Films based on European myths and legends

1999 film directed by John McTiernan

Gremlins is a 1984 American black comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante, written by Chris Columbus and starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday and Frances Lee McCain, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo the Mogwai. It draws on legends of folkloric mischievous creatures that cause malfunctions—"gremlins"—in the British Royal Air Force going back to World War II. The story follows Billy Peltzer, who receives Gizmo as a pet, who then spawns more of his kind that evolve into the titular imp-like monsters that wreak havoc on Billy's hometown during Christmas E

Midsommar is a 2019 folk horror film written and directed by Ari Aster. It stars Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor as an American couple who are drawn into a violent cult in rural Sweden. Supporting actors include William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe, and Will Poulter.

2024 film directed by Robert Eggers

2007 film directed by Doug Lefler

2022 film directed by Robert Eggers

2011 film by Michael Dougherty

1958 film directed by Richard Fleischer

1977 film directed by Wes Craven

2006 film by Mark Palansky

2016 film by Andrei Kravchuk

2005 film by Sturla Gunnarsson

1999 film directed by Graham Baker

1994 film by Gabriel Axel

2009 film directed by Sönke Wortmann

2003 film by Jerzy Hoffman

1988 film by Ken Russell

2017 film by Dzhanik Fayziev

1984 film by Hrafn Gunnlaugsson

2022 film directed by Anton Megerdichev

British television series

2001 film directed by Brian Henson

2018 film by Rustam Mosafir

1972 film by Michael Anderson

2003 Ukrainian film directed by Oles Sanin

1991 film by Hrafn Gunnlaugsson

1981 film by Ágúst Guðmundsson

2006 film by Jonathan English

1949 film by Lee Sholem

1961 film by Ferdinando Baldi, Richard Thorpe

2001 film by Àlex Ollé

2018 film directed by Michele Soavi

2025 film directed by Konstantin Buslov