Beauty and the Beast is a French fairy tale originally written and published in the 18th century by the author Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve. The story has been adapted and altered many times, but all versions concern a romance between a beautiful young woman and a monstrously ugly man; the titular Beauty and the Beast respectively.
If you were looking for a trope, see Beast and Beauty or Beauty to Beast.
Beauty and the Beast and its adaptations include:
Literature
- Beauty and the Beast (1740), the original French fairy tale written by Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve.
- Beastly (2007), a novel written by Alex Flinn moving the story to modern New York City.
Feature films
- Beauty and the Beast (1946), a French live-action film directed by Jean Cocteau.
- Beauty and the Beast (1991), a Disney animated film.
- Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997), a
direct-to-video interquel. - Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World (1998), another direct-to-video interquel.
- Beauty and the Beast (2017), a live-action remake of the animated film.
- Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997), a
- Beauty and the Beast (1992), an animated film produced by Golden Films.
- Beauty and the Beast (1999), another animated film from Golden Films with the same name as the first film.
- Blood of Beasts (2005), a British live-action film moving the story to medieval Scandinavia.
- Beauty and the Beast (2014), a French live-action film directed by Christophe Gans.
Television series
- Beauty and the Beast (1987-1990), a CBS live-action series moving the story to modern New York City.
- Beauty and the Beast (2012-2016), a reboot loosely inspired by the above series.
