Cinderella

Cinderella (2015) is a family fairy-tale romance you can watch online on iFILM. Director Kenneth Branagh rebuilds the Disney classic as live action, with hand-stitched gowns, a real ballroom and Lily James as Ella.

After her father dies, Ella is left in the house with her stepmother and two stepsisters. Lady Tremaine, played by Cate Blanchett, strips away everything except her kindness, turning the young mistress of the manor into a cinder-stained maid. Then a chance meeting in the woods with a stranger named Kit (Richard Madden) changes the course of her life, leading to the palace ball where the magic runs out at midnight.

The cast leans on British heavyweights: Helena Bonham Carter as the Fairy Godmother, plus Stellan Skarsgard and Derek Jacobi. Branagh plays the story straight, no winking irony, banking on craft and warmth for kids and anyone raised on the 1950 cartoon. Stream Cinderella (2015) online on iFILM.