Beowulf is a 2007 animated epic film directed by Robert Zemeckis. It is an adaptation of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem of the same name and was created through motion capture, a technique similar to that used by Zemeckis in The Polar Express. The cast includes Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wright Penn, Dominic Keating, Alison Lohman, John Malkovich, Crispin Glover, Brendan Gleeson, and Angelina Jolie. It was released in the United States on November 16, 2007.

This adaptation of Beowulf tells the story of a heroic Geat who travels over seas to come to the aid of King Hrothgar to help rid the people of Heorot of the monstrosity known as Grendel. But by defeating Grendel he incurs the wrath of Grendel’s evil yet seductive mother. Told to kill the mother by Hrothgar, Beowulf enters her cave and becomes the latest victim in a century old tradition of deceit and destruction that has sentenced many kings and their kingdoms to misery and death.