Best "magical realism" Movies of All Time

29 movies found (page 1/1):

Christopher Robin(2018)

| 1h 44min | Adventure, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy

3.7/5 (with 1,215 votes)

Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and loveable stuffed animals, Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and the rest of the gang, to rekindle their friendship and remind him of endless days of childlike wonder and make-believe, when doing nothing was the very best something.

Directed by Marc Forster - With Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael, Mark Gatiss, Oliver Ford Davies, Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo, ...

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Dreams(1990)

| 2h | Fantasy, Drama

3.8/5 (with 179 votes)

A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa, Ishirō Honda - With Akira Terao, Martin Scorsese, Chishū Ryū, Mieko Harada, Noriko Honma, Mitsuko Baishō, ...

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Happy as Lazzaro(2018)

2h 5min | Drama, Fantasy

3.7/5 (with 287 votes)

Purehearted teen Lazzaro is content living as a sharecropper in rural Italy, but an unlikely friendship with the marquise’s son will change his world.

Directed by Alice Rohrwacher - With Adriano Tardiolo, Nicoletta Braschi, Alba Rohrwacher, Sergi López, Tommaso Ragno, Luca Chikovani, ...

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Butterflies(2018)

1h 57min | Drama, Comedy

3.5/5 (with 43 votes)

Three strangers with one thing in common — the same father — come to a Turkish village to bury him, and learn about him and each other.

Directed by Tolga Karaçelik - With Bartu Küçükçağlayan, Tolga Tekin

Junkers Come Here(1994)

1h 43min | Animation, Kids & Family

3.6/5 (with 2 votes)

Hiromi appears on the outside to be a mature, resilient girl, but on the inside she feels like she's falling apart. She is having troubles at home mainly because of her parents wanting to separate. Her dog, Junkers, tries to comfort her in ways no other dog can. You see, he can talk and grant her 3 wishes.

Directed by Junichi Sato - With Shinnosuke Furumoto, Ao Takahashi, Kappei Yamaguchi, Mayumi Iizuka, Misako Konno, Mitsuaki Madono, ...

Colors of Wind(2018)

1h 59min | Romance / Love, Drama

3.9/5 (with 12 votes)

Yuri leaves Ryo with mysterious words. Ryo goes to Hokkaido knowing that his doppelganger magician is missing. Ryo realizes Yuri was also the magician’s lover and he learns magic. The story that crosses over two identities, illusion and magic.

Directed by Kwak Jae-yong - With Furukawa Yuki, Takemi Fujii, Naoto Takenaka, Tomoya Ishii, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Mantarō Koichi, ...

Baja's Studio(2017)

21min | Animation, Fantasy

3.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Kohata Anime Studio is a place full of dreams where animation is made. Baja was raised in this studio by the people who create animation. Floating in a pond outside are his friends the ducks. One night, when all the people are no longer at the studio, Baja takes a peek outside and finds that his duck friends are being attacked by a cat. Will Baja be able to save his friends? A wondrous night adventure begins.

The Crime of Oribe(1950)

1h 25min | Drama, Fantasy

4.5/5 (with 3 votes)

The story of two men and a mysterious family, who repeat the same day forever in order to save the life of one of its daughters.

Directed by Leopoldo Torres Ríos, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson - With Carlos Thompson, Roberto Escalada, María Concepción César, Paula Darlán, Arturo Arcari, Max Citelli, ...

The Seer and the Unseen(2019)

1h 26min | Documentary

3.9/5 (with 2 votes)

A magic realist fable about invisible elves, financial collapse and the surprising power of belief, told through the story of an Icelandic woman - a real life Lorax who speaks on behalf of nature under threat.

The Moon Over the Alley(1976)

1h 47min | Drama, Music

2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

A surreal musical exploring the problems of the multicultural residents in a Notting Hill boarding house.

The Woodcutter Story(2022)

1h 39min | Drama, Comedy, Mystery

3.3/5 (with 3 votes)

An open-pit mine is unearthed in an idyllic town in Northern Finland. A strange chain of dreadful events affect the life of Pepe, a kind and optimistic woodcutter. But no matter what happens, Pepe seems to be fine with it, as if he holds a secret of existence that is hard to grasp.

Directed by Mikko Myllylahti - With Jarkko Lahti, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Omar Abdi, Ulla Tapaninen, Katja Küttner

Antarctica(2020)

1h 22min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

2.8/5 (with 5 votes)

Two teen girls see their long-time friendship crumble from the pressures of adulthood in their last year of high school.

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Mirrorless(2021)

8min | Science Fiction

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A young, down on her luck creative finds a mysterious digital camera with the power to see a few seconds into the future. Will this be a blessing or a curse for her?

Leave Me(2009)

| 5min | Drama, Fantasy

3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

A recent widower deals with his grief through his wife's broken camera as he relives through her photos to find one last chance to be with her.

Green Grass(2022)

Drama, Fantasy

1.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Kondo, a 30-year old Japanese entrepreneur, wakes up in an unknown beach after a great earthquake. When trying to return to his earlier routine, he meets strange characters who will help him understand where he is. Meanwhile, his father, feeling the loneliness of corporate world, will look for new ways to carry on. In spite of the distance that keeps them apart, both manage to come to terms with their past and find a new way ahead.

10 Seconds More(2017)

1min | Fantasy, Romance / Love, Drama

Imagine you had ten seconds more in your day. What would you change about your life?

Written By(2022)

15min | Drama, Comedy

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

What do fictional characters do with the rest of their lives, once their stories have been told? This charmingly offbeat, deadpan fantasy attempts to answer that question.

Carillon(2018)

8min | Fantasy, Drama

3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Ortensia is a mechanical ballerina, that every day is forced to dance for an audience, in a seemingly endless loop. But one day, she sees in the crowd someone drawing her: the first representation of herself as an individual.

The First Taste(2021)

19min | Drama, Fantasy

Set in all-girls Catholic high school drama department, "The First Taste" follows an army of teenage girls into the monstrous world of female adolescence.

Mártir(2022)

Drama, Fantasy

2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Isa has been in a relationship with Vera for months. Although neither has any doubts, their relationship has developed like that of two girls playing hide-and-seek. By fleeing from their reality, they have made fantasy their refuge and consolation. Hidden in a closet where she feels freer than she does in her own world, Isa will have to choose: Break the silence or live as a Martyr?

What I Love About Concrete(2015)

1h 27min | Drama, Comedy, Fantasy

A homespun high school fairy tale comedy, What I Love About Concrete is a tour through the unbearable awkwardness, nascent cynicism, and disarming wonder that comprise the 11th grade experience, in a world where synchronized swimming breaks out in rundown motel pools, and dead swans are concealed in Mary Poppins-like bottomless book bags.

Koschei the Deathless(2020)

13min | Comedy

When Richard Marlow buys a taxidermy hare from an old antiques shop, he inadvertently draws the attentions of a sinister Russian warlock - on the very weekend his girlfriend's mother is coming to stay.

The Portrait(2018)

1h 32min | Drama, Mystery, Fantasy, History

In the early 20th century, Lazar -a taciturn woodsman- asks the disenchanted portraitist Arkadi to immortalize his child. The execution of this portrait will unsettle both men while revealing their inner fears and change their outlook on life.

The Whale Caller(2017)

PG-13

| 1h 47min | Drama

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A kelp-horn-blowing man seems to be deeply drawn to a very particular whale. This is the story of a love triangle between the titular Whale Caller, his beloved whale Sharisha, and Saluni, the village drunk who teaches him to open his heart to people again.

Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale(2021)

1h 16min | Documentary

For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an amusement park nestled in the waters between the US and Canada. When the vessel comes under threat of ruin, a doctor, psychic and amusement park fanatic unite to save their beloved steamship from the scrapyard. Interweaving local lore and mythology, "Boblo Boats" explores the whitewashed history of amusement parks and one crew's crusade to bring back the memories.

Who's With Me?(2021)

1h 12min | Science Fiction, Horror, Drama, Mystery

Marcus, an average young man awakens to find his apartment under quarantine and completely isolated from the outside world. Ominous messages about toxins and evacuations plaster each screen of his various electronic devices, leaving his next door neighbor as the only person he has contact with. Scared, and with few resources, the two try to navigate there way through the indefinite wait - staving off hunger, boredom, and paranoia.

Comrade Anna(2019)

18min | Drama, Kids & Family, Fantasy

Anna, the child of Swiss-Korean parents, is torn between her culture and identity. When a strange North Korean man magically appears in her wardrobe, she not only learns more about herself, but also develops a precious friendship.

Portrait of a Knight(2018)

1h 11min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance / Love

Portrait of a Knight is a musical romance about the way in which historic ideals inform contemporary urban life. Rachel is a young archivist living and working in Wellington, New Zealand. Feeling alone and disconnected from life, she projects her romantic fantasies onto the paintings she loves, until one day her song brings Reginald - a Knight of the Realm - to life. His carefree innocence and zest for life begin to open Rachel up to the beauty around her, but the fates have a way of making trouble when miracles occur...

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Pine Tree(2014)

15min | Drama, Fantasy

An obsessive carpenter is forced to reevaluate his life and relationship when his latest creation, a beautifully crafted table, begins to speak to him.

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