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1. Inception (2010)
PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe
Votes: 2,554,280 | Gross: $292.58M
2. Baby Driver (2017)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Ansel Elgort, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm, Eiza González
Votes: 612,279 | Gross: $107.83M
3. The NeverEnding Story (1984)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Gerald McRaney
Votes: 157,155 | Gross: $20.16M
4. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
R | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy, War
In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú
Votes: 703,537 | Gross: $37.63M
5. Weird Science (1985)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Two high-school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, who promptly turns their lives upside-down.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton
Votes: 97,522 | Gross: $23.83M
6. Future Man (2017–2020)
TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Josh Futturman, a janitor by day and a gamer by night, is recruited by mysterious visitors to travel through time to prevent the extinction of humanity.
Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Eliza Coupe, Derek Wilson, Haley Joel Osment
Votes: 28,738
7. Lady in the Water (2006)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeffrey Wright, Bob Balaban
Votes: 103,846 | Gross: $42.29M
8. Swimming Pool (2003)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A British mystery author visits her publisher's home in the South of France, where her interaction with his unusual daughter sets off some touchy dynamics.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Charles Dance, Ludivine Sagnier, Jean-Marie Lamour
Votes: 48,371 | Gross: $10.11M
9. In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Sam Neill, Jürgen Prochnow, Julie Carmen, David Warner
Votes: 79,436 | Gross: $8.95M
10. Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
I.R.S. auditor Harold Crick suddenly finds his mundane Chicago life to be the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire existence, from his work to his love life to his death.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah
Votes: 236,554 | Gross: $40.14M
11. The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005)
PG | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A young boy is recruited by his imaginary friends Sharkboy and Lavagirl to help save their planet.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Cayden Boyd, George Lopez, Kristin Davis, David Arquette
Votes: 42,491 | Gross: $39.18M
12. The Number 23 (2007)
R | 98 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Logan Lerman, Danny Huston
Votes: 212,768 | Gross: $35.19M
13. Inkheart (2008)
PG | 106 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A teenage girl discovers her father has an amazing talent to bring characters out of their books and must try to stop a freed villain from destroying them all, with the help of her father, her aunt, and a storybook's hero.
Director: Iain Softley | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Andy Serkis, Eliza Bennett, Sienna Guillory
Votes: 82,387 | Gross: $17.30M
14. Goosebumps (2015)
PG | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A teenager teams up with the daughter of young-adult horror author R.L. Stine after the writer's imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware.
Director: Rob Letterman | Stars: Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Ryan Lee
Votes: 95,437 | Gross: $80.08M
15. Cool World (1992)
PG-13 | 102 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
When Jack Deebs was behind bars he found escape by creating Cool World, a cartoon series featuring a vixen named Holli Would. The flesh proves weaker than ink, however, as Holli takes human form in Las Vegas.
Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Kim Basinger, Janni Brenn, Brad Pitt
Votes: 24,969 | Gross: $14.11M
16. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
The monster slayer Geralt of Rivia must find his adoptive daughter who is being pursued by the Wild Hunt, and prevent the White Frost from bringing about the end of the world.
Director: Konrad Tomaszkiewicz | Stars: Doug Cockle, Denise Gough, Jo Wyatt, Jaimi Barbakoff
Votes: 33,341
17. The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
PG | 96 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Omri, a young boy growing up in Brooklyn, receives an odd variety of presents for his birthday: a wooden cupboard from his older brother, a set of antique keys from his mother, and a plastic Indian from his best friend, Patrick.
Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Hal Scardino, Litefoot, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Jenkins
Votes: 31,070 | Gross: $35.62M
18. Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019–2022)
TV-PG | 44 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
An anthology series that follows different chapters of the Midnight Society, a group of teenagers who gather at midnight to tell scary stories, such as the Carnival of Doom, Curse of the Shadows, and Ghost Island.
Stars: Bryce Gheisar, Malia Baker, Beatrice Kitsos, Arjun Athalye
Votes: 2,845
19. Marianne (2019)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When a famous horror writer goes back to her hometown, she finds out that the evil spirit that plagues her dreams is also there in real life.
Stars: Victoire Du Bois, Lucie Boujenah, Tiphaine Daviot, Ralph Amoussou
Votes: 18,609
20. Don Juan DeMarco (1994)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A psychiatrist must cure a young patient who presents himself as Don Juan, the world's greatest lover.
Director: Jeremy Leven | Stars: Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Faye Dunaway, Géraldine Pailhas
Votes: 53,344 | Gross: $22.15M
21. Rock-A-Doodle (1991)
G | 77 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In order to defeat the wicked Grand Duke of Owls, a young boy, transformed into a cat, teams up with a group of barnyard animals to find the rooster who can raise the sun.
Directors: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Dan Kuenster | Stars: Glen Campbell, Christopher Plummer, Sorrell Booke, Eddie Deezen
Votes: 10,550 | Gross: $11.66M
22. Carter (2018–2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An actor returns home after a public meltdown. Partnering with his police detective friend, he tries to use his acting experience to solve real crimes.
Stars: Jerry O'Connell, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Kristian Bruun, Chris Farquhar
Votes: 2,037
23. Weird Science (1994–1998)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Gary Wallace and Wyatt Donnelly create their dream woman, Lisa, on their computer. Lisa has extraordinary powers and can grant the boys their wishes for short periods of time.
Stars: Michael Manasseri, John Asher, Vanessa Angel, Lee Tergesen
Votes: 4,058
24. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
PG | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
In 1935 New Jersey, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Irving Metzman
Votes: 55,340 | Gross: $10.63M
25. Couple to Throuple (2024– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Reality-TV
Four curious couples exploring polyamory as they date additional partners and decide whether to commit as a throuple.
Stars: Scott Evans, Rebecca Calb, Jonathan Intriago, Brittne Babe
Votes: 233
26. Shut Eye (2016–2017)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Charlie is a scammer with a small chain of fortune-telling storefronts and contracts building tricks for a family that controls the business in the greater chunk of LA.
Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, KaDee Strickland, Angus Sampson, David Zayas
Votes: 3,989
27. Kaboom (2010)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A sexually "undeclared" college freshman's clairvoyant/prophetic dreams are the first sign that something very strange is going on involving his classmates -- with him at the center.
Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: Thomas Dekker, Haley Bennett, Chris Zylka, Roxane Mesquida
Votes: 13,809 | Gross: $0.12M
28. Phantasm II (1988)
R | 97 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
Mike, now released from a psychiatric hospital, meets with Reggie, and discover his dreams (the events of the original film) are real, and they both journey to find and stop the evil Tall Man from his grim work.
Director: Don Coscarelli | Stars: James Le Gros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm, Paula Irvine
Votes: 16,778 | Gross: $7.28M
29. Playboy Wet & Wild: The Locker Room (1994 Video)
Unrated | 52 min | Documentary
Let Playboy take you where you've never gone before with this daring look at what really goes on inside the ladies' locker room. It's where the girls are - and you, too - as ten Playmates star in sexy adventures drenched with fun.
Director: Scott Allen | Stars: Tawnni Cable, Julie Cialini, Wendy Hamilton, Corinna Jones
Votes: 446
30. Delirious (1991)
PG | 96 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A soap opera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.
Director: Tom Mankiewicz | Stars: John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms, Raymond Burr
Votes: 9,543 | Gross: $5.55M
31. Hobgoblins (1988)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A young security guard must track down diminutive aliens who kill people even as they make their fantasies come true.
Director: Rick Sloane | Stars: Tom Bartlett, Paige Sullivan, Steven Boggs, Kelley Palmer
Votes: 12,462
32. The Flight of Dragons (1982 Video)
Passed | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A young Boston writer goes back in time into an era where wizards and dragon reign and science is just barely known.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Victor Buono, James Gregory, James Earl Jones, Harry Morgan
Votes: 6,091
33. I, Madman (1989)
R | 89 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A bookshop clerk and wannabe actress starts seeing the disfigured killer from her 1950s pulp novels come to life and start killing people around her. She tries to convince her cop boyfriend, but to no avail.
Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: Jenny Wright, Clayton Rohner, Randall William Cook, Stephanie Hodge
Votes: 3,735 | Gross: $0.15M
34. Shadowzone (1990)
R | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Scientists experiment with Extreme Dream Sleep and find a Parallel Dimension. Now they find the door works both ways and something has come through.
Director: J.S. Cardone | Stars: Louise Fletcher, David Beecroft, James Hong, Frederick Flynn
Votes: 1,323
35. Kiss Me First (2018– )
TV-MA | 46 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A lonely video game addict new to the online world of Azana meets a confident party girl with a dark secret.
Stars: Tallulah Haddon, Simona Brown, Matthew Beard, Freddie Stewart
Votes: 4,223
36. The Lathe of Heaven (1980 TV Movie)
105 min | Sci-Fi
In a highly controlled and overpopulated society, a man who has terrifying dreams that affect reality is assigned a psychiatrist who takes advantage of the situation.
Directors: Fred Barzyk, David R. Loxton | Stars: Bruce Davison, Peyton E. Park, Niki Flacks, Kevin Conway
Votes: 2,811
37. Seizure (1974)
PG | 94 min | Horror
Jonathan Frid portrays a horror novelist who has a recurring nightmare about three figures out of his book who terrorize him and his family and friends during a weekend of fun. Then the ... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Jonathan Frid, Martine Beswick, Joseph Sirola, Christina Pickles
Votes: 1,130
38. The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)
91 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
The notorious fictional town of Royston Vasey is under threat and its inhabitants are forced to leave.
Director: Steve Bendelack | Stars: Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Michael Sheen
Votes: 5,926
39. Jake Speed (1986)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In a world where, unbeknownst to the public, all famous pulp fiction heroes are real, one of them, Jake Speed, agrees to help desperate Margaret Winston save her sister from sadistic white slaver Sid, who's operating in Africa.
Director: Andrew Lane | Stars: Wayne Crawford, Dennis Christopher, Karen Kopins, John Hurt
Votes: 1,117 | Gross: $1.94M
40. Lust Connection (2005 TV Movie)
77 min | Thriller
A married man finds various women in Internet fantasy chats. When his buxom wife dies, he claims one of his lovers surely did it. Is it incidental that his wife's identical twin fully sympathizes with his affairs?
Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: Glori-Anne Gilbert, Frank Harper, John Henry Richardson, Kirk Flavious
Votes: 170
41. How to Make a Monster (2001 TV Movie)
R | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An evil video game comes to life and hunts the group of developers.
Director: George Huang | Stars: Clea DuVall, Steven Culp, Tyler Mane, Jason Marsden
Votes: 1,867
42. Dark Oracle (2004–2006)
30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
15-year-old twins, Cally and Lance Stone, discover a mysterious comic book called Dark Oracle that can somehow predict their future and whose protagonists, Cally and Lance's doppelgangers, can influence reality itself.
Stars: Paula Brancati, Jonathan Malen, Alex House, Danielle Miller
Votes: 534
43. A Christmas Movie Christmas (2019 TV Movie)
Unrated | 88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
After making a Christmas Eve wish to Santa, two sisters wake up inside a Christmas movie.
Director: Brian Herzlinger | Stars: Brant Daugherty, Lana McKissack, Kimberly Daugherty, Ryan Merriman
Votes: 1,554
44. Omniscient Reader (2025)
Action, Adventure, Drama | Filming
Dokja's favorite novel comes ominously true; using his intricate knowledge of the impending apocalyptic story, the office worker changes destiny.
Director: Byung-woo Kim | Stars: Lee Min-ho, Ahn Hyo-seop, Im Jin-Ah, Kim Jisoo
45. Ciao Manhattan (1972)
R | 84 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
This parallels the life of Andy Warhol Factory star Edie Sedgwick. The film chronicles "Susan Superstar's" (Sedgwick) glory days in the late 1960s through her inevitable downfall and the tragic addiction that would claim her life only weeks after filming wrapped in 1971.
Directors: John Palmer, David Weisman | Stars: Edie Sedgwick, Wesley Hayes, Isabel Jewell, Jeff Briggs
Votes: 1,200
46. The People Next Door (1989)
30 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A successful cartoonist is able to physically materialize his wildest fantasies.
Stars: Jeffrey Jones, Mary Gross, Jaclyn Bernstein, Chance Quinn
Votes: 43
47. Full of It (2007)
PG-13 | 93 min | Drama, Comedy
A young kid is forced to live out the lies he told to become popular.
Director: Christian Charles | Stars: Ryan Pinkston, Kate Mara, Teri Polo, Craig Kilborn
Votes: 3,507 | Gross: $0.01M
48. Karaoke (1996)
63 min | Drama
Daniel Feeld is a screenwriter with pains in his gut and a new screenplay called "Karaoke", about a girl named Sandra who works in a seedy Karaoke bar and is murdered by a lowlife named ... See full summary »
Stars: Albert Finney, Roy Hudd, Richard E. Grant, Keeley Hawes
Votes: 622
49. The Creatures (1966)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy
A young mute woman, living in a small village, is expecting a baby. Her husband is at the same time writing a novel and using the villagers as his characters. In the creative process, reality and imagination are constantly intertwined.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Eva Dahlbeck, Marie-France Mignal
Votes: 1,280
50. Move (1970)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A young playwright who writes porno novels to overcome writer's block, lives the fantasies of one of his books while trying to move with his wife into a larger apartment.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Elliott Gould, Paula Prentiss, Geneviève Waïte, John Larch
Votes: 206 | Gross: $0.24M