Movies: Based on myths legends or folklore

One of the most frightening of American urban myths is the legend of The Mothman, a red-eyed creature seen by some as a harbinger of doom in 1960s rural West Virginia, where sightings of the winged demonic beast were first documented near an old muni...

Based on a local legend and set in an unknown era, it deals with universal themes of love, possessiveness, family, jealousy and power. Beautifully shot, and acted by Inuit people, it portrays a time when people fought duels by taking turns to punch e...

The story of Oedipus' gradual discovery of his primal crime, killing his father and marrying his mother, filmed by the famed British theatrical director Sir Tyrone Guthrie. This elegant version of Sophocles' play adds a brilliant stroke: the actors w...

In 1988, in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, an 11-years-old boy is worried for his grandmother's life. Worn out by illness, the old storyteller tries to convince her grandson that Death no longer exists. Her story will bring back to life the extraordinary peop...

The Golem, a giant creature created out of clay by a rabbi, comes to life in a time of trouble to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution....

Based on Finnish mythology; Lemminkäinen woos the fair Annikki and battles the evil witch Louhi. Louhi kidnaps Annikki to compel her brother to build for her a Sampo, a magical device that creates salt, grain, and gold. When Lemminkäinen fails to rec...

Four young people escape Athens to a forest where the king and queen of the fairies are quarreling, while meanwhile, a troupe of amateur actors rehearses a play. When the fairy Puck uses a magic flower to make people fall in love, the whole thing bec...

A film version of a well-known Georgian folk-tale. A young boy has to be immured into the walls of a fortress in order to stop it from crumbling to pieces....

The Californian sun, which lights up the city, lights up again every evening in cinemas all over the world". Guided by these words from Blaise Cendrars, L.A. L.A. END is a stroll through Los Angeles, among the remnants of Hollywood's Golden Age. Foll...

Urban legend horror film based on the true story of the "Ghost Apartment Incident" that occurred in Gifu Prefecture's Tomika Town in 2000....

An expedition to Arkansas searches for a Bigfoot called the Quachita Beast while paranormal events surround the Prophecy of the beast....

An inspiring English teacher transports her class into the very heart of a Persian poem....

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An Original Documentary Film that explores 4 unique haunted hot spots including a Gothic Haunted House, America's Oldest Lighthouse, Ryholite Ghost Town, Nevada and a haunted Train Museum. With Mark Hall-Patton from "Pawn Stars"...

A young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father....

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...

A live recording of an amended version of the Robin Hood story, staged at the Palaís des congrès de Paris in January 2014....

A lonely fisherman drifts into haunted waters in search of food and finds much more than he bargained for. Based on an Inuit folktale....

A group of children kidnap the legendary Christmas Witch, and put her on trial as a means of banishing her annual judgments....

In 17th century Spain, amidst the Basque mountains, Kattalin flees her husband, escaping from her farmhouse at night. Wandering in the deep forest, she senses a pursuing presence. She encounters three women recounting superstitions and village gossip...