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

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: 2,550,455 | 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: 610,790 | 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: 156,926 | 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: 702,952 | 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: 97,419 | Gross: $23.83M

6. 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: 103,761 | Gross: $42.29M

7. 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: 28,692

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: 48,339 | Gross: $10.11M

9. 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: 95,372 | Gross: $80.08M

10. 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: 79,320 | Gross: $8.95M

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: 42,433 | Gross: $39.18M

12. 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: 236,452 | Gross: $40.14M

13. 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: 212,626 | Gross: $35.19M

14. 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: 24,949 | Gross: $14.11M

15. 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: 33,264

16. 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: 82,342 | Gross: $17.30M

17. 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: 2,031

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: 2,835

19. 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: 31,034 | Gross: $35.62M

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: 53,303 | Gross: $22.15M

21. 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, Dylan Bair, Jonathan Intriago

Votes: 226

22. 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: 4,053

23. 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: 18,581

24. 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: 10,532 | Gross: $11.66M

25. 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: 55,267 | Gross: $10.63M

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: 3,986

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: 13,799 | Gross: $0.12M

28. 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: 442

29. 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: 6,085

30. 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: 16,754 | Gross: $7.28M

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: 12,448

32. 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: 9,531 | Gross: $5.55M

33. 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

34. 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: 4,216

35. 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: 3,730 | Gross: $0.15M

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: 2,810

37. 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: 1,552

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: 5,920

39. 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: 1,320

40. 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: 1,116 | Gross: $1.94M

41. 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: 1,129

42. 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: 1,277

43. 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: 533

44. 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: 620

45. 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

46. 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: 3,505 | Gross: $0.01M

47. 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: 1,868

48. 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: 1,195

49. Trenchcoat (1983)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller

An aspiring mystery writer becomes accidently embroiled in an international plot during a two-week stay in Malta.

Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: Margot Kidder, Robert Hays, David Suchet, Gila von Weitershausen

Votes: 553 | Gross: $4.30M

50. The Kovak Box (2006)

R | 102 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A sci-fi writer (Hutton) is invited to an island for a conference, only to discover that he's been lured into a trap.

Director: Daniel Monzón | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Lucía Jiménez, David Kelly, Georgia Mackenzie

Votes: 4,364