The following list is a compilation of costume dramas (fantasy or fairytale) in movies, TV series, and animations with or without a set time period. This page will no longer be updated; I will be adding films on imdb instead.

MOVIES

• Aladdin (2019)
• Alice in Wonderland (2010) – Victorian/fantasy
• Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) – Victorian/fantasy
• Allerleirauh (2012) – Medieval/fairytale
• Beauty and the Beast (17 March 2017) – 18th Century / fairytale
• La Belle et la bête (2014) – 1810 & Medieval/fairytale
• The Brothers Grimm (2005) – Regency/fantasy
• Captain America: The First Avenger – WW2/fantasy
• Christopher Robin (2018) – WWII/fairytale
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) – WWII/fantasy
• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) – WWII/fantasy
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) – WWII/fantasy
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair (?) – fantasy *in production
• Cinderella (2015) – early 19th C / fairytale
• Cowboys and Aliens (2011) – Victorian/Sci-fi
• Crimson Peak (2015) – Victorian/fantasy
• Dark Shadows (2012) – 18th C/1970’s/fantasy
• Dracula Untold (2014) – Medieval/fantasy
• Dumbo (29 Mar 2019) – Edwardian/fairytale
• Ella Enchanted (2004) – fairytale
• Enchanted – fairytale/modern
• FairyTale: A True Story (1997) – 1917/fantasy
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) – 1920’s/fantasy
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) – 1920’s/fantasy
• The Golden Compass – fantasy
• Gulliver’s Travels – fairytale/modern
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) – fantasy
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) – fantasy
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) – fantasy
• The House with a Clock in its Walls (2018) – 1950’s/fantasy
• The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016) – fantasy
• Inkheart (2008) – fantasy/modern
• Into the Woods (2014) – fairytale
• Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) – fantasy
• The Jungle Book (2016) – Victorian/fairytale
• King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) – Medieval/fantasy
• King Kong (2005) – 1930s/fantasy
• A Knight’s Tale (2001) – fiction (Medieval)
• Labyrinth (1986) – fantasy
• The Lord of the Rings 1: The Fellowship of the Ring – fantasy
• The Lord of the Rings 2: The Two Towers – fantasy
• The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King – fantasy
• Maleficent (2014) – fairytale/Medieval
• Maleficient 2: Mistress of Evil (2019) – fairytale/Medieval
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999) – Edwardian/fantasy
• Mirror, Mirror (2012) – fairytale
• The Moon and the Sun (2015) – fantasy /Baroque
• Much Ado About Nothing – Shakespeare (Rococo and Regency)
• Mulan (27 Mar 2020) – legend
• The Mummy (1999) – 1920s/fantasy
• The Mummy Returns (2001) – 1930s/fantasy
• The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) – 1940s/fantasy
• Neverland (2011)
• The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2 Nov 2018) – Victorian/fantasy
• Oz: The Great and Powerful (2013)
• Pan (2015) – WWII/fairytale
• Peter Pan (2003) – Victorian/fairytale
• Pinocchio (2019) – 18-19th C?/fairytale
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) – Georgian/fantasy
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) – Georgian/fantasy
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) – Georgian/fantasy
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) – Georgian/fantasy
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) – Georgian/fantasy
• Pirates of the Caribbean 6 (?) – fantasy
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) – Regency/fantasy
• The Princess Bride (1987) – fairytale (Medieval)
• Red Riding Hood (2011) – fairytale
• Robin Hood (2018) – Medieval/fantasy
• The Secret of Moonacre (2008) – fantasy (Victorian)
• The Seventh Son (2015)
• The Shape of Water (2017) – 1960’s/fantasy
• Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) – fairytale
• Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace – Sci-fi
• Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones (2002) – Sci-fi
• Star Wars III: The Revenge of the Sith (2005) – Sci-fi
• Stardust (2007) – fairytale (Victorian and Medieval)
• Tale of Tales / Il racconto dei racconti (2015) – fairytale (Baroque)
• Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973) – fairytale (Medieval)
• The Time Machine (2002) – Victorian/sci-fi
• Van Helsing (2004) – Victorian/fantasy
• Victor Frankenstein (2015) – Victorian/sci-fi
• Wonder Woman (2018) – WWI/fantasy
• Your Highness (2011) – fairytale/Medieval

TV SERIES

• Carnival Row (2019) – Victorian/fantasy
• Dracula (2013) – Costumes have a modern twist on Victorian clothing
• ITV’s Beowulf (2016) – Medieval/fantasy
• Firefly – S1E4 (2002) – Sci-fi
• ITV’s The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015) – Victoria/scifi
• Galavant (2015) – fairytale
• The Game of Thrones (2011-Present) – Medieval/fantasy
• Hans Christian Andersen: My Life As A Fairytale (2001) – fairytale/19th Century
• Legend of Cambria (2018) – Medieval/fantasy
• Merlin’s Apprentice (2006) – fairytale
• Once Upon A Time (2011-2017) – fairytale/fantasy/modern
• Once Upon A Time in Wonderland (2013-2014) – Victorian England / fantasy
• ITV’s Peter & Wendy (2015) – modern/Victorian/fantasy
• Prince Charming (2001) – Medieval / modern
• Reign (2013-Present) – Elizabethan/fantasy
• Snow White (2001) – Medieval/fairytale
• Tenth Kingdom (2000) – fairytale/modern

ANIMATION

• Adama (2015) – historical fiction (1914)
• The Adventures of Tin Tin (2011) – historical fiction (early 20th Century)
• Aladdin – historical fairytale
• Anastasia – historical fairytale (early 20th Century)
• Beauty & The Beast – historical fairytale (late Victorian)
• Brave – historical fairytale (Medieval)
• Cinderella – historical fairytale (late Victorian)
• Elena of Avalor (2016) – fairytale
• Enchanted (2007) – fairytale (animation: medieval / live-action: modern)
• BBC One’s Ethel & Ernest (2016)
• Frozen (2013) – fairytale (mid/late Victorian)
• Frozen 2 (22 Nov 2019) – fairytale (mid/late Victorian)
• Hotel Transylvania (2012) – Victorian/present-day/fantasy
• Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart (2014) – Victorian/fantasy
• The Little Mermaid – historical fairytale (Mixture of period costumes)
• Mavka: The Forest Song (2018?) – Ancient Ukrainian Pagan Mythology
• Moana (2016) – fiction
• Mulan – historical fiction
• Peter Pan – historical fairytale (late Victorian)
• CBC’s Pirate’s Passage (4 Jan 2015) – 1950’s/fantasy
• Pocahontas – historical fairytale (Jacobean)
• The Princess & the Frog – historical fairytale (1920s)
• Puss in Boots (2011)
• Shrek 1-4 (2001-2010) – historical fairytale (Medieval)
• Sleeping Beauty – historical fairytale (Medieval but mixture of period costumes)
• Snow White – historical fairytale (Medieval)
• The Stolen Princess (2017)
• The Swan Princess – historical fairytale (Medieval)
• Tangled – historical fairytale (Medieval)
• Thumbelina – historical fairytale (Medieval but mixture of period costumes)