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- The Matrix (The Wachowskis, 1999) The cyberpunk imaginary that the Wachowskis brought to the silver screen suggested that humanity lived an illusion, deep into its consciousness to realise the nuances that differed it from the true, wrecked reality.
- The City of Lost Children (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, 1995) Jeunet and Caro went on to create a curious little steampunk city to put in front of the camera and entertain the spectator with slapstick characters and uncanny close-ups that add to the grotesque visual elements of the film’s fantasy.
- Dreams (Akira Kurosawa, 1990) Kurosawa is one of the most renowned filmmakers in cinema history. Dreams is one of his last contributions to the art form that he so much loved and helped build.
- Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven, 1990) Far into the future, humanity has come to the point of profiting from the sale of dreams. Douglas Quaid has had many layers of his memory erased over time, and lives a life of lies.
- 1 'Source Code'
- 2 'Alice in Wonderland'
- 3 'A Nightmare on Elm Street'
- 4 'The Babadook'
- 5 'Insidious'
- 6 'The Cell'
- 7 'Last Night in Soho'
- 8 'Paprika'
- 9 'Dreamscape'
- 10 'Inception'
Colter (Jake Gyllenhaal) is part of a military operation that allows him to relive the last few minutes of a man on a train right before he died in a terrorist explosion. Colter's mission is to find out who the bomber was and prevent a similar catastrophe. As he relives the minutes again and again, though, his failures bring him closer to figuring ...
Alice in Wonderlandis a quintessential movie in the age-old trope of waking up where the story has been all “just a dream.” The film presents one of cinema's most imaginative and bizarre dream worlds, and the beloved movie has infiltrated every facet of pop culture. In it, a young girl named Alice falls down a never-ending rabbit hole while chasing...
“Whatever you do, don't fall asleep” is some of the best advice that horror movies have given viewers. After all, monsters are most fearsome in your sleep, especially in Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) and her friends' dreams in A Nightmare on Elm Street. The group is terrorized in their dreams by the menacing Freddy Kreuger (Robert Englund) in the Wes ...
The Babadook is an interesting movie in that it is one of few horror movies with absolutely no deaths. Many horror movies have used the idea of dreams and nightmares in their narratives, but the characters in The Babadookonly have to worry about being haunted instead of killed. The movie follows a newly widowed mother (Essie Davis) and her son, Sam...
What would it be like to go to sleep, astral project too far, and get stuck in purgatory and never wake up? Insidious answers that question in one of the most menacing horror movies to come out of the 2010s. After moving into a new home, parents Josh (Patrick Wilson) and Renai (Rose Byrne) lose their young son (Ty Simpkins) to an unexplained coma a...
The Cell walks the fine line between vivid psychotropic imagery and those "demonic" '90s music videos that your mother warned you about. Starring Jennifer Lopez, the movie takes a twisted trip into a serial killer's psyche. A psychologist experiments with a new type of transcendental therapy that one can experience what is happening in someone else...
Edgar Wright's latest foray into horror came in the way of vibrant 1960s-soaked glamour in Last Night in Soho. Anya Taylor-Joyplays the “dream” version of an aspiring fashion designer who falls asleep each night and is transported back to the '60s, where she encounters a sensational lounge singer. The girl's dreams turn into nightmares, though the ...
Paprika is a dream movie unlike any other (except for the one it obviously inspired) and an essential part of Japanese animated cinema and one of the most well-known anime films outside Studio Ghibli. It has influenced other popular films, like Christopher Nolan's Inception, and is a massive feat in the story-telling of dreamworlds and identity. Th...
A grossly underrated sci-fi movie about dreams, Dreamscape follows a psychic named Alex (Dennis Quaid), who has spent his life using his talents for personal gain. He is coerced into joining a government project intended to help people with sleep disorders. It was taken over by a powerful government agent and turned into a psychic project, though, ...
Inception is known for its complex plot and making its title into a word. It also contains one of the most frustratingly brilliant endings of all time, which leaves it up to you to decide whether Cobb got his happy ending or not. In the film, Leonardo DiCaprioplays Dom Cobb, an expert at stealing information from people's subconscious through dream...
Aug 22, 2023 · The first step to finding a movie that you've forgotten the name of is to remember as much of the plot as you can. We recommend writing down everything you can remember as a note and...
- Inception (2010) Rotten Tomatoes® 87%
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Rotten Tomatoes® 95%
- Paprika (2006) Rotten Tomatoes® 85%
- Mulholland Drive (2001) Rotten Tomatoes® 84%
Apr 6, 2023 · If you ever find yourself tossing and turning in bed, kept up by the question, “What was the name of that movie I just saw!?”, there are a few options online that might help. With the power of the internet (and some amazing AI), these 5 sites could help you find a movie’s name in no time!
Aug 5, 2012 · Imagine a two-month long Prom where you are the queen every night. Such is the fate of young Jane in The Reluctant Debutante (1958, Dir. Vincente Minnelli), as her father and stepmother steer her through night after night of ball gowns, beaus, and bandstands. Jane (Sandra Dee) is the perky 17-year-old American daughter of British banker Jimmy ...
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May 10, 2022 · All movies may seem like a dream, but some of them were actually inspired by dreams of their creators. Discover which films come from the deep unconscious.
