Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "dream-world"

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

R | 91 min | Horror

Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, John Saxon

Votes: 262,604 | Gross: $25.50M

2. Alice in Wonderland (I) (2010)

PG | 108 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Nineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway

Votes: 441,174 | Gross: $334.19M

3. Dark City (1998)

R | 100 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.

Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt

Votes: 212,350 | Gross: $14.38M

4. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

The spectre of a disfigured man haunts the children of the parents who murdered him, stalking and killing them in their dreams.

Director: Samuel Bayer | Stars: Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, Katie Cassidy

Votes: 107,514 | Gross: $63.08M

5. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

R | 96 min | Fantasy, Horror

A psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Craig Wasson, Patricia Arquette

Votes: 90,346 | Gross: $44.79M

6. Alice in Wonderland (1951)

G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Alice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way.

Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney | Stars: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway

Votes: 154,100 | Gross: $1.07M

7. Return to Oz (1985)

PG | 113 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, is somehow called back to Oz when a vain witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful.

Director: Walter Murch | Stars: Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie

Votes: 30,369

8. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

R | 93 min | Horror

Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Robert Englund, Rodney Eastman, John Beckman, Kisha Brackel

Votes: 61,667 | Gross: $49.37M

9. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

PG-13 | 123 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Having made a deal with the Devil himself for immortality many millennia ago, the now decrepit mystic Doctor Parnassus fights for the freedom of his only daughter's soul.

Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole, Heath Ledger, Andrew Garfield

Votes: 153,966 | Gross: $7.69M

10. Slumberland (2022)

PG | 117 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.

Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jason Momoa, Marlow Barkley, Chris O'Dowd, Kyle Chandler

Votes: 33,048

11. Open Your Eyes (1997)

R | 119 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured.

Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz, Chete Lera, Fele Martínez

Votes: 73,267 | Gross: $0.37M

12. Dream a Little Dream (1989)

PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An accident puts the consciousness of an elderly dream researcher into the body of a bratty teenager. The problem? The kid prefers dreamworld limbo to real life.

Director: Marc Rocco | Stars: Corey Feldman, Jason Robards, Corey Haim, Piper Laurie

Votes: 7,829 | Gross: $5.55M

13. Generation X (1996 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The new teenage students at a school for mutants (normal-looking humans with fantastic powers) try to stop an evil scientist from controlling the world's dreams.

Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Matt Frewer, Finola Hughes, Jeremy Ratchford, Heather McComb

Votes: 2,031

14. Alice in Wonderland (1999 TV Movie)

PG | 150 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Alice falls down a rabbit hole, and finds herself in Wonderland, a fantasy land of strange characters and ideas.

Director: Nick Willing | Stars: Tina Majorino, Whoopi Goldberg, Robbie Coltrane, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 8,864

15. Monkeybone (2001)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy

In a coma, a cartoonist finds himself trapped within his own underground creation and must find a way to get back, while racing against his popular but treacherous character, Monkeybone.

Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, John Turturro, Chris Kattan

Votes: 19,202 | Gross: $5.41M

16. Silver and the Book of Dreams (2023)

92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

When Liv moves to London, she meets a mysterious group of boys who pull her into the world of dream-travel. She and her band of dream-wanderers conduct a ritual to make their biggest dream come true, but it demands the gravest sacrifice.

Director: Helena Hufnagel | Stars: Jana McKinnon, Rhys Mannion, Chaneil Kular, Josephine Blazier

Votes: 2,391

17. Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)

G | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Each night, young Nemo goes to Slumberland and has adventures and befriends the king of Slumberland, Morpheus. But one night Nemo discovers Nightmare Land, and the evil nightmare king, throwing Slumberland and Nemo himself into danger.

Directors: Masami Hata, Masanori Hata, William T. Hurtz | Stars: Gabriel Damon, Mickey Rooney, Rene Auberjonois, Danny Mann

Votes: 8,268 | Gross: $1.37M

18. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy

In 1940, after watching and being traumatized by the movie Frankenstein (1931), a sensitive seven year-old girl living in a small Spanish village drifts into her own fantasy world.

Director: Víctor Erice | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Teresa Gimpera, Ana Torrent, Isabel Tellería

Votes: 20,681

19. The Science of Sleep (2006)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is love-struck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Miou-Miou, Alain Chabat

Votes: 70,898 | Gross: $4.66M

20. Mirrormask (2005)

PG | 101 min | Drama, Fantasy

In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a fifteen-year-old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.

Director: Dave McKean | Stars: Stephanie Leonidas, Jason Barry, Rob Brydon, Gina McKee

Votes: 23,671 | Gross: $0.86M

21. Pokémon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unown (2000)

G | 93 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In the town of Greenfield, a young, lonely girl's dreams and wishes are brought into reality by a collective of reality-warping Pokémon.

Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Veronica Taylor, Eric Stuart, Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ôtani

Votes: 15,257 | Gross: $17.05M

22. Paperhouse (1988)

PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy

A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.

Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Charlotte Burke, Jane Bertish, Samantha Cahill, Glenne Headly

Votes: 6,283 | Gross: $0.24M

23. The Curse of the Cat People (1944)

Passed | 70 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

The young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed befriends her father's dead first wife and an aging, reclusive actress.

Directors: Gunther von Fritsch, Robert Wise | Stars: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph, Ann Carter

Votes: 7,177

24. The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)

G | 89 min | Family, Fantasy, Music

A young boy dreams that he is in an imaginary world where, assisted by his family's plumber, he must save other piano-playing kids like himself from the dungeons of his dictatorial piano teacher who also mind-controls his mother.

Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried, Tommy Rettig

Votes: 4,462

25. Alice in Wonderland (1915)

Not Rated | 52 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Alice goes with her sister to a picnic and then she falls asleep and starts dreaming about a wonderland full of talking animals and walking playing cards.

Director: W.W. Young | Stars: Viola Savoy, Herbert Rice, Elmo Lincoln, Harry Marks

Votes: 725

26. Leolo (1992)

Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

The story of a young Canadian boy who tries to escape mentally from his disturbed family thanks to his fantasy and imagination.

Director: Jean-Claude Lauzon | Stars: Maxime Collin, Ginette Reno, Gilbert Sicotte, Julien Guiomar

Votes: 7,337 | Gross: $0.61M

27. That Summer (2017)

Unrated | 80 min | Documentary

Montauk, East Hampton, New York, 2016. Peter Beard discusses his work as a photographer, artist and diarist before reminiscing about his attempt to make a documentary in the summer of 1972 ... See full summary »

Director: Göran Hugo Olsson | Stars: Peter Beard, Lee Radziwill, Jacqueline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy

Votes: 501 | Gross: $0.01M

28. The Legend of Doom House (1971)

125 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A young sailor finds himself trapped in the labyrinthine mansion of his occultist uncle, along with a number of eccentric and mysterious relatives who all seem to be harboring a dark secret.

Director: Harry Kümel | Stars: Orson Welles, Susan Hampshire, Michel Bouquet, Mathieu Carrière

Votes: 1,598

29. Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (2001–2003)

TV-Y | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Kirby crashes onto Planet Popstar and befriends the villagers that live In Cappytown. Unfortunately, King Dedede, the greedy ruler and Escargon, his assistant, aren't happy with that and do whatever they can to drive him out.

Stars: Ted Lewis, Madeleine Blaustein, Jerry Lobozzo, Kerry Williams

Votes: 2,370

30. Set Me Free (1999)

94 min | Drama, Romance

In the year 1963, an awkward thirteen-year-old girl comes of age during her escapism into the world of cinema, with potentially dangerous results.

Director: Léa Pool | Stars: Karine Vanasse, Pascale Bussières, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Alexandre Mérineau

Votes: 1,074 | Gross: $0.07M

31. Final Fantasy VIII (1999 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Drama

A group of students at a military academy rescue a mysterious girl, who some say is the sorceress who wants to govern the universe.

Director: Yoshinori Kitase

Votes: 6,459

32. Girl Asleep (2015)

TV-MA | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

The world is closing in on Greta Driscoll. On the cusp of turning fifteen she can't bear to leave her childhood, it contains all the things that give her comfort in this incomprehensible new world.

Director: Rosemary Myers | Stars: Bethany Whitmore, Harrison Feldman, Amber McMahon, Matthew Whittet

Votes: 2,871 | Gross: $0.05M

33. Crayon Shin-chan: Fast Asleep! Dreaming World Big Assault! (2016)

97 min | Animation, Comedy

During his sleep, Shinnosuke enters a fantasy world where he could find all his favorite things, starting from chocolates, cakes and candies to young and beautiful girls in voluptuous and ... See full summary »

Director: Wataru Takahashi | Stars: Keiji Fujiwara, Tamao Hayashi, Michiko Kichise, Satomi Kôrogi

Votes: 335

34. Thru the Mirror (1936)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Mickey has been reading Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There", and falls asleep. He finds himself on the other side of the mirror, where the furniture is ... See full summary »

Director: David Hand | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash, Purv Pullen, Walt Disney

Votes: 2,800

35. The Silent War: Origins

Short, Action, Sci-Fi | Post-production

Shawn is thrown unwillingly into a battle Royale between different variations of himself. The winner of the death match wins an unexpected prize, a prize worthy of a true champion. Who will survive.

Director: Cameron Uzoka | Stars: Cameron Uzoka, Marco Antonio Clifton, Lina Novikaite, Marton Virag

36. Possible Worlds (2000)

93 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Crime

A man lives in parallel worlds, falling in love with the same woman, while the police hunt down a serial killer who steals brains.

Director: Robert Lepage | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Tom McCamus, Sean McCann, Gabriel Gascon

Votes: 2,153

37. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (2012 Video Game)

E10+ | Action, Adventure, Family

Race with Sonic and the SEGA characters once again with all new races, transforming cars, and new playable characters from other properties.

Stars: Tom Clarke Hill, Danica Patrick, Brian T. Delaney, Will Overgard

Votes: 591

38. Clannad (2007)

TV-PG | 94 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Okazaki Tomoya is a delinquent who finds life dull and believes he'll never amount to anything. Along with his friend Sunohara, he skips school and plans to waste his high school days away.

Director: Osamu Dezaki | Stars: Kenji Nojima, Mai Nakahara, Ryôtarô Okiayu, Kikuko Inoue

Votes: 2,141

39. The Berlin Bride (2019)

72 min | Fantasy, Mystery

Two oddball Berliners discover the abandoned appendages of a mannequin. Separately, and with grotesque consequence, they come to terms with their disjointed mate.

Director: Michael Bartlett | Stars: Miklos Königer, Henry Akina, Sushila Day, Emil Kio

Votes: 487

40. Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988 Video Game)

K-A | Action, Adventure, Family

Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Toad enter a mysterious door to save the people of Sub-Con from the evil frog Wart and his minions.

Director: Kensuke Tanabe

Votes: 3,425

41. The Electronic Monster (1958)

Approved | 76 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

An insurance investigator finds there's more to electronic dream therapy than meets the eye.

Directors: Montgomery Tully, David Paltenghi | Stars: Rod Cameron, Mary Murphy, Meredith Edwards, Peter Illing

Votes: 221

42. Night Wars (1988)

R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Two Vietnam Veterans have realistic nightmares about the war. So real are these nightmares that they start getting injured in them, and bringing things back that they had in the dream. They... See full summary »

Director: David A. Prior | Stars: Dan Haggerty, Brian Edward O'Connor, Cameron Smith, Steve Horton

Votes: 229

43. Nihon e Youkoso Elf-san (2024– )

Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

A sleepy young man who enters fantasy lands in his dreams wakes up one day and finds an elf has come through his dreams to live with him.

Stars: Yûsuke Kobayashi, Kaede Hondo

44. Candy Crush Saga (2012 Video Game)

Family

Switch the candies to match them.

Star: Joe Cipriano

Votes: 300

45. The Fraulein and the Sandman (2011)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

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. Day after day the sand increases and soon ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Luisi | Stars: Fabian Krüger, Irene Brügger, Beat Schlatter, Florine Elena Deplazes

Votes: 744

46. Kirby's Dream Land (1992 Video Game)

E | Action, Adventure, Family

The evil King Dedede has stolen all the food from the peaceful Dreamland inhabitants. Kirby must find his way to Castle Dedede and defeat him to save his people.

Director: Masahiro Sakurai

Votes: 573

47. Dream Hunter Rem (1985– )

159 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rem is a cute psychic girl who can enter people's dreams to hunt the demons that cause nightmares.

Stars: Show Hayami, Naoki Tatsuta, Kenji Utsumi, Naoko Matsui

Votes: 68

48. My Soul to Take (2021)

13 min | Short, Fantasy, Thriller

Hopeless and lonely, Quinn accepts a software update on her phone. An update, which summons her into a dream world of antiquities, powerlessness and night terror.

Director: Laura Vandervoort | Stars: Jenny Raven, Rainbow Sun Francks, Colm Feore, Gerry Shafiq Ettienne

Votes: 16

49. Our World (2012)

12 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy

A love story at a mental institute, where the main characters will seek to create an imaginary world to escape from reality.

Director: Juan Francisco Pérez Villalba | Stars: Diana Wiswell, Julián Trujillo, Andrés Bejar, Antonio Posada

Votes: 23

50. Yume Nikki (2004 Video Game)

T | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

Explore the dreams of a reclusive and mysterious little girl named Madotsuki, and encounter a number of surrealistic horror creatures and locations.

Director: Kikiyama

Votes: 184