Beauty and the Beast Adaptations
Beauty and the Beast is a fairy-tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740. This original version was abridged, rewritten, retold and influenced by other stories, many variants of the tale are known across the world. The tale has been notably adapted for screen, stage, prose and television over many years.
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- DirectorCaroline LindyStarsMelissa BarreraTommy DeweyEdmund DonovanAfter her life falls apart, soft-spoken actress Laura Franco finds her voice again when she meets a terrifying, yet weirdly charming Monster living in her closet. A romantic-comedy-horror film about falling in love with your inner rage.
- CreatorYu TomofujiStarsKana HanazawaSatoshi HinoNatsumi FujiwaraThe king of the beasts and demons receives female human sacrifices to assert the dominance over the human race. However, the 99th sacrifice intrigues him and lets her stay as his consort.Also known as "Sacrificial Princess & the King of Beasts"
- StarsZheyuan ChenXuanyi WuTian'ai ZhangPrincess Qipa wakes up to find herself abducted. She is forced into becoming the bride of the Beast-Turning King, Kuimulang . Despite Qipa's repeated attempts to escape, her life is further disrupted. of the Beast-Turning Tribe.Also known as "The Princess and the Werewolf"
- StarsEisha SinghShaleen BhanotSudha ChandranRevolves around the epic saga of a Pari and a Rakshas, who are unaware of their magical legacies. What happens after they discover their true identities and the powers of their lineages?
- DirectorMamoru HosodaStarsKaho NakamuraRyo NaritaShôta SometaniSuzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer.Also known as 'Belle'
- DirectorBill CondonStarsEmma WatsonDan StevensLuke EvansA brave, beautiful, and brilliant young woman is imprisoned by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she learns to see beyond the beast's hideous exterior and realize the gentle heart of the true prince within him.
- StarsAtsumi TanezakiRyôta TakeuchiKôki UchiyamaHatori Chise, 15 years old. Lost, without hope and without family - she sells herself to a non-human mage known as Elias Ainsworth. Hesitant, she starts a new life with him as his new apprentice.Also known as "The Ancient Magus' Bride"
- DirectorChristophe GansStarsVincent CasselLéa SeydouxAndré DussollierAn unexpected romance blooms after the the youngest daughter of a merchant who has fallen on hard times offers herself to the mysterious beast to which her father has become indebted.Also known as 'Beauty and the Beast'
- StarsBlanca SuárezAlessandro PreziosiGiusy BuscemiBelle's father owes Prince Leon money, but can't pay, so he gives him his daughter until he's able to pay.
- DirectorBryan CarzanStarsShona KayBrad JohnsonJosh BendoskiIn a twist on the classic "Beauty and the Beast" tale, Isabelle is all beauty--on the outside. A glamour-queen socialite, she spends her days spoiling herself and spending money like it's going out of style. When she injures herself and gets lost in an isolated winter land, she stumbles onto the solitude of Jeremy, a man hiding from both the world and his past. He's the first person to put Isabelle in her place, and she realizes that she might be more beast than she wants to admit. Through Jeremy's influence, she begins to change--and fall in love. But will she revert to the beast and give up her chance at real love when she returns home?
- DirectorMarc-Andreas BochertStarsMaximilian SimonischekCornelia GröschelJürgen TarrachThe story of Beauty and the beast.Also known as 'Beauty and the Beast'
- CreatorsSherri Cooper-LandsmanRon KoslowJennifer LevinStarsKristin KreukJay RyanNina LisandrelloA beautiful detective falls in love with an ex-soldier who goes into hiding from the secret government organization that turned him into a mechanically charged beast.
- DirectorDaniel BarnzStarsAlex PettyferVanessa HudgensMary-Kate OlsenA modern-day take on the "Beauty and the Beast" tale where a New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love.
- DirectorDavid ListerStarsEstella WarrenRhett GilesVictor ParascosA dark twist on the morality tale of forbidden love between beautiful Belle and the feared forest Beast. As villagers are being brutally murdered and the Beast is hunted down as the one responsible for the mayhem, Belle and Beast team up to defeat the real killer the power-hungry witch's malevolent troll.
- DirectorRobert BeaucageStarsSarah Livingston EvansJared EdwardsAnna-Marie WayneThrough a series of dreamlike images, a girl and her three friends find themselves stranded in a dark and surrealistic forest by someone - or something - who has obsessively loved, watched, and waited for the girl ever since childhood.
- DirectorsB.J. AlexanderBrian BroughStuart GillardStarsSummer Naomi SmartMatthew ReeseEverest BishopA modern Christian-themed retelling of the classic fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast".
- DirectorDavid ListerStarsJane MarchJustin WhalinWilliam Gregory LeeFreya is the clan princess, pursued by Sven who wants only to become king after King Thorsson dies. Freya prefers Agnar, who was lost with a boatload of clansmen on a raid. The old king longs for one more grand adventure and takes a group to an island two days journey away. The island is cursed, being the realm of a great and brutal Beast - said to be protected by Odin. The King discovers that this is where Agnar and the others met their deaths. When the Beast attacks, most are quickly killed. The frail King is locked in battle with the Beast, and cowardly Sven runs away under the guise of helping a wounded Eric, leaving the King to die. Back in the village, Sven proclaims himself King and demands Freya wed him on the next full moon. Eric tells Freya the truth - that her Father might still be alive - and she sets out to free him, accompanied only be her friend Ingrid. They encounter the Beast and Freya exchanges herself for her wounded Father. Freya is left alone on the cursed island with the Beast and discovers all is not what it seems.
- DirectorHal HartleyStarsSarah PolleyRobert John BurkeMargrét ÁkadóttirA young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical creature.
- DirectorJerry LondonStarsJanine TurnerJamey SheridanLinden AshbyA man hires an artist to fulfill his family tradition of painting a family portrait. In this modern rendition of Beauty and the Beast, the artist is a beautiful female painter, and the model suffers from a disfiguring medical condition.
- DirectorTimothy ForderStarsMichael HordernChristopher LeePenelope KeithMonsieur Renard (Sir Christopher Lee), an independently wealthy man in seventeenth century France, prepares to go into business with his cousin, a jeweller who has has lost much of his work after being robbed by a highwayman. Renard agrees to become business partners on the condition that Monsieur Du Bois' (Sir Michael Hordern's) youngest daughter, Beauty (Kellie Bright), marries him. While travelling, Monsieur Du Bois is again attacked by a highwayman and brought to a château to recover under the care of Madame Bonbec (Penelope Keith). Du Bois picks a rose from the château's gardens which angers Du Bois' mysterious host, the Beast (Jason Connery), as each flower that is picked from the garden shortens the Beast's life by one day. The Beast agrees to let Du Bois go on the condition that he gives the Beast the thing he loves the most, his daughter Beauty; and so Beauty goes to stay at the château where she finds magic in the most unlikely of places.
- DirectorsGary TrousdaleKirk WiseStarsPaige O'HaraRobby BensonJesse CortiA prince cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young woman's love.
- DirectorEugene MarnerStarsJohn SavageRebecca De MornayYossi GraberTo save her father, a girl who always puts others before herself promises to live her life in a lavish castle with a strange beast.
- CreatorRon KoslowStarsRon PerlmanRoy DotriceJay AcovoneThe adventures and romance of a sensitive and cultured lion-man and a crusading assistant district attorney in Manhattan, New York City.
- DirectorJuraj HerzStarsZdena StudenkováVlastimil HarapesVáclav VoskaIn this gothic rendition of the classic fairy tale, a merchant's youngest daughter is held prisoner by a mysterious winged beast.Also known as 'Beauty and the Beast'
- DirectorFielder CookStarsGeorge C. ScottTrish Van DevereVirginia McKennaA beautiful girl agrees to marry a hideous, deformed beast and live in his castle in order to save her father's life.