Last Updated on 15 September 2023
Movies about Jack and the Beanstalk from throughout cinema history. Sometimes called Jack the Giant Killer. No fully animated movies are included.
1902 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000399/
a short, silent film that uses animation, double exposure, and trick photography
1912 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484622/
an early short film starring Gladys Hulette as Jack
1913 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484623/
a very early version that keeps close to the original story, starring Leland Benham and Helen Badgley
1917 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008144/
a very early black-and-white from Fox
1924 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015021
directed by Alfred J. Goulding, starring Jack Earle and Blanche Payson
1952 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044762/
Abbott and Costello’s musical version of the story
1962 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056112/
produced by Edward Small after The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and starring Kerwin Mathews and Torin Thatcher from that Sinbad movie
1967 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061830/
a combination of live action and animation, starring Gene Kelly, with Ted Cassidy (Lurch) as the voice of the giant and Marni Nixon as the singing voice of the princess
1970 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173937/
a “groovy” 1960s style retelling of the story
1998 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166666/
a light-hearted version starring Neil Morrissey (Bob the Builder) as Jack, that also includes “Jack and Jill,” Goldilocks, and the Fairy Godmother
2001 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264262/
“The Real Story,” a mini-series starring Matthew Modine, Vanessa Redgrave, Mia Sara, Daryl Hannah, John Voigt, Honor Blackman, and Richard Attenborough
2009 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1079968/
an Avalon Family Entertainment version starring Christopher Lloyd, Chloƫ Grace Moretz, and Colin Ford, and including Rapunzel, Hansel & Gretel, Sleeping Beauty, Prince Charming, Red Riding Hood, and more
2013 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2552498/
Jack the Giant Killer is a low-budget version of the story with … dinosaurs?
2013 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1351685/
Jack the Giant Slayer is an action-packed retelling of the original story that stars Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Ian McShane, Warwick Davis, and Bill Nighy
2014 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11861154/
a British version by the Epstein Theatre Company