Cinderella (or The Little Glass Slipper) is a folk tale with thousands of variants that are told throughout the world. The protagonist is a young girl living in unfortunate circumstances who is suddenly blessed with remarkable fortune, ultimately ascending to the throne through marriage. The earliest known version of the Cinderella story is usually considered to be the Greek story of Rhodopis, as described by the scholar Strabo sometime between 7 BC and 23 AD, about a Greek slave girl who marries the king of Egypt. The first literary Western version of the story was the Italian tale La Gatta Cenerentola, published by Giambattista Basile in his Pentamerone in 1634.
Adaptations (11)
Cinderella has been adapted 11 times, across television film and film, from 1969 to 2025. The most recent is The Ugly Stepsister (2025).
Popelka1969 · television film · 100 min · dir. Vlasta Janecková · IMDb ↗IMDb7.4During the day, Cinderella's face is covered in soot, but at night she transforms into a fairy-tale beautiful princess in a ball gown made of magic nuts. The handsome prince falls in love with Cinderella, but all he has left in his hands is the lost slipper...
Sinderella Kül Kedisi1971 · film · 82 min · dir. Süreyya Duru · IMDb ↗IMDb4.7Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving a single glass slipper... the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending!
Cinderella '801984 · film · 173 min · dir. Roberto Malenotti · IMDb ↗IMDb6.5A feisty 18-year-old Italian-American New Yorker named Cindy is sent off to Rome with her irascible stepmother and vain stepsisters. On the way, she meets and falls in love with, globetrotting bagpacker Mizio, who eventually turns out to be of Italian nobility. There's a fairy stand-in in the form of a spaced-out astrologer, a dance, and she even loses a shoe at one point. Care to venture a guess how it all turns out?
Cindy1998 · film · 92 min · dir. Luca Damiano · IMDb ↗IMDb6.8In this modern adult retelling of Cinderella, Cindy is the ward of her evil aunt Magda and Magda's two incestuous daughters who are trying to steal her inheritance and marry off well. However, Magda's rich suitor falls for Cindy.
Cinderella in Arabic2006 · film · IMDb ↗A gentle and dreamy girl who works as a costume assistant in a theater group faces troubles at work as the band's director and his son both love her, and at home as her stepmother prefers her own daughter to her and treats her unjustly. Can she find the balance her life lacks?
Cinderella2010 · television film · 86 min · dir. Susanne Zanke · IMDb ↗IMDb5.8Little Marie is turned into a maid, a Cinderella, by her stepmother, while her stepsister Clothilde is pampered. One day, Prince Leonhard and his friend Peter appear, both disguised as servants, and present Clothilde with an invitation to a masked ball. Cinderella falls in love with Leonhard and fights to be allowed to go to the ball because she wants to see her supposed servant again. However, the ambitious stepmother only gives her own daughter a beautiful dress. But the magic tree on Marie's mother's grave throws down a beautiful dress. Cinderella shines at the ball and enchants the prince, but just before midnight, before the spell expires, she flees. Will the prince be able to love a Cinderella?
Cinderella and the Secret Prince2018 · film · 90 min · dir. Leo Lewis Liao, Lynne Southerland · IMDb ↗IMDb4.5Cinderella discovers a secret that could shake their world: an evil witch turned the prince into a mouse and replaced him with a look-alike. Cinderella and her friends must save the real prince and help him defeat the evil witch.
Cinderella2021 · film · 112 min · dir. Kay Cannon · IMDb ↗Cinderella, an orphaned girl with an evil stepmother, has big dreams and with the help of her Fabulous Godmother, she perseveres to make them come true.
Sneakerella2022 · film · 112 min · dir. Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum · IMDb ↗IMDb4.993%When El, an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens, meets Kira King, the fiercely independent daughter of legendary basketball star and sneaker tycoon Darius King, sparks fly as the two bond over their mutual affinity for sneakers. With a little nudge from his best friend and a sprinkle of Fairy Godfather magic, El finds the courage to use his talent to pursue his dream of becoming a ‘legit’ sneaker designer in the industry.
The Ugly Stepsister2025 · film · 109 min · dir. Emilie Blichfeldt · IMDb ↗In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira battles to compete with her incredibly beautiful stepsister, Agnes, and she will go to any length to catch the Prince’s eye.
