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Oneiric films

by chatbada • Created 3 years ago • Modified 5 months ago
Some of these movies have a dreamy atmosphere, some others are just here because their story includes an element of dream. I will tell which are which in the comments.
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  • Gary Cooper, John Halliday, Ann Harding, and Ida Lupino in Peter Ibbetson (1935)

    1. Peter Ibbetson

    19351h 25mApproved
    6.9 (2.8K)
    A Victorian-era architect commissioned by the Duke of Towers to design his stables falls in love with the Duchess.
    DirectorHenry HathawayStarsGary CooperAnn HardingJohn Halliday
    One of my favorite movies. Surrealistic and oniric.
  • Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones in Portrait of Jennie (1948)

    2. Portrait of Jennie

    19481h 26mApproved
    7.6 (8.1K)
    In Depression-era New York, an impoverished painter has a chance encounter with an enigmatic, old-fashioned little girl in Central Park who inspires him and changes his destiny.
    DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsJennifer JonesJoseph CottenEthel Barrymore
    Same as Peter Ibbetson
  • Juliette ou La clef des songes (1951)

    3. Juliette ou La clef des songes

    19511h 46m
    6.9 (507)
    Michel has stolen from his employer, Mr Bellanger, for the love of Juliette. He is now in jail. One night, while sleeping in his cell, he wakes up all of a sudden, the gates open and he finds himself in a strange village where all the inhabitants have lost their memory. There, meets Juliette again who seems to agree to marry a powerful man, who might well be Bluebeard...
    DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsGérard PhilipeSuzanne CloutierJean-Roger Caussimon
    French movie very influenced by Peter Ibbetson
  • Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive (2001)

    4. Mulholland Drive

    20012h 27mR87Metascore
    7.9 (411K)
    After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsNaomi WattsLaura HarringJustin Theroux
    Dreamy of course !
  • Dreams (1990)

    5. Dreams

    19901h 59mPG
    7.7 (31K)
    A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams.
    DirectorsAkira KurosawaIshirô HondaStarsAkira TeraoMitsuko BaishôToshie Negishi
  • Richard Chamberlain in The Last Wave (1977)

    6. The Last Wave

    19771h 46mPG85Metascore
    6.9 (12K)
    A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions.
    DirectorPeter WeirStarsRichard ChamberlainOlivia HamnettDavid Gulpilil
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in Inception (2010)

    7. Inception

    20102h 28mPG-1374Metascore
    8.8 (2.7M)
    A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot Page
    Not very dreamy, but the story is about dreams.
  • Heather Langenkamp in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

    8. A Nightmare on Elm Street

    19841h 31mR76Metascore
    7.4 (280K)
    Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.
    DirectorWes CravenStarsHeather LangenkampJohnny DeppRobert Englund
    Rather nightmarish, but story is about some people having (very) bad dreams
  • The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)

    9. The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

    19531h 29mG
    6.7 (4.8K)
    A young boy dreams that he is in an imaginary world where, assisted by his family's plumber, he must save other piano-playing kids like himself from the dungeons of his dictatorial piano teacher who also mind-controls his mother.
    DirectorRoy RowlandStarsPeter Lind HayesMary HealyHans Conried
    Dreamy and about dream
  • Edward G. Robinson and Joan Bennett in The Woman in the Window (1944)

    10. The Woman in the Window

    19441h 47mApproved
    7.6 (19K)
    A reserved professor meets a model and gets mixed up in murder.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsEdward G. RobinsonJoan BennettRaymond Massey
    Dreamy atmosphere
  • Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, and Frank Morgan in The Wizard of Oz (1939)

    11. The Wizard of Oz

    19391h 42mG92Metascore
    8.1 (454K)
    Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.
    DirectorsVictor FlemingGeorge CukorNorman TaurogStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay Bolger
    Don't you know ?
  • Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

    12. Eyes Wide Shut

    19992h 39mTV-MA69Metascore
    7.5 (404K)
    A Manhattan doctor embarks on a bizarre, night-long odyssey after his wife's admission of unfulfilled longing.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsTom CruiseNicole KidmanTodd Field
    So dreamy and a bit about dream, isn't it ?
  • My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

    13. My Neighbor Totoro

    19881h 26mG87Metascore
    8.1 (413K)
    When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsHitoshi TakagiNoriko HidakaChika Sakamoto
    Someone is having a dream here
  • Spirited Away (2001)

    14. Spirited Away

    20012h 4mPG96Metascore
    8.6 (921K)
    During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsDaveigh ChaseSuzanne PleshetteMiyu Irino
    Same as Totoro
  • Ivana Baquero in Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

    15. Pan's Labyrinth

    20061h 58mR98Metascore
    8.2 (729K)
    In 1944 Spain, a girl is sent to live with her ruthless stepfather. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks.
    DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi López
    Same as Chihiro ^^
  • Alison Brie in Horse Girl (2020)

    16. Horse Girl

    20201h 43mR61Metascore
    6.0 (21K)
    Sarah, a socially isolated woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses, and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into her waking life.
    DirectorJeff BaenaStarsAlison BrieMolly ShannonGoldenite
  • Alexandra Borbély in On Body and Soul (2017)

    17. On Body and Soul

    20171h 56mNot Rated77Metascore
    7.5 (31K)
    When slaughterhouse workers Endre and Mária discover they share the same dreams, where they meet in a forest as deer and fall in love, they decide to make their dreams come true, but it's difficult in real life.
    DirectorIldikó EnyediStarsAlexandra BorbélyGéza MorcsányiRéka Tenki
    Two people having strange dreams. Beautiful movie except the first moments.
  • Angus Scrimm in Phantasm (1979)

    18. Phantasm

    19791h 29mR72Metascore
    6.6 (43K)
    Newly orphaned teenager Mike Pearson, his older brother Jody, and their friends face off against a mysterious grave robber known as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons in their southern California town.
    DirectorDon CoscarelliStarsA. Michael BaldwinBill ThornburyReggie Bannister
    Weird movie, I love it
  • Brazil (1985)

    19. Brazil

    19852h 12mR84Metascore
    7.8 (218K)
    A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
    DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJonathan PryceKim GreistRobert De Niro
  • Before I Wake (2016)

    20. Before I Wake

    20161h 37mPG-1368Metascore
    6.2 (55K)
    A couple adopt an orphaned child whose dreams - and nightmares - manifest physically as he sleeps.
    DirectorMike FlanaganStarsKate BosworthThomas JaneJacob Tremblay
  • Fantastic Night (1942)

    21. Fantastic Night

    19421h 43m
    6.7 (408)
    Denis is distracted: he's studying all day for philosophy exams and working all night at the flower market; plus, whenever he closes his eyes, he dreams of a mysterious woman in white. His girlfriend Nina is annoyed at him for his inattention, so she steps out behind his back with a friend of his. One night, while napping at the flower mart, he pursues the mystery woman in what he thinks is a dream, and finds himself with her in a restaurant with her father and her fiancé, then on to a magic shop, the Louvre, a nightclub, and a mental asylum. During the night, he discovers a plot against her, and still believing it's a dream, goes to great lengths to try to save her.
    DirectorMarcel L'HerbierStarsFernand GraveyMicheline PresleSaturnin Fabre
    Wasn't so convinced by the movie, but it's kinda dreamy somehow
  • Terence Stamp, Matt Smith, Michael Ajao, Thomasin McKenzie, and Anya Taylor-Joy in Last Night in Soho (2021)

    22. Last Night in Soho

    20211h 56mR65Metascore
    7.0 (193K)
    Aspiring fashion designer Eloise is mysteriously able to return to 1960s London, where she encounters dazzling wannabe singer Sandie. But the glamour is not as it seems, and the dreams of the past crack and splinter into something darker.
    DirectorEdgar WrightStarsThomasin McKenzieAnya Taylor-JoyMatt Smith
  • Julia Sarah Stone in Come True (2020)

    23. Come True

    20201h 45mUnrated68Metascore
    6.0 (12K)
    A teenage runaway takes part in a sleep study that becomes a nightmarish descent into the depths of her mind and a frightening examination of the power of dreams.
    DirectorAnthony Scott BurnsStarsJulia Sarah StoneLandon LiboironCarlee Ryski
  • Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, and Madeleine Stowe in 12 Monkeys (1995)

    24. 12 Monkeys

    19952h 9mR75Metascore
    8.0 (667K)
    In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.
    DirectorTerry GilliamStarsBruce WillisMadeleine StoweBrad Pitt
    I won't say...
  • Elliott Spiers in Paperhouse (1988)

    25. Paperhouse

    19881h 32mPG-13
    6.6 (6.6K)
    A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.
    DirectorBernard RoseStarsCharlotte BurkeJane BertishSamantha Cahill
    Dreamy !!!

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