This article is about dragons in film and television. For broader coverage of fictional dragons across all types of media, see List of dragons in popular culture.
Concept-art done for Sintel, 3rd open-movie of the Blender Foundation. Artwork: David Revoy.
This is a list of dragons in film and television. The dragons are organized by either film or television and further by whether the media is animation or live-action. They are sorted alphabetically by name or if there is none, by the name of the media. Further information is the title of the media, the type of dragon, whether it transforms to/from something else, the voice actor if it has one and additional notes.
European: 4 legged and winged. Common in films involving dragons being slain or ridden.
Drake: 4 legged, not winged, and commonly possessing a short body. Frequent in 20th century animation when wing animation was difficult for the artists.
Asian: 4 legged, not winged, and possessing a long body. Often found in anime, western animation and films with East Asian themes.
Wyvern: 2 legged, winged. Common in films involving dragons being slain. Their popularity increased in the 21st century with the rise of live action CGI but the difficulty in animating classical 6 limbed European dragons remained
Serpentine: has no legs or wings and frequently appearing in animation as a lake monster
Amphithere: has no legs but possesses wings. These are uncommon
Alien: Dragons with unusual alien physical appearance. These appear in Sci-Fi films
Other: The Dragon has a shape not conforming to any of the above categorizations
Norbert(a) was initially mistaken as a male in Sorcerer's Stone, Hungarian Horntail is encountered by Harry Potter in Goblet of Fire, Ukrainian Ironbelly is freed from Gringotts bank in Deathly Hallows Part 2
Gorbash is the house dragon, Smrgol is Carolinus' dragon, and Bryagh is Ommadon's dragon, there are many other unnamed dragons, including an Asian dragon named Shenzou ridden by one of Carolinus's brothers and a female dragon named Lunarian ridden by another of his brothers.
Guards the golden apples in the garden of Hesperides, The Sphinx's dragon Husband and several other dragons are brainwashed with magical collars by Dracchus
A dragon is a magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in Western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as winged, horned, and capable of breathing fire. Dragons in eastern cultures are usually depicted as wingless, four-legged, serpentine creatures with above-average intelligence. Commonalities between dragons' traits are often a hybridization of feline, reptilian, mammalian, and avian features. Some scholars believe large extinct or migrating crocodiles bear the closest resemblance, especially when encountered in forested or swampy areas, and are most likely the template of modern Asian dragon imagery.
The European dragon is a legendary creature in folklore and mythology among the overlapping cultures of Europe.
The wyvern is a type of mythical dragon with two legs, two wings, and often a pointed tail which is said to be a venomous stinger.
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