Articles tagged: movie

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Willow (1988) is a fantasy film directed by Ron Howard and produced by George Lucas, featuring a variety of goblin-like creatures. The story follows Willow Ufgood (Warwick Davis), a Nelwyn (a race of diminutive, peaceful farmers) who mus…

In J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, goblins and orcs are essentially the same species, with 'goblin' being the more common term used in The Hobbit. The Hobbit (1937) features memorable goblin encounters: the Company of Thorin Oakenshield i…

Labyrinth (1986) is a musical fantasy film directed by Jim Henson and starring David Bowie as Jareth, the Goblin King. The story follows 16-year-old Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) who, in a moment of frustration, wishes that goblins would tak…

The Gremlins films (1984, 1990) feature creatures whose name derives from an old English folklore term for mischievous goblin-like beings originally blamed for mechanical failures in RAF aircraft during World War I and II. The film's Mog…

Goblins in the Harry Potter universe are a highly intelligent, sentient non-human magical species who run the wizarding bank Gringotts. They are described as having swarthy faces, long fingers and feet, pointed beards, and a love for met…

Goblin Slayer: Goblin's Crown is a 2020 anime film continuing the Goblin Slayer series. The story adapts the fifth volume of the light novel, where Goblin Slayer and his party accept a quest from a noble to rescue a noblewoman captured b…