Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "based-on-mythology"

1. Hercules (1997)

G | 93 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The son of Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it.

Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Tate Donovan, Susan Egan, James Woods, Barbara Barrie

Votes: 256,016 | Gross: $99.05M

2. Fantasia (1940)

G | 124 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

A series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney's team of artists.

Directors: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Corey Burton

Votes: 104,244 | Gross: $76.41M

3. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Adventurer Lara Croft goes on a quest to save the mythical Pandora's Box, before an evil scientist finds it, and recruits a former Marine turned mercenary to assist her.

Director: Jan de Bont | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Chris Barrie, Ciarán Hinds

Votes: 145,084 | Gross: $65.66M

4. Kalki 2898 AD (2024)

Action, Adventure, Drama | Completed

A modern-day avatar of Vishnu, a Hindu god, who is believed to have descended to earth to protect the world from evil forces.

Director: Nag Ashwin | Stars: Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Deepika Padukone

5. The Bible (2013)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Drama, War

A religious dramatic miniseries about God's creation and physical landmark events leading up to the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Stars: Keith David, Robert Powell, Jake Canuso, Diogo Morgado

Votes: 12,368

6. Belladonna of Sadness (1973)

Unrated | 86 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

After being raped by an evil feudal lord and subsequently getting banished from her village, a peasant girl makes a pact with the Devil to gain magical powers and take her revenge.

Director: Eiichi Yamamoto | Stars: Aiko Nagayama, Chinatsu Nakayama, Masaya Takahashi, Masakane Yonekura

Votes: 7,831 | Gross: $0.11M

7. Son of the White Mare (1981)

Unrated | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

In this dreamlike Hungarian folk myth, a horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim their ancestors' lost kingdom.

Director: Marcell Jankovics | Stars: György Cserhalmi, Vera Pap, Gyula Szabó, Ferenc Szalma

Votes: 2,892

8. Cracow Monsters (2022– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A young woman haunted by her past joins a mysterious professor and his group of gifted students who investigate paranormal activity and fight demons.

Stars: Barbara Liberek, Andrzej Chyra, Stanislaw Linowski, Mateusz Górski

Votes: 2,322

9. Shaakuntalam (2023)

Not Rated | 149 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

The love story of King Dushyantha and Shakuntala, daughter of sage Vishwamitra and nymph Menaka. Due to a sage's curse, Dushyant forgets all about Shakuntala, until destiny brings them together again.

Director: Gunasekhar | Stars: Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Dev Mohan, Mohan Babu, Aditi Balan

Votes: 1,736

10. Allegro non troppo (1976)

PG | 75 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

An enthusiastic filmmaker thinks he's come up with a totally original idea: animation set to classical music! When he is informed that some American named "Prisney" (or something) has ... See full summary »

Director: Bruno Bozzetto | Stars: Maurizio Nichetti, Maurizio Micheli, Marialuisa Giovannini, Néstor Garay

Votes: 3,222

11. Star Trek: Odyssey (2007–2011)

Short, Sci-Fi

A Star Trek fan production based on the Homer's The Odyssey telling the story of a spaceship trying to go home after getting lost in the Andromeda Galaxy.

Stars: Brandon McConnell, Michelle G. O'Neil, Julia Morizawa, Matthew Montgomery

Votes: 124

12. Sea Prince and the Fire Child (1981)

TV-Y7-FV | 108 min | Animation, Drama, Family

A prince of the sea and a child of fire engage in a tragic forbidden romance.

Director: Masami Hata | Stars: Tôru Furuya, Mami Koyama, Ikue Sakakibara, Jûkichi Uno

Votes: 594

13. A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 45 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Santa Claus and the mischievous brothers Heat Miser and Snow Miser are the targets of yuletide treachery in the animated delight A Miser Brothers' Christmas.

Director: Dave Barton Thomas | Stars: Mickey Rooney, George S. Irving, Juan Chioran, Catherine Disher

Votes: 1,338

14. Arjun: The Warrior Prince (2012)

Not Rated | 96 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Arjun, a Pandava, learns the art of warfare from Drona and becomes his most skilled student. Meanwhile, Duryodhana and his uncle, Shakuni, conspire to win over everything that belongs to the Pandavas.

Directors: Arnab Chaudhuri, Pavan Buragohain, K.K. Raina | Stars: Yudhveer Bakoliya, Ashok Banthia, Ravi Khanvilkar, Vijay Kashyap

Votes: 2,074 | Gross: $0.01M

15. Afterlife (1978)

18+ | 7 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy

A psychedelic new-age short about what a spiritual human being might find after death.

Director: Ishu Patel

Votes: 175

16. Noah's Ark (1959)

Approved | 19 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Noah gets the word: build an ark in seven days. His sons cut the necessary trees in three days, and much furious sawing and hammering follows. But there's no rest, as they need to round up ... See full summary »

Director: Bill Justice | Stars: Jerome Courtland, Jeanne Bruns, James MacDonald, Paul Frees

Votes: 356

17. Harpya (1979)

9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

An unknowing man rescues a rather aggressive and demanding harpy.

Director: Raoul Servais | Stars: Will Spoor, Fran Waller Zeper, Sjoert Schwibethus

Votes: 1,067

18. Ouk an lavois para tou mi ehontos (2010–2011)

Animation, Comedy

After several thousand years of service, the Greek gods are finally retiring. Each one has to settle their accounts before they are replaced by a new bureaucracy consisting of Christian ... See full summary »

Stars: Panagiotis Natsis, Petros Filippidis, Maria Kavoyianni, Steve Douzos

Votes: 676

19. Herkules (1997)

45 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Once upon a time when monsters and ogres were living all over the world, Zeus decided after the birth of Hercules, to immortalise him and make him be the sovereign of the Greek people. But ... See full summary »

Director: Roswitha Haas | Stars: Jens Hagemann, Simone Greiss, Armin Drogat, Thorsten Morawietz

Votes: 135

20. Promithefs desmotis (II) (1927)

Drama

A short documentary about the theatrical performance of Aeschylus' "Prometheus Bound", which was presented at the Delphic Festivals. The first record of Aggelos Sikelianos' efforts to present ancient Greek tragedy in an ancient theatre.

Director: Dimos Vratsanos | Stars: Thanos Bourlos, Dora Stratou, Popi Rigopoulou, Elli Grigoriadou

Votes: 8

21. Divine Fate (1993)

11 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy

An environmental morality tale. A divine gate gives one all that one desires, on the condition that one takes only what one needs and one gives something good in return.

Director: Ishu Patel | Stars: Linda Morrison, Jason Lang, Aron Tager, Susan Glover

Votes: 63

22. Atarrabi & Mikelats (2020)

123 min | Drama, Fantasy

Adapts the Basque legend of Atarrabi and Mikelats, the tragic story of the sons of goddess Mari-Mother Earth- who are given to the devil for him to raise them.

Director: Eugène Green | Stars: Saia Hiriart, Lukas Hiriart, Ainara Leemans, Thierry Biscary

Votes: 99

23. Tunga

Animation, Action, Adventure | Announced

Tunga, a young African girl and her animal totem Zuze must venture to a mythical city to learn the magic of summoning rain to save her village from drought.

Director: Rosendo Ruíz

24. The Sculptor's Dream (1930)

Drama

A sculptor dreams about his work coming to life and having various adventures.

Director: Lou Tellegen | Stars: Lou Tellegen, Georgia Vasileiadou, Dolores Del Río, Don Alvarado

Votes: 7

25. Kyulyuk Khomus (2019)

84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Sardaana arrives at a village for work as a teacher. She meets a photographer Nyurgun, and he invites her to look at the museum full of spooky items. When Nyurgun is absent, Sardaana falls ... See full summary »

Director: 'Hiki' Pyotr Struchkov | Stars: Rimma Fyodorova, Dmitriy Khoyutanov, Aelina Kolesova, Yeva Kuzmenko

Votes: 19