Imagination movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant imagination movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out touching, weird, visually appealing, whimsical, melancholic and feel good films and TV shows about / with imagination, fantasy world, storytelling, childhood, destiny, children, runaway, mentor, creativity and magic plots mostly in Fantasy, Drama and Family genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
imagination
TOP 10 movies tagged as imagination: The Fall (2006), I Kill Giants (2017), The BFG (2016), A Monster Calls (2016), Coraline (2009), Bridge to Terabithia (2007), A Beautiful Mind (2001), A Little Princess (1995), Tideland (2005), The NeverEnding Story (1984).
Best films
List of imagination movies
114K
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, mind bending, visually appealing, touching, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
hospital, surrealism, suicide attempt, imagination, escape from reality, suicide, imaginary kingdom, friendship, stuntman, magic realism, child, desert ...
Time:
1920s, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, india, istanbul turkey, taj mahal
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Belgium, Denmark, UK, Sweden, China
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Sophia, a new high school student, tries to make friends with Barbara, who tells her that “she kills giants,” protecting this way her hometown and its inhabitants, who do not understand her strange behavior.
Style:
sad, psychological, atmospheric, rough, dramatic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
giant, escape from reality, imagination, school, teenage girl, death of mother, illness, bully, teenager, superhero, supernatural, psychologist ...
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88K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, India, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants—rather than the BFG—she would ...
Style:
fairy tale, colourful, exciting, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
magic, giant, imagination, friendship, childhood, dream, orphan, fantasy world, little girl, queen, justice, child protagonist ...
Place:
england, london, fictional island
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A boy imagines a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way.
Style:
touching, emotional, dark fantasy, compassionate, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
bullying, monster, childhood, loneliness, terminal illness, life & death, imagination, courage, single mother, nightmare, boy, adaptation ...
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238K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, ...
Style:
gothic, surreal, dark fantasy, dark, scary ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, family outing, preschoolers ...
Plot:
monster, children, parallel world, alternate reality, stop motion, secret place, weirdo, fantasy world, clue, loneliness, heroine, family relations ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa, michigan, texas
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
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, sad, touching, tear jerker, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
friendship, childhood, imagination, escape from reality, classmate, loneliness, magical, friends, fantasy world, school, children, teenage girl ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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, emotional, cerebral, motivational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
mathematics, mental illness, paranoia, schizophrenia, genius, insanity, scientist, obsession, mathematician, prodigy, nobel prize, imaginary friend ...
Time:
60s, 1940s, 20th century, 80s, 90s ...
Place:
new jersey, boston, massachusetts, usa, stockholm sweden ...
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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:
feel good, touching, serious, fairy tale, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
boarding school, orphan, princess, childhood, imagination, little girl, fantasy life, servant, school, children, girls' boarding school, magic ...
Time:
20th century, victorian era, edwardian era, future, 1910s
Place:
new york, india, england, london, africa ...
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34K
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, bleak, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
heroin, isolation, imagination, mental illness, surrealism, mentally challenged, imaginary friend, child neglect, addiction, insanity, drug addiction, abandoned house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
austin texas, denmark, texas, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, light, surreal, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, chick flick, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
dragon, magic, imaginary kingdom, child protagonist, imagination, good versus evil, fantasy world, oracle, heroic mission, evil force, child hero, school ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, future
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'. Curious as to who he is, Shizuku meets ...
Style:
anime, feel good, touching, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
imagination, self discovery, love, school, fall in love, teenage life, follow your dream, high school life, youth, cat, love and romance, teenage love ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
japan, europe, tokyo, asia, italy
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, West Germany, USA
Duration: 199 min.
TV show
Story:
At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. But they get an unexpected jolt when they're mistakenly sent a girl instead: Anne Shirley. ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, witty, feel good, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
adoption, orphan, imagination, teaching the ways of the world, teenage love, coming of age, countryside, young heroes, love and romance, fall in love, foster home, island ...
Time:
edwardian era, victorian era, 19th century, 20th century, 18th century
Place:
canada
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177K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
Style:
feel good, touching, uplifting, sweet, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, preschoolers ...
Plot:
magic, nanny, female protagonist, imagination, mischievous children, kite, child, disney, dancing, child's point of view, bird, dog ...
Time:
edwardian era, 1930s, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, europe, britain ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting.
Style:
surreal, dark fantasy, stylized, absurd, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
imaginary kingdom, deal with the devil, surrealism, mysterious character, magic, imagination, transformation, destiny, steampunk, insanity, immortality, eccentricity ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA, China
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Mary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her. When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven. She meets her sickly cousin Colin and the two children find a wondrous ...
Style:
fairy tale, mysterious, sentimental, exciting, feel good ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
imagination, orphan, estate, animals, old mansion, secret, flowers, curse, true love, nature, garden, child ...
Time:
19th century, 1940s, year 1947, post world war two
Place:
yorkshire, england, india
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father ...
Style:
stylized, fairy tale, atmospheric, breathtaking, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
magic, samurai, creativity, imagination, stop motion, childhood, talking animals, friendship, monkey, plot twist, destiny, mentor ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
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422K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign ...
Style:
funny, parody, humorous, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, date night
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, monster, friendship, chase, imagination, nerd, paranormal investigation, scientist, possession, hotel, librarian ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, future, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn into reality. Can a ...
Style:
feel good, fairy tale, funny, humorous, romantic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
miraculous event, wish come true, disney, life turned upside down, imaginary kingdom, imagination, children, escapades, hotel, disorder, nothing goes right, uncle nephew relationship ...
Time:
year 2008, 70s, 20th century, year 1974, 2000s ...
Place:
las vegas, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A recently-widowed, science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
Style:
feel good, touching, emotional, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
adoption, orphan, father son relationship, imagination, friendship, parenthood, youth, alien, mars, writers, eccentricity, children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
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2.4M
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, surreal, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
suspense, memory, virtual reality, alternate reality, dream, subconscious, architecture, existentialism, fictional reality, mind control, imagination, lucid dream ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s
Place:
paris france, japan, los angeles, new york, kenya ...
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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, atmospheric, dark fantasy, surreal, gothic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
monster, mythology, fantasy world, maze, legends and myths, cruelty, creature, good versus evil, macabre, alternate reality, young heroes, fairy ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
spain, canada, europe
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726K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, colourful, sad ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, preschoolers ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, memory, creativity, disney, dream, joy, childhood, moving, parents and children, disgust, coming of age, life philosophy ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, minnesota, california, usa
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75K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, exciting, captivating, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
pirate, childhood, fantasy world, children, fairy, boy, magic, imaginary kingdom, young heroes, first love, youth, teenager ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 20th century
Place:
london, europe, big ben london, england, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, dark, atmospheric, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers, horror for children
Plot:
christmas, halloween, holiday, goth, good versus evil, imagination, objects come to life, music, imaginary kingdom, magic, fantasy world, loneliness ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
James Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are monsters, they earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business... even though they're more afraid of the children than they are of them. When a child accidentally enters their world, ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, sweet, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
monster, friendship, creature, imagination, fantasy world, children, parallel world, rivalry, talking animals, disney, friends, best friend ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
himalaya
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure ...
Style:
surreal, romantic, touching, stylized, futuristic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
alternate reality, fantasy world, forbidden love, gravity, parallel world, love, true love, imagination, love story, chase, beautiful scenery, amnesia ...
Time:
future
Place:
latin america
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A robotic boy, the first programmed to love, David is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David. Without final ...
Style:
thought provoking, philosophical, sentimental, fairy tale, intellectual ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
distopia, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, androids and robots, a.i., future dystopia, robot, adoption, first contact, imagination, end of the world, androids ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, coney island brooklyn new york city
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11K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After a colossal and mysterious accident a young talented architect comes back to his senses in a very odd world that only resembles the reality. This world is based on the memories of the ones who live in it - people who are currently finding ...
Style:
mind bending, exciting, atmospheric, enigmatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
subconscious, architect, alternate reality, couples, getting home, monster, coma, imagination, research, scientist, society, foreknowledge ...
Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea, these tales are inspired by the fairytales by Giambattista Basile.
Style:
fairy tale, stylized, dark fantasy, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Plot:
medieval, witch, beautiful scenery, magic, castle, ogre, fantasy world, monster, fight scenes, king, violence, imagination ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
italy, southern italy
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In Depression-era London, a now-grown Jane and Michael Banks, along with Michael's three children, are visited by the enigmatic Mary Poppins following a personal loss. Through her unique magical skills, and with the aid of her friend Jack, she ...
Style:
light, atmospheric, entertaining, sincere, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, adult
Plot:
magic, nanny, disney, female protagonist, imagination, anthropomorphic animal, flying, levitation, cartoon dog, cartoon wolf, family relations, love ...
Time:
1930s, future
Place:
big ben london, england, london
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