Episode guide

1001 is a cinematic animated anthology that reimagines the world's oldest stories: Aladdin, Sinbad, Ali Baba and the tales that travelled with them. Every episode is a self-contained short film, free to watch on YouTube. New to the series? Start with the watch order guide.

Aladdin

Aladdin is one of the "orphan tales" of the Nights: it has no medieval Arabic manuscript and was first written down in French by Antoine Galland in 1712, from the telling of the Syrian storyteller Hanna Diyab of Aleppo. The 1001 trilogy returns to that older shape, with a sorcerer from the Maghreb, two spirits (of the ring and of the lamp), the trick of "new lamps for old" and a villain who comes back in disguise.

Aladdin and the LampPart 1 — the boy the sorcerer came for24 min · 2026Aladdin and the PrincessPart 2 — winning her was only the beginning24 min · 2026Aladdin at WarPart 3 — the sorcerer returns wearing a thousand shapes27 min · 2026Aladdin — The Complete SagaAll three chapters as one 75-minute feature75 min · 2026

Ali Baba

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves also entered the Nights through Galland and Hanna Diyab, in 1717. The 1001 series makes Ali Baba a boy and gives the cleverness of the original's heroine Morgiana to his sister Marjana, while keeping the essentials: words that open a mountain, a greedy intruder trapped inside, and a captain who returns as an oil merchant with his men hidden in jars.

Ali BabaAnd the cave that should have stayed shut11 min · 2026Ali Baba and the RescuePart 2 — the thieves come back for what they lost20 min · 2026Ali Baba — The Complete TaleBoth chapters as one 29-minute feature29 min · 2026

Sinbad

Sinbad the Sailor's seven voyages are among the oldest adventure stories in Arabic, set in the age of the Abbasid sea trade from Basra to India and beyond. The 1001 series draws on their most famous images: the island that is really a whale, the giant, the Roc, the Valley of Diamonds, and the magnetic mountain that pulls the nails from ships.

SinbadAnd the Mysterious Island22 min · 2025Sinbad and the Dark MountainPart 2 — the compass wants to go home42 min · 2026Sinbad — The Complete VoyageBoth voyages as one 62-minute feature62 min · 2026

Standalone tales

Self-contained tales from the world of the Nights, each one a complete film.

The ParrotA small green witness9 min · 2025AmiraWhat the tide remembers13 min · 2025The TreasureWhat the dream was really pointing to21 min · 2026Amani and The JinnA thousand years of waiting22 min · 2026

Release order