Daydreamer movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant daydreamer movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out semi serious, humorous, touching, offbeat, realistic and surreal films and TV shows about / with daydreamer, friendship, family relations, dream, love and romance, coming of age, obsession, fantasy world, imaginary and relationships plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Fantasy genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as daydreamer: Days of Darkness (2007), Amelie (2001), The Science of Sleep (2006), Mai Mai Miracle (2009), Boy (2010), Anina (2013), Were the World Mine (2008), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), North Sea Texas (2011), Trouble (2019).
Best films
List of daydreamer movies
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
Style:
feel good, inspirational, motivational, surreal, scenic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, kids, family outing
Plot:
self discovery, daydreamer, travel, life changing experience, loneliness, disorder, adventurer, journey, lifestyle change, photographer, coworker, obsessive quest ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
iceland, greenland, usa, new york, los angeles ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Jean-Marc is a man without qualities living in times that are out of joint. His wife and children ignore him; he's a mid-level government functionary in Montreal doing his job without care. He has an active imagination of sexual conquest, but ...
Style:
humorous, psychological, erotic, light, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
escape from reality, daydreamer, midlife crisis, impossible love, family relations, social relations, obsession, unfulfillment, imaginary character, love and romance, losing-it hero, sex scene ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
canada, france, montreal
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie (Audrey Tautou) accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, touching, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
loneliness, love, fall in love, imagination, cafe, lifestyle change, life, optimism, female protagonist, love story, love and romance, life philosophy ...
Time:
year 2001, 90s, 70s, year 1974, 20th century ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe, montmartre paris, quebec
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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 ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 1955 in western Japan, nine-year-old Shinko knows she comes from a family that dates back to over a thousand years. This long genealogy and stories about it feed her daydreams: she invents an imaginary friendship with a young girl in the Japan of ...
Style:
anime, light, feel good, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
childhood, friendship, daydreamer, imaginary character, small town, youth, legends and myths, grownups, coming of age, teenager, children, friends ...
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
It's 1984, and Michael Jackson is king - even in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). Shortly after Gran leaves for ...
Style:
touching, humorous, visually appealing, unusual plot structure, surreal ...
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, absent father, daydreamer, youth, small town, beach, family relations, father son relationship, mischievous children, parents and children, boy ...
Time:
year 1984, year 2010, 2010s, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
new zealand, oceania, tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Uruguay, Colombia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Anina Yatay Salas is a ten-year-old whose name spells trouble: those three palindromes in a row are an ongoing source of teasing at school. When a playground fight results in mysterious punishment, Anina will learn to put her problems in perspective ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, light, enigmatic, anime ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
daydreamer, self discovery, imaginary, imaginary character, mischievous children, friendship, schoolgirl, punishment, girl, 10 year old, circus, broadway ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
uruguay, latin america
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
If you had a love-potion, who would you make fall madly in love with you? Timothy, prone to escaping his dismal high school reality through dazzling musical daydreams, gets to answer that question in a very real way. After his eccentric teacher ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, humorous, atmospheric, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay teenager, gay interest, gay relationship, gender, gay romance, gay lead character, gay couple, lgbt teen, gay student, gay love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mudane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising ...
Style:
sentimental, romantic, sexy, surreal, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love story, movie star, magic realism, daydreamer, satire, writers, surrealism, imagination, unlikely couple, life turned upside down, fish out of water, real world ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1985, 1900s, year 1935
Place:
usa, new jersey, new york
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Pim lives in a run-down house in a dead-end street somewhere on the Flanders coast, together with his mother Yvette Bulteel. Life here smells of cold French fries, cheap cigarettes, vermouth and stale beer. Mother Yvette uses her friend Etienne, ...
Style:
touching, homoerotic, lgbt cinema, romantic, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay teenager, lgbt teen, gay love, lgbtq, first gay sexual experience, gay lead character, boys love, coming of age, lgbt child, homoeroticism ...
Time:
2000s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
france, idaho, flanders, europe, belgium
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music
Country: Canada, USA, Cayman Islands, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A pampered dog named Trouble must learn to live in the real world, while trying to escape from his former owner's greedy children.
Style:
sweet, feel good, entertaining, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot:
dog, obsessive quest, daydreamer, new life, animal, pet dog, friend, talking animal, escapades, friends, human dog relationship, animal life ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A quirky coming of age story about an 11-year-old boy named Redwood who dreams that if he can beat Jack Nicklaus at the 1975 Master's of golf he'll reunite his parents.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
youth, golf, hopes, coming of age, teenage life, life turned upside down, disorder, family relations, daydreamer, misfit, parents and children, estrangement ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Slovenia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Burdened by memories of their late father, three sisters struggle to escape the suffocating environment of the dying town of Veles. A contemporary story of urban decay, „Jas sum od Titov Veles“ employs a stark realism to depict the vivid ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, contemplative ...
Plot:
adult virgin, introspection, social decay, family relations, dysfunctional family, family problems, society, daydreamer, life is a bitch, small town, economist, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
macedonia, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Unknowingly trapped in her role as caretaker of her unappreciative family, a young single woman desperately needs to get her own life. When she volunteers to cat sit at her unrequited love's downtown L.A loft, her world, as she knows it, ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, emotional, semi serious, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
fall in love, unrequited love, self discovery, lifestyle, fish out of water, life turned upside down, looking for love, disorder, daydreamer, misfit, singleness, love triangle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Ginta Tiramizu is an average school student but keeps on having weird dreams about an amazing land. One day, something strange happens and Ginta appears in his fantasy. Together with Ginta's friends on the way, he will be able to fight an evil ...
Style:
anime, semi serious, humorous, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen fantasy
Plot:
battles, parallel world, superhero, heroes, heroic mission, good versus evil, save the world, rivalry, young heroes, androids and robots, escapades, superhuman powers ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In 2000, VH-1 produced the television biopic Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story. In 2002, the movie was released on DVD, and featured both commentaries and interviews with Dolenz, Jones and Tork. The aired version did differ from the DVD ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sentimental, captivating
Plot:
musician, music industry, overnight success, lifestyle, desire for fame, rising to stardom, showbiz, daydreamer, artists and showbiz, music band, ambition, bittersweet ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Peru, Argentina, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young girl convinces herself that she will die on the same day that her brother will be born.
Style:
psychological, humorous, sincere, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
spoiled brat, family relations, obsession, terrorism, society, youth, family problems, daydreamer, family in crisis, state affairs, pregnancy, political unrest ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
peru, latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and his own interior world. While working on a murder mystery script, and unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Felix is baffled when his ...
Style:
surreal, semi serious, atmospheric, humorous, intellectual ...
Plot:
filmmaking, self discovery, aging, screenwriter, escape from reality, imaginary, daydreamer, hopes, writers, imagination, hallucination, friendship ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Gustave Klopp suffers from narcolepsy, he can fall asleep everwhere at anytime whithout warning. Living a simple life with his wife Pam and his best friend Lenny Bar, Gus decides to undergo therapy sessions and finds out that he can make incredible ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, tense, offbeat
Plot:
narcolepsy, support group, imaginary, ambition, follow your dream, daydreamer, mental illness, group therapy, dream, sleeping, disorder, sleep disorder ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
europe, france
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
Style:
atmospheric, humorous, stylized, semi serious, sketch comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surrealism, absurd humor, absurdism, stupidity, imaginary, contact, daydreamer, goofy hero, creature, human relationship, unsettling, trippy ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The fantastical tale of a little girl who won't - or can't - follow the rules. Confounded by her clashes with the rule-obsessed world around her, Phoebe seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher, even as her brilliant but ...
Style:
touching, psychological, sad, thought provoking, depressing ...
Plot:
teacher, mental illness, estrangement, friendship, children, inspiration, introspection, school, imaginary, alice in wonderland, imaginary friend, imagination ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey, ireland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Nasser-Ali, a talented musician, loses the will to live after his wife breaks his beloved violin during an argument. He searches for a replacement, and finding none that sounds quite the same, he vows to die. Eight days later, he does. This is the ...
Style:
surreal, sentimental, touching, semi serious, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
violinist, introspection, musician's life, unfulfilled love, love affair, love and romance, life is a bitch, family life, haunted by the past, daydreamer, parents and children, suicidal thoughts ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1958
Place:
iran, middle east, tehran iran
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sport
Country: UK, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A man trying to put his life back on track gets some advice from an unexpected benefactor (the ex football player Eric Cantona) in this comedy-drama from acclaimed British director Ken Loach.
Style:
surreal, touching, sentimental, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soccer, football, working class, friendship, dysfunctional family, old love, self discovery, self esteem, family in crisis, imaginary, love and romance, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, england, manchester, canada, california ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical
Country: Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, USA, UK, France, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, depressing, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
death sentence, factory worker, destiny, blindness, life is a bitch, tragedy, dancing, immigrant, secret, murder, hanging, tragic hero ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, 20th century, year 1964, 2000s
Place:
nebraska, usa, washington d.c., washington state
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Country: USA, China
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Style:
inspirational, costume drama, romantic drama, captivating, motivational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, date night, family outing
Plot:
circus, social outcast, singing, giant, success, dancing, romantic relationship, taboo, father daughter relationship, mansion, outcast, interracial love ...
Time:
year 2017, 19th century, 1800s, victorian era, 1830s ...
Place:
new york, london, buckingham palace
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
“The Living Wake” is a dark comedy set in a timeless storybook universe. Self-proclaimed artist and genius, K. Roth Binew, has one day to live. He has enlisted his best and only friend, Mills Joquin, to take him around on a bicycle powered ...
Style:
witty, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
dark humor, nothing goes right, odd couple, friends, lifestyle, partner, performer's life, misfit partners, social relations, one last chance, daydreamer, disorder ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eternal daydreamer Mel can't wait to quit her sucky catering job and fly to her dream destination: Portugal. Things change when the beautiful Jenny literally crashes into her life when Mel nearly runs her over in her classic BMW. It is love at ...
Style:
semi serious, lgbt cinema, captivating, sexual, psychological ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian teen, lesbian relationship, young love, lgbt, fall in love, girlfriend, couples, daydreamer, car accident, self discovery, gender disguise ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, portugal
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The story of Mila, a mother from the slums, who out of desperation to survive, has sold her child to a pedophile.
Style:
humorous, surreal, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
filmmaking, artists and showbiz, society, daydreamer, arrogance, film set, actress, asian, narration, caucasian, poverty, robbery ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Gandu hates his life. He hates his mother. Gandu raps out his hate, anger, dirt and filth of his existence. He and his rickshawpuller friend enter the world of smack, rap, porn and horror. Reality and fiction, surreal and bizarre come together. Can ...
Style:
surreal, tense, atmospheric, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
rapper, sex scene, profanity, explicit sex, male masturbation, prostitute, stealing money, depression, escape from reality, human nature, drug abuse, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, kolkata, asia
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our ...
Style:
philosophical, spiritual, psychedelic, surreal, cerebral ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
philosophy, existentialism, dream, surrealism, alternate reality, trippy, consciousness, bohemian life, sleeping, meaning of life, life philosophy, imagination ...
Time:
20th century, year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, tibet
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