| The Machinist (2004) | 7.6 | |
| Jojo Rabbit (2019) | 7.9 | |
| The Orphanage (2007) | 7.4 | |
| Mr. Brooks (2007) | 7.2 | |
| Inside Out (2015) | 8.1 |
Imaginary friend movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant imaginary friend movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, suspense, suspenseful, emotional, serious and weird films and TV shows about / with imaginary friend, family relations, death, childhood, supernatural, storytelling, children, friendship, transformation and youth plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as imaginary friend: Drop Dead Fred (1991), Sundays at Tiffany's (2010), Hide and Seek (2005), Solomon Grundy (2012), Donnie Darko (2001), Come Play (2020), Everything You Want (2005), Ben X (2007), Someone Is Watching (2000), The Orphanage (2007).
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List of imaginary friend movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When Elizabeth returns to her mother's home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job. In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates, ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, humorous, absurd, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult, teen drama
Plot:
imaginary friend, childhood memory, mental illness, emotional manipulation, friendship, vengeance, personal growth, emotional abuse, absent father, self discovery, mother daughter relationship, adult humor ...
Time:
80s
Place:
minnesota, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Alyssa Milano, who also serves as producer, stars as Jane Claremont, who, as a young girl, would accompany her mother Vivian (Stockard Channing) to Tiffany’s in New York every Sunday and bring along her imaginary friend, Michael. Now, 20 years ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, touching, suspense, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
imaginary friend, true love, angel, family relations, love triangle, couples, imaginary character, love and romance, wedding, infidelity, love, writers ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an imaginary friend named ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, suspense, psychological thriller, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
imaginary friend, plot twist, twists and turns, split personality, psychologist, supernatural horror, mental illness, haunted by the past, single father, murder, child's point of view, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
8-year-old Jimmy finds comfort and protection in the form of his imaginary friend, Solomon Grundy. Upon reaching adulthood, Jimmy finds that his invisible friend has not gone away.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, suspense, tense, anime ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, split personality, dark hero, fight, identity crisis, mistaken identity, violence, betrayal, abusive mother, good versus evil, stolen identity, nightmare ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Style:
psychological, surreal, mind bending, atmospheric, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
mental illness, imaginary friend, schizophrenia, psychology, time travel, insanity, parallel universe, suburbs, surrealism, time loop, trippy, schizophrenic ...
Time:
80s, year 2001, 2000s, future, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, america, usa, virginia, harvard university
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20K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A lonely young boy feels different from everyone else. Desperate for a friend, he seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses the boy’s devices against him to break into our world, his parents ...
Style:
spooky, scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
imaginary friend, husband wife relationship, haunted house, autism, supernatural, child protagonist, monster, found footage, loneliness, family relations, demon, hallucination ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
It was at a very young age that Abby found herself experimenting with the gift of art while she practically...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating, rom com
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
unlikely couple, imaginary friend, love, lifestyle, love triangle, fall in love, love and romance, opposites attract, prodigy, youth, couples, looking for love ...
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20K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Harassed by bullies because of his mild autism, teen Ben (Greg Timmermans) finds refuge in an online computer game, which leads him to his virtual dream girl, Scarlite (Laura Verlinden). Together, the odd couple seeks revenge against Ben's ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, serious, stylized, sad ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
autism, asperger's syndrome, communication problem, escape from reality, internet, faked death, bullying, computer game, mental illness, computer, imaginary friend, antisocial behavior ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, brussels, brussels belgium
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Cory is a young boy who has just moved into a new house with his mom. He develops a relationship with an "imaginary" friend who lives in his closet. No one believes him until people start dying violently and the "imaginary" ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, enigmatic, realistic ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, mentally unstable, danger, stalking, parents and children, voyeurism, murder, voyeur, nudity, violent content, neighbor, halloween party ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
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170K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico, France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
Style:
twist ending, scary, surprise ending, psychological, gothic ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, twists and turns, macabre, fear, haunted, death, missing child, tragic event, haunted by the past, imaginary friend ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, y2k, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
spain
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A troubled college freshman, Luke, suffers a violent family trauma and resurrects his childhood imaginary friend Daniel to help him cope.
Style:
psychological, suspense, suspenseful, demonic, bleak ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, artist, hypnosis, terror, mental disorder, hallucination, body horror, occult, disorder, teenage crush, friends, society ...
Time:
2010s, year 2007, year 2019
Place:
new york
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19K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter Alice develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named Chauncey she finds in the basement. Alice starts playing games with Chauncey that begin playful and ...
Style:
psychological horror, psychological thriller, mystic, psychological, mystical ...
Audience:
horror for children
Plot:
imaginary friend, teddy bear, old woman, sister sister relationship, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, paranormal activity, supernatural horror, stepmother, supernatural power, mysticism, paranormal phenomena, supernatural ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he ...
Style:
psychological, touching, cerebral, dramatic, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
mathematics, mental illness, schizophrenia, genius, paranoia, insanity, imagination, scientist, prodigy, nobel prize, imaginary friend, mathematician ...
Time:
year 2001, 60s, 1940s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
harvard university, boston, new jersey, detroit, persia ...
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44K
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Psychological horror about a lonely young woman traumatized by a difficult childhood, and her increasingly desperate attempts to connect with the people around her.
Style:
psychological, gothic, creepy, bloody, dark ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
serial killer, mental illness, imaginary friend, psychopath, female psychopath, childhood trauma, insanity, dangerous attraction, violence, dark humor, murder, doll ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
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65K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A girl discovers she can see everyone's imaginary friends and embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten IFs with their kids.
Style:
sincere, feel good, stylized, light, humorous ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, imagination, friendship, childhood, child protagonist, surrealism, girl, magic, magic realism, magical, young woman, young girl ...
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city, new york, brooklyn new york city
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7K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
Style:
sentimental, touching, slang, fairy tale, epic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, magic, childhood, friendship, youth, bittersweet, imagination, loss of mother, death of mother, circus, coming of age, slice of life ...
Time:
year 1996
Place:
new jersey, atlantic city new jersey, las vegas
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A girl calls on her brother's imaginary friend to banish a mischievous boogeyman who has framed her for his pranks.
Style:
scary, spooky, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot:
youth, halloween, imaginary friend, supernatural, teenage life, leukemia, passionate kiss, old dark house, haunting, child, childhood, prank ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
During her traumatic childhood with an abusive father, Emma relied on an imaginary friend for strength. She is now an artist struggling with mental illness living with her apparently loving husband, Brad. But when Emma's imaginary friend starts ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, mental illness, imaginary friend, childhood, medication, haunted by the past, dishonesty, couple relations, life is a bitch, couples, family relations, control ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Island. She is currently in midst of divorce proceedings and the apartment, though near an excellent school for her daughter, is all she can afford. ...
Style:
psychological, creepy, dark, disturbing, stylized ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
supernatural horror, ghost, haunted, imaginary friend, mother daughter relationship, divorce, haunted house, spirit, fear, evil child, starting over, danger ...
Time:
year 2000, 70s, year 1974, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa, seattle, washington state ...
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7K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, mystical, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
supernatural horror, imaginary friend, suicide attempt, supernatural, mysticism, house fire, paranormal phenomena, paranormal activity, survival horror, supernatural being, dysfunctional family, terrorizing ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A businessman is reunited with the four lost souls who were his guardian angels during childhood, all with a particular purpose to joining the afterlife.
Style:
touching, sentimental, feel good, sweet, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
afterlife, angel, redemption, ghost, fear of commitment, supernatural, guardian angel, love, happy ending, imaginary friend, reincarnation, friendship ...
Time:
year 1959, 90s, 1950s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
san francisco
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
11-year-old Davey's mother is dead and his father doesn't spend nearly enough time with him. So the boy loses himself in video games--and even has an imaginary friend, a super-resourceful secret agent. When he accidentally comes into ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, harsh ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot:
childhood, imaginary friend, child protagonist, disbelieving adult, espionage, coming of age, superhero, murder, parent child relationship, criminal, good versus evil, hacker ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa, san antonio texas
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, Ireland
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
A workaholic adult woman's imaginary friend from childhood comes back to her, but ends up being more of a troublemaker than a great companion.
Style:
sitcom, entertaining, satirical, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, relationships, friendship, coping, problem solving, satire, problem, imaginary character, friends, female protagonist, self discovery, magic realism ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Pobby & Dingan are invisible. They live in an opal town in Australia and are friends with Kellyanne, the 9 year-old daughter of an opal miner. The film tells the story of the bizarre and inexplicable disappearance of Pobby & Dingan, ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, touching, humorous, sad
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
hopes, imaginary friend, friendship, imaginary character, self discovery, siblings relations, culture clash, introspection, single parent, mischievous children, small town, best friend ...
Place:
australia
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Claire and her husband find themselves moving back into Claire's childhood home only to have the abusive and traumatic memories of her mother come back to haunt her. As her husband starts to get more work, Claire finds herself mixed up in a fog ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, scary, psychological ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, doll, supernatural, girl, death of mother, trauma, childhood memory, mysticism, abusive mother, loneliness, blood, secret passageway ...
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199K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that ...
Style:
scary, suspense, gothic, frightening, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, children, supernatural horror, haunted house, mother daughter relationship, afterlife, adoption, macabre, imaginary friend, danger, hospital ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada
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483K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: New Zealand, USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must ...
Style:
black comedy, cute, sad, dark comedy, funny ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
world war two, nazi germany, boy, nazi, satire, jewish girl, coming of age, nazism, first love, hitler youth, hitler, imaginary friend ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, year 1945, year 2019, year 1944
Place:
germany, los angeles, central europe, europe
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201K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless ...
Style:
depressing, touching, emotional, sad, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
loneliness, stop motion, friendship, social misfits, letter, depression, melancholy, asperger's syndrome, young woman, relationships, solitude, mental illness ...
Time:
20th century, year 2009, 2000s, year 1976, 70s
Place:
australia, oceania, persia, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Imaginary friends are a perfectly normal thing to have when you're a kid - that's why when Suzanne's six-year-old stepdaughter, Molly, starts talking to a "nonexistent" pal, she writes it off as the child's harmless way ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, ghost, friendship, family relations, mysterious character, supernatural, parents and children, uncover truth, death of mother, children, danger, relocation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A little girl's imaginary friends come to life when she goes through her great-grandmother's antique mirror, a la Alice, after she sees it glowing.
Style:
mystical, surreal, emotional, period piece, independent film ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
imaginary friend, magical mirror, coming of age, child protagonist, young girl, friendship, magic realism, curiosity, alternate world, self discovery, portal, household ...
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