Don't believe the fairy tale.

A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. She rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and to Maleficent's true happin
In Maleficent, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “enchanted forest kingdom”. The story fights on E8/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing power, authority, revenge, love, identity.
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Wolfwalkers (2020)E7/E9/E10 · rare rung · identity, power
Ultraviolet (2006)E4/E11 · rare rung · authority, power
The Odyssey (2026)E6/E9/E10 · rare rung · authority, identity
Dogma (1999)E9/E10/E14 · rare rung · authority, power
Damsel (2024)E6/E9/E10 · rare rung · authority, power
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010)E6/E11 · rare rung · identity, powerOther films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom (2024)consciousness in monsters · game‑world reality
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)consciousness in monsters · magical war‑torn kingdom
The Little Mermaid (2023)consciousness in monsters · underwater kingdom
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)consciousness in monsters · monster island
Labyrinth (1986)consciousness in monsters · fantasy labyrinth
Splash (1984)consciousness in monsters · mermaid cityThe same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Shrek Forever After (2010)consciousness in animals · authority, identity
Superman II (1980)consciousness in aliens · authority, identity
The Queen's Corgi (2019)consciousness in animals · authority, identity
Superman (2025)consciousness in aliens · authority, identity
Aladdin (1992)consciousness carried elsewhere · identity, love
Hercules (1997)consciousness carried elsewhere · identity, love