Films set in castles

2010 film directed by Tim Burton

2014 film directed by Robert Stromberg

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror () is a 1922 silent German Expressionist vampire film directed by F. W. Murnau from a screenplay by Henrik Galeen. It stars Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife (Greta Schröder) of his estate agent (Gustav von Wangenheim) and brings the plague to their town.

2005 film directed by Andrew Adamson

2017 film directed by Bill Condon

2004 film directed by Stephen Sommers

1992 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola

1975 film directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones

2008 film directed by Andrew Adamson

2016 film directed by James Bobin

1985 film by Akira Kurosawa

1931 film directed by James Whale

1974 film directed by Mel Brooks

2012 film by Rupert Sanders

1931 film directed by Tod Browning

The Princess Bride is a 1987 American fantasy adventure comedy film directed and co-produced by Rob Reiner and starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, André the Giant, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Peter Falk, Fred Savage, Billy Crystal and Carol Kane. Adapted by William Goldman from his novel of the same name, it tells the story of a swashbuckling farmhand named Westley, accompanied by companions befriended along the way, who must rescue his kidnapped true love Princess Buttercup from the evil Prince Humperdinck. The film preserves the novel's metafictional narrative style by presenting the story as a book being read by a grandfather to his sick grandson.

1968 film directed by Anthony Harvey

1938 film directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley

2025 film directed by Marc Webb

1995 film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson

1957 film by Akira Kurosawa

2023 film directed by Rob Marshall

1984 film by Richard Fleischer

Dragonheart (stylized as DragonHeart) is a 1996 fantasy adventure film directed by Rob Cohen and written by Charles Edward Pogue, based on a story created by him and Patrick Read Johnson. The film stars Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Dina Meyer, and Sean Connery as the voice of Draco the Dragon.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 independent musical comedy horror film produced by Lou Adler and Michael White, directed by Jim Sharman, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay was written by Sharman and Richard O'Brien, who also played the supporting role Riff Raff. The film is based on the 1973 musical stage production The Rocky Horror Show, with music, book, and lyrics by O'Brien. The production is a tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the 1930s through to the early 1960s. The film stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and Barry Bostwick. It is narrated by Charles Gray, with cast members from the original Royal Court Theatre, Roxy Theatre, and Belasco Theatre productions, including Nell Campbell and Patricia Quinn.

2019 film directed by Joachim Rønning

1993 film directed by Sam Raimi

1979 film directed by Werner Herzog

1988 film directed by Ron Howard

2024 film directed by Robert Eggers

1981 film by John Boorman

2006 film directed by Tim Hill

2001 film by Robert Rodriguez

1985 film by Richard Fleischer

2009 film directed by Patrick Tatopoulos

2017 film directed by Guy Ritchie

1987 film directed by Gary Goddard

2016 film by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan

1935 film directed by James Whale

2014 film directed by Gary Shore

2007 film directed by Peter Webber

Wicked: For Good is a 2025 American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. The sequel to Wicked (2024), it adapts the second act of the 2003 stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which was loosely based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, a re-imagining of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation. Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum reprise their roles from the first film. Set in the Land of Oz before and during the events of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film follows Elphaba and Glinda in their new identities as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

1986 film directed by Jim Henson

1985 film by Richard Donner

1958 film directed by Terence Fisher

1985 film by Ridley Scott

1967 film by André Hunebelle

1968 film directed by Brian G. Hutton

2006 film directed by Kevin Reynolds

1995 film by Mel Brooks

2000 film by E. Elias Merhige

1968 Swedish film by Ingmar Bergman

1969 film by Charles Jarrott

1967 film by Roman Polanski

1948 film directed by Charles Barton

1976 film by Richard Lester

2002 film by Rob Bowman

2008 film by Iain Softley

2008 film by Neil Marshall

1946 film by Jean Cocteau, René Clément