Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "fantasy-becomes-reality"

101. The Hunger (1997–2000)
Episode: Anaïs (1997)

TV-MA | 27 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An architect travels away from home city on business. To pass the time, he makes drawings featuring a woman he meets named "Anais". Eventually, Anais becomes part of his life.

Director: Darrell Wasyk | Stars: Terence Stamp, Nick Mancuso, Ilona Elkin, Rebecca Dewey

Votes: 94

102. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: The Maker (1991)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

In an abandoned hotel, Mack meets a happy drunk called Freddy who can create anything he wants out of thin air - even food and money, but it all ends up having some critical flaw to it. And if Freddy stops drinking? His nightmares return.

Director: William Wesley | Stars: Eddie Bracken, Philip Anglim, Carla Herd

Votes: 70

103. Night Visions (2001–2002)
Episode: Hate Puppet/Darkness (2001)

TV-14 | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Horror novelist is cursed to cause murderous rage towards him in everyone. / An egotistical telemarketer inherits a cursed mansion where every shadow is alive and will kill on touch.

Directors: Ian Toynton, Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Kwesi Ameyaw, William Atherton, Francis Boyle, Torquil Campbell

Votes: 96

104. Night Visions (2001–2002)
Episode: Dead Air/Renovation (2001)

TV-14 | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

While doing his radio show, a "Shock Jock" is in for the most shocking night of his life. / People buying homes should always pay attention to the saying,"Buyer beware," especially when the house is being haunted by the past.

Directors: Brian Dennehy, Jefery Levy | Stars: Gil Bellows, Meghan Black, Johnny Cuthbert, Marlowe Dawn

Votes: 110

105. Night Visions (2001–2002)
Episode: The Maze/Harmony (2002)

TV-14 | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A female student accidentally goes through a time portal in the college maze and learns that there is no future but there may be time for love. / A man's car break down in a town where all music is outlawed because of an old legend.

Directors: Tobe Hooper, Paul Shapiro | Stars: Thora Birch, Justin Chatwin, Chilton Crane, Luke Edwards

Votes: 119

106. The Nightmare Room (2001–2002)
Episode: Tangled Web (2001)

TV-Y7 | Drama, Family, Fantasy

When Josh tells the substitute math teacher unfamiliar with his excuses that his homework was stolen by unique robbers along with his entertainment system, Mr. Farber seems to believe him. ... See full summary »

Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Justin Berfield, David Naughton, David Carradine, Steve Borden

Votes: 72

107. Scene of the Crime (1984– )
Episode: The Babysitter (1984)

Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A teenage girl tries to scare the little girl she's babysitting.

Stars: Priscilla Weems, Robert Donner, Angela Lansbury, Anne Lockhart

108. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: Shore Leave (1966)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The past months have left the crew exhausted and in desperate need of a break, but does this explain McCoy's encounter with a human-sized white rabbit or Kirk crossing paths with the prankster who plagued his days at Starfleet Academy?

Director: Robert Sparr | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Emily Banks, Oliver McGowan

Votes: 4,455

109. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode: If Wishes Were Horses (1993)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While Dax investigates an unusual energy reading near DS9 to see if it's dangerous for the station, people's imaginations suddenly come alive, causing chaos.

Director: Robert Legato | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig, Terry Farrell

Votes: 2,301

110. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode: Frame of Mind (1993)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Riker begins to question reality when he finds himself in an alien insane asylum and faces the prospect his life on the Enterprise has been a delusion.

Director: James L. Conway | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Votes: 3,432

111. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode: Korman's Kalamity (1990)

Not Rated | 27 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

A cop learns that an illustrator of "Tales from the Crypt" might have the power to make his monstrous creations come to life due to his shrewish wife.

Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: Harry Anderson, Cynthia Gibb, Colleen Camp, John Kassir

Votes: 1,055

112. Tales from the Darkside (1983–1988)
Episode: Seasons of Belief (1986)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

On Christmas Eve, a father ends his two children's boredom by holding them spellbound with a scary story about a fearsome beast known as the Grither.

Director: Michael McDowell | Stars: E.G. Marshall, Margaret Klenck, Sky Berdahl, Jenna von Oÿ

Votes: 409

113. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode: Miniature (1963)

TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Mousey misfit Charley Parkes finds the world unfolding before him in a museum doll house to be more real than his boring job and overbearing mother.

Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Robert Duvall, Pert Kelton, Barbara Barrie, William Windom

Votes: 2,035

114. The Twilight Zone (2002–2003)
Episode: The Placebo Effect (2003)

TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Mega hypochondriac Harry Radditch believes he's caught a deadly plague from a space novel he just read. His physician plans to dose him with a placebo, as usual, but this time, his symptoms... See full summary »

Director: Jerry Levine | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Jeffrey Combs, Michael David Simms

Votes: 377

115. Futurama (1999– )
Episode: Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch (2003)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Amy is distressed when her alien boyfriend Kif becomes pregnant.

Director: Wesley Archer | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille

Votes: 2,468

116. Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999)
Episode: Hobgoblins (1998)

TV-14 | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Mike and the Bots suffer through the 1988 B movie "Hobgoblins," the story of tiny goblin-like creatures who attack a group of teenagers.

Director: Michael J. Nelson | Stars: Bill Corbett, Patrick Brantseg, Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy

Votes: 879

117. Beverly Hills Bordello (1996–1998)
Episode: Taboo (1996)

TV-MA | 27 min | Drama

When Jennifer finds herself having erotic fantasies about a female co-worker, she seeks advice from the Beverly Hills Bordello's on-line service and gets some friendly advice.

Director: Jon Burroughs | Star: Denise Samson

118. Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006)
Episode: Umney's Last Case (2006)

TV-14 | 51 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

After the death of his son, writer Sam Landry is so desperate to lead another life, he writes himself into his own book, forcing his long-time character to change places with him and live in the modern day.

Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: William H. Macy, Jacqueline McKenzie, Tory Mussett, Harold Hopkins

Votes: 641

119. Porterhouse Blue (1987)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (1987)

TV-14 | 49 min | Comedy

Sensing his attraction, the bedder Mrs. Biggs creeps into Zipser's room for sex. She ignores his protests, but causes an explosion from the unknowingly blocked chimney. Sir Godber and Scullion clash over the consequences.

Director: Robert Knights | Stars: David Jason, Ian Richardson, John Sessions, Charles Gray

Votes: 24

120. Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode: The Angels Take Manhattan (2012)

TV-PG | 44 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

After Rory has an encounter with a weeping angel, the doctor and Amy travel to 1930's New York to save him, but they soon discover that the weeping angels have taken over Manhattan, and soon, maybe, the world.

Director: Nick Hurran | Stars: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Alex Kingston

Votes: 9,155

121. R.L. Stine's the Haunting Hour (2010–2014)
Episode: Mrs. Worthington (2014)

TV-PG | 23 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Nate finds himself in trouble when he imagines his sister being punished for her bullying.

Director: James Head | Stars: Emma Grabinsky, Kendall Cross, Margot Kidder, Liam Dickinson

Votes: 74

122. Dimension 404 (2017)
Episode: Chronos (2017)

TV-14 | 42 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A hopelessly nostalgic physics student fights to prove her sanity when no one on Earth can remember her favorite 90's cartoon show.

Director: Dave Boyle | Stars: Ashley Rickards, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Parry Shen, Charles Fleischer

Votes: 461

123. Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters (2018)
Episode: Bubba the Bear (2018)

TV-14 | 24 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Voiceover actor Noble Bartell begins to question his career and his sanity when his popular animated cartoon creation becomes his real-life stalker.

Director: Bobcat Goldthwait | Stars: Seth Green, Alexie Gilmore, Cory Scott Allen, Devin Bright

Votes: 118

124. CollegeHumor Originals (2006–2023)
Episode: If 'The Floor is Lava' Became Reality (2014)

TV-MA | 3 min | Comedy

When the innocent children's game becomes reality, the fate of the world is in the hands of a retired couch-maker.

Director: Dan Delorenzo | Stars: Charlie Murphy, John Murray, Micah Phillips, Kerri Lee Romeo

125. The Librarians (2014–2018)
Episode: And Some Dude Named Jeff (2018)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

When Jenkins body-switches with a 28-year-old slacker named Jeff, he must find his way back into the Library to correct the mistake. But he will need a team to do it, and enlists the help ... See full summary »

Director: Lindy Booth | Stars: Rebecca Romijn, Christian Kane, Lindy Booth, John Harlan Kim

Votes: 453

126. The Twilight Zone (2019–2020)
Episode: Blurryman (2019)

TV-MA | 37 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Sophie Gelson, a writer for The Twilight Zone (2019), is haunted by a mysterious figure.

Director: Simon Kinberg | Stars: Zazie Beetz, Betty Gabriel, Zibby Allen, Caitlin Stryker

Votes: 2,093