| Utha Patak (2024) | 7.3 | |
| Neverwas (2005) | 6.5 | |
| Kidding (2018) | 8.0 | |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) | 8.1 | |
| Leolo (1992) | 7.4 |
Reality vs fantasy movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant reality vs fantasy movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, surreal, suspense, psychological thriller, melancholic and art house films and TV shows about / with reality vs fantasy, obsession, hallucination, dream, female nudity, surrealism, paranoia, psychological drama, mental illness and isolation plots mostly in Drama, Fantasy and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as reality vs fantasy: Bridge to Terabithia (2007), Blind (2014), The Room (2019), Fantasy Island (2020), Naked Lunch (1991), Neverwas (2005), Mr. Robot (2015), Shutter Island (2010), Double Lover (2017), Feathers in My Head (2003).
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and ...
Style:
emotional, touching, sad, tear jerker, teen ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
friendship, childhood, imagination, children, escape from reality, fantasy world, classmate, loneliness, magical, imaginary, teenage girl, loss of friend ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
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9K
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Netherlands
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Having recently lost her sight, Ingrid retreats to the safety of her home—a place where she can feel in control, alone with her husband and her thoughts. After a while, Ingrid starts to feel the presence of her husband in the flat when he is ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, touching, art house, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
voyeur, blindness, fetish, losing-it hero, loneliness, imagination, blind woman, fetish sex, female nudity, reality vs fantasy, loss of eyesight, strong sexual content ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, europe, oslo norway
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26K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Kate and Matt discover that a part of their house can grant wishes. In the wake of several miscarriages, what they want most is a child.
Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, mind bending, thought provoking, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
wish fulfillment, miscarriage, life philosophy, incest, children, danger, parents and children, incestuous sex, husband wife relationship, child, couples, reality vs fantasy ...
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A group of contest winners arrive at an island hotel to live out their dreams, only to find themselves trapped in nightmare scenarios.
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
reality vs fantasy, danger, fear, wish fulfillment, hostage, heroes, revenge, resort, twists and turns, island, assassination attempt, jungle ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Netherlands, UK, Japan, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally murders his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in an Islamic port town in Africa.
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, cult classic, philosophical, cerebral ...
Plot:
hallucination, surrealism, exterminator, nightmare, addiction, trippy, repressed homosexual, secret agent, drug addiction, paranoia, reality vs fantasy, homosexuality ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1953, year 1991, 90s ...
Place:
north africa, usa, new york, canada
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Zach Riley (Aaron Eckhart) is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, 'Millwood'. What he doesnt reveal at the time of his appointment is that this was the ...
Style:
psychological, serious, visual, suspense, fairy tale ...
Plot:
novelist, paranoia, reality vs fantasy, psychiatrist, fort, cabin in the woods, secret, father son relationship, book, death of father, alternate reality, writers ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
new england
Is relevant?
461K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A contemporary and culturally resonant drama about a young programmer, Elliot, who suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
hacker, computer hacker, hacking, computers and web, conspiracy, psychotherapy, fighting the system, conspiracy theory, split personality, secret society, introvert, hallucination ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, indiana
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, confusing ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, plot twist, investigation, mental illness, insanity, psychology, memory, paranoia, mental institution, schizophrenia, psychiatrist, mental patient ...
Time:
1950s, year 2010, year 1954, 1940s, year 1945 ...
Place:
iran, persia, america, boston
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.
Style:
erotic, sexy, eros, disturbing, explicit ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
doppelganger, lovers, identical twins, caught having sex, woman on top, model, bare butt, menstruation, sex shop, pregnancy, doctor patient relationship, sex scene ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Jean-Pierre (Francis Renaud) and his wife Blanche (Sophie Museur) live a quiet but happy life in their small Belgian town. But their world is shattered when their young son goes missing. In the aftermath of the family tragedy, the couple's own ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, poignant, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
female nudity, female pubic hair, reality vs fantasy, loss of child, coming of age, hallucination, insanity, missing child, grief, parenthood, character study, family tragedy ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
belgium, europe, france
Is relevant?
103K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
David Haller, AKA Legion, is a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the ...
Style:
psychological thriller, captivating, saga, mysterious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
telepathy, x men, mental illness, supernatural power, schizophrenia, superpower, superhero, telekinesis, superhuman, memory, mental institution, mutant ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
467
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Espen, a man in his thirties who is loved by everyone. Every day is a party and there's no limit to what he experiences. We meet Espen in various situations where everything is amazing and whatever happens, Espen knows how to ...
Style:
disturbing, humorous, touching, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
mental institution, psychology, surrealism, psychiatric ward, reality vs fantasy, relationships, male protagonist, treatment, love and romance, escapism, mental illness, delusion ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A business man buys a house, but he has a hard time trying to get rid of its previous tenant, a dirty bum.
Style:
black comedy, detective, horror comedy, surreal, independent film ...
Plot:
paranoia, murder, nightmare, serial killer, yuppie, neurosis, panic, basement, murder suspect, new house, framed for murder, home invasion ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
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Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A woman who can make all of one man’s fantasies come true moves in next door .
Style:
erotic, sensual, psychological, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
wish fulfillment, reality vs fantasy, supernatural, obsession, sexual exploration, temptation, seduction, male protagonist, magic realism, moral ambiguity, addiction, neighbor ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A publisher of novels begins to receive packets containing macabre: members of a female corpse. The appearance of a mysterious woman who seems related packages will lead to a situation of dramatic denouement.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, neo noir, tense, noir ...
Plot:
reality vs fantasy, macabre, obsession, paranoia, mystery woman, stalker, slow burn, alienation, murder mystery, identity crisis, femme fatale, isolation ...
Place:
barcelona, portugal
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
TV show
Story:
"Utha Patak: A book that brings your story to life. Immerse yourself in its pages and live out your deepest desires, as reality and fantasy merge. But pleasure is confined to the book's world-dare to read?"
Style:
metafiction, surreal, sensual, mind bending, existential ...
Plot:
reality vs fantasy, escapism, magic realism, literary, obsession, transformation, erotic fantasy, temptation, self discovery, intimate, supernatural, moral ambiguity ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
John is an avid role player. He has feelings for Brooke, a fellow role player, but when Brooke makes it clear to him that the feelings are far from mutual, John is thrown into despair and takes his own life. In the wake of this, his friends and ...
Style:
dark fantasy, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, creepy ...
Plot:
role playing, reality vs fantasy, xmas, obsession, revenge, supernatural, unrequited love, loss, vengeful ghost, suicide, guilt, mental health ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A homicide detective goes undercover as a patient to investigate a psychotherapist he believes is linked to a strange double murder. As his therapy sessions continue the line between fantasy and reality begins to blur.
Style:
psychological thriller, dark, detective, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
reality vs fantasy, folk horror, murder mystery, psychotherapy, psychological manipulation, mind game, double murder, paranoia, suspicion, slow burn, claustrophobia, identity crisis ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true ...
Style:
surreal, feel good, sentimental, touching, fairy tale ...
Audience:
date night, kids, chick flick, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
surrealism, fish, journey, storytelling, fantasy world, father son relationship, childhood, mermaid, magic, loneliness, adventurer, free spirited ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century, 1940s, year 2003 ...
Place:
texas, usa, alabama, southern usa, paris france ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
Style:
surreal, psychological, psychedelic, philosophical, visually stunning ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
dream, surrealism, magic realism, love story, magic, daydreamer, escape from reality, artist, existentialism, melancholy, imagination, childhood ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, mexico, france, europe, latin america ...
Is relevant?
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
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real ...
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, surreal, atmospheric, gothic ...
Audience:
kids, teen fantasy, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
monster, fantasy world, imagination, creature, mythology, macabre, legends and myths, magical, young heroes, imaginary, good versus evil, maze ...
Time:
1940s, 2000s, year 1944, 20th century, year 2006
Place:
spain, south america, europe, canada
Is relevant?
127K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, South Africa, India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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, ...
Style:
surreal, offbeat, fairy tale, cerebral, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, date night, adult
Plot:
hospital, surrealism, suicide attempt, imagination, escape from reality, suicide, desert, storytelling, stuntman, magic realism, imaginary kingdom, friendship ...
Time:
1920s, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
india, los angeles, california, cambodia, taj mahal ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four brilliant university students are forced to confront themselves in terrifying ways when their Quantum Physics experiment leads to an entangled parallel existence that leaves them questioning who they are and what is real.
Style:
captivating, suspense, tense, futuristic, confusing ...
Plot:
quantum physics, alternate dimension, scientific experiment, alternate reality, time loop, parallel universe, doppelganger, multiverse, reality vs fantasy, science runs amok, technology, science ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sonia is a jingle writer who's always dreamt of a big and exciting life. Surprised by a sudden proposal and subsequent ultimatum from her easy-going boyfriend, Chris, Sonia has to decide whether she'll join the ranks of her married friends ...
Style:
romantic, light, humorous, captivating, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
romantic relationship, marriage proposal, daydreamer, dating, photographer, wedding, moral dilemma, love and romance, female writer, reality vs fantasy, society, irony ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, italy, new york, rome italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marty, an anti-social realist, and Harry, a passionate ideologist, are two young writers who have come to Hollywood to make it as successful screenwriters.
Style:
satirical, thrilling, captivating, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
partnership, ambition, male friendship, writers, hollywood, filmmaking, creative process, satire, fantasizing, screenwriter, reality vs fantasy, ambitious man ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Nikki is a carefree, fun-loving girl, juggling the men in her life, in her quest for the ultimate love. She soon falls into a fantasy world where she is no longer able to distinguish her real life with her "secret" one.
Style:
surreal, psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
love, female protagonist, love affair, alternate reality, lifestyle, looking for love, love interest, reality vs fantasy, relationships, escape from reality, fantasy becomes reality, love triangle ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An eccentric mountain man on the run from the local sheriff recalls the mysterious events that brought him to his present fugitive state.
Style:
cerebral, psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
mountain man, conspiracy, runaway, social activism, pursuit, conspiracy theory, male protagonist, workplace, society, paranoia, reality vs fantasy, danger ...
Place:
america
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Pothuraju is a fisherman, film freak & ardent fan of Director Puri Jagannath. His life ambition is to conjure up the dramatic moments in his life & persuade his idol Puri Jagannath to make a film based on him. As time passes, he discovers ...
Style:
heartfelt, comedy drama, emotional, dark comedy, inspirational ...
Plot:
ambition, family drama, reality vs fantasy, family secret, small town, escapism, moral dilemma, satire, social commentary, music and dance, fisherman, telugu
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A Korean Film director, Kim Taehoon plans to shoot his new film in a small local city called Gojo, Japan. He travels with his assistant director, Park Mijeong to do research prior to scriptwriting. They travel through several villages that are ...
Style:
art house, meditative, intercultural, contemplative, metafiction ...
Plot:
small town life, reality vs fantasy, inspiration, intimate, character study, slice of life, memory, creative block, minimalism, nostalgia, restaurant, driving ...
Place:
japan
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