| Lawn Dogs (1997) | 7.4 | |
| Ponyo (2008) | 7.6 | |
| Christopher Robin (2018) | 7.2 | |
| Amelie (2001) | 8.3 | |
| Edward Scissorhands (1990) | 7.8 |
Magic realism movies and TV shows – page 3
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New films
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
TV show
Story:
Tita de la Garza and Pedro Muzquiz are two souls in love who cannot be together due to deep-rooted family customs, which will force Tita to navigate with magical tints and flavors between the destiny dictated by her family and the fight for her ...
Style:
romantic drama, poetic, sensual, period piece
Plot:
magic realism, female protagonist, family tradition, forbidden love, passion, star crossed lovers, longing, domestic drama, repression, intimate, tragic romance, bittersweet ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance ...
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, witty, surreal, visually appealing ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
hotel, art theft, mentor, mentor protege relationship, prison escape, murder, escapades, twists and turns, gunfight, painting, fictional country, lawyer ...
Time:
1930s, year 2014, 20th century, 60s, 80s ...
Place:
eastern europe, alps, europe, persia, america ...
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32K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
Style:
anthology, psychedelic, cerebral, philosophical, art film ...
Plot:
dream, surrealism, artist, tunnel, art, nuclear disaster, environmentalism, magic realism, spirit, radiation, philosophy, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
year 1990, 80s, 20th century
Place:
japan, mount fuji, asia, pacific ocean, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's ...
Style:
touching, fairy tale, heartbreaking, feel good, costume drama ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
boarding school, imagination, childhood, princess, orphan, servant, little girl, fantasy life, child, girls' boarding school, coming of age, children ...
Time:
20th century, edwardian era, future, victorian era, 90s ...
Place:
india, new york, england, britain, africa ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, touching, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
christmas, holiday, small town, depression, small town life, angel, friendship, self discovery, second chance, life philosophy, life changing experience, alternate history ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1932, year 1945, 1910s ...
Place:
new york, america, new york state, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
Style:
touching, emotional, sad, uplifting, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, first love, cinema, nostalgia, filmmaking, love story, flashback, haunted by the past, philosophy, friendship, adolescence ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1988, 1950s, year 1954 ...
Place:
italy, sicily, rome italy, europe, corsica
Is relevant?
258K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young boy, Josh Baskin makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big. He wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, rom com, touching, funny ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
friendship, adolescence, body swapping, child as adult, magic, coming of age, longing, toys, child's point of view, wish fulfillment, teenager, fish out of water ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
new york, new jersey, manhattan new york city, arizona, bronx new york city ...
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213K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.
Style:
philosophical, satirical, cerebral, clever, absurd ...
Plot:
depression, satire, twins, filmmaking, siblings relations, writer's block, mentally unstable, imagination, loser, existentialism, loner, writers ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
florida, new york, california, usa, new orleans
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Hungary, Italy, Germany, France
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
This story takes place in a small town on the Hungarian Plain. In a provincial town, which is surrounded with nothing else but frost. It is bitterly cold weather — without snow. Even in this bewildered cold hundreds of people are standing around ...
Style:
serious, philosophical, black and white, slow cinema, tense ...
Plot:
philosophy, surrealism, chaos, musician, delusion, circus, magic realism, social relations, danger, small town life, village life, european ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
hungary, europe
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36K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
surreal, disturbing, psychedelic, cult classic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
isolation, imagination, heroin, mental illness, drug addiction, surrealism, addiction, abandoned house, imaginary friend, mentally challenged, death by overdose, talking doll ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
denmark, austin texas, texas, usa
Is relevant?
228K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on ...
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, feel good, parody, modern fairy tale ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, date night, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
princess, magic, witch, true love, fall in love, good versus evil, magical, prince, imaginary kingdom, love and romance, queen, dragon ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new york state
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Mexico
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life.
Style:
independent film, political, depressing, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
immigrant, immigration, magic realism, indigenous people, brother sister relationship, culture clash, chicano, working class, american dream, social commentary, tragedy, strike ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
guatemala, mexico, los angeles, san diego california, latin america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With ...
Style:
sweet, feel good, sincere, sexy, offbeat ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
witch, curses spells and rituals, magic, supernatural, sisters, supernatural ability, witchcraft, curse, love, halloween, aunt niece relationship, small town ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998
Place:
seattle, usa, arizona, massachusetts
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
10-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie - a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother ...
Style:
scenic, fairy tale, touching, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
children, mermaid, island, seal the animal, celtic, selkie, friendship, fishing boat, legend, ancient mystery, pagan, magic ...
Time:
year 1946, year 1994, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, europe, scotland
Is relevant?
16K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for the handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults Dr. Yang, an oriental herbalist who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, melancholic, touching, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot:
infidelity, invisible man, happy ending, magic, self discovery, female protagonist, magic realism, bored housewife, death, destiny, relationships, identity crisis ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The '60s, Romania. Serafim, a young doctor, is sent to the Hospital in Palilula, a small town lost somewhere on the country map, after the death of the previous pediatrician, Mr. Pantelică.
Style:
surreal, absurd, allegory, atmospheric, poetic ...
Plot:
magic realism, hospital, satire, small town, isolation, social commentary, quarantine, sanitarium, loneliness, macabre, remote village, bare chested male ...
Time:
60s
Place:
romania
Is relevant?
Genre: Family, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Worzel Gummidge is a children's comedy series, produced by Southern Television for ITV, based on the books by Barbara Euphan Todd. Starting in 1979, the programme starred Jon Pertwee in the title role and ran for four series in the UK until ...
Style:
lighthearted, uplifting, surreal, folk tale, period piece ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
magic realism, friendship, unhappiness, countryside, children, adaptation, village life, tea, village, rural setting, santa claus, boy ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A drifter helps a rancher's granddaughter find her true calling.
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, independent film, stylized, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
self discovery, small town, magic realism, rivalry, hopes, farm, modern west, environmentalism, soul searching, coming of age, bittersweet, blue collar ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, France, UK, Poland
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Résumons-nous. Blanche-Neige a été ressuscitée d'un smack par le Prince Charmant. Sur ce, ils se marièrent, furent heureux et eurent beaucoup d'enfants. Fin de l'histoire. Ce qui est, admettons-le, un peu hâtif. Reprenons. Ils ...
Style:
adult cartoon, stylized, fairy tale, adult animation, parody ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sexual promiscuity, jealousy, infidelity, sex, prince, masturbation, sexual arousal, snow white, cartoon sex, sleeping beauty, alternate reality, imaginary kingdom ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young actress rehearsing for a play about human trafficking begins to relive terrifying scenes that may be dreams -- or an alternate reality.
Style:
scary, psychological, erotic, unusual plot structure, bleak ...
Plot:
violence against women, violence, sex trafficking, magic realism, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, female protagonist, theatre play, aspiring actress, lesbianism, blood, sleeping, female nudity ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Wings of Desire is Wim Wender’s artistically beautiful film about the lonely and immortal life of angels during a post-war Berlin. It’s a poetic journey from the perspective of the angels of which one falls in love with a living woman and wants ...
Style:
atmospheric, lyrical, meditative, surreal, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
philosophy, love, angel, circus, dream, immortality, mortality, surrealism, existentialism, suicide, actor, love story ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1987
Place:
berlin germany, germany, west germany, east germany, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Carlos is a man doomed by restless memories, that meets with himself, in a time warp. Young Carlos faces the forgetfulness of old Carlos, who doesn't recognize his own appearance. They get a package. But the package seems odd. The knot that ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, thought provoking, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
memory, magic realism, father son relationship, life, family problems, problem, memory lapse, travel, identity, memory loss, grief, loss ...
Place:
rio de janeiro
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA, UK, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A Canadian-Brith film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's novel of the same name. The film tells the story of a pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from England grow up in the country that is nothing like their ...
Style:
captivating, surreal, stylized, psychological, epic ...
Plot:
hopes, family relations, political unrest, youth, coming of age, love and romance, society, siblings relations, rich and poor, magic realism, coup, colonialism ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 50s, 60s, year 1917 ...
Place:
india, bombay india, pakistan, asia, kashmir ...
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112K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) works and lives Madrid with her husband Paco and daughter Paula. Her sister Sole (Lola Dueñas) lives nearby and they both miss their mother Irene (Carmen Maura), who died several years ago in a house fire along with their ...
Style:
black comedy, emotional, touching, visually stunning, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
death, rape, child abuse, twists and turns, lust, adultery, ghost, secret, vengeance, woman urinating, neighbor, women ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
spain, madrid, nebraska, iberian peninsula, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, Italy, Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.
Style:
experimental, psychedelic, surreal, epic, art house ...
Plot:
shakespeare, book, surrealism, magic, magic realism, nudity, children, boy, shipwreck, library, daughter, skinny dipping ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 17th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size ...
Style:
touching, humorous, depressing, sweet, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
loneliness, mental illness, sex doll, shyness, doll, delusion, bittersweet, young man, introvert, small town, forbidden love, character study ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, wisconsin, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.
Style:
mumblecore, independent film, melancholic, feel good, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
time travel, time machine, loneliness, self discovery, fall in love, journalism, social misfits, happy ending, interview, intern, government agent, mental illness ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle, washington state
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Bahrain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the Village, ...
Style:
sexy, melancholic, sweet, anthology, talky ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
love story, young lovers, interracial relations, multiple storylines, looking for love, city life, couples, couple relations, fall in love, lifestyle, first love, love affair ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, paris france, brooklyn new york city ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After St. Jude appears in Esperanza's oven, she sets out to find her daughter, who died under mysterious circumstances. The journey forces Esperanza to challenge her own beliefs and face her fears in order to be reunited with her beloved ...
Style:
cult classic, soap opera, serious, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
magic realism, bittersweet, immigrant, mexican american border, wrestling, strong female presence, family problems, self discovery, obsessive quest, life is a bitch, society, prostitute ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, latin america, los angeles, rio de janeiro, japan ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Poland, Norway
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Veronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identical to Veronique, though the two are not related. The film follows both women as they contend with ...
Style:
sexy, cerebral, philosophical, surreal, visual ...
Plot:
doppelganger, music, music teacher, female protagonist, photograph, opera singer, puppeteer, self discovery, love story, heart disease, lookalikes, encounter ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, year 1990
Place:
poland, france, paris france, europe, eastern europe
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