Adaptions of Something That Came Around Well Before The Ones We Know Best From Disney
by CuriousUserX90 | created - 25 May 2022 | updated - 25 May 2022 | PublicTurns out that Disney weren't the first ones to adapt certain stuff, especially when it comes to fairy tales.
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1. Jungle Book (1942)
Approved | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A boy raised by wild animals tries to adapt to human village life.
Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: Sabu, Joseph Calleia, John Qualen, Frank Puglia
Votes: 4,696 | Gross: $2.83M
2. Aladdin (1986)
PG | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Updating of the old "Aladdin" Arabian Nights tale, as a teenager in modern-day Miami finds a magic lantern and out pops a genie, who's been asleep for 200 years and in his gratitude grants the boy several wishes.
Director: Bruno Corbucci | Stars: Bud Spencer, Luca Venantini, Janet Agren, Julian Voloshin
Votes: 3,590
3. The Frog Prince (II) (1986)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young British girl journeys to Paris to go to college, and is determined to find the man of her dreams and fall madly in love. However, things don't work out quite the way she planned.
Director: Brian Gilbert | Stars: Jane Snowden, Alexandre Sterling, Diana Blackburn, Øystein Wiik
Votes: 112 | Gross: $0.03M
4. Peter Pan (1924)
105 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Peter Pan enters the nursery of the Darling children and, with the help of fairy dust, leads them off to Never Never Land, where they meet the nefarious Captain Hook.
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Betty Bronson, Ernest Torrence, George Ali, Esther Ralston
Votes: 1,263 | Gross: $0.63M
5. The Little Mermaid (1975)
Not Rated | 74 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A mermaid falls in love with a human prince, which leads to tragedy.
Directors: Tomoharu Katsumata, Tim Reid | Stars: Fumie Kashiyama, Mariko Miyagi, Tarô Shigaki, Hideki Shibata
Votes: 1,149
6. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.
Directors: Jean Cocteau, René Clément | Stars: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély, Nane Germon
Votes: 28,086 | Gross: $0.30M
7. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Passed | 116 min | Drama, Romance
In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 12,280 | Gross: $3.27M
8. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (I) (1923)
Passed | 133 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
In 15th-century Paris, the brother of the archdeacon plots with the gypsy king to foment a peasant revolt. Meanwhile, a freakish hunchback falls in love with a gypsy dancer.
Director: Wallace Worsley | Stars: Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Kate Lester
Votes: 6,101 | Gross: $2.22M
9. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy
The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Jean Danet, Alain Cuny
Votes: 3,167
10. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance
Disfigured man Quasimodo (Sir Anthony Hopkins) is feared and tormented by the townspeople of Notre Dame, but he has a sensitive nature of which few are aware.
Directors: Michael Tuchner, Alan Hume | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Derek Jacobi, David Suchet, Gerry Sundquist
Votes: 1,435
11. Hercules (1983)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Fantasy, History
The story of the Greek mythological figure, updated in this '80s version.
Director: Luigi Cozzi | Stars: Lou Ferrigno, Brad Harris, Sybil Danning, Rossana Podestà
Votes: 4,406 | Gross: $10.68M
12. Hercules (1958)
G | 107 min | Adventure, Fantasy, History
The muscular Hercules performs his Labors, sails with the Argonauts, and romances the fair Iole.
Director: Pietro Francisci | Stars: Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Fabrizio Mioni, Ivo Garrani
Votes: 2,335 | Gross: $10.90M
13. Hercules (1995 Video)
Not Rated | 50 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A film about the famous Greek hero Hercules and about his legendary stories.
Directors: Toshiyuki Hiruma, Takashi Masunaga | Stars: Tony Ail, Nathan Aswell, Kathleen Barr, Lillian Carlson
Votes: 259
14. Hercules (1964)
142 min | Adventure
Director: Shriram | Stars: Dara Singh Randhawa, Mumtaz Askari, Dorothy, Habib
Votes: 38
15. Tarzan the Ape Man (1981)
Approved | 115 min | Adventure, Drama
While on an African expedition with her father, Jane Parker meets Tarzan, and the two become fascinated by each other.
Director: John Derek | Stars: Bo Derek, Richard Harris, Miles O'Keeffe, John Phillip Law
Votes: 6,228 | Gross: $36.57M
16. Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
Passed | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A trader and his daughter set off in search of the fabled graveyard of the elephants in deepest Africa, only to encounter a wild man raised by apes.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith, Maureen O'Sullivan
Votes: 8,217
17. Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Not Rated | 73 min | Action, Adventure
Reared by a childless ape, the orphaned heir of the Greystokes becomes one of the apes. Then Dr Porter organises a rescue expedition, and his beautiful daughter Jane catches his attention. Has Tarzan of the Apes found the perfect mate?
Director: Scott Sidney | Stars: Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey, True Boardman, Kathleen Kirkham
Votes: 930 | Gross: $3.27M
18. Tarzan the Fearless (1933)
Passed | 86 min | Adventure, Family
Mary Brooks' father, who has been studying ancient tribes, falls into the hands of the people of Zar, god of the Emerald Fingers. Tarzan helps Mary locate her father, rescues everyone from the High Priest of Zar and takes Mary to his cave.
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Julie Bishop, Edward Woods, Philo McCullough
Votes: 827
19. Alice in Wonderland (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In Victorian England a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland populated by even more fantastic characters.
Directors: Norman Z. McLeod, Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising | Stars: Richard Arlen, Roscoe Ates, William Austin, Gary Cooper
Votes: 2,613
20. Alice in Wonderland (1915)
Not Rated | 52 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Alice goes with her sister to a picnic and then she falls asleep and starts dreaming about a wonderland full of talking animals and walking playing cards.
Director: W.W. Young | Stars: Viola Savoy, Herbert Rice, Elmo Lincoln, Harry Marks
Votes: 724
21. Alice in Wonderland (1931)
55 min | Family, Fantasy
A young girl named Alice falls down a rabbit-hole and wanders into the strange world of Wonderland.
Director: Bud Pollard | Stars: Ruth Gilbert, Ralph Hertz, Lillian Ardell, Mabel Wright
Votes: 201
22. Alice in Wonderland (1946 TV Movie)
40 min | Drama, Fantasy
A young girl named Alice falls down a rabbit-hole and finds herself in Wonderland, a fantasy land of strange characters and ideas.
Director: George More O'Ferrall | Stars: Vivian Pickles, Erik Chitty, Desmond Walter-Ellis, John Baker
23. Alice in Wonderland (1937 TV Movie)
30 min | Fantasy
Film "Alice in Wonderland" based on the novels by Lewis Carroll.
Director: George More O'Ferrall | Stars: Ursula Hanray, Walter Tobias, Earl Grey, Fred O'Donovan
24. The Snow Queen (1995)
78 min | Animation, Fantasy
Tom (Damian Hunt) and his sister Ellie (Ellie Beaven) live in an ordinary town leading ordinary lives but not for long. Far away, in her vast ice palace, the Snow Queen (Dame Helen Mirren) ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Gates | Stars: Ellie Beaven, David Jason, Hugh Laurie, Helen Mirren
Votes: 582
25. The Snow Queen (1986)
Unrated | 90 min | Family, Fantasy
In 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Päivi Hartzell | Stars: Satu Silvo, Outi Vainionkulma, Sebastian Kaatrasalo, Tuula Nyman
Votes: 497
26. The Snow Queen (1957)
Unrated | 74 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
When the Snow Queen, a lonely and powerful fairy, kidnaps the human boy Kay, his best friend Gerda must overcome many obstacles on her journey to rescue him.
Director: Lev Atamanov | Stars: Vladimir Gribkov, Yanina Zheymo, Anna Komolova, Mariya Babanova
Votes: 3,023
27. The Snow Queen (2012)
PG | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
The Snow Queen created a world of eternal winter where the polar wind cools human souls. Years later, a girl named Gerda, her pet ferret Luta, and the troll Orm must save her brother Kai and the world.
Directors: Vladlen Barbe, Maksim Sveshnikov | Stars: Anna Shurochkina, Ivan Okhlobystin, Galina Tyunina, Dmitriy Nagiev
Votes: 2,861
28. Oliver Twist (1933)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Family, Mystery
An orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves.
Director: William J. Cowen | Stars: Dickie Moore, Irving Pichel, William 'Stage' Boyd, Doris Lloyd
Votes: 403
29. Oliver Twist (I) (1922)
Passed | 98 min | Drama
An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Jackie Coogan, James A. Marcus, Aggie Herring, Lewis Sargent
Votes: 941 | Gross: $4.36M
30. Oliver Twist (I) (1982 TV Movie)
103 min | Crime, Drama
The classic Charles Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: George C. Scott, Tim Curry, Michael Hordern, Timothy West
Votes: 564
31. Oliver Twist (1948)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
In Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan
Votes: 13,656
32. Treasure Island (1950)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Family
The treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate captain Long John Silver.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney, Walter Fitzgerald
Votes: 9,467
33. Treasure Island (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate Captain Long John Silver.
Director: Fraser C. Heston | Stars: Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Oliver Reed, Christopher Lee
Votes: 5,984
34. Treasure Island (1972)
G | 94 min | Adventure, Family
Young Jim Hawkins has an unforgettable encounter with pirate Captain Long John Silver and his murderous mates.
Directors: John Hough, Andrea Bianchi, Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Orson Welles, Kim Burfield, Lionel Stander, Walter Slezak
Votes: 1,497
35. Treasure Island (1934)
Passed | 110 min | Adventure, Family
Young Jim Hawkins is torn between his loyalty to his benefactors and his affection for lovable rogue Long John Silver in their struggle to recover a buried pirate treasure.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Otto Kruger
Votes: 3,165 | Gross: $2.54M
36. Treasure Island (II) (1999)
PG-13 | 94 min | Adventure, Family
An adaptation of the Robert Lewis Stevenson adventure classic, in which a young boy sets off on a voyage armed with a map to buried treasure.
Director: Peter Rowe | Stars: Sarah Holland, Pax Lohan, Anthony Booth, Christopher Benjamin
Votes: 631
37. Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
G | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Muppets set sail in search of treasure, with Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver.
Director: Brian Henson | Stars: Tim Curry, Billy Connolly, Jennifer Saunders, Kevin Bishop
Votes: 26,566 | Gross: $33.61M
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