Screenplay: Esopo

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Esopo. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Tortoise and the Hare (S)

1935 · Movie · 9 min. · United States

Direction Wilfred Jackson

Plot A retelling of Aesop's fable where the hare learns that slow and steady wins the race.

6.6

4K votes

6.6

4K votes

The Country Cousin (S)

1936 · Movie · 9 min. · United States

Direction Wilfred Jackson

Plot Abner is invited by his cousin Monty to leave Podunk behind and move to the big city. But he soon learns that the hidden dangers of big city life are...

6.3

2K votes

6.3

2K votes

The Grasshopper and the Ants (S)

1934 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Wilfred Jackson

Plot 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...

6.0

646 votes

6.0

646 votes

Heldensage (S)

1985 · Movie · 6 min. · Germany - East Germany (GDR)

Direction Kurt Weiler

5.2

33 votes

5.2

33 votes

Tortoise vs. Hare

2008 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Howard E. Baker · Arish Fyzee

Plot The movie fast-forwards 15 years beyond the original fabled race to reveal that the rivalry between the tortoise and the hare. Ready for a rematch, Murray Hare (Jay Leno) and...

5.1

26 votes

5.1

26 votes

El león enamorado (S)

1979 · Movie · 6 min. · Spain

Direction Fernando Trueba

Cast Óscar Ladoire · Antonio Resines

Plot Based on a "Letter to the Director" published at spanish daily "El Pais" on March, 8th, 1979 and signed by Stanley Burda. Based on Esopus'fable "The lion in love" and...

4.4

276 votes

4.4

276 votes

Porky's Bear Facts (S)

1941 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Friz Freleng

Plot Porky Pig works hard on his farm all year. On a neighboring farm, a bear lazes around and allows his animals to be idle. The winter comes, and he has...

Not rated

Not rated

Aesop's Fables (TV Series)

1983 · Series · 15 min. · Japan

Direction Eiji Okabe

Plot TV Series(1983). 52 Episodes. 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....

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Not rated

The Cat (S)

1971 · Movie · 10 min. · Yugoslavia

Direction Zlatko Bourek

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Tortoise Wins by a Hare (S)

1943 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Bob Clampett · Tex Avery

Plot Bugs challenges Cecil Turtle to race, only this time he's wearing an aerodynamic suit like Cecil's. Unfortunately, the gambling ring has bet everything on the rabbit, and Bugs now looks...

Not rated

Not rated

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse (S)

1980 · Movie · 5 min. · Canada

Direction Evelyn Lambart

Plot Based upon an Aesop fable, this simple story tells the tale of two mice with different lifestyles, suggesting that it is far better to live simply and in peace than...

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Not rated

The Lion and the Mouse (S)

1976 · Movie · 4 min. · Canada

Direction Evelyn Lambart

Plot This animated short by Evelyn Lambart is a visual adaptation of the famous Aesop fable "The Lion and the Mouse," in which a mouse proves to a lion that the...

Not rated

Not rated

Manga Aesop Monogatari Movie

1983 · Movie · 61 min. · Japan

Direction Norio Hikone

Plot Compilation movie of "Aesop's Fables" anime series.

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Egér és oroszlán (S)

1957 · Movie · 5 min. · Hungary

Direction Gyula Macskássy

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Not rated