# Dreamlike Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 7, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119 "2003-10-07T18:14:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/1 "2003-10-07T18:14:08Z")
I love films with a dream (or nightmare) quality. You know, films where things seem a little off and odd. Films where the images are somewhat surreal at times or just plain bizarre. A few examples of this would be \*\*The Ring The Company of Wolves May Anything by Terry Gilliam\*\* Do you know of any? What films felt to you like a dream? ---
**Author:** ![Skip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/2 "2003-10-07T18:28:21Z")
Waking Life, which was really a movie about dreams in the first place… ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/3 "2003-10-07T18:32:49Z")
_Blue Velvet_ was so dream-like that I’m still not sure I didn’t fall asleep part way through it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/4 "2003-10-07T19:06:08Z")
Dark City ---
**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/5 "2003-10-07T19:11:24Z")
_City of Lost Children_ fits the bill. I saw a really, really great Korean movie the other day called _Tale of Two Sisters_ that was gorgeous and dreamlike. The official website ( [http://www.twosisters.co.kr](http://www.twosisters.co.kr) ) brings across the general mood and visual style of the film. (Warning: best viewed with a fast internet connection) ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/6 "2003-10-07T19:23:06Z")
I’ll second Waking Life - when I left the theatre, I felt like I had just arisen from a dream. Brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Qburn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc79bd/32.png) [@Qburn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qburn)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/7 "2003-10-07T20:14:38Z")
Jodie Fosters encounter with the ‘alien’ in **Contact** ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/8 "2003-10-07T20:25:08Z")
_Donnie Darko_ If you do not mind reading the dialouge, Fellini’s _8 1/2_ is dreamlike and \* Tetsuo: The Iron Man\* is certainly nightmareish, extremely so ---
**Author:** ![kka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kka)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/9 "2003-10-07T20:28:20Z")
What Deams May Come ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/10 "2003-10-07T20:55:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by karomon \* > \*\* > I saw a really, really great Korean movie the other day called _Tale of Two Sisters_ that was gorgeous and dreamlike. The official website ( [http://www.twosisters.co.kr](http://www.twosisters.co.kr) ) brings across the general mood and visual style of the film. (Warning: best viewed with a fast internet connection) \*\* My god, that looks awesome! I live out in the middle of nowhere, so I’m not sure that my chances of ever seeing it are very good!!! Oh well, maybe I’ll just have to join netflicks. ---
**Author:** ![criminalcatalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/11 "2003-10-07T20:56:44Z")
Fantastic Planet. The music alone will accomplish this for you. ---
**Author:** ![joshmaker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@joshmaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joshmaker)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/12 "2003-10-07T21:20:27Z")
Orson Well’s brilliant version of Kafka’s “The Trial” (Fans of Terry Gilliams “Brazil” will love it) David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive” is perhaps the closest to dreaming of any movie I have ever seen. Try watching it at night, alone. Waking Life is another good dream movie; truly delightful. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/13 "2003-10-07T21:58:51Z")
David Lynch’s _Eraserhead_. Fellini’s _Juliet of the Spirits_ and _Satyricon_. Alain Resnais’s _Last Year at Marienbad_. Dreyer’s _Vampyr_. Cocteau’s _Beauty and the Beast_. Ingmar Bergman’s _Persona_ and _The Silence_. Boorman’s _Zardoz_. Buñuel’s _L’Âge d’or’_. Chris Marker’s _La Jetée_. Greenaway’s _Prospero’s Books_. Kobayashi’s _Kwaidan_. ---
**Author:** ![WereOtter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ac91a4/32.png) [@WereOtter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WereOtter)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/14 "2003-10-07T22:06:11Z")
A perfect example is **And Now… Ladies and Gentlemen** (2002). It’s a romantic thriller, with a bunch of dream sequences and one of the main themes is that love is a dream. One of the most romantic films I’ve seen in a long time, a perfect date movie, since it’s also a heist flick. Watch for this to come out on DVD! French w. English subtitles. [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0283883/](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0283883/) **Swimming Pool** (2003) It would be a spoiler to explain why. [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0324133/](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0324133/) **Always** has both dream-like aftelife sequences and waking-dream sequences. While watching **Solaris** (2002) in the theater, I kind of felt like I was in a dreamlike state. **A Walk in the Clouds** (1995) has a romantic, dreamlike atmosphere, the title is very apt. **The Crow** definitely has a nightmarish tone. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/15 "2003-10-07T22:16:56Z")
I’ll second _Donnie Darko_ ( I really felt weird coming out of the show!) and _what Dreams may come_, _the Crow, Dark City_. And anything by Peter Greenaway and Terry Gilliam. I’ll add _Natural Born Killers_ and most movies directed by Tim Burton, f.i. _Beetlejuice_, and the Batmanmovie with Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman. And, I’m ashamed to admit, I also felt dreamlike after _The Matrix II_. Especially the hypnotic scenes in Zion. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/16 "2003-10-07T23:35:22Z")
I second _Dark City_. Also _Grave of the Fireflies_ is dreamlike through much of the movie. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WereOtter \* > While watching _Solaris_ (2002) in the theater, I kind of felt like I was in a dreamlike state. _Solaris_ put me into a coma. ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/17 "2003-10-07T23:45:33Z")
Eyes Wide Shut ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/18 "2003-10-08T01:16:20Z")
_Un Chien Andalou_. ---
**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/19 "2003-10-08T02:16:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alias \* > \*\*My god, that looks awesome! I live out in the middle of nowhere, so I’m not sure that my chances of ever seeing it are very good!!! Oh well, maybe I’ll just have to join netflicks. \*\* It’s not available yet, but [it will be](http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/pid-1002885330/section-videos/did-165/code-k/). I, for one, will have my grubby little hands all over it as soon as I can. Only problem is, it’s a region 3 DVD. D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119/20 "2003-10-08T02:56:01Z")
I’ll second Donny Darko and La Jetee and add Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams (well, anything by Kurosawa, really). I also want to give a big ‘shout out’ to 28 days later. Very dreamlike movie. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreamlike-movies/206119.md?page=2)