The Tortoise and the Hare

The Tortoise and the Hare 1935

6.66

The Tortoise and the Hare is an animated short film released on January 5, 1935 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jackson. Based on an Aesop's fable of the same name, The Tortoise and the Hare won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. This cartoon is also believed to be one of the influences for Bugs Bunny.

1935

The Grasshopper and the Ants

The Grasshopper and the Ants 1934

6.47

As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his song, he's able to convince at least one small ant until the queen arrives and scares him back to work. The queen warns the grasshopper of the trouble he'll be in, come winter. Winter comes, and the grasshopper, near starvation, stumbles across the ants, who are having a full-on feast in their snug little tree. They take him in and warm him up. The queen tells him only those who work can eat so he must play for them. Written by Jon Reeves

1934

Night in Paradise

Night in Paradise 1946

4.00

Aesop of fable fame poses as an old man and woos away a princess who wants a king for his gold.

1946

Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables 1971

1

A collection of the classic morality tales narrated by Bill Cosby as "Aesop" that have been passed down from family to family for thousands of years. Every story has a lesson.

1971

The North Wind and the Sun: A Fable by Aesop

The North Wind and the Sun: A Fable by Aesop 1972

8.00

An engaging illustration, by animation artist Rhoda Leyer, of the fable in which the warm sun proves to the cold wind that persuasion is better than force when it comes to making a man take off his coat.

1972

Monkey Business

Monkey Business 1924

1

An Aesop's Fables cartoon with monkeys monkeying around.

1924

The Reflection

The Reflection 2023

10.00

A dog finds a bone. Based on the fable, "The Dog and Its Reflection" by Aesop.

2023

The Fox and the Grapes

The Fox and the Grapes 2024

1

Ash awakes to find his apartment ransacked and a mysterious stranger trapped on his roof terrace. Who is she? And why can't he recall the events of the night before? Tensions rise to a climactic altercation, prompting the stranger to share a fantastic tale. Inspired by the Aesop fable of the same name.

2024

Aesop

Aesop 1970

7.00

This film brings us back to show us the life of the famous ancient sage Aesop, who helped people with his wisdom in their struggle for freedom and happiness.

1970

Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables 1983

5.80

Aesop is a trouble-making young boy who finds himself in another world filled with creatures he never believed to exist, such as fairies and talking donkeys. He sets off to find a way back to the normal world. On his journey he befriends many classical creatures from well-known fables and encounters many trials, each teaching him a valuable lesson.

1983

Foxy Fables

Foxy Fables 1989

1

Foxy Fables is an animated television series produced by the leading Israeli animator Rony Oren. All the characters were made from moulded plasticine modelling clay on metal armatures, and filmed with stop motion clay animation. The plot of the series was based on fables by Aesop, La Fontaine, and others that features forest animals acting out the famous stories. The situations always based on the less stronger animal succeed in outsmarting the stronger one who tries to let him down. Every episode would end with a valuable moral. The program was originally created in Israel. 13 episodes were produced.

1989

Five Fables

Five Fables 2014

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Enchanting animated series depicting Aesop's classic fables in a modern translation, narrated by Billy Connolly.

2014