Movies with dreamlike vibe

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Realistic Tense Steady Intimate Atmospheric

Overview

In a world where a rental car’s GPS opens doors into your past, two strangers on their way to a wedding tumble through their own memories, forced to relive every almost-love and almost-life as the route keeps changing and the exits back to the present start to disappear.

Themes

Second chances in love, Fate vs choice, Memory as compass, Familial bonds and absence, Revisiting past relationships

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Realistic Intimate Atmospheric Bleak Restrained

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In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

Themes

Mortality awareness, Reverse chronology, Slice of life, Moments over time, Dance as expression, Found family through hardship

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Atmospheric Dreamlike

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When an 8-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes on Caddo Lake, a series of past deaths and disappearances begin to link together, forever altering a broken family’s history.

Themes

Temporal displacement and family strain, Alternate timelines shaping identity, Memory continuity across generations, Missing-child trauma across generations, Community suspicion and vigilance, Fragile family bonds under pressure

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Realistic Intimate Claustrophobic Atmospheric Contemplative

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Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life.

Themes

Paris memory, Opera singer pressure, Period drama tension, Female protagonist conflict, Surrealism disorientation, Historical scrutiny

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Realistic Deliberate Dreamlike Intense Measured

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In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.

Themes

Loneliness and connection, Desire versus distance, Surreal perception and telepathy, Addiction and dependence, Identity and embodiment, Boundaries of intimacy

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Tense Claustrophobic Dry Stylish Dreamlike

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A triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.

Themes

Manipulation and control, Coercive power dynamics, Consent and exploitation, Paranoia and reality testing, Cultish devotion and betrayal, Moral ambiguity and complicity

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Playful Whimsical Dreamlike Nerve-wracking Turbulent

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Maddie's dream guy is days away from marrying her best friend when a wish for true love made on an ancient stone in Ireland magically alters her fate.

Themes

Second chances in love, Friendship vs romance, Consequences of wishes, True love vs obligation, Social expectations of marriage, Romantic indecision

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Tense Dry Eerie Fast-paced Stylish

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Hapless family man Paul Matthews finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom.

Themes

Media sensationalism, Cancel culture backlash, Dreams as advertising space, Fame vs passivity, Satire of scientific prestige, Shared subconsciousness

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Immersive Tense Atmospheric Dreamlike Measured

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While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."

Themes

Loss of loved one shapes memory, World war ii reshapes horizon, Education unlocks agency, Coming of age through peril, Parallel world reveals choice, Magic world redefines belonging

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Playful Bright Tense Steady Whimsical

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Peter is searching for his long-lost sister when he crosses paths with a fortune teller in the market square. His only question is: is his sister still alive? The answer, that he must find a mysterious elephant and the magician who will conjure it, sets Peter off on a journey to complete three seemingly impossible tasks that will change the face of his town forever.

Themes

Guilt and responsibility, War-induced despair, Hope through communal effort, Family bonds and belonging, Trust in magic vs disbelief, Recovery of trust

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