Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "butterfly", "dream-sequence"

1. Papillon (1973)

R | 151 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A French convict in the 1930s befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence in the South American penal colony on Devil's Island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon

Votes: 139,153 | Gross: $53.27M

2. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

R | 96 min | Fantasy, Horror

A psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Craig Wasson, Patricia Arquette

Votes: 90,674 | Gross: $44.79M

3. Paprika (2006)

R | 90 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.

Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Tôru Furuya

Votes: 97,321 | Gross: $0.88M

4. Fantasia (1940)

G | 124 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

A series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney's team of artists.

Directors: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Corey Burton

Votes: 104,489 | Gross: $76.41M

5. No One Gets Out Alive (2021)

R | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

After being forced to take a room in a boardinghouse, an immigrant in search of the American Dream finds herself in a nightmare she can't escape.

Director: Santiago Menghini | Stars: Phil Robertson, Joana Borja, Victoria Alcock, Cristina Rodlo

Votes: 20,946

6. The Last Unicorn (1982)

G | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

A beautiful unicorn sets out to learn if she truly is the last of her kind in this sparkling animated musical.

Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Alan Arkin

Votes: 29,675 | Gross: $6.46M

7. The Innocents (1961)

Not Rated | 100 min | Horror

A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.

Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave

Votes: 33,249 | Gross: $2.62M

8. Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)

R | 114 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Years before Father Lankester Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil's soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa. This is the tale of Father Merrin's initial battle with Pazuzu and the rediscovery of his faith.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy, Remy Sweeney

Votes: 40,034 | Gross: $41.82M

9. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)

G | 74 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

In this collection of animated shorts based on the stories and characters by A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh, a honey-loving teddy bear, embarks on some eccentric adventures.

Directors: John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Junius Matthews, Barbara Luddy, Howard Morris

Votes: 39,930

10. Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005)

R | 117 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Years before Father Lankester Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil's soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa. Merrin's initial battle with Pazuzu leads to the rediscovery of his faith.

Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Gabriel Mann, Clara Bellar, Billy Crawford

Votes: 13,657 | Gross: $0.25M

11. Fantasia 2000 (1999)

G | 75 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

An update of the original film with new interpretations of great works of classical music.

Directors: James Algar, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Hendel Butoy, Francis Glebas, Eric Goldberg, Don Hahn, Pixote Hunt | Stars: James Levine, Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman, Quincy Jones

Votes: 41,686 | Gross: $60.66M

12. Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)

Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery

An American journalist temporarily stationed in Central Europe searches for his new girlfriend, who has suddenly disappeared.

Director: Aldo Lado | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Jean Sorel, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bach

Votes: 3,673

13. Pink Narcissus (1971)

Not Rated | 65 min | Drama, Fantasy

An erotic poem set in the fantasies of a young male prostitute.

Director: James Bidgood | Stars: Don Brooks, Bobby Kendall, Charles Ludlam

Votes: 1,674 | Gross: $0.01M

14. Acolytes (2008)

Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Three teenagers blackmail a serial killer.

Director: Jon Hewitt | Stars: Joel Edgerton, Michael Dorman, Sebastian Gregory, Hanna Mangan Lawrence

Votes: 2,505

15. Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (2018)

TV-14 | 80 min | Animation, Biography, Drama

The true story of how Luis Buñuel made his third movie.

Director: Salvador Simó | Stars: Jorge Usón, Fernando Ramos, Luis Enrique de Tomás, Cyril Corral

Votes: 2,452 | Gross: $0.03M

16. The Killer of Dolls (1975)

98 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A groundskeeper's son, who is mentally unstable due to childhood trauma, goes on a murdering spree where his perception of reality is distorted by imagining people as mannequins and vice versa.

Director: Miguel Madrid | Stars: David Rocha, Inma de Santis, Helga Liné, Elisenda Ribas

Votes: 393

17. The Last Butterfly (1991)

PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, War

Stage mime Antoine Moreau (Sir Tom Courtenay) is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance for the children of Terezin, a "model" concentration camp, to convince the Red Cross ... See full summary »

Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Brigitte Fossey, Ingrid Held, Freddie Jones

Votes: 307

18. Tummien perhosten koti (2008)

108 min | Drama

A boy is sent to Saari, an isolated island and home to a home for troubled boys, where he falls in love with the daughter of the school's superintendent.

Director: Dome Karukoski | Stars: Niilo Syväoja, Tommi Korpela, Kristiina Halttu, Kati Outinen

Votes: 2,518

19. Purple Storm (1999)

112 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Khmer Rouge terrorist Kieron Chow and his unit arrive in Hong Kong for their latest mission. Todd, Chow's son and fiercely loyal right-hand man, sustains a serious head wound. Now a total ... See full summary »

Director: Teddy Chan | Stars: Daniel Wu, Kwok-Leung Kam, Emil Chau, Josie Ho

Votes: 713

20. Struggle for Life (2016)

Not Rated | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy

Marc Châtaigne, a trainee at the Ministry of the Standrard, is sent to French Guyana to prepare the construction of Guyaneige, the first indoor ski station of Amazonia.

Director: Antonin Peretjatko | Stars: Vincent Macaigne, Vimala Pons, Pascal Légitimus, Mathieu Amalric

Votes: 1,202

21. Straziami ma di baci saziami (1968)

104 min | Comedy

Marino decided to go to Rome to win back his girlfriend. After many hardships their paths eventually crossed but to his shock, he discovered that she is now married to a deaf and mute man.

Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Ugo Tognazzi, Pamela Tiffin, Moira Orfei

Votes: 613

22. Body sob 19 (2007)

125 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A boy has reoccurring nightmares about a beautiful girl being cruelly murdered, but everyone around him tries to convince him that the girl is only a figment of his imagination.

Director: Paween Purijitpanya | Stars: Arak Amornsupasiri, Ornjira Lamwilai, Kritteera Inpornwijit, Patharawarin Timkul

Votes: 1,214

23. The Fear (2015)

93 min | Drama, War

A young soldier testifies of his thoughts about the first world war, between disillusion, fear and hate, following his path through the letters he sends to his lover.

Director: Damien Odoul | Stars: Nino Rocher, Pierre Martial Gaillard, Théo Chazal, Eliott Margueron

Votes: 267

24. Rabbit and Deer (2012)

Not Rated | 17 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

The friendship of Rabbit and Deer is put to the test by Deer's new obsession to find the formula for the 3rd dimension...

Director: Péter Vácz | Stars: Dániel Czupi, Adrienn Mórocz

Votes: 1,229

25. The Watchmaker's Apprentice (2019)

99 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Urban, an orphan, serves a greedy master watchmaker as an apprentice. When Urban grows up, he falls in love with the watchmaker's daughter Laura and wants to marry her. Before this can ... See full summary »

Director: Jitka Rudolfová | Stars: Viktor Preiss, Michael Balcar, Dana Droppová, Éva Bandor

Votes: 178

26. The Outsider (II) (2019)

11 min | Short, Mystery

A desperate loner who has grown up with a butterfly and the Bible for company seizes his chance and makes good his escape only to face his worst fears head-on at an all-nighter in the company of strangers.

Director: Ludvig Gür | Stars: Kola Krauze, Magnus Lennartsson, Anna Guldkula, Daniel Diegelman

Votes: 86

27. Sam (I) (2012)

Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy

After being bullied and beaten for dressing like a boy at school, Sam escapes into the fields surrounding her house, where she's forced to spend the night and choose between who she is and who the world expects her to be.

Director: Sal Bardo | Star: Ever Prishkulnik

Votes: 56

28. Butterfly (1972)

10 min | Animation, Short

How far can the confrontation between nature and civilization go? Metaphorical animation with music by Alfred Schnittke.

Director: Andrey Khrzhanovskiy

Votes: 268

29. Ulysses and the Stars (1976)

81 min | Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi

It is the year 2000. The parents of twelve-year-old Péta are worried about the boy. He has made a flying machine on the model of a bird, but it crashed when he tested it and he broke his ... See full summary »

Director: Ludvík Ráza | Stars: Jaroslava Obermaierová, Alois Svehlík, Gustav Bubník, Gabriela Hyrmanová

Votes: 59

30. Eldest of None (2013 TV Movie)

31 min | Family

A coming of age dramedy following the exploits of 14-year-old Chloe as she survives life in River Valley with her extremely divergent split family, offering all the challenges four parents and seven siblings can provide.

Director: Victoria Wharfe McIntyre | Stars: Sarah Butler, Andy Gordon, Gabriel Gregory, Joseph Hopkins

31. Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1996–2009)
Episode: Faith (1997)

TV-Y7 | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Annie is saddened when her faith-devoted neighbor Ruth passes away, and wonders whether faith is really wroth it because of that. Plato tries to convince her that it is very much worth it ... See full summary »

Stars: Edward Asner, Rene Auberjonois, Jim Cummings, Tony Jay

Votes: 35

32. Circle of Fear (1972–1973)
Episode: Death's Head (1973)

60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Carol, a woman who hates insects, is unhappily married to Steve, a successful businessman who collects them. She secretly loves Steve's partner, Larry, and would like to make their affair a... See full summary »

Director: James Neilson | Stars: Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun, Gene Nelson, Doreen Lang

Votes: 98