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  1. A personal ranking of horror films that feature nightmares, dreams, or supernatural entities. See the titles, ratings, summaries, and cast of movies like A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Exorcist, and Hellraiser.

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    • 1 'Source Code'
    • 2 'Alice in Wonderland'
    • 3 'A Nightmare on Elm Street'
    • 4 'The Babadook'
    • 5 'Insidious'
    • 6 'The Cell'
    • 7 'Last Night in Soho'
    • 8 'Paprika'
    • 9 'Dreamscape'
    • 10 'Inception'
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    Colter (Jake Gyllenhaal) is part of a military operation that allows him to relive the last few minutes of a man on a train right before he died in a terrorist explosion. Colter's mission is to find out who the bomber was and prevent a similar catastrophe. As he relives the minutes again and again, though, his failures bring him closer to figuring ...

    Alice in Wonderlandis a quintessential movie in the age-old trope of waking up where the story has been all “just a dream.” The film presents one of cinema's most imaginative and bizarre dream worlds, and the beloved movie has infiltrated every facet of pop culture. In it, a young girl named Alice falls down a never-ending rabbit hole while chasing...

    “Whatever you do, don't fall asleep” is some of the best advice that horror movies have given viewers. After all, monsters are most fearsome in your sleep, especially in Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) and her friends' dreams in A Nightmare on Elm Street. The group is terrorized in their dreams by the menacing Freddy Kreuger (Robert Englund) in the Wes ...

    The Babadook is an interesting movie in that it is one of few horror movies with absolutely no deaths. Many horror movies have used the idea of dreams and nightmares in their narratives, but the characters in The Babadookonly have to worry about being haunted instead of killed. The movie follows a newly widowed mother (Essie Davis) and her son, Sam...

    What would it be like to go to sleep, astral project too far, and get stuck in purgatory and never wake up? Insidious answers that question in one of the most menacing horror movies to come out of the 2010s. After moving into a new home, parents Josh (Patrick Wilson) and Renai (Rose Byrne) lose their young son (Ty Simpkins) to an unexplained coma a...

    The Cell walks the fine line between vivid psychotropic imagery and those "demonic" '90s music videos that your mother warned you about. Starring Jennifer Lopez, the movie takes a twisted trip into a serial killer's psyche. A psychologist experiments with a new type of transcendental therapy that one can experience what is happening in someone else...

    Edgar Wright's latest foray into horror came in the way of vibrant 1960s-soaked glamour in Last Night in Soho. Anya Taylor-Joyplays the “dream” version of an aspiring fashion designer who falls asleep each night and is transported back to the '60s, where she encounters a sensational lounge singer. The girl's dreams turn into nightmares, though the ...

    Paprika is a dream movie unlike any other (except for the one it obviously inspired) and an essential part of Japanese animated cinema and one of the most well-known anime films outside Studio Ghibli. It has influenced other popular films, like Christopher Nolan's Inception, and is a massive feat in the story-telling of dreamworlds and identity. Th...

    A grossly underrated sci-fi movie about dreams, Dreamscape follows a psychic named Alex (Dennis Quaid), who has spent his life using his talents for personal gain. He is coerced into joining a government project intended to help people with sleep disorders. It was taken over by a powerful government agent and turned into a psychic project, though, ...

    Inception is known for its complex plot and making its title into a word. It also contains one of the most frustratingly brilliant endings of all time, which leaves it up to you to decide whether Cobb got his happy ending or not. In the film, Leonardo DiCaprioplays Dom Cobb, an expert at stealing information from people's subconscious through dream...

    If you are looking for horror films that explore the terrifying potential of dreams and nightmares, check out this list of recommendations from Reddit users. From A Nightmare on Elm Street to The Babadook, these movies will keep you awake at night with their creepy scenarios and characters.

  2. Films about nightmares, unpleasant dreams that can cause a strong emotional response from the mind, typically fear but also despair, anxiety and great sadness. The dreams may contain situations of discomfort, psychological or physical terror or panic.

  3. Dec 17, 2021 · A grifter becomes a psychic medium and clashes with a psychologist in this neo-noir film by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette and more, nominated for 4 Oscars and rated R for violence, nudity and language.

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    • A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Of course, the most recognizable horror film centering around nightmares is none other than A Nightmare on Elm Street.
    • Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) Following on the tails of A Nightmare on Elm Street's success, Wes Craven's New Nightmare is a meta masterpiece. Bringing back a cast of original actors, who play themselves as they're thrown back into the fray again, this film positions the events of Nightmare within the real world as Freddy's evil spirit comes back through the portal of bad dreams for more murder.
    • Last Night in Soho (2021) A time capsule capturing the creative and cool feel of the decade, Last Night in Soho transported audiences into the shimmering '60s within an increasingly horrific atmosphere.
    • Insidious (2010) Insidious is an excellent example of the horror renaissance of the 2000s, filled with iconic, standard-setting scenes and the unforgettable red demon creeping over Patrick Wilson's shoulder.
  4. Dec 7, 2015 · A troubled priest (Lance Henriksen, Aliens) seeks to find the faith he has lost on the road, but instead he finds someone (or something) in this desert is trying to drive him out of his mind in ...

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  5. Jun 13, 2024 · Famous nightmares in movies can make even the most cynical film viewer forget they’re watching a movie and jolt them out of their seat. Nightmares are the mind’s way of disturbing itself when it’s at its most vulnerable; which makes them perfect fodder for film.