Beauty and the Beast

About Beauty and the Beast

The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief.

Beauty and the Beast is a 1946 fantasy romance film directed by Jean Cocteau. Jean Marais stars as La Bête, Josette Day as Belle, Marcel André as Belle's Father, and Mila Parély as Félicie.

It runs 96 minutes and was released in October 1946. Written by Jean Cocteau.

Members will find daughter, underdog, beauty, and rose in it. In the United States it streams on HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel, and Kanopy. It scores 7.5 out of 10 from 697 TMDB voters.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Beauty and the Beast, and Young Frankenstein make useful companions to Beauty and the Beast, all filed under monster and romantic.