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Theme: Dreams

Dreams are the thought processes that occur when we sleep. Meaning has frequently been attributed to dreams ranging from ancient cultures who believed that dreams held auguries and omens to the language of symbolism attributed to them by Sigmund Freud.

In genre cinema, dreams are frequently seen as having precognitive power and able to predict events before they occur. The Surrealist movement is frequently fascinated with dreams and makes their play of symbolism literal. Some other films involve people entering into dreams or daydreams for fantastical adventures.

Dream themes found enormous popularity in the horror movie with A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and its villain Freddy Krueger, a boogeyman who kills people in their dreams. A host of sequels and copycat films about dream-invading killers followed for several years after.

Popular in the silent era was the All a Dream Ending where the story pulled back at the end to reveal that everything that transpired was a dream. The horror film also makes frequent use of the dream jump where something disturbing is pulled back from to then reveal it is a character only dreaming. Both are now clichés from overuse.

There is also the dreamscape film about people who have the ability to venture into the dreams of others or else the use of devices that allow them to do so. Also of note in the late 2010s have been a number of films dealing with the horrors of sleep paralysis.


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The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005)

8 October 20058 July 2022

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Children’s Planetary Adventure

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: Cayden Boyd, Taylor Lautner, George Lopez, Taylor Dooley, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Alp (2016)

20 September 20178 September 2020

Rating: ½

Sleep Paralysis Horrors

Director: Juan Salas
Actors: Yusef Abdur Razzaaq, Vanessa Ander, W.M. Bacon, Adrian Lockett, …
Category: Horror

The Appointment (1982)

9 August 199918 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Precognitive Dream

Director: Lindsay C. Vickers
Actors: Edward Woodward, Jane Merrow, Samantha Weysom
Category: Horror

Awaken (2012)

6 June 201417 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Romance Across Time in Dreams

Director: Daric Loo
Actors: Corey Sevier, Jordan Ladd, Ryan Alosio, Renee Dorian, …
Category: Fantasy

Bad Dreams (1988)

23 September 199916 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Cult Survivor Haunted by Dream Killer

Director: Andrew Fleming
Actors: Jennifer Rubin, Bruce Abbott, Richard Lynch, Harris Yulin, …
Category: Horror

Be Afraid (2017)

25 June 20198 September 2020

Rating: ★½

Sleep Paralysis Horrors/Underground Creatures

Director: Drew Gabreski
Actors: Brian Krause, Jaimi Paige, Jared Abrahamson, Michael Leone, …
Category: Horror

Beauties of the Night (1952)

27 May 199916 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Daydreamer’s Fantasies

Director: Rene Clair
Actors: Gerard Phillipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida
Category: Fantasy

Before I Wake (2016)

30 September 20168 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Kid Whose Dreams Come to Life

Director: Mike Flanagan
Actors: Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane, Jacob Tremblay, Annabeth Gish, …
Category: Horror

Beyond Bedlam (1994)

31 July 200013 November 2019

Rating: ★

Dream-Invading Serial Killer

Director: Vadim Jean
Actors: Elizabeth Hurley, Craig Fairbrass, Keith Allen, Anita Dobson, …
Category: Horror

The BFG (1989)

1 March 20156 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Roald Dahl Adaptation/Friendly Giant

Director: Brian Cosgrove
Actors: David Jason, Don Henderson
Category: Fantasy

The BFG (2016)

10 July 20166 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Roald Dahl Adaptation/Friendly Giant

Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, …
Category: Fantasy

The Black Phone (2021)

30 July 202230 July 2022

Rating: ★★★

Imprisonment Thriller/Ghostly Telephone

Director: Scott Derrickson
Actors: Mason Thames, Ethan Hawke, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, …
Category: Horror

The Blue Bird (1976)

28 October 201419 February 2020

Rating: 0­

Fairy-Tale

Director: George Cukor
Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Patsy Kensit, Jane Fonda, George Cole, …
Category: Fantasy

Blue Flame (1993)

14 November 200919 February 2020

Rating: ★★½

Alien Psychological Games in Dream Reality

Director: Cassian Elwes
Actors: Brian Wimmer, Melissa Behr, Cecilia Peck
Category: Science Fiction

Bottom of the World (2017)

26 August 201926 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Surreal Reality Blurrings

Director: Richard Sears
Actors: Douglas Smith, Jena Malone, Ted Levine, Tamara Duarte, …
Category: Fantasy

Brazil (1985)

1 August 20016 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Dystopian Black Comedy

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Ian Holm, Kim Greist, …
Category: Science Fiction

Carnival of Souls (1998)

17 November 200023 March 2020

Rating: ★

Haunting and Hallucination

Director: Adam Grossman
Actors: Bobbie Phillips, Larry Miller, Shawnee Smith, Paul Johansson
Category: Horror

The Cell (2000)

18 August 200017 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Journey Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer

Director: Tarsem Singh
Actors: Jennifer Lopez, Vincent D'Onofrio, Vince Vaughn, Jake Weber, …
Category: Horror

The City of Lost Children (1995)

19 October 20028 March 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Mad Scientist/Clones/Gonzo Comedy

Director: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Actors: Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon, Daniel Emilfork, Jean-Louis Trintignant, …
Category: Science Fiction

Coma (2019)

31 January 20219 November 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Alternate Reality Inside Shared Dreams

Director: Nikita Argunov
Actors: Rinal Mukhametov, Lyubov Aksyonova, Konstantin Lavronenko, Anton Pampushny, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Come True (2020)

10 October 202110 October 2021

Rating: ★½

Dream Horrors

Director: Anthony Scott Burns
Actors: Julia Sarah Stone, Landon Liboiron, Carlee Ryski, Tedra Rogers, …
Category: Horror

The Company of Wolves (1984)

6 May 200131 July 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Little Red Riding Hood with Werewolves

Director: Neil Jordan
Actors: Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Stephen Rea, …
Category: Fantasy, Horror

The Cross of the Devil (1975)

4 August 2021

Rating: ★

Continental Gothic/Undead Knights Templar

Director: John Gilling
Actors: Ramiro Oliveros, Carmen Sevilla, Eduardo Fajardo, Tony Isbert
Category: Horror

Cryptozoo (2021)

18 September 202218 September 2022

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Zoo for Cryptozoological Animals

Director: Dash Shaw
Actors: Lake Bell, Thomas Jay Ryan, Michael Cera, Zoe Kazan, …
Category: Fantasy

The Dark Sleep (2013)

3 February 20213 February 2021

Rating: ★★½

H.P. Lovecraft Adaptation/Other Dimension

Director: Brett Piper
Actors: Ashley Galloway, Taylor Nicole Adams, Steve Disaparra, Ken Vansant, …
Category: Horror

Dead of Night (1945)

2 September 200321 May 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Basil Dearden, Cavalcanti, Robert Hamer, Charles Crichton
Actors: Michael Redgrave, Sally Ann Howes, Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver, …
Category: Horror

Deadly Blessing (1981)

6 November 200117 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Religious Cult Killings

Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Ernest Borgnine, Maren Jensen, Sharon Stone, Jeff East, …
Category: Horror

Deadly Dreams (1988)

20 March 200930 June 2020

Rating: ★

Dream Horrors

Director: Kristine Peterson
Actors: Mitchell Anderson, Juliette Cummins, Xander Berkeley, Troy Evans
Category: Horror

Deconstructing Harry (1997)

17 April 19996 July 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Writer’s Self-Analysis Comedy

Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Kirstie Alley, Judy Davis, Demi Moore, …
Category: Fantasy

Dream Demon (1988)

24 December 200128 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Nightmare and Reality

Director: Harley Cokliss
Actors: Jemma Redgrave, Kathleen Wilhoite, Jimmy Nail, Timothy Spall, …
Category: Horror

Dream One (1984)

21 March 201028 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Adventures in Dreamland/Characters from Fiction

Director: Arnaud Selignac
Actors: Jason Connery, Harvey Keitel, Mathilda May, Charley Boorman, …
Category: Fantasy

Dreamscape (1984)

18 July 200024 June 2022

Rating: ★★

Psychic Dream Therapists-Assassins

Director: Joseph Ruben
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Kate Capshaw, Max Von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dreamtrips (1999)

24 September 201531 December 2022

Rating: ½

Virtual Reality Dreamscapes

Director: Kal Ng
Actors: Jennifer Chan, Wayne Kwok, Gary Sze, Wan Chi Hong, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Electronic Monster (1960)

28 June 200230 September 2020

Rating: ★

Sinister Dream-Programming Institute

Director: Montgomery Tully
Actors: Rod Cameron, Peter Illing, Mary Murphy, Kay Callard, …
Category: Science Fiction

Every Home Should Have One (1970)

28 December 200415 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Daydreamer’s Naughty Fantasies

Director: Jim Clark
Actors: Marty Feldman, Judy Cornwell, Julie Ege, Shelley Berman, …
Category: Fantasy

The Evil Within (2017)

18 June 20173 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Evil Mirror Doppelganger

Director: Andrew Getty
Actors: Frederick Koehler, Sean Patrick Flanery, Dina Meyer, Kim Darby, …
Category: Horror

Excision (2012)

26 December 201225 January 2023

Rating: ★★★

Alienated Teenage Girl

Director: Richard Bates Jr.
Actors: Annalynne McCord, Traci Lords, Roger Bart, Ariel Winter, …
Category: Horror

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

19 March 201024 November 2018

Rating: ★½

Demonic Possession

Director: John Boorman
Actors: Richard Burton, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, Kitty Winn, …
Category: Horror

Explorers (1985)

18 January 200113 June 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Teenagers Build Spaceship

Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson, Dick Miller, …
Category: Science Fiction

Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

12 April 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Fantasy Anthology

Director: Julien Duvivier
Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Benchley, …
Category: Fantasy, Horror

The Forbidden Room (2015)

3 October 201524 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Tapestry of Surreal Tall Tales

Director: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson
Actors: Roy Dupuis, Clara Furey, Louis Negin, Udo Kier, …
Category: Fantasy

Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

2 December 200321 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Friday the 13th/A Nightmare on Elm Street Crossover

Director: Ronny Yu
Actors: Robert Englund, Monica Keena, Ken Kirzinger, Jason Ritter, …
Category: Horror

Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)

1 November 20028 June 2022

Rating: 0­

A Nightmare on Elm Street Sequel

Director: Rachel Talalay
Actors: Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, Lezlie Deane, Yaphet Kotto, …
Category: Horror

Genius Party Beyond (2008)

4 April 200927 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime Anthology

Director: Masahiro Maeda, Kazuto Nakazawa, Shinya Ohara, Tatsuyuki Tanaka, …
Category: Fantasy

The Illustrated Man (1969)

12 April 20033 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Ray Bradbury Anthology

Director: Jack Smight
Actors: Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Robert Drivas
Category: Science Fiction

Incarnate (2016)

14 January 201716 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Possession and Exorcism

Director: Brad Peyton
Actors: Aaron Echkart, Carice Van Houten, Catalina Sandeno Moreno, David Mazouz, …
Category: Horror

Inception (2010)

23 September 20105 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Dream Espionage

Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Leonard DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ink (2009)

15 November 20108 November 2021

Rating: ★★

Allegorical Dream Journey

Director: Jamin Winans
Category: Fantasy

The Jar (1984)

28 December 202228 December 2022

Rating: 0­

Cursed Jar

Director: Bruce Toscano
Category: Horror

Jeepers Creepers II (2003)

10 February 20043 November 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Backroads Pursuit by a Monster

Director: Victor Salva
Actors: Ray Wise, Jonathan Breck, Nicki Aycox, Garikayi Mutambirwa, …
Category: Horror

Kaboom (2010)

7 May 201120 September 2021

Rating: ★★

Modern Sexuality/Gonzo SF Ending

Director: Gregg Araki
Actors: Thomas Dekker, Haley Bennett, Juno Temple, Chris Zylka, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Last Witch Hunter (2015)

7 November 201525 July 2020

Rating: ★½

Immortal Witch Hunter

Director: Breck Eisner
Actors: Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, Michael Caine, …
Category: Fantasy

The Lathe of Heaven (1980)

21 April 20144 July 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Man Whose Dreams Change the World When He Wakes

Director: Fred Barzyk, David Loxton
Actors: Bruce Davison, Kevin Conway, Margaret Avery
Category: Science Fiction

Lathe of Heaven (2002)

30 August 202230 August 2022

Rating: ★★

Man Whose Dreams Change the World When He Wakes

Director: Philip Haas
Actors: Lukas Haas, James Caan, Lisa Bonet, David Strathairn, …
Category: Science Fiction

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)

28 June 201330 November 2022

Rating: ★★

Anime/Boy’s Adventures in Dreams

Director: Masami Hata, William Hurtz
Actors: Gabriel Damon, Mickey Rooney, Rene Auberjonois, Danny Mann, …
Category: Fantasy

Longing for the Rain (2013)

11 October 201327 August 2021

Rating: ★★½

Woman’s Mystery Dream Lover

Director: Lina Yang
Category: Fantasy

Lucid Dream (2017)

11 April 201921 June 2021

Rating: ★★

South Korean Dreamscape Film

Director: Kim Joon-sung
Actors: Soo Go, Kyung-gu Sol, Hye-jeong Kang, Yoo-chun Park, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Man in the Shadows (2017)

20 September 201722 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Sleep Paralysis Horrors

Director: Joshua Fraiman
Actors: Sarah Jurgens, Nick Bailie, Adam Tomlinson, Nola Augustson
Category: Horror

Mara (2018)

26 October 202022 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Sleep Paralysis Demon

Director: Clive Tonge
Actors: Olga Kurylenko, Craig Conway, Lance E. Nichols, Rosie Fellner, …
Category: Horror

Melies Cinemagician (2011)

12 June 200223 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Compilation of Georges Melies Shorts

Director: Georges Melies
Category: Fantasy

MirrorMask (2005)

11 February 200714 June 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Fantastical Dream World

Director: Dave McKean
Actors: Stephanie Leonidas, Rob Brydon, Jason Barry, Gina McKee, …
Category: Fantasy

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

29 October 201623 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Secret Home for “Gifted” Youths

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Asa Butterfield, Eva Green, Ella Purnell, Samuel L. Jackson, …
Category: Fantasy

Monkeybone (2001)

31 December 200130 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Cartoonist in the Afterlife

Director: Henry Selick
Actors: Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, John Turturro, Chris Kattan, …
Category: Fantasy

My World Dies Screaming (1958)

17 November 201625 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Precognitive Dream of a Sinister House

Director: Harold Daniels
Actors: Kathy O'Donnell, Gerald Mohr, William Ching, John Qualen, …
Category: Horror

Der Nachtmahr (2015)

12 October 201526 October 2020

Rating: ★★½

Mysterious Goblin Creature

Director: Akiz
Actors: Carolyn Genzkow, Julika Jenkins, Arnd Klawitter, Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht, …
Category: Horror

The Night Walker (1965)

9 August 200321 June 2021

Rating: ★★

Dream Lover/Psycho-Thriller

Director: William Castle
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor, Lloyd Bochner, Hayden Rorke
Category: Horror

Nightmare (1956)

9 August 200530 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Film Noir/Precognitive Dream

Director: Maxwell Shane
Actors: Kevin McCarthy, Edward G. Robinson, Connie Russell, Virginia Christine, …
Category: Fantasy

The Nightmare (2015)

3 August 20154 June 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Sleep Paralysis Documentary

Director: Rodney Ascher
Category: Horror

Nightmare Detective 2 (2008)

10 January 201910 January 2019

Rating: ★★

Dream Detective

Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Actors: Ryuhei Matsuda, Yui Miura, Hanae Kan, Miwako Ichikawa, …
Category: Horror

Nightmare Detective (2006)

27 October 201011 April 2019

Rating: ★★★

Dream Killer

Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Actors: Hitomi, Ryuhei Matsuda, Shinya Tsukamoto, Masanobu Ando, …
Category: Horror

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

5 September 200221 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Dream-Invading Boogey Man

Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Johnny Depp, Ronee Blakely, …
Category: Horror

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

1 May 201021 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Dream-Invading Boogey Man

Director: Samuel Bayer
Actors: Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, Katie Cassidy, …
Category: Horror

A Nightmare on Elm Street III: The Dream Warriors (1987)

29 July 200223 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Dream-Invading Boogey Man

Director: Chuck Russell
Actors: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Patricia Arquette, Craig Wasson, …
Category: Horror

A Nightmare on Elm Street IV: The Dream Master (1988)

14 September 200221 June 2020

Rating: ★

Dream-Invading Boogey Man

Director: Renny Harlin
Actors: Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Danny Hassel, Ken Sagoes, …
Category: Horror

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part II: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)

15 July 200221 June 2020

Rating: ★

Dream-Invading Boogey Man

Director: Jack Sholder
Actors: Robert Englund, Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Clu Gulager, …
Category: Horror

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)

19 October 200221 June 2020

Rating: ★★½

Dream-Invading Boogey Man

Director: Stephen Hopkins
Actors: Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Kelly Jo Minter, Danny Hassel, …
Category: Horror

Odd Thomas (2013)

10 November 201331 January 2019

Rating: ★★½

Eccentric Clairvoyant-Medium/Dean R. Koontz Adaptation

Director: Stephen Sommers
Actors: Anton Yelchin, Addison Timlin, Willem Dafoe, Nico Tortorella, …
Category: Fantasy

Paperhouse (1989)

22 August 20095 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Girl Builds a House in Dreams

Director: Bernard Rose
Actors: Charlotte Burke, Glenne Headly, Gemma Jones, Ben Cross
Category: Horror

Paprika (2006)

17 August 20078 April 2022

Rating: ★★½

Anime/Dream Therapy Device

Director: Satoshi Kon
Category: Science Fiction

Parasomnia (2008)

2 June 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Girl With Sleeping Sickness/Dream-Invading Serial Killer

Director: William Malone
Actors: Patrick Kilpatrick, Cherilyn Wilson, Dylan Purcell, Jeffrey Combs, …
Category: Horror

Passion of Mind (2000)

7 June 200018 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Woman’s Double Life in Dreams

Director: Alain Berliner
Actors: Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsgård, William Fichtner, Sinead Cusack, …
Category: Fantasy

Pennies from Heaven (1978)

25 August 201322 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Musical Daydreams

Director: Piers Haggard
Actors: Bob Hoskins, Cheryl Campbell, Gemma Craven, Kenneth Colley, …
Category: Fantasy

Phantasm (1979)

17 August 200223 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Dream Horrors/Other-Dimensional Grave Robbers

Director: Don Coscarelli
Actors: Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm
Category: Horror

Phantasm II (1988)

4 June 199914 June 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Dream Horrors/Other-Dimensional Grave Robbers

Director: Don Coscarelli
Actors: James Le Gros, Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister, Paula Irvine, …
Category: Horror

Phantasm III (1994)

2 February 200319 May 2021

Rating: ★★½

Dream Horrors/Other-Dimensional Grave Robbers

Director: Don Coscarelli
Actors: Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm, Michael Baldwin, Gloria Lynne Henry, …
Category: Horror

Phantasm: Ravager (2016)

13 November 201611 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Dream Horrors/Other-Dimensional Grave Robbers

Director: David Hartman
Actors: Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister, Michael Baldwin, Dawn Cody, …
Category: Horror

The Projectionist (1971)

6 September 201230 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Movie Projectionist’s Daydreams

Director: Harry Hurwitz
Actors: Chuck McCann, Rodney Dangerfield, Ina Balin, Jara Kohout, …
Category: Fantasy

Radio Free Albemuth (2014)

30 November 20148 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Philip K. Dick Adaptation/Possible Messages from Aliens

Director: John Alan Simon
Actors: Jonathan Scarfe, Shea Whigham, Alanis Morissette, Katheryn Winnick, …
Category: Science Fiction

Re-Cycle (2006)

12 September 200623 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Fantastical Dream World of Discarded Ideas

Director: Oxide Pang, Danny Pang
Category: Fantasy

Real (2013)

19 August 201413 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Dreamscape Film

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Category: Science Fiction

Reality (2014)

16 January 20187 April 2021

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo Surrealism/Blurring of Dream and Fiction

Director: Quentin Dupieux
Actors: Alain Chabat, Jonathan Lambert, Kyla Kenedy, Jon Heder, …
Category: Fantasy

Rise of the Guardians (2012)

12 December 201229 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Animation/Team-Up Between Imaginary Characters

Director: Peter Ramsey
Actors: Chris Pine, Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, …
Category: Fantasy

Russian Ark (2002)

9 October 200312 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Walk Through Russian History/Temporal Disjunctions

Director: Alexander Sokurov
Actors: Sergei Dreiden
Category: Fantasy

The Sandman (2011)

24 September 201131 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo Comedy/Man Starts to Uncontrollably Shed Sand

Director: Peter Luisi
Actors: Fabian Krüger, Irene Brügger, Frolein Da Capo, Beat Schlatter, …
Category: Fantasy

Scary MoVie (2013)

23 April 201322 July 2021

Rating: ★

Genre Spoof

Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Actors: Ashley Tisdale, Simon Rex, Ava Kolker, J.P. Manoux, …
Category: Horror

The Science of Sleep (2006)

24 July 200614 April 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Dreams and Wacky Surrealism

Director: Michel Gondry
Actors: Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Emma de Caunes, …
Category: Fantasy

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

11 November 20135 November 2020

Rating: ★

Daydreamer’s Fantasies

Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Actors: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Thurston Hall, Boris Karloff, …
Category: Fantasy

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

12 January 201430 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Daydreamer’s Fantasies

Director: Ben Stiller
Actors: Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Adam Scott, Sean Penn, …
Category: Fantasy

Seizure (1974)

22 December 199921 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Deathdream

Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Jonathan Frid, Martine Beswick, Mary Woronov, Christina Pickles, …
Category: Horror

The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

10 March 20047 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Voodoo/”True Story”

Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Brent Jennings, …
Category: Horror

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