Film Movement
1924+Surrealism
Cinema exploring dreams, the unconscious, and irrational imagery
10
Total Films
5
Primary Examples
5.2
Avg Arcplot Score
1971-2023
Year Range
Primary - Central to the film's identity
Secondary - Notable influence
Reference - Touches on theme
Primary Examples(5)
4.4
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
2020 • Charlie Kaufman
Dream logic narrative
5.3
Barton Fink
1991 • Coen Brothers
Nightmarish Hollywood descent
3.8
Being John Malkovich
1999 • Spike Jonze
Portal into celebrity consciousness
4.8
Swiss Army Man
2016 • The Daniels
Absurdist body comedy
7.6
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 • Michel Gondry
Memory erasure as dreamscape
Secondary Influences(5)
4.5
The Boy and the Heron
2023 • Hayao Miyazaki
Dream logic imagery
5.1
Apocalypse Now
1979 • Francis Ford Coppola
Dreamlike descent into madness
6.8
Midnight in Paris
2011 • Woody Allen
Dalí, Buñuel appearances
5.5
Pan's Labyrinth
2006 • Guillermo del Toro
Fantasy imagery
4.3
A Clockwork Orange
1971 • Stanley Kubrick
Dreamlike imagery and ultraviolence