Movies with dreamlike vibe

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Steady Intimate Stylish Dreamlike Measured

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In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Risk and self-destruction, Storytelling as escape, Vulnerability in hospital, Collaborative imagination, Healing under constraint

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Playful Realistic Whimsical Intimate Stylish

Overview

A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

Themes

Escape through imagination, Dreams versus reality, Artistic collaboration under pressure, Creative self-doubt, Insecurity and love, Surrealism in daily life

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Tense Bleak Stylish Dreamlike Measured

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Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.

Themes

Fantasy as coping, Isolation fosters imagination, Parental neglect consequences, Unreliable guardianship, Loneliness drives behavior, Boundary between fantasy and reality

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Playful Whimsical Fast-paced Stylish Dreamlike

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A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

Themes

Poverty versus opportunity, Craft and aspiration, Temptation and flaws, Competition and morality, Family duty over gain, Legacy through mentorship, Economic divide pressure

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Whimsical Fast-paced Stylish Dreamlike Oppressive

Overview

In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.

Themes

Deception and disguise, Duty vs personal desire, Betrayal and loyalty, Creativity and artistry, Identity and self, Illusion and reality

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Tense Intimate Contemplative Restrained Deliberate

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A drifter lives in people's houses while they are away and repays them by doing chores for them. His life changes when he meets a beautiful woman who wants to escape her unhappy marriage.

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Moral ambiguity, Domestic abuse, Silent romance, Stealth and concealment, Nomadic dwelling, Reality vs illusion

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Whimsical Atmospheric Stylish Dreamlike Measured

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Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.

Themes

Deception as strategy, Aging due to curse, Binding magical relationships, War as moral pressure, Flight as freedom, Romance amid upheaval

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Tense Whimsical Fast-paced Stylish Dreamlike

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Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.

Themes

Unrequited love, Violence and control, Dreamlike reality, Limbo and transformation, Outsider status, Self-creation and art

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Whimsical Intimate Dry Deliberate Dreamlike

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A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.

Themes

Surreal family bonds, Intergenerational memory, Resisting traditional roles, Creative work as refuge, Rural time spell, Adolescent tension and growth

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Realistic Tense Deliberate Stylish Dreamlike

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Kyung-jin, a police officer who finds herself chasing down a suspected bag-snatcher on her day off. However, the man she catches turns out to be Myungwoo, a passer-by who was himself trying to apprehend the real criminal.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Fantasy as escape, Public vs private life, Duty versus romance, Presence through memory, Grief and healing

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