Folktale Movies

  • 1954
    Weak-kneed from Fear of Ghost-Cat

    Weak-kneed from Fear of Ghost-Cat

    Weak-kneed from Fear of Ghost-Cat

    61954HD

    Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period

    Weak-kneed from Fear of Ghost-Cat
  • 2024
    Meinir's Tree

    Meinir's Tree

    Meinir's Tree

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    Meinir's Tree
  • 1970
    CRICKET

    CRICKET

    CRICKET

    101970HD

    Sidney is walking her dog in the forest when she loses track of him. While searching for him she uncovers notes and remains that imply something...

    CRICKET
  • 1967
    The Ashlad and the Hungry Troll

    The Ashlad and the Hungry Troll

    The Ashlad and the Hungry Troll

    7.71967HD

    An exuberant story about Askeladden, the hero of Norwegian traditional fairy tales, outwitting the good-natured troll.

    The Ashlad and the Hungry Troll
  • 2023
    Morchang

    Morchang

    Morchang

    02023HD

    Somewhere in the windy deserts of Rajasthan, a curious little boy from a family of nomadic musicians yearns to change his family’s fate through...

    Morchang
  • 2025
    Hitch

    Hitch

    Hitch

    02025HD

    A woman encounters a hitchhiker in the middle of the night while driving. From there, things spiral into absurdity, blurring the lines between what's...

    Hitch
  • 1970
    Kris The Cat

    Kris The Cat

    Kris The Cat

    01970HD

    The Queen's cat goes on an adventure in the countryside where he discovers that love, in its many forms, surrounds him.

    Kris The Cat
  • 1970
    Abigail's Giant

    Abigail's Giant

    Abigail's Giant

    01970HD

    An old Hispanic folktale about a child-stealing witch becomes real in the life of a little girl who's caught between her parent's crumbling marriage...

    Abigail's Giant
  • 1957
    Dancing Mistress

    Dancing Mistress

    Dancing Mistress

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    Osen, a dance teacher who hates men, refuses to become the concubine of a rich merchant, but falls in love with the thief Sojiro, unaware that he is...

    Dancing Mistress
  • 1988
    The Tale of Fedot, the Shooter

    The Tale of Fedot, the Shooter

    The Tale of Fedot, the Shooter

    8.31988HD

    Wanting to destroy the Archer and marry his wife, the King comes up with tests for the hero.

    The Tale of Fedot, the Shooter
  • 1992
    Mutzmag

    Mutzmag

    Mutzmag

    61992HD

    Tom Davenport's realistic adaptation of an old Appalachian story. With nothing more than her plucky spirit and her pocket knife, a mountain girl...

    Mutzmag
  • 2018
    Southern Folktale

    Southern Folktale

    Southern Folktale

    02018HD

    Joe, a high school boy, travels to the South. To reveal the truth about a mysterious death thirty years ago. Until, on the night of the halo moon, he...

    Southern Folktale
  • 2019
    The Lady's Tale

    The Lady's Tale

    The Lady's Tale

    02019HD

    A record in moving images of a timeless dimension, the tragedy takes place in a dark void where the voiceless ones enact their drama in a theatre of...

    The Lady's Tale
  • 2017
    Suba sang Malogo

    Suba sang Malogo

    Suba sang Malogo

    02017HD

    Oscar is a man whose sorrow echoes at the river. He laments the death of his wife by disproving an urban legend, and he is ready for whatever crosses...

    Suba sang Malogo
  • 1964
    Three Charming Smiles

    Three Charming Smiles

    Three Charming Smiles

    71964HD

    Tang Bohu is smitten by the stunning beauty of Qiuxiang, the maid of Grand Tutor Hua, during his visit to a monastery in Suzhou. Stalking the maid,...

    Three Charming Smiles
  • 1936
    Bandits of Mawddwy

    Bandits of Mawddwy

    Bandits of Mawddwy

    01936HD

    In the old days it was all murder and mayhem around Llanymawddwy as this renactment of an old legend shows but, never fear, peace now reigns.

    Bandits of Mawddwy
  • 2019
    Toe

    Toe

    Toe

    6.42019HD

    A stop-motion gothic folktale. A starving young boy eats a human toe that he finds in the ground. Later that night, something comes to his bedroom...

    Toe
  • 2008
    Tír na nÓg

    Tír na nÓg

    Tír na nÓg

    62008HD

    a woman's spiritual journey in Ireland on All Hallow-Een

    Tír na nÓg
  • 2015
    Ayapaneco. El viento

    Ayapaneco. El viento

    Ayapaneco. El viento

    02015HD

    The breeze we feel everywhere is an ancient drunk man destroying everything as he goes by, until he was turned into the wind.

    Ayapaneco. El viento
  • 1985
    Nu Wa Patches Up Sky

    Nu Wa Patches Up Sky

    Nu Wa Patches Up Sky

    51985HD

    Short animated version of the Chinese folktale, Nüwa Mends the Heavens

    Nu Wa Patches Up Sky