Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "lucid-dreaming"

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: 2,555,563 | Gross: $292.58M

2. The Matrix (1999)

R | 136 min | Action, Sci-Fi

When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.

Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving

Votes: 2,057,105 | Gross: $171.48M

3. Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)

PG-13 | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A troubled security guard begins working at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. During his first night on the job, he realizes that the night shift won't be so easy to get through. Pretty soon he will unveil what actually happened at Freddy's.

Director: Emma Tammi | Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Piper Rubio, Elizabeth Lail, Matthew Lillard

Votes: 94,122

4. Divergent (2014)

PG-13 | 139 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she's Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.

Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Jai Courtney

Votes: 489,672 | Gross: $150.95M

5. Your Name. (2016)

PG | 106 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.

Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yûki

Votes: 321,667 | Gross: $5.02M

6. Behind Her Eyes (2021)

TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

It follows Louise, a single mum with a son and a part-time job in a psychiatrist's office. She begins an affair with her boss and strikes up an unlikely friendship with his wife.

Stars: Simona Brown, Eve Hewson, Tom Bateman, Robert Aramayo

Votes: 75,416

7. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

R | 91 min | Horror

Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, John Saxon

Votes: 263,001 | Gross: $25.50M

8. Constantine (2005)

R | 121 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

Supernatural exorcist and demonologist John Constantine helps a policewoman prove her sister's death was not a suicide, but something more.

Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Djimon Hounsou, Shia LaBeouf

Votes: 374,871 | Gross: $75.98M

9. Vanilla Sky (2001)

R | 136 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Romance

A self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover.

Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell

Votes: 286,040 | Gross: $100.61M

10. Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

R | 97 min | Action, Horror

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.

Director: Ronny Yu | Stars: Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Kelly Rowland, Monica Keena

Votes: 127,425 | Gross: $82.62M

11. The Last Witch Hunter (2015)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The last witch hunter is all that stands between humanity and the combined forces of the most horrifying witches in history.

Director: Breck Eisner | Stars: Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Votes: 110,036 | Gross: $27.37M

12. 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: 90,507 | Gross: $44.79M

13. 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: 97,228 | Gross: $0.88M

14. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

The spectre of a disfigured man haunts the children of the parents who murdered him, stalking and killing them in their dreams.

Director: Samuel Bayer | Stars: Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, Katie Cassidy

Votes: 107,617 | Gross: $63.08M

15. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

R | 93 min | Horror

Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Robert Englund, Rodney Eastman, John Beckman, Kisha Brackel

Votes: 61,761 | Gross: $49.37M

16. Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

PG-13 | 106 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The Lamberts believe that they have defeated the spirits that have haunted their family, but they soon discover that evil is not beaten so easily.

Director: James Wan | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey, Lin Shaye

Votes: 189,045 | Gross: $83.59M

17. Waking Life (2001)

R | 99 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

A man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Trevor Jack Brooks, Lorelei Linklater, Wiley Wiggins

Votes: 66,981 | Gross: $2.89M

18. The Jacket (2005)

R | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a doctor's experiments, and his life is completely affected by them.

Director: John Maybury | Stars: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Kris Kristofferson

Votes: 119,390 | Gross: $6.30M

19. Generation X (1996 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The new teenage students at a school for mutants (normal-looking humans with fantastic powers) try to stop an evil scientist from controlling the world's dreams.

Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Matt Frewer, Finola Hughes, Jeremy Ratchford, Heather McComb

Votes: 2,035

20. Dreamscape (1984)

PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

A man who can enter and manipulate people's dreams is recruited by a government agency to help cure the President of the United States of his nightmares about nuclear war but stumbles upon an assassination plot.

Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Eddie Albert

Votes: 18,181 | Gross: $11.48M

21. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)

PG-13 | 106 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A scientist makes a last stand on Earth with the help of a ragtag team of soldiers against an invasion of alien phantoms.

Directors: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Motonori Sakakibara | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Ming-Na Wen, Ving Rhames

Votes: 84,115 | Gross: $32.13M

22. Monkey Shines (1988)

R | 113 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A quadriplegic man has a trained monkey help him with his paralysis, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master.

Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten

Votes: 13,051 | Gross: $5.34M

23. Kingdom Hospital (2004)

608 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

The quirky staff and patients of an ultramodern (albeit increasingly dilapidated) Maine hospital gradually become familiar with the supernatural occurrences that take place there, uncovering a dark secret in the process.

Stars: Jamie Harrold, Diane Ladd, Bruce Davison, Jack Coleman

Votes: 7,950

24. Postcards from London (2018)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

A stylish, sexy film about a young man's journey into an unusual form of escort work, set in an imaginary vision of London's Soho.

Director: Steve McLean | Stars: Harris Dickinson, Jonah Hauer-King, Alessandro Cimadamore, Leonardo Salerni

Votes: 1,331 | Gross: $0.01M

25. Cargo (2009)

112 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Dr. Laura P. takes a job on a cargo spaceship for 4 years plus 4 years back. She'll join her sister on Rhea. 44 months later, in Laura's shift, strange things happen in cargo. The crew is reanimated and the captain dies mysteriously.

Directors: Ivan Engler, Ralph Etter | Stars: Anna Katharina Schwabroh, Martin Rapold, Regula Grauwiller, Yangzom Brauen

Votes: 20,121

26. The Show (II) (2020)

115 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A man's search for a stolen artifact leads him to the haunted town filled with Voodoo gangsters, masked adventurers, Depression-era private eyes and violent chiaroscuro women.

Director: Mitch Jenkins | Stars: Kezzabelle Ambler, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Sheila Atim, Ellie Bamber

Votes: 1,357

27. Too Many Cooks (2014 TV Short)

TV-MA | 11 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

A series of montages that parodies the introductory title sequences of generic 70s, 80s and 90s TV shows of various genres slowly turns into an absurdist meta slasher and then the parody becomes even weirder.

Director: Casper Kelly | Stars: Ken DeLozier, Tara Ochs, Katelyn Nacon, Justin Scott

Votes: 5,238

28. Lucid Dream (2017)

101 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

After searching for his abducted son for three years, a devastated father attempts to track down his missing child through lucid dreams.

Director: Joon-Sung Kim | Stars: Sol Kyung-gu, Go Soo, Kang Hye-jeong, Park Yoo-chun

Votes: 4,245

29. SPF-18 (2017)

PG-13 | 75 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

18-year-old Penny Cooper spent years pining for Johnny Sanders Jr., but when a mysterious musician shows up on the beach, Penny is torn.

Director: Alex Israel | Stars: Carson Meyer, Noah Centineo, Bianca A. Santos, Jackson White

Votes: 5,484

30. Wonderland (2011)

Unrated | 80 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

A new drug grants its users the ability to place their consciousness into the bodies of other people. Soon, a serial killer begins to use the drug as a way to live and die as other people by forcing his victims to kill themselves.

Director: Brandon Slagle | Stars: Keith Kraft, Devanny Pinn, Rachel Grubb, Brandon Slagle

Votes: 370

31. The Good Night (2007)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A former pop star who now writes commercial jingles for a living experiences a mid-life crisis.

Director: Jake Paltrow | Stars: Martin Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Penélope Cruz, Keith Allen

Votes: 8,751 | Gross: $0.02M

32. Night Terrors (1993)

R | 98 min | Horror

A woman visiting her father in Egypt becomes involved with Marquis De Sade's descendant and his terrifying cult.

Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Robert Englund, Zoe Trilling, Alona Kimhi, Juliano Mer-Khamis

Votes: 1,561

33. When a Man Falls (2007)

R | 86 min | Drama, Thriller

The intertwining lives of three men reveal that each deal with his problems in different, self-destructive ways

Director: Ryan Eslinger | Stars: Dylan Baker, Stacie Bono, Timothy Hutton, Sharon Stone

Votes: 1,429

34. Horsehead (2014)

Not Rated | 89 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Since her childhood, Jessica has been haunted by recurrent nightmares whose meaning escapes her. This peculiarity has led her to study the psychophysiology of dreams and to follow a therapy... See full summary »

Director: Romain Basset | Stars: Lilly-Fleur Pointeaux, Catriona MacColl, Murray Head, Gala Besson

Votes: 1,967

35. Driver: San Francisco (2011 Video Game)

T | Action, Crime, Thriller

Undercover cop John Tanner chases down Charles Jericho, when Tanner's vehicle is struck by a Big Rig and he ends up in the hospital. Player's take place in Tanner's coma-induced dream where he continues to track down Jericho.

Director: Martin Edmondson | Stars: Demetri Goritsas, Peter Benson, Michael Dobson, Stewart Alexander

Votes: 917

36. Salvage (2006)

Not Rated | 80 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Claire Parker is going to die at the hands of a sadistic and depraved killer, she will endure a terrifying, unimaginable brutal death, and it will all happen again, and again.

Directors: Jeff Crook, Josh Crook | Stars: Lauren Currie Lewis, Chris Ferry, Cody Darbe, Maureen Olander

Votes: 2,795

37. Sleepwalkers (1997–1998)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A high-tech team of dream researches uses experimental computer technology to enter peoples' dreams and nightmares and help them deal with their subconscious issues there.

Stars: Naomi Watts, Bruce Greenwood, Abraham Benrubi, Jeffrey D. Sams

Votes: 174

38. Nightmare Shark (2018 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Survivors of previous shark attacks are hunted by a supernatural shark in their dreams.

Directors: Griff Furst, Nathan Furst | Stars: Tony Amendola, Bobby Campo, Rachele Brooke Smith, Lulu Jovovich

Votes: 376

39. Dream Master: The Erotic Invader (1996)

R | 86 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

On a quest to unravel the mysteries of recurring nightmares, four college graduates experiment on each other, monitoring and attempting to manipulate their dreams. Grant, the most troubled ... See full summary »

Director: Jackie Garth | Stars: Lisa Boyle, Patrick Ahern, Kristen Elizabeth, Timothy Di Pri

Votes: 249

40. Lucid (II) (2018)

86 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

Zel, a lonely young man's life changes when his enigmatic neighbour offers to help him overcome social anxiety.

Director: Adam Morse | Stars: Laurie Paul Calvert, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Felicity Gilbert, Cristian Solimeno

Votes: 1,969

41. Shattered Image (1998)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Jessie, a cool assassin on a mission, dreams she is a traumatized, paranoid rape victim on her honeymoon. This Jessie dreams that she is a cool assassin on a mission.

Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Anne Parillaud, William Baldwin, Lisanne Falk, Graham Greene

Votes: 745 | Gross: $0.10M

42. SantaClaus: A Horror Story (2016)

125 min | Horror

A woman reports her alien abduction story, but hypnosis reveals that her nocturnal visitor was a man dressed like Santa. Was she dreaming, or is there more to the story?

Director: Bill Zebub | Stars: Emily Prior, Holly Battaglia, Sabrina Alamo, David M. Sitbon

Votes: 111

43. Quiet Comes the Dawn (2019)

98 min | Horror, Thriller

Svetlana begins to have realistic nightmares following her brother's death, so she goes to an institute of Somnology for help. Placed into a collective lucid dream, she and other patients wake up in a different, more terrifying reality.

Director: Pavel Sidorov | Stars: Aleksandra Drozdova, Aleksandr Molochnikov, Anna Slyu, Oksana Akinshina

Votes: 389

44. Desecration (1999)

Unrated | 88 min | Drama, Horror

Sixteen year-old Bobby is emotionally damaged by his mother's early death. He accidentally causes a nun's death, unleashing a chain of supernatural events that lead him into the pits of Hell.

Director: Dante Tomaselli | Stars: Irma St. Paule, Christie Sanford, Danny Lopes, Salvatore Paul Piro

Votes: 639

45. Somewhere in Dreamland (1935)

Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Family

In their dreams, two poor and hungry tots enter a fantasy kingdom where there are more sweets than they can eat. But when they wake...

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Mae Questel, Gus Wicke

Votes: 752

46. Horror (2003)

R | 77 min | Horror

This visually arresting chiller concerns a group of runaway teens that escape from a drug rehab and encounter demonic forces in a rural farmhouse.

Director: Dante Tomaselli | Stars: Kreskin, Lizzy Mahon, Danny Lopes, Vincent Lamberti

Votes: 1,134

47. Pégame (2025)

97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | Post-production

Along with their dog Wicca, Ana and Vladi are starting their new life in the foothills of the Kumeyaay tribal land. As Ana learns she's pregnant, she turns more and more abusive towards Vladi and Wicca.

Director: Dylan Verrechia | Stars: Vladimir Zamudio, Ana Paula Mujica, Aidée González, Gilberto Chi

48. Lucid Creek (2024)

80 min | Horror | Completed

A woman discovers a boy's corpse in the woods and begins having nightmares about seeing the murderer at the crime scene. Meanwhile, a reporter and police officer probe the case for physical evidence.

Director: Mark Lu | Stars: Misaki Weddington, Kaira Ogbue, Malik Oliver, Keaton Faria

49. In My Dreams (2023– )

Action, Comedy, Crime

It tells the story of Sari and Jecoy, who are both longing for genuine love. Unknowingly, they are destined to meet each other not in the real world but in their dreams.

Stars: Sofia Pablo, Allen Ansay, Jan Marini, Arnold Reyes

50. Somniphobia (2021)

25 min | Short, Drama, Horror

A doctor with the ability to visit people's dreams helps a young woman confront the terrifying reality of her nightmare

Director: Dillon Vibbart | Stars: Chris Attoh, Tatjana Marjanovic, Atticus Hinckley, Roney Iampran

Votes: 51