"a style of writing, films, art, etc. that mostly represents life as it really is but with some events or features that are magical or supernatural"– magical realism (Cambridge (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/magical-realism))

Here are the top 25 highest rated feature films (with more than 1000 votes) with the IMDb keyword magical-realism (https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=magical-realism&ref_=kw_ref_rt_vt&sort=user_rating,desc&mode=detail&page=1&title_type=movie&num_votes=1000%2C). Which one do you think is the best combination of magic and realism?

Discuss here (https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/poll-suggestion-keyword-poll-magical-realism) after voting

Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Ryan, Naomi Watts, Emma Stone, and Andrea Riseborough in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell in Groundhog Day (1993)

Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Mary McDonnell, Noah Wyle, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, and Stuart Stone in Donnie Darko (2001)

Pernilla Allwin and Bertil Guve in Fanny and Alexander (1982)

Ana Torrent in The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)

Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and Catherine Keener in Being John Malkovich (1999)

Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 500 Days of Summer (2009)

Keyword Poll: Magical Realism

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Spirited Away (2001)

The Green Mile (1999)

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

Time of the Gypsies (1988)

Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)

Donnie Darko (2001)

Fanny and Alexander (1982)

Underground (1995)

La Strada (1954)

Big Fish (2003)

Groundhog Day (1993)

Landscape in the Mist (1988)

The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)

Life of Pi (2012)

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

Damnation (1988)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Being John Malkovich (1999)

The Great Beauty (2013)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

Midnight in Paris (2011)

Ponyo (2008)

500 Days of Summer (2009)

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