Dreamscape movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant dreamscape movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out cult classic, surreal, stylized, serious, surprise ending and psychological films and TV shows about / with dream, surrealism, virtual reality, dreamscape, danger, supernatural, death, nightmare, blood and chase plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as dreamscape: Dreamscape (1984), Gravity Falls (2012), Dream Demon (1988), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), The Skull (1965), Inception (2010), Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998), Nutcracker (1986), Doctor Sleep (2019), Dream Trap (1990).

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 6.3
 18K
Dreamscape (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A government funded project looks into using psychics to enter people's dreams, with some mechanical help. When a subject dies in his sleep from a heart attack Alex Gardner becomes suspicious that another of the psychics is killing people in ...
Style: surreal, psychological, cult classic, futuristic, suspense ...
Plot: dream, psychic, psychic power, conspiracy, nightmare, lucid dream, nuclear holocaust, scientist, train, monster, surrealism, u.s. president ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: washington d.c., illinois
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 8.9
 133K
Gravity Falls (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Twin brother and sister Dipper and Mabel Pines are in for an unexpected adventure when they spend the summer helping their great uncle Stan run a tourist trap in the mysterious town of Gravity Falls, Oregon.
Style: captivating, exciting, offbeat, anime, adult animation ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens, family friendly, adult ...
Plot: supernatural, friendship, small town, youth, twins, magical, child protagonist, mysterious place, summer vacation, monster, imaginary, good versus evil ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: oregon, usa, california
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 5.6
 1K
Dream Demon (1988)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young woman about to be married begins having terrifying dreams about demons. When she wakes, however, the demons are real and begin to commit gruesome murders.
Style: demonic, bloody, atmospheric, phantasmagoric, slasher ...
Plot: nightmare, wedding, body horror, supernatural being, nightmare comes true, mirror, dreamscape, dream within a dream, amnesia, dream world, demon, supernatural serial murderer ...
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), who was ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: supernatural, dream, supernatural horror, murder, nightmare, gory, serial killer, fear, nightmare comes true, high school, sleep deprivation, teenager ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 20th century, year 1981
Place: ohio, usa
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: It's been many years since Freddy Krueger's first victim, Nancy, came face-to-face with Freddy and his sadistic, evil ways. Now, Nancy's all grown up; she's put her frightening nightmares behind her and is helping teens cope with ...
Style: slasher, scary, surreal, suspense, bloody ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: serial killer, mental institution, murder, supernatural, nightmare, dream, dead teenager, sleep disorder, trapped, serial murder, nightmare on elm street, nightmare comes true ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1990
Place: los angeles, usa, ohio
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 6.2
 4K
The Skull (1965)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A collector of esoterica, Dr. Maitland, buys an unusual skull from his ordinary source of artifacts. The skull is what remains of marquis De Sade. Much too soon he discovers how the skull affects him: by turning him into a frenzied killer.
Style: gothic horror, classic horror, cult classic, surreal, suspense ...
Plot: occult, skull, murder, ghost, telekinesis, skeleton, psychic power, psychic, witch, house, tiny, fetish ...
Time: 18th century, 60s
Place: london
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 8.8
 2.5M
Inception (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story: Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another ...
Style: psychological, mind bending, clever, cerebral, surreal ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: dream, virtual reality, memory, alternate reality, twists and turns, imagination, subconscious, philosophy, existentialism, fictional reality, heist, puzzle ...
Time: year 2010, future, 2000s, 2010s, near future
Place: paris france, japan, los angeles, iran, tokyo ...
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Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A group of Soul Hunters come to Babylon 5 demanding the return of something that was stolen from them.
Style: futuristic, stylized, intellectual, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space opera, space travel, space, space program, supernatural, military, benign alien, star wars, intergalactic, dystopia, outer space, space station ...
Time: future, 23rd century
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 6.8
 1K
Nutcracker (1986)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The colorful holiday classic is finally brought to the big screen, designed by famed children's story author and artist Maurice Sendak, and written for the first time to be as close as possible to the original story. A lavish, exciting and ...
Style: stylized, entertaining, independent film, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, nutcracker, dancing, toy comes to life, hunting, dance, happiness, soldier, uncle niece relationship, rat, evil king, ballet performance ...
Time: 20th century, 19th century
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 7.3
 217K
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: A traumatized, alcoholic Dan Torrance meets Abra, a kid who also has the ability to "shine." He tries to protect her from the True Knot, a cult whose goal is to feed off people like them in order to remain immortal.
Style: disturbing, dark fantasy, suspense, twist ending, enigmatic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: psychic power, supernatural, stephen king, psychic, ghost, murder, doctor, native american, fear, haunted house, terror, magician ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, 80s, year 1980, 20th century ...
Place: new jersey, iowa, colorado, ohio, florida ...
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 5.5
 310
Dream Trap (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This boisterous comedy, set against the backdrop of college life, proves that every fantasy has a catch.
Style: sex comedy, independent film
Plot: dream girl, voyeurism, peeping tom, teensploitation, dreamscape, college, nerd, telepathy, psychokinesis, woman in a bikini, dream, white panties ...
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Thinking Speed (2014)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A Reader becomes trapped in an evolving autobiography of an executed killer.
Style: avant garde, scary, disturbing, bleak, postmodern ...
Plot: parallel universe, revenge, post punk, urban legend, exorcism, superstition, suburbs, death, surrealism, politics, murder, telepathy ...
Time: 2010s
Place: chicago, woodstock
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 7.9
 9
Szaman (2011)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 91 min.
Story: No Overview
Plot: dreamscape, drug, women, madness, surrealism, illusion, pregnancy, shaman, terror, psychosis, desert, insanity
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 6.8
 743
The Sandman (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 88 min.
Story: One fine morning, Benno finds sand in his bed. While he tries to ignore this at first, he soon must realize that he himself is loosing the sand.
Style: humorous, feel good, light, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: virtual reality, parallel world, chase, employer employee relationship, musician, public, dream, sleep disorder, dreaming, coffee shop, orchestra, trapped ...
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The Science of Sleep (2006)
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, psychedelic, psychological, philosophical, meditative ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: dream, surrealism, magic, daydreamer, artist, escape from reality, existentialism, insanity, magic realism, imagination, love story, friendship ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france, mexico, france, europe, latin america ...
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 6.4
 64K
New Nightmare (1994)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In this meta horror film, a demonic entity uses the fictional character of Freddy Krueger to enter the real world and torment "Elm Street" heroine Heather Langenkamp and her family.
Style: slasher, scary, psychological, bloody, suspense ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, psychopath, filmmaking, blood, serial killer, monster, nightmare on elm street, hospital, alternate reality, supernatural horror, murder, writers ...
Time: 90s
Place: ohio, los angeles, california
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 6.4
 70
Lovelorn (2010)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London, the deserted afterlife and a mysterious dreamscape, LOVELORN is a story of lost souls trying to save each other.
Style: touching, serious, captivating, disturbing, contemplative ...
Plot: true love, supernatural, parallel world, lovers reunited, hopes, escapades, obsessive quest, love and romance, redemption, dealing with death, loyalty, brother sister relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england
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 6.9
 38K
Altered States (1980)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A research scientist (William Hurt) explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that memory, ...
Style: psychedelic, surreal, disturbing, atmospheric, scary ...
Plot: surrealism, science, drug, experiment gone awry, obsession, hallucination, transformation, isolation, trippy, university, body horror, psychology ...
Time: 20th century, future, 70s, year 1967, 60s
Place: harvard university, san francisco, california, new york, africa ...
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 6.7
 129K
TRON (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: As Kevin Flynn searches for proof that he invented a hit video game, he is "digitalized" by a laser and finds himself inside The Grid, where programs suffer under the tyrannical rule of the Master Control Program. With the help of TRON, a ...
Style: stylized, surreal, cyber, visually stunning, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing
Plot: virtual reality, cyberpunk, computer, artificial intelligence, cyberspace, distopia, computer game, video game, hacking, dystopia, computer hacker, programmer ...
Time: 80s, future, year 1982, 20th century
Place: pentagon, los angeles
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 6.4
 13K
Brainstorm (1983)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Two brilliant research scientists have invented a device capable of recording and playing back sensory experiences only to have devastating results when one of them records their own death.
Style: suspenseful, meditative, futuristic, philosophical, intense ...
Plot: virtual reality, cyberpunk, experiment gone awry, imagination, conspiracy, transformation, uncover truth, dystopian future, mad scientist, rebellion, computer, dystopia ...
Time: future, 80s, year 1983
Place: england, london, europe, north carolina, san francisco ...
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The Last Starfighter (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, light, semi serious, mindfuck ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: alien contact, alien, space travel, space opera, space, teenager, outer space, battles, space and aliens, heroic mission, childhood, good versus evil ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 90s
Place: california
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 5.1
 34K
Toys (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Leslie Zevo is a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle, Leland, a war-mongering general who rules the operation with an iron fist and builds weapons disguised as toys.
Style: stylized, melancholic, light, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly
Plot: toys, good versus evil, inheritance, childhood, family relations, anti war, sibling relationship, rivalry, parents and children, family life, innocence lost, business ...
Time: year 1992, 20th century
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What Dreams May Come (1998)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the ...
Style: surreal, philosophical, touching, inspirational, tear jerker ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: afterlife, heaven and hell, life & death, life philosophy, heaven, redemption, reincarnation, spirituality, love, hell, metaphysics, life after death ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: cuba
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 8.7
 2.0M
The Matrix (1999)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Style: philosophical, thought provoking, cerebral, mind bending, surreal ...
Audience: kids, date night, family friendly, manly, chick flick ...
Plot: artificial intelligence, philosophy, virtual reality, dystopia, distopia, martial arts, existentialism, cyberpunk, alternate reality, gunfight, fight, visceral ...
Time: future, 20th century, near future, year 1999, 90s ...
Place: persia, los angeles
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Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Carmen's caught in a virtual reality game designed by the Kids' new nemesis, the Toymaker. It's up to Juni to save his sister, and ultimately the world.
Style: humorous, exciting, entertaining, melancholic, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: virtual reality, video game, spy, mad scientist, child spy, rescue, technology, brutality, mission, save the world, escapades, kidnapping ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s
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 7.7
 96K
Paprika (2006)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika.
Style: surreal, psychological, psychedelic, anime, philosophical ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: dream, surveillance, virtual reality, lucid dream, surrealism, villain, trippy, scientist, mental illness, hallucination, psychiatrist, introspection ...
Time: future, year 2006, 2000s
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
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 6.3
 180K
Surrogates (2009)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.
Style: futuristic, bleak, suspenseful, surreal, cyber ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, robot, distopia, utopia, androids and robots, dystopia, technology gone awry, cloning, virtual reality, cyborgs, dystopic future, dystopian future ...
Time: future, year 2009, year 2017, 2010s, near future
Place: san diego california
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The film that brings back horror icon Freddy Krueger as a darker and more sinister character than ever before. While Freddy is on the prowl a group of teenagers being stalked soon learn they all have a common factor making them targets for this ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, intense, suspense ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: monster, dream, murder, nightmare comes true, gory, serial killer, terror, torture, danger, serial murder, youth, surrealism ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, year 2000, 21st century
Place: ohio, usa
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 6.2
 265K
Total Recall (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, India
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life ...
Style: futuristic, mind bending, entertaining, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: cyberpunk, distopia, virtual reality, memory loss, dystopic future, post apocalypse, technology, on the run, dystopian future, mars, false memory, secret agent ...
Time: future, year 2012, 2010s, near future
Place: seattle, big ben london
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 7.7
 455K
Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph ...
Style: humorous, 3d animation, sweet, not serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: imaginary, obsessive quest, friendship, prejudice, disguise, hacker, master of disguise, medal, heroes, chases and races, danger, good versus evil ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 80s, 90s, 21st century
Place: california, usa
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