Movies with dreamlike vibe

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Playful Tense Steady Whimsical Dreamlike

Overview

A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.

Themes

Grief and family bonds, Dreamworld vs waking life, Imagination as escape, Sea of nightmares, Pearls and wishes, Maps as agency

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Atmospheric Dry Deliberate Stylish Dreamlike

Overview

A renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit.

Themes

Memory and legacy, Public vs private life, Existential crisis under pressure, Media scrutiny and self, Artifice of docufiction, Family duty vs mobility

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Realistic Tense Intimate Restrained Deliberate

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Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the troubled man she didn't.

Themes

Depression masking outward calm, Memory shaping family bonds, Deferred coming of age, Complex parental bonds, Queer loneliness

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Atmospheric Eerie Fast-paced Chaotic Stylish

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In a world where demon hair cream can yank the dead out of their graves, a punk rock-loving teen strikes a deal to resurrect her parents—only to unleash power-hungry corpses and two scheming underworld rejects on her crumbling town.

Themes

Betrayal and deception, Grief and resilience, Corporate influence, Community under threat, Economic exploitation, Private prison power

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Whimsical Dynamic Eerie Stylish Dreamlike

Overview

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.

Themes

Intergenerational trauma, Mother daughter relationship, Lgbt visibility, Laundromat life pressures, Divorce and family strains, Interdimensional travel exploration

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Immersive Tense Dynamic Atmospheric Eerie

Overview

In an abandoned Tokyo overrun by bubbles and gravitational abnormalities, one gifted young man has a fateful meeting with a mysterious girl.

Themes

Adolescence under pressure, Romance amid disaster, Resilience in ruined city, Gravity as constraint, Uncertain future, Collaboration in crisis

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Steady Claustrophobic Stylish Dreamlike Witty

Overview

Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.

Themes

Dark comedy tone, Poor family dynamics, Fed-up landlady leverage, Anxious developer pressure, Surreal ambiance, Mysterious house control, Stop motion texture

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Playful Tense Whimsical Fast-paced Dreamlike

Overview

Two dimwitted friends hatch a money-making scheme after discovering a giant fly in the trunk of a car.

Themes

Unlikely partnership, Improvisation under constraint, Economic opportunism, Commodification of novelty, Risk and reward tension, Profit from unusual asset

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Realistic Restrained Dreamlike Hopeful Reflective

Overview

Two teenagers trapped in an endless time loop set out to find all the tiny things that make that one day perfect.

Themes

Intergenerational tension, Balancing dreams and duty, Time loop constraint, Caregiving under illness, Pursuit of tiny joys, Companionship beyond romance

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Intimate Claustrophobic Deliberate Dreamlike Sun-drenched

Overview

The story of a married American couple who go to the San Sebastian Film Festival. They get caught up in the magic of the festival, the beauty and charm of Spain and the fantasy of movies. She has an affair with a brilliant French movie director, and he falls in love with a beautiful Spanish woman who lives there.

Themes

Deception in relationships, Marital strain and infidelity, Jealousy and artistic rivalry, Cinephilia and festival culture, Pursuit of meaning in cinema, Aging and relevance in art

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