a 2008 high fantasy film directed by Andrew Adamson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, based on the 1951 novel Prince ...

Release date: 9 May 2008

Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Director: Andrew Adamson

Cast: Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Sergio Castellitto

Producer: Andrew Adamson, Micheal Flaherty

Writer: Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus

The Pevensie siblings return to Narnia, where they are enlisted to once again help ward off an evil king and restore the rightful heir to the land's ...

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Films about dwarfs 17T

2000s fantasy adventure films 127T

Films with screenplays by Andrew Adamson 6T

16.

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938 film by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley

Overview: The Adventures of Robin Hood is a 1938 American epic swashbuckler film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke, directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, and ...

Release date: 14 May 1938

Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance

Director: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley

Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette

Producer: Henry Blanke, Hal B. Wallis

Writer: Norman Reilly Raine, Seton I. Miller

When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence in 1190s England, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw ...

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1930s English-language films 2,555T

1938 adventure films 33T

Works about dueling 11T

17.

Spy Kids

2001 film by Robert Rodriguez

Overview: Spy Kids is a 2001 American spy action comedy film co-produced, written, edited, co-composed, and directed by Robert Rodriguez. The film stars Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Danny Trejo, Antonio Banderas, Carla ...

Release date: 18 March 2001

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Cast: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa PenaVega, Daryl Sabara, Alan Cumming, Tony Shalhoub

Producer: Elizabeth Avellan, Cary Granat

Writer: Robert Rodriguez

The children of secret-agent parents must save them from danger.

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2000s English-language films 4,356T

American spy action films 57T

2001 comedy films 332T

18.

Sleeping Beauty

1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney

Overview: Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. Based on Charles Perrault's 1697 fairy tale, the production ...

Release date: 29 January 1959

Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Music, Romance, Musical

Director: Les Clark, Clyde Geronimi

Cast: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen

Producer: Walt Disney

Writer: Erdman Penner, Charles Perrault

After being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good ...

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American animated feature films 68T

1950s English-language films 3,485T

Disney Princess films 12T

19.

Shrek 2

2004 film directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon

Overview: Shrek 2 is a 2004 American animated fantasy comedy film loosely based on the 1990 children's picture book Shrek! by William Steig. Directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon (in Vernon's ...

Release date: 15 May 2004

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Director: Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury

Cast: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Julie Andrews, Antonio Banderas, John Cleese

Producer: Jeffrey Katzenberg, David Lipman

Writer: William Steig, Andrew Adamson

Shrek and Fiona travel to the Kingdom of Far Far Away, where Fiona's parents are King and Queen, to celebrate their marriage. When they arrive, they find ...

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Film controversies in Israel 5T

2000s English-language films 4,277T

2004 fantasy films 16T

20.

Puss in Boots

2011 film by Chris Miller

Overview: Puss in Boots is a 2011 American animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is a spin-off of the Shrek film series and its fifth installment ...