Magic Realism Movies

A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

After the death of her beloved grandmother, eight-year-old Nelly meets a strangely familiar girl her own age in the woods. Instantly forming a...

Once upon a time a wise and kind old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Totò,...

Ethan and Sophie are a married couple on the brink of separation when, at the urging of their therapist, they decide to salvage their relationship by...

80-year-old Thomas recounts his childhood and middle age through a series of flashbacks and dream sequences. Thomas believes he’s been taken...

Mary loves John for as long as she can remember. But after years of marriage, John's priorities shift, leading to a strained relationship with Mary,...

It took a hundred queer years for Lola Perla to be finally recognized by a government that never really took notice of the likes of her. But...

A married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.

When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.

On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea,...

Two teen girls see their long-time friendship crumble from the pressures of adulthood in their last year of high school.

A magic realist fable about invisible elves, financial collapse and the surprising power of belief, told through the story of an Icelandic woman - a...

On a desolate farm, a couple's prayers are answered after a visitor offers them a sinister deal. Blinded by their joy, they struggle to realize that...

Candice longs to escape the boredom of her seaside town, but when a boy she dreams about turns up in real life, she becomes involved with a dangerous...

A 12-year-old girl lives life on the run alongside her father who has Tourette Syndrome. Desperately seeking a normal family life, she befriends a...

An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef...

Three strangers with one thing in common — the same father — come to a Turkish village to bury him, and learn about him and each other.

Described as 'a fairytale with its roots in the worlds of dadaism and surrealism'.

A surreal musical exploring the problems of the multicultural residents in a Notting Hill boarding house.

Otto and Ana are kids when they meet each other. Their names are palindromes. They meet by chance, people are related by chance. A story of circular...