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Magic Realism

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  • 128 titles
  • Kamal Haasan in Aalavandhan (2001)

    1. Aalavandhan

    20012h 58m
    7.2 (3.3K)
    Nandu and Vijay are brothers, who were abused by their stepmother during their younger days. Nandhu, who is mentally ill, decides to kill Vijay's fiancee as he visualizes her as his stepmother.
    DirectorSuresh KrishnaStarsKamal HaasanRaveena TandonManisha Koirala
  • Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson in About Time (2013)

    2. About Time

    20132h 3mR55Metascore
    7.8 (414K)
    At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think.
    DirectorRichard CurtisStarsDomhnall GleesonRachel McAdamsBill Nighy
  • Matt Damon and Emily Blunt in The Adjustment Bureau (2011)

    3. The Adjustment Bureau

    20111h 46mPG-1360Metascore
    7.0 (278K)
    The relationship between a politician and a contemporary dancer is affected by mysterious forces keeping them apart.
    DirectorGeorge NolfiStarsMatt DamonEmily BluntLisa Thoreson
  • Michiel Huisman and Blake Lively in The Age of Adaline (2015)

    4. The Age of Adaline

    20151h 52mPG-1351Metascore
    7.2 (221K)
    A young woman, born at the turn of the 20th century, is rendered ageless after an accident. After many solitary years, she meets a man who complicates the eternal life she has settled into.
    DirectorLee Toland KriegerStarsBlake LivelyMichiel HuismanHarrison Ford
  • Jennifer Garner, Steve Carell, Kerris Dorsey, Dylan Minnette, Ed Oxenbould, Elise Vargas, and Zoey Vargas in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)

    5. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

    20141h 21mPG54Metascore
    6.2 (48K)
    Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. However, he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother and sister - who all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
    DirectorMiguel ArtetaStarsSteve CarellJennifer GarnerEd Oxenbould
  • Mia Farrow in Alice (1990)

    6. Alice

    19901h 46mPG-1367Metascore
    6.6 (16K)
    A spoiled Manhattan housewife re-evaluates her life after visiting a Chinatown healer.
    DirectorWoody AllenStarsMia FarrowWilliam HurtJoe Mantegna
  • An Ambiguous Report About the End of the World (1997)

    7. An Ambiguous Report About the End of the World

    19972h 34m
    6.9 (368)
    In a tiny Central European village, voracious wolves kill the members of a ceremony, except the bride who is saved by the 10-year-old groom's brother. That day, she gives birth to a girl and betroths her to her savior. A decade passes and on the girl's birthday, a troupe of female circus performers arrive and the girls finds herself more interested in the young son of the group's owner.
    DirectorJuraj JakubiskoStarsDeana HorváthováMilan BahúlJoachim Kemmer
  • Audrey Tautou in Amélie (2001)

    8. Amélie

    20012h 2mR70Metascore
    8.3 (820K)
    Despite being caught in her imaginative world, young waitress Amelie decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey during which she finds true love.
    DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouMathieu KassovitzRufus
  • Animals (2012)

    9. Animals

    20121h 34mNot Rated
    6.1 (1K)
    Pol, a calm teenager, shares his secret with Deerhoof. He becomes fascinated by Ikari, an enigmatic student, and their routine transforms into a fantastic adventure.
    DirectorMarçal ForésStarsOriol PlaAugustus PrewDimitri Leonidas
  • Johnny Depp in Arizona Dream (1993)

    10. Arizona Dream

    19932h 22mR62Metascore
    7.2 (47K)
    A young New Yorker goes to Arizona where he finds freedom to both love and dream.
    DirectorEmir KusturicaStarsJohnny DeppJerry LewisFaye Dunaway
  • Daniel Giménez Cacho in Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)

    11. Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

    20222h 39mR55Metascore
    6.7 (16K)
    An acclaimed documentarian goes on an introspective journey through surreal dreamscapes to reconcile with the past, the present and his Mexican identity.
    DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsDaniel Giménez CachoGriselda SicilianiXimena Lamadrid
  • Bare (2015)

    12. Bare

    20151h 30mNot Rated52Metascore
    5.1 (2.6K)
    A young girl in Nevada becomes romantically involved with a female drifter who introduces her to a life of stripping, drugs, and metaphysical experiences that teach her what happens when real life catches up with dark fantasy.
    DirectorNatalia LeiteStarsDianna AgronPaz de la HuertaChris Zylka
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

    13. Beasts of the Southern Wild

    20121h 33mPG-1386Metascore
    7.2 (86K)
    Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.
    DirectorBenh ZeitlinStarsQuvenzhané WallisDwight HenryLevy Easterly
  • Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Jonathan Morgan Heit, and Laura Ann Kesling in Bedtime Stories (2008)

    14. Bedtime Stories

    20081h 39mPG33Metascore
    6.0 (104K)
    A hotel handyman's life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true.
    DirectorAdam ShankmanStarsAdam SandlerKeri RussellCourteney Cox
  • John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and Catherine Keener in Being John Malkovich (1999)

    15. Being John Malkovich

    19991h 53mR90Metascore
    7.7 (363K)
    A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.
    DirectorSpike JonzeStarsJohn CusackCameron DiazCatherine Keener
  • Tom Hanks in Big (1988)

    16. Big

    19881h 44mPG73Metascore
    7.3 (251K)
    After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.
    DirectorPenny MarshallStarsTom HanksElizabeth PerkinsRobert Loggia
  • Big Fish (2003)

    17. Big Fish

    20032h 5mPG-1358Metascore
    8.0 (470K)
    A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.
    DirectorTim BurtonStarsEwan McGregorAlbert FinneyBilly Crudup
  • The Birdman (2014)

    18. The Birdman

    20141h 17m
    5.4 (60)
    An old aviator fights to stay in the air. Whether he wins or not, his participation will mark a new record for aviation and will allow one more armistice in his battle with time.
    DirectorsAlexandru MavrodineanuMihai Grecea
  • Natalie Portman in Black Swan (2010)

    19. Black Swan

    20101h 48mR79Metascore
    8.0 (861K)
    Nina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.
    DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsNatalie PortmanMila KunisVincent Cassel
  • Eero Milonoff and Eva Melander in Border (2018)

    20. Border

    20181h 50mR75Metascore
    7.0 (36K)
    A customs officer who can smell fear develops an unusual attraction to a strange traveler while aiding a police investigation which will call into question her entire existence.
    DirectorAli AbbasiStarsEva MelanderEero MilonoffJörgen Thorsson
  • The Butcher Boy (1997)

    21. The Butcher Boy

    19971h 50mR
    7.1 (12K)
    The antisocial son of an alcoholic father and a bipolar mother grows up in 1960s Ireland.
    DirectorNeil JordanStarsStephen ReaFiona ShawEamonn Owens
  • Lotlot De Leon, John Lapus, Vhong Navarro, TJ Trinidad, Rayver Cruz, Alex Gonzaga, and Janine Gutierrez in Buy Now, Die Later (2015)

    22. Buy Now, Die Later

    20151h 58mTV-PG
    4.9 (77)
    A magical store in Manila gives people items that prove to be the solution to their problems...for a price.
    DirectorRandolph LongjasStarsVhong NavarroTJ TrinidadElora Españo
  • Shia LaBeouf and Evan Rachel Wood in Charlie Countryman (2013)

    23. Charlie Countryman

    20131h 43mR31Metascore
    6.3 (30K)
    While travelling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex.
    DirectorFredrik BondStarsShia LaBeoufEvan Rachel WoodMads Mikkelsen
  • Ewan McGregor, Brad Garrett, Jim Cummings, and Nick Mohammed in Christopher Robin (2018)

    24. Christopher Robin

    20181h 44mPG60Metascore
    7.2 (88K)
    A working-class family man, Christopher Robin, encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life.
    DirectorMarc ForsterStarsEwan McGregorHayley AtwellBronte Carmichael
  • The City of Lost Children (1995)

    25. The City of Lost Children

    19951h 52mR73Metascore
    7.4 (74K)
    A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
    DirectorsMarc CaroJean-Pierre JeunetStarsRon PerlmanDaniel EmilforkJudith Vittet

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