Movies with dreamlike vibe
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A peculiar girl transforms into a cat to catch her crush's attention. But before she realizes it, the line between human and animal starts to blur.
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Personal growth under pressure, Unrequited love, Identity through transformation, Bullying and social pressure, Parallel world longing, Appearance via disguise
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A socially awkward woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses, and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into her waking life.
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Mental health pressures, Dreams and waking life, Trauma and memory, Isolation in relationships, Conspiracy belief, Grief and isolation
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A story of Naoufel, a young man who is in love with Gabrielle. In another part of town, a severed hand escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.
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Loneliness after loss, Pizza delivery boy longing, Crawling hand pursuit, Surrealism as perspective, Librarian memory shaping reality, Severed hand isolation
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In Fujisawa, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. Blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted by the appearance of his first crush, Shoko Makinohara.
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Memory across timelines, Time manipulation, Donor ethics, Past and future ties, Intergenerational affection, Identity through histories
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A man tries to make his wife fall in love with him again, after waking up in an alternate reality where she never knew him.
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Deception in romance, Memory and longing, Husband wife relationship dynamics, Alternate reality consequences, Creative ambition vs love, Identity and role negotiation
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When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town named Marwen where he can heal and be heroic. As he builds an astonishing art installation — a testament to the most powerful women he knows — through his fantasy world, he draws strength to triumph in the real one.
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Memory loss and recovery, Fantasy as coping mechanism, Art-based healing, Delusions and mental illness, Art installation as therapy, Resilience after trauma
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In the sweltering summer of 2011, unemployed and behind on rent, Sam has only days before his life in Los Angeles collapses—and then the mysterious woman in his pool vanishes overnight, leaving behind a painted symbol and a trail of codes. As billionaires disappear and secret shows in graveyards beckon, every hour he spends chasing conspiracies pulls him deeper into a citywide puzzle that’s devouring people who run out of time.
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Secret society dynamics, Voyeur culture, Urban alienation and conspiracy, Surreal noir sensibility, Media deception and mythmaking, Seduction and manipulation
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An investigation into one woman’s memory as she‘s forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.
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Trauma and resilience, Trust under pressure, Power and manipulation, Memory vs forgetting, Stories as survival, Memory as miracle
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Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.
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Grief and memory, Death and ghost, Loss and morality, Unreliable reality, House as memory, Piano as presence
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A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.
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Appearance versus reality, Sacrifice for loved ones, Curse as catalyst, Castle as confinement, Social suspicion and outsiders, Memory and restoration
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